Therealisticgypsy

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𝘓𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘺𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘧, “𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘵, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘯𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦.” 𝘚𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘐 𝘥𝘪𝘥𝘯’𝘵. ⁣
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𝗧𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿, 𝗜’𝗺 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗯𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲. 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗺𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲. 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝗷𝗼𝘆𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺. 𝗕𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘀𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗮 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘂𝗸𝗵𝗮. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘂𝗲 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗯𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗽 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗷𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗱𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲. ⁣
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𝙃𝙚𝙧𝙚’𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙮𝙚𝙖𝙧, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙨 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨 𝙄 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙞𝙣 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮.⁣
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𝘕𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘶𝘵 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦. ♥️⁣
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𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘺 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮, 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘢𝘧𝘵𝘦𝘳 108 𝘴𝘶𝘯 𝘴𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴, 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦. 𝘍𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘭𝘪𝘬𝘦 𝘢 𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵, 𝘮𝘺 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘭 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘐’𝘮 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘺.⁣ 🔥🔥
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𝗪𝗲𝗹𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗪𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗲𝘆𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗿𝗺𝘀 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻. ⁣
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𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘶𝘴, 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘦, 𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘠𝘖𝘜⁣
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𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗮 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗯𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗷𝗼𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿. ⁣
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𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦, 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘬 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘐 𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘭𝘭. ⁣
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𝙃𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙮 𝙏𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠𝙨𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 🍁 ⁣
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𝘞𝘌 𝘈𝘙𝘌 𝘞𝘈𝘙𝘙𝘐𝘖𝘙 𝘖𝘕𝘌 ⁣
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𝗣𝗟𝗔𝗡𝗞𝗦𝗚𝗜𝗩𝗜𝗡𝗚 🍁⁣
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We’ve already passed the half way mark, and we’re staring into the eyes of three straight minutes of plank. Pressing the floor away, pulling our bellies up and in, tucking our tail bones under and stepping into what’s possible. Side plank, high plank, forearm plank, however it looks, whatever you need, JUST DO IT. ⁣
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𝘐 𝘢𝘮 𝘴𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧, 𝘈𝘕𝘋 𝘐’𝘮 𝘴𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘴. 𝘞𝘦’𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘵. 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘦’𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘸𝘰 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘢𝘮𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨. 💪🏼⁣
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𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗰 𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗳 𝗻𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝗴𝗮 𝗽𝗶𝗰. 😂⁣
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𝗔 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗸𝘀 𝗮𝗴𝗼 𝗜 𝗵𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝘁𝗼 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗮 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗽 𝗼𝗳 𝗳𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰 𝗹𝗮𝗱𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝘁 ⁣
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𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦⁣
𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘧𝘦𝘤𝘵 ⁣
& 𝘓𝘪𝘻 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘦. ⁣
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𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲, 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗺𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀.⁣
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𝘕𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬 𝘐’𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 𝘥𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘵 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯!⁣
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𝘓𝘰𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘦. ☀️

𝗬𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴…⁣
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My handstand journey has been a frustrating one. Since I was a kid being upside down really threw me off. I didn’t fear it, but when I came back to my feet I never felt comfortable. Whether the world was spinning, or blood was rushing through my head I felt unbalanced/dizzy. Luckily, I found yoga. Yoga has taught me a new approach. Instead of thinking “I can’t do this because blood is rushing to my head and I’m unbalanced,” I asked myself “why does it feel this way, and what can I do to make it feel differently?”⁣
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𝘛𝘩𝘢𝘵’𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘤 𝘩𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘥⁣
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I discovered my “unbalanced/dizzy” feeling stemmed from not taking my gaze anywhere specific. Kind of blindly throwing myself up a wall with my eyes just going where they went. Imagine if a ballerina was doing pirouettes without spotting, they would be dizzy after a single rotation! Now I place a focus point/object in between my hands. Sometimes it’s a prayer stone full of intention, sometimes it’s a dust bunny floating through the studio. In yoga, this practice can be translated to drishti or a focused gaze. ⁣
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What about the blood rushing to my head? BREATH. Humans love to hold their breath; when preparing to move heavy weights, when trying to balance, or simply trying to stabilize the body. Essentially your brain is hyper focused on stabilization, so you have to learn to force the breath yourself. You can try counting out loud, or having a conversation as practice. Overtime it will feel less forced, and happen more naturally. Maintaining breath provides the oxygen necessary for your brain to stabilize your body upside down. ⁣
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This is only two of the many difficulties I faced in my journey to handstand. I’ll try to share more as my practice continues to grow. ⁣
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Stay in the work; practice more, breath more, be your biggest cheerleader. ⁣
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𝗜’𝗺 𝗿𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘆𝗼𝘂!⁣
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𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲! 🥃🌳⁣
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𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘚𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸, 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘴! ⁣
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Thanks to @ for the space and amazing food, for hosting this event each month, and for stepping up and making sure the bourbon industry can continue to thrive through sustainable practices.⁣
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𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵, 𝗜’𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼 𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆. ⁣
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𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗰𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗮 𝗴𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲! 🥃🌳⁣
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𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘱 𝘤𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘚𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘺 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘭𝘰𝘸, 𝘧𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘤𝘬𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘴! ⁣
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Thanks to for the space and amazing food, for hosting this event each month, and for stepping up and making sure the bourbon industry can continue to thrive through sustainable practices.⁣
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𝗝𝗼𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵, 𝗜’𝗹𝗹 𝗮𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗼 𝗼𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆. ⁣
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𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗱𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗻𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗶𝗻 𝗺𝘆 𝗵𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲.⁣
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☀️☀️☀️⁣
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𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲⁣
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𝘜𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦?⁣
𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘦𝘯’𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘧𝘦𝘸 𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘬𝘴?⁣
𝘕𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘥 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘵 𝘰𝘯 𝘢 𝘺𝘰𝘨𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘵? ⁣
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𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲. ⁣
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Show up for you! Let’s get you into a class or a private lesson, or let’s talk about getting a home practice started. Yoga can be done anywhere, and it looks different for every single person. I want to answer your questions. I want you to tell me the thing that is holding you back. I want to make this practice work for you.⁣
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𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘶𝘵, 𝘭𝘦𝘵’𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬. ⁣
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