Join us Fridays just after 11am (allow one hour, but it won't always be that long) to experience meditation.  Each week we will use a different recording to guide us.   Here are the recordings we've used so far:

Beryl Bender Birch "Everyday Mindfulness:  Meditation for Beginners" 

Mary Maddux "Body Balance Meditation"

Jon Kabat-Zinn "Guided Mindfulness Meditation - Part 1"  (available to borrow from NH Downloadable Books - or your public library's equivalent)

Shakti Gawain "Creative Visualization...
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Before beginning the asana practice today, I read a passage from Beryl Bender Birch's "Boomer Yoga" (p. 82) that talks about the position of the pelvis in forward bends.   It explains what happens when someone with tight hamstrings or tight lower back rounds their back and strains in order to "look" like they are folding forward - even though their pelvis is actually tipped back.  And it reminds us how important it is to engage the quadriceps  to signal the hamstrings that it is OK to relax a...
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