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Yoga helps you [let go of] attachment to material things and empowers your soul.
~ Rajahshree Choudhury
The essence of yoga is truth and love… willingness to embrace the God that is within, recognizing that we are all connected.
~ Seane Corn, internationally celebrat- ed yoga teacher
Johannes R. Fisslinger is the co-founder of National Yoga Month and founder of Yoga-Recess in Schools. Both initiatives are coordinated by the Yoga Health Foundation. For information about free local yoga classes and events in Septem- ber and the new Titans of Yoga DVD, featuring 25 masters of yoga and medita- tion now available through yoga teachers and studios, visit
YogaMonth.org.
SEANE CORN
FINDING A YOGA STYLE AND MAKING IT MEANINGFUL
by Kim Childs
Seane Corn, a yoga superstar featured on magazine covers and
Oprah.com, has been practicing yoga for 23 years and teaching for well over a decade. She has also taken her yoga “off the mat,” inspiring activism and raising funds for programs around the world that serve at-risk youth and AIDS/HIV treatment and prevention. Natural Awakenings asked this renowned teacher to share her advice on choosing a style of yoga and creating a home practice.
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orn observes that personality may initially predispose a student to prefer one style of yoga over another. “For example, the style of yoga I teach is Vinyasa, a fluid form of yoga,” she says. “It tends to draw people who are more athletic and perhaps more goal-oriented or self-competitive—those who prefer a practice that feels more like a workout.” This style of so-called flow yoga can also be very emotionally therapeutic, she adds. Students who want to try more vigorous yoga styles like Vinyasa or Ashtanga
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should have a basic understanding of how to build yoga asanas (postures), in- tegrate the breath and work with their body’s flexibility. “In my dream world, students would know that there are techniques they need to understand before
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