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What has been one of your biggest life lessons? 1
Learning to listen to my intuition, and being aware that my mind can rationalize everything and anything. This justifies my working with people who I sense I shouldn’t, giving them a chance, then finding out that just what my gut felt was correct after all.
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Jennifer Pansa Yoga teacher at Ansa Yoga
Anything is possible
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Rae Indigo E-RYT 500 and cofounder of United Yoga School
one hundred percent of the time!
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Jeska Brodbeck Yoga teacher and group facilitator
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Anything is possible one hundred percent of the time! I worked in corporate America for six years, and I just exited last year to create the life of my dreams. I teach Kripalu-inspired vinyasa yoga and laughter yoga and also facilitate groups such as the Red Tent Women’s Circle. When I take committed action toward my vision, I help the world heal! photo: Imagreimy Salazar
Joan Varini Yoga instructor, channeler, and healer
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Staying true to my heart has a direct relationship with trusting the flow of my soul’s needs and the uniqueness of my life’s journey. My heart has led me to powerful beauty and painful challenges, but my heart guide helps keep me connected to all of creation and is a reminder that I am exactly where I need to be. SUNWARRIORYOGA.COM PHOTO: HARMONY VIDES-VARINI
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Imagine a baby eagle peering over a cliff. Pulsing with instinct and trusting its destiny of flight, it leaps out of the nest to find respite in the wind. Just as with the baby bird, one of life’s biggest lessons for me is how to feel comfort in trepidation and how to repeatedly take flight, tapping into my innate potential energy. ANSAYOGA.COM PHOTO: MICHAEL RAVENEY
Chira Cassel Yoga instructor and director of The Sacred Space Miami
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My life is an ocean. I do not always choose the choppy, harsh waves, but I still have a choice: resist or surrender? When I remember impermanence—the truth that nothing lasts forever—I allow the universe to carry me through change. I remember. I trust. I float. And soon the waves are behind me, and I am transformed. THESACREDSPACEMIAMI.COM PHOTO: WORLD RED EYE
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