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		<title>Using a yoga strap at home</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2023 22:42:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[You probably have a strap among your props, and if you don&#8217;t it&#8217;s easy to find one, at your yoga studio or at Target, or maybe even at the grocery store. I like mine to be at least 8 feet long. Here are a few things you can do in your home practice with a&#8230; <a href="https://practicenotes.net/2023/01/26/using-a-yoga-strap-at-home/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Using a yoga strap at&#160;home</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Stairstep setup for pranayama</title>
		<link>https://practicenotes.net/2021/12/14/stairstep-setup-for-pranayama/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2021 17:58:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[We learn Pranayama practices first while reclining and then later, maybe even years later, practice while sitting. This is one reason asana practice is key to pranayama &#8211; it makes you strong enough to be able to keep a steady seat for pranayama and the subsequent meditative yoga practices. (Asana means &#8216;seat&#8217;.) The stairstep arrangement&#8230; <a href="https://practicenotes.net/2021/12/14/stairstep-setup-for-pranayama/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Stairstep setup for&#160;pranayama</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Easing into Supta Virasana</title>
		<link>https://practicenotes.net/2021/03/07/easing-into-supta-virasana/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2021 18:27:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Iyengar yoga]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pranayama]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I was surprised to discover that I have written many times about Supta Virasana (reclining hero pose). Recently I&#8217;ve been thinking about what a key prep pose it is for pranayama. This older post has some good details, though, and I&#8217;ll try not to repeat them. I always thought of it as largely a quad&#8230; <a href="https://practicenotes.net/2021/03/07/easing-into-supta-virasana/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Easing into Supta&#160;Virasana</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Make your own sandbags</title>
		<link>https://practicenotes.net/2021/02/20/make-your-own-sandbags/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2021 15:33:49 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Are you practicing at home and wishing you had access to that nice pile of sandbags at the studio? It&#8217;s not hard to make your own if you have access to a sewing machine. What you need for each sandbag: 10 lbs of aquarium gravel (or sand, but the gravel is easier to work with)&#8230; <a href="https://practicenotes.net/2021/02/20/make-your-own-sandbags/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Make your own&#160;sandbags</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Setting up your home yoga space</title>
		<link>https://practicenotes.net/2020/04/29/setting-up-your-home-yoga-space/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2020 21:07:39 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not always possible to have a dedicated yoga space. If you can do it, though, great! It might be a hallway, or a corner of your bedroom. Even in a limited space, try to keep your mat visible as a reminder that you&#8217;re trying for daily practice. I usually practice in our family room&#8230; <a href="https://practicenotes.net/2020/04/29/setting-up-your-home-yoga-space/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Setting up your home yoga&#160;space</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Zoom and home yoga</title>
		<link>https://practicenotes.net/2020/04/10/zoom-and-home-yoga/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2020 17:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[home practice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interroception]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[I am on Zoom a LOT these days. I&#8217;m teaching two or three classes a week, and having breakfast and cocktails (not at the same time) with family and friends, and going to various meetings. It&#8217;s a huge boon for staying in touch with people. Sometimes, though, I just need to walk away and be&#8230; <a href="https://practicenotes.net/2020/04/10/zoom-and-home-yoga/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Zoom and home&#160;yoga</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Knee ideas</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2020 23:16:03 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been having knee trouble for a while. Sometimes it&#8217;s fine, sometimes it&#8217;s not. If I am good and do strengthening and stretching every day, it&#8217;s much better. Leslie Howard is a yoga teacher in California who specializes in pelvic floor function. She said in a recent newsletter that if people have knee trouble, it&#8217;s&#8230; <a href="https://practicenotes.net/2020/04/09/knee-ideas/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Knee ideas</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Go upside down!</title>
		<link>https://practicenotes.net/2020/04/08/go-upside-down/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2020 01:43:10 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I recently saw a graphic of a physical therapy technique called postural drainage that could be used on COVID-19 patients. It apparently used to be used often before ventilators became widely used. I don&#8217;t have enough information to recommend it or not. BUT! It&#8217;s all inversions! Most people think of headstand and shoulderstand as the&#8230; <a href="https://practicenotes.net/2020/04/08/go-upside-down/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Go upside down!</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>What&#8217;s the source of this?</title>
		<link>https://practicenotes.net/2020/04/08/whats-the-source-of-this/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2020 01:09:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[At the end of my practice, and also at the end of my class, I like to close with something short, not a prayer, exactly, or a sermon, I hope. Just a thought. Sometimes I say this. I take refuge in the breath. Breath is all this, whatever there is, and all that ever will&#8230; <a href="https://practicenotes.net/2020/04/08/whats-the-source-of-this/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">What&#8217;s the source of&#160;this?</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Seated Pranayama</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2020 22:42:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Once you get comfortable doing Pranayama, you will be sitting most of the time. Whatever seated position you choose, have your knees level with or lower than your hips. Keep your pelvis upright, not tipping back so that you are struggling to stay up, and not tilting forward so that your abdomen is falling out&#8230; <a href="https://practicenotes.net/2020/04/04/seated-pranayama/" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Seated Pranayama</span></a>]]></description>
		
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