{"id":19169,"date":"2017-11-23T20:48:53","date_gmt":"2017-11-24T04:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/?p=19169"},"modified":"2017-11-30T10:49:21","modified_gmt":"2017-11-30T18:49:21","slug":"gratitude-to-friends-hospitality-%e2%9d%a4%ef%b8%8f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/beautiful-people\/gratitude-to-friends-hospitality-%e2%9d%a4%ef%b8%8f\/","title":{"rendered":"Gratitude to friends\u2019 hospitality \u2764\ufe0f"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Grateful to spend Thanksgiving with friends and family.  Thank you to this generous soul, the &#8220;bright &#038; luminous&#8221; One who should give us a cooking class and a lesson in sharing from the heart. The leftovers should serve as our lunch and dinners for couple of days&#8230; she laughed as she insisted we take more home.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/img_1028-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/img_1028-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1536\" height=\"2048\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19168\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/img_1028-1.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/img_1028-1-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/img_1028-1-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1536px) 100vw, 1536px\" \/><\/a><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/img_0982-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/img_0982-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-19164\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/img_0982-1.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/img_0982-1-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/img_0982-1-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/img_0982-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/img_0982-1-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My first Moscow Mule in copper mug + straw:) it has a &#8230; kick!<br \/>\nSo we can kick up our heels and dance and let the world whirl and spin around us?!?<br \/>\nMusic please:)<\/p>\n<p>Then &#8230; there was the dessert table &#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Counting our blessings, not calories* (really!) &#8211; Happy Thanksgiving !<\/p>\n<p>* post- thanksgiving detox yoga to glide through the bustle and hustle of the holiday season. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.harvard.edu\/staying-healthy\/yoga-benefits-beyond-the-mat\">Many studies have shown<\/a>, lowering the cortisol levels is as if not more effective than lowering the caloric intake for weight management &#8211; if applied consistently and regularly, customizing the style\/school\/type of yoga to fit the particular conditions and timeline\/age\/stage, yoga works even better. Ashtanga style of yoga was primarily designed to settle down the teenage boys through strong athletic physically demanding sequence enough so that they can get to a place of peace where meditation &#8211; the ultimate goal of yoga &#8211; is even possible. Without all the angst, the frustrations or chaos.  Ashtanga style according to yoga scholars*, modeled after British gymnastics\/calisthenics dished up as yoga &#8211; would that INTENTION &#8211; to whip the boys into shape and get them to a point of quiet &#8211; would that be appropriate for women in her 30&#8217;s, 40&#8217;s and 50&#8217;s and beyond?  How about for men in their 30&#8217;s? maybe; 40&#8217;s? or 50&#8217;s and beyond?  Something to think about, that &#8230; your own intention defines your practice.<\/p>\n<p>* Read <strong>The Yoga Body, by Mark Singleton<\/strong>  Fascinating book that makes one think about the cultural appropriation when it comes to yoga &#8230; what is authentic? What is real and true for that Self. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grateful to spend Thanksgiving with friends and family. Thank you to this generous soul, the &#8220;bright &#038; luminous&#8221; One who should give us a cooking class and a lesson in sharing from the heart. 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