She never called it pranayama. She said: breathe like the mountains breathe.
I was ten. The Sierra Nevada held still on the horizon.
Who first taught you to slow down?
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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?
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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?
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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?
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She never called it pranayama. She said: breathe like the mountains breathe.
I was ten. The Sierra Nevada held still on the horizon.
Who first taught you to slow down?
Read the full essay
#abuela #yogaphilosophy #culturalwisdom
#breathwork #granada #embodiedwisdom
#yogaoffthemat #ancestralwisdom #spanishculture
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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
Info: http://dlvr.it/TRqJqc
Registration: http://dlvr.it/TRqJqg
#SpiritualIntegration #Interfaith #EmbodiedWisdom #CulturalCompetence #Belonging #GrowTogether #Psychotherapists #counselors #ClinicalSocialWork #MentalHealthTraining #ProfessionalRetreat #MarylandEvents #Spirituality #SpiritualCare #InnerAwareness #GroundedLiving #HealingCommunity #CareProfessionals #NBCC #ASWB #SocialWorkCE #CEs #ProfessionalGathering #ACPERetreat #SpirituallyIntegratedPsychotherapy #CommunityCare
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