The other day I had an anxiety dream: the kind of dream that played with my sense of worth by exposing me to a form of public shame. In my dream I was searching for ways to make me look reputable to other people. This anxiety dream clung to my skin reminding me that I must confront, release, or come to accept something occurring in my life. The practice of yoga is a practice of letting go.
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Over the weekend I attended Meghan Maris’ Ethics of Yoga workshop. This workshop was a discussion of the yamas and niyamas, the moral codes in which to live by in action, thought, and word. What we think, how we act, and what we say are all bound by these codes of ethics so we can live a more thoughtful life and, in the process, create space for those around us to also live such a life.
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