Yoga Being whole

Yoga
Being whole

October 11 2013

This post is a reminder to myself: Do Yoga. It’s good for you!
I was introduced to Ashtanga once and since then I know that I should follow this path.

The first video serves as a great teaser for this style of yoga.

We don’t use our body to get into the pose
We use the pose to get into our body
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Richard Feynman
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The Chrysalis of the Human Being

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Sebastião Salgado
Amazônia

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Corpo Solido

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