“Act from a place of love,” the rosy-faced yogi tells our elbow to elbow room of inter-generational stretchers now in shavasana.

“Instead of spreading negativity, see the love in everyone and connect with it,” she says softly, dragging out the t.

I have been practicing yoga now for over 12 weeks and what was supposed to be a very conscious effort to get my inside strength to match my outside is still an ongoing battle. I feel powerful inside but my exterior frame? Well at 44 it’s getting a little loose. But what these yogis are highlighting is something I hadn’t intended, I have a lot of anger inside of me when it comes to putting up with the crap of all the people who put profit before people and planet. 13 years of it and still a battle that has only made baby steps forward. In fact just writing that sentence speeds up my heart rate.

(“Breathe in through the nose and out through the mouth like a wave crashing…”)

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