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Om Namah Shivaya: Creation Through Destruction

February 25, 2013 - by jenniecoughlin

This afternoon, Bill at The Bookcast was asking me about All That Is Necessary, and I had to point out that I’d written the first draft of the book set entirely in 1991. It didn’t work like that. (Kyrie had …

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Writer Yoga: See the World Through The Right Lens

April 26, 2012 - by jenniecoughlin

In my first yoga teacher training that really touched on the philosophical underpinnings of yoga, one of the other trainees mentioned advice her stepfather, who had terminal cancer, had once given her. “We see the world through the lenses we …

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Wobbling Through Uncertainty

April 17, 2012 - by jenniecoughlin

A few weeks ago, I sprained my foot after I tripped over my own two feet. It’s finally starting to feel close to normal, at least some of the time. The past several days have been unsettling as I’ve had …

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Writer Yoga: Balance Keeps Our Writing Fresh

February 28, 2012 - by jenniecoughlin - 3 Comments.

After class the other day, I was talking with a member about balance from one side of the body to another. That’s the other kind of balance we find in yoga. The poses — Tree, Star, Dancer, Airplane, Warrior III …

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Writer Yoga: Letting Go of Expectations

February 14, 2012 - by jenniecoughlin - 1 Comment

Some mornings, I come to my mat and everything clicks. My body feels fluid, moving pose to pose smoothly. Other mornings, it’s a struggle. I feel all the places my body deviates from the norm, all the ways I struggle …

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Writer Yoga: Walking Along the Edge

January 31, 2012 - by jenniecoughlin - 2 Comments.

There’s a phrase I use a lot when I teach yoga — I let participants know we’re looking for the space between “easy” and “ouch.” You know that space. It’s not just in yoga. In anything we do, there’s a …

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Softening Our Grip on Outcomes Through Nonattachment

January 24, 2012 - by jenniecoughlin - 4 Comments.

Back when I had a yoga studio, I had a weekly yoga philosophy discussion group. It started as a short workshop at The Sacred Circle, a local bookstore that carries some wonderful yoga and meditation books, among other things. In …

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Balance, A Challenge?

January 17, 2012 - by jenniecoughlin - 3 Comments.

One of the regulars in my Tuesday morning yoga class was asking for balance poses in the Friday class I covered last week — she finds them the biggest challenge. That’s true for a lot of us, whether we’re talking …

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Harnessing Energy in Writing and Yoga

January 10, 2012 - by jenniecoughlin - 2 Comments.

I’ll admit, I was a very left-brained “I’m just in it for the flexibility” yogini when I started. I’m still left-brained, but I’ve also learned enough of the science and seen enough evidence in practice to embrace the deeper aspects …

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Intertwining Writing and Yoga In My Life

January 3, 2012 - by jenniecoughlin

It’s coming up on 13 years since I began practicing yoga, and probably 30 since I started to write. In both cases, I’ve lapsed at times in my practice, whether it’s putting words on paper or feet on the mat. …

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