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🧡 October Gentle Yoga with Val Boyko 🧡
“Come practice with meCome share in communityFind Your Middle Ground” Thank you for being part of our Middle Ground Community! As we move into Autumn, here in the Northern Hemisphere, the days are growing shorter, and the shadows longer. Soon the leaves will change into all their glory before letting go. It’s one of my…
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Inner Alignment
Enjoy this re-post and reminder for this transformational time. We live in a self absorbed society where everything seems to be directed to feeding the insatiable and bored little “me”. When we start finding our Middle Ground, we get in touch with our inner being and experience what is happening in the moment. This inner…
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Delight In Waking Up
Delight In Waking UpBelieve in the goodness of your soul.Acknowledge how well it has guided you.And yet know that you will fall asleep along the way.When you sleep,Take no delight in blaming yourself.Take delight in waking yourself up once more.Self blame is the deepest injury,The deepest sleep of all.Wake yourself up with gentle affection.~ by…
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🍎Val’s September Community News🍎
“Come practice with meCome share in communityFind Your Middle Ground” Thank you for being part of our Middle Ground Community! As we move into September, here in the Northern Hemisphere, we feel the changes of Late Summer. Its a time for ripening and softening in nature .. yet also a time for getting back into…
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Moving Through The Cycle of Pain
Over the years as a yoga teacher I have worked with people who have had different physical issues causing tightness, pain, and the accompanying fear of hurting themselves more. I supported them in calming down the body-mind, adapting their practice, moving their energy, and helped them to understand how the cycle of pain causes more…
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🌺 Yoga Community News for August 🌺
“Come practice with meCome share in communityