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Yogi Assignment: Healing

As many of you know, my outside cat named Cleo has been in the animal hospital for the last two days. You might know her as the sweet kitty who often hangs out by our front door. My husband is allergic to cats which is why she has to stay outside and only come in…

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Yogi Assignment: Commitment

This has been a difficult year with intense highs and intense lows. Things have happened that I never imagined possible and some of it nearly broke me, but through Grace alone I kept on going. Both my father and my father-in-law crossed over—may they rest in peace, they are missed and loved dearly. Despite my…

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Ashtanga Yoga—Accountability, Acceptance and Action in the Arena of Sexual Appropriateness and Hands-On Assists by Kino MacGregor

As a victim of the most heinous type of sexual assault, rape, at the hands of a yoga teacher, it both saddens and alarms me to read of the accusations of inappropriate touching in hands-on assists by my teacher, the late K. Pattabhi Jois. Let me start off by saying that I believe the victims…

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Yogi Assignment: Hope

Hope is defined aHope is defined as a feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen, a feeling of trust; refraining from despair and capability of not giving up. But how do you find hope amidst what feels like a hopeless place? Sure when things are going your way and everything feels…

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Yogi Assignment: Patience

I am not a naturally patient person. Most likely that’s because my mind moves at super fast speeds processing different potentialities and buzzing with new ideas. Yoga has taught me patience, but I still don’t much like the waiting game. I am all too human sometimes. I get attached to things working out how I…

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Yogi Assignment: Karma

No matter how many times I get burned I almost always think that people are going to do the right thing. It’s like I have a blind spot for our all too human selfishness. I see the best in people, even when they don’t see the best in themselves. I see their potential, even if…

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#MeToo

When I was a young aspiring yoga teacher, I applied for teaching positions at every single yoga studio, gym, spa and community center that I thought might be interested in having me. My main goal was sharing the Ashtanga Yoga method with students and saving money so I could get back to India to continue…

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Yogi Assignment: Self-Worth

It’s taken me my entire life to start to realize my worth. You may think that I’ve never struggled with self-esteem issues, but I have. In some ways I have always felt not good enough, not connected enough and somewhat like an outsider. While I dared to try and dared to dream there was a…

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Yogi Assignment: All About Love

Did you know that love is a language? We each express love in different ways. Some of us express love by giving gifts. Other feel love through physical affection. Still others love by performing acts of service, affirming words or spending quality time together. These five love languages were first presented by Dr. Gary Chapman…