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I still wake early, still run, still practice yoga. The practices didn't change. My relationship to them did.

Holding it loosely. Trusting rhythm, not the plan.

What would shift for you if you held your practice a little more loosely?

#yoga #practice #presence
#mindfulness #surrender #listening
#holdlightly #embodiedwisdom #dailypractice

Despacio. One word. My grandmother's entire yoga teaching, without the yoga.

She said it to her plants, to herself, to a ten-year-old who didn't know she was learning.

What word from someone you loved carries the most?

#slowliving #yoga #embodiedwisdom
#spanishyogi #breath #contemplativelife
#yogajourney #presence #clararamirez

We've been taught that stillness means not moving.

But the Buddha walked for forty-nine days after his awakening. Maybe wisdom needs legs.

How does your body find its own way to stillness?

Read the full story

https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/running-toward-stillness-315ccaf8e421

#meditationpractice #embodiedwisdom #movementmeditation
#buddhism #contemplativepractice #spiritualjourney
#mindfulness #runningmeditation #walkingmeditation

My teacher told me to put my books down for one week. I thought it would be easy.

It wasn't. Without my concepts, I had to feel what I'd been studying instead.

What has your body taught you that books couldn't?

#yoga #embodiedwisdom #teachers
#rishikesh #spiritualpractice #movementasmedicine
#yogaretreat #guruwisdom #bodywisdom

My grandmother practiced yoga for fifty years. She called it sitting down.

Asana means seat. Not pose. She had it right all along, the vocabulary just hadn't caught up.

What does your practice look like without the words?

#yoga #asana #ancestralwisdom
#yogaphilosophy #presencepractice #familywisdom
#embodiedwisdom #contemplativepractice #culturalheritage

We've been taught that stillness means not moving.

But the Buddha walked for forty-nine days after his awakening. Maybe wisdom needs legs.

How does your body find its own way to stillness?

Read the full story

https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/running-toward-stillness-315ccaf8e421

#meditationpractice #embodiedwisdom #movementmeditation
#buddhism #contemplativepractice #spiritualjourney
#mindfulness #runningmeditation #walkingmeditation

I was surrounded by books on non-attachment, deeply attached to every one of them.

The irony was lost on me then, I had to step on my mat to find it.

What irony have you found in your reading practice?

Read the full essay

https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/what-books-couldnt-teach-me-about-yoga-3af80e9c0db9

#spirituality #yoga #books
#yogaphilosophy #nonattachment #embodiedwisdom
#spiritualbooks #studyandpractice #mindfulreading

Moving to a new country feels like running in the dark.

You can't see the whole path. You don't know which streets will become familiar. You just take the next step, then the next.

What practice has taught you to trust the unknown?

#trust #uncertainty #presence
#mindfulness #embodiedwisdom #contemplativelife
#movingforward #innerstrength #dailypractice

I used to run to conquer my body. Now I run like having a conversation with it.

My hamstring whispers, I slow down. My breath labors, I adjust pace.

How do you know when to push and when to listen to your body?

Read essay

https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/when-the-body-says-no-e5ca3df5f30a

#mindfulrunning #bodylistening #yoga
#runningmeditation #embodiedwisdom #presence
#runningpractice #yogarunner #intuitivemovement

Despacio. One word. My grandmother's entire yoga teaching, without the yoga.

She said it to her plants, to herself, to a ten-year-old who didn't know she was learning.

What word from someone you loved carries the most?

#slowliving #yoga #embodiedwisdom
#spanishyogi #breath #contemplativelife
#yogajourney #presence #clararamirez

I practiced yoga for five years before I learned what yoga actually was.

The first sutra changed everything: yoga is stilling the mind, not mastering poses.

What surprised you most when you first encountered yoga philosophy?

Read the full essay

https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/books-that-challenged-my-yoga-practice-77c4aeddf69a

#yogaphilosophy #yogasutras #yogapractice
#mindfulness #meditation #contemplativepractice
#yogabooks #spiritualreading #embodiedwisdom

My grandmother practiced yoga for fifty years. She called it sitting down.

Asana means seat. Not pose. She had it right all along, the vocabulary just hadn't caught up.

