{"id":9194,"date":"2015-04-17T22:05:38","date_gmt":"2015-04-18T05:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/?p=9194"},"modified":"2015-04-18T00:17:38","modified_gmt":"2015-04-18T07:17:38","slug":"kindness-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/beautiful-things\/kindness-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"Kindness Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>says a sign at the window of a yoga studio in Mt. Shasta &#8211; this is my kind of place &#8211; so dropped in on a snowy morning&#8230;after slip and sliding on the snowy road&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6406.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6406.jpg\" alt=\"sm_IMG_6406\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6406.jpg 500w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6406-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6406-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>Snow quietly falling outside &#8211; it&#8217;s so cozy:)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6414.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6414.jpg\" alt=\"sm_IMG_6414\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9196\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6414.jpg 500w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6414-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6414-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>The studio looked up happened to be by my favorite grocery store&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6450.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6450.jpg\" alt=\"sm_IMG_6450\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6450.jpg 500w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6450-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6450-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a> with the best veggie wrap I ever had &#8211; so fresh! Trying to recreate at home:)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6447.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6447.jpg\" alt=\"sm_IMG_6447\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9257\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6447.jpg 500w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6447-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6447-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>No cell phones in the cafe &#8211; nice:)Here&#8217;s the inviting entrance&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6385.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6385.jpg\" alt=\"sm_IMG_6385\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9197\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6385.jpg 500w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6385-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6385-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>Again and again, Kindness Matters &#8211; really.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6386.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6386.jpg\" alt=\"sm_IMG_6386\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9198\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6386.jpg 500w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6386-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6386-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>adults and children, mixed-level community class taught by a lovely teacher who modified the poses for a child and a very expectant mother and others at various levels of experience and needs &#8211; very kind indeed. Fascinating talk on bone density and alignment &#8211; Iyengar school trained&#8230; should have known. My stiff tight shoulders from 5+ hours of non-stop driving just melted away&#8230;it was a right amount of movement vs. rest, that balance. Loved that floating sensation &#8211; is it just me?<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6419.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6419.jpg\" alt=\"sm_IMG_6419\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9223\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6419.jpg 500w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6419-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6419-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a> Snow covered walkways &#8211; snow no longer falling&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6453.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6453.jpg\" alt=\"sm_IMG_6453\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6453.jpg 500w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6453-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6453-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nSome city-dweller girl getting excited over &#8230; a crystalline spring water stream&#8230;it apparently dawned on her that this is the start of Sacramento River&#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6514.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6514.jpg\" alt=\"sm_IMG_6514\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6514.jpg 500w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6514-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6514-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6516.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6516.jpg\" alt=\"sm_IMG_6516\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6516.jpg 500w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6516-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6516-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nNext day&#8230; snow has mostly melted and spring is here.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6603.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6603.jpg\" alt=\"sm_IMG_6603\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6603.jpg 500w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6603-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6603-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6600.jpg\" alt=\"sm_IMG_6600\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6600.jpg 500w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6600-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6600-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6604.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6604.jpg\" alt=\"sm_IMG_6604\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9203\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6604.jpg 500w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6604-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6604-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6605.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6605.jpg\" alt=\"sm_IMG_6605\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6605.jpg 500w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6605-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6605-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Lonely as God and White as a winter moon.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6612.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6612.jpg\" alt=\"sm_IMG_6612\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6612.jpg 500w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6612-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6612-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6616.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6616.jpg\" alt=\"sm_IMG_6616\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9206\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6616.jpg 500w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6616-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6616-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a> Blessed water &#8230;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6674.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6674.jpg\" alt=\"sm_IMG_6674\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9207\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6674.jpg 500w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6674-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6674-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a>  Clear and pure water to wash away whatever needs cleansing emotionally and spiritually&#8230; icy coollldd to awaken you:)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6683.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6683.jpg\" alt=\"sm_IMG_6683\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6683.jpg 500w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6683-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/sm_IMG_6683-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>says a sign at the window of a yoga studio in Mt. Shasta &#8211; this is my kind of place &#8211; so dropped in on a snowy morning&#8230;after slip and sliding on the snowy road&#8230; Snow quietly falling outside &#8211; it&#8217;s so cozy:) The studio looked up happened to be by my favorite grocery store&#8230; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[7,12,6,10],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9194"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9194"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9264,"href":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9194\/revisions\/9264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wagayoga.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}