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On The Lit Mat year end round up of authors recommended books from a year of interviews with Corinna Barsan The Magazine of Yoga™

On The Lit Mat: Top Reads For Your Holiday List

Fruit cake lasts a week, a book lasts a lifetime.

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Carmela Ciuraru author of Nom de Plume interview On the Lit Mat with Corinna Barsan in The Magazine of Yoga, Real Life is Real Yoga™

On The Lit Mat: Carmela Ciuraru

“Motivation – Perseverance – Faith.” Those words are all the inspiration anyone needs.

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Erin Byers Murray author of Shucked interview On The Lit Mat with Corinna Barsan in The Magazine of Yoga™

On The Lit Mat: Erin Byers Murray

My yoga will either sing or suffer depending on where I put my mind at the beginning of a practice; the same goes for my writing.

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On The Lit Mat: Terese Svoboda

On The Lit Mat: Terese Svoboda

Can you talk? You can write. Edit later.

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On The Lit Mat: Jesse Browner

On The Lit Mat: Jesse Browner

Nothing in writing is indispensable. The writing is not about your ego; it is about the words on the page.

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On The Lit Mat: Kirsten Kaschock

On The Lit Mat: Kirsten Kaschock

I have more mental stamina when I am doing regular yoga practice or ballet. I have more tools to work through issues that come up in the writing.

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On The Lit Mat: Lauren Shockey

On The Lit Mat: Lauren Shockey

How we act and how we positively influence others and the world around us shows true character—not job titles.

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On The Lit Mat: Stuart Nadler

On The Lit Mat: Stuart Nadler

By paying attention, by practicing, by refusing to answer to the doubting, distrustful voices we all have, you can make art.

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On The Lit Mat: Katharine Weber

On The Lit Mat: Katharine Weber

Is it the millionth time someone has quoted Henry James’s advice to the young artist about being someone on whom nothing is lost?

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On The Lit Mat: Danzy Senna

On The Lit Mat: Danzy Senna

Yoga has taught me an enormous amount about living and about writing. It has taught me about commitment to a practice.

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On The Lit Mat: Jesse Ball

On The Lit Mat: Jesse Ball

The goal is always to see more clearly. One tries all the time to be awake, to be undeceived, to be grateful and generous.

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On The Lit Mat: Rikki Ducornet

On The Lit Mat: Rikki Ducornet

A pot of tea, some yoga, maybe a walk around the garden and I’m off.

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