What does your practice look like without the words?

#yoga #asana #ancestralwisdom
#yogaphilosophy #presencepractice #familywisdom
#embodiedwisdom #contemplativepractice #culturalheritage

Despacio. One word. My grandmother's entire yoga teaching, without the yoga.

She said it to her plants, to herself, to a ten-year-old who didn't know she was learning.

What word from someone you loved carries the most?

#slowliving #yoga #embodiedwisdom
#spanishyogi #breath #contemplativelife
#yogajourney #presence #clararamirez

I practiced yoga for five years before I learned what yoga actually was.

The first sutra changed everything: yoga is stilling the mind, not mastering poses.

What surprised you most when you first encountered yoga philosophy?

Read the full essay

https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/books-that-challenged-my-yoga-practice-77c4aeddf69a

#yogaphilosophy #yogasutras #yogapractice
#mindfulness #meditation #contemplativepractice
#yogabooks #spiritualreading #embodiedwisdom

I still wake early, still run, still practice yoga. The practices didn't change. My relationship to them did.

Holding it loosely. Trusting rhythm, not the plan.

What would shift for you if you held your practice a little more loosely?

#yoga #practice #presence
#mindfulness #surrender #listening
#holdlightly #embodiedwisdom #dailypractice

My teacher told me to put my books down for one week. I thought it would be easy.

It wasn't. Without my concepts, I had to feel what I'd been studying instead.

What has your body taught you that books couldn't?

#yoga #embodiedwisdom #teachers
#rishikesh #spiritualpractice #movementasmedicine
#yogaretreat #guruwisdom #bodywisdom

We've been taught that stillness means not moving.

But the Buddha walked for forty-nine days after his awakening. Maybe wisdom needs legs.

How does your body find its own way to stillness?

Read the full story

https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/running-toward-stillness-315ccaf8e421

#meditationpractice #embodiedwisdom #movementmeditation
#buddhism #contemplativepractice #spiritualjourney
#mindfulness #runningmeditation #walkingmeditation

My yoga practice is completely unremarkable. And that's exactly where the transformation happens.

Same basic asanas, a thousand times.

What does your unremarkable, everyday practice look like?

#dailypractice #yogaathome #consistency
#homeyoga #mindfulness #yogajourney
#authenticpractice #embodiedwisdom #yogalife

I used to run to conquer my body. Now I run like having a conversation with it.

My hamstring whispers, I slow down. My breath labors, I adjust pace.

How do you know when to push and when to listen to your body?

Read essay

https://medium.com/@clarainsweden/when-the-body-says-no-e5ca3df5f30a

#mindfulrunning #bodylistening #yoga
#runningmeditation #embodiedwisdom #presence
#runningpractice #yogarunner #intuitivemovement

My yoga practice is completely unremarkable. And that's exactly where the transformation happens.

Same basic asanas, a thousand times.

What does your unremarkable, everyday practice look like?

#dailypractice #yogaathome #consistency
#homeyoga #mindfulness #yogajourney
#authenticpractice #embodiedwisdom #yogalife

Hip openers made me anxious despite years of practice.

Van der Kolk showed me muscles hold memory, bodies store trauma.

What has your body been trying to tell you through resistance or discomfort?

#somatichealing #traumainformedyoga #embodiedwisdom
#bodymindconnection #yogatherapy #healingtrauma
#yogabooks #mindfulness #selfcompassion

Hip openers made me anxious despite years of practice.

Van der Kolk showed me muscles hold memory, bodies store trauma.

What has your body been trying to tell you through resistance or discomfort?

#somatichealing #traumainformedyoga #embodiedwisdom
#bodymindconnection #yogatherapy #healingtrauma
#yogabooks #mindfulness #selfcompassion

True guidance is not a concept.
It’s a sensation.

Your body knows
when something is right.
Your breath deepens.
Your jaw lets go.
Your spine softens.

It doesn’t shout.
It lands quietly —
like a truth
you’ve always known.

That’s the kind of guidance
you can live with.

#EmbodiedWisdom #SelfTrust #InnerKnowing #SelfGuidance #MentalHealth