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Heard in Class:
“In the practice of Yoga one can emphasize the body, the mind or the self and hence the effort can never be fruitless.”  ~ T. Krishnamacharya

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Just a little different . . .

In Loving Memory

This young man, Martin Richard, age 8, was killed when twin bombs detonated at the Boston Marathon on Monday. He was waiting at the finish line for his father to finish the race.

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Heard in Class:
"Practice makes practice."

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"What you put into this determines what you will get out of it."

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Acro Yoga's co-founder Jenny Sauer Klein:

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Heard in Class:
"How Blessed We Are."

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Heard in Class:
"Thank you for showing up."

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"Remember: these postures are meaningless unless they are serving you. And they are also meaningless until you decide to bring your own meaning into the practice."

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"Really there is no true balance; there are only glimpses of it because everything is and always will be in flux."

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"The Yoga Sutras say, speak your truth, but do it with skill."

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"Work with those feelings you're having.. it's why we have them."

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Heard in Class:
"Be still this body, be clear this mind, be open this heart."

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"Pay attention to that breath and you'll start living the miracle."

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Heard in Class:
"This class is like a little mini-life; you just go through so much stuff in here. Just like in life, maybe we could practice by going through it with a certain quality, like pacing myself."  

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"This was never supposed to be a physical practice; there's something else happening here."

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Heard in Class:
"Feel like you are receiving the pose, rather than taking it."

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"I remember I used to be the youngest person in yoga class all the time, now one of the oldest. The point is simple: you gotta suck the juice out of every moment cause it's gone in the blink of an eye, and that's what we're working on here."

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"There aren't any of you at any stage of your life where your yoga pose is going to look the same as another age. You've gotta be open to change."

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Heard in Class:
"Ah. To be a girl!"

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Heard in Class:
"This practice is here not to remind us of what we don't have, but to remind us of what we have."

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Heard in Class:
"Body awareness keeps you present. It anchors you in the Now."

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Heard in Class:
"This is not a competition; it's an opportunity."

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