Lonnie DeSorcy

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Highlights from SYTAR

I’m back from Austin, Texas, where my Calgary friend and colleague, Nancy Hong, and I attended the 2014 edition of Symposium on Yoga Therapy Research (SYTAR). This year marked the 25th anniversary of the International Association of Yoga Therapists (IAYT) and was chock full of innovative and well-informed presentations on how yoga practices can be …

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Sign Up for July Drop-In Yoga

  Over the month of July, drop-in classes will be offered by donation (suggested $12 – $15 per class).  Space is limited, so if you sign up and then decide not to come, please revisit the list and take your name off. Tuesday Morning (10 – 11:30) at Shaganappi Tuesday Evening (7 – 8:30) at …

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Some Thoughts on Beginner’s Mind

  Beginner’s Mind.  As a foundational attitude in meditation, recovery, healing, physical therapy, addictions rehab, and even working as a helping professional, beginner’s mind is indispensable. This term, popularized by Zen teacher, Shunryu Suzuki, is so rich in meaning for our lives.  I think I first heard the term from Jon Kabat-Zinn in his famous …

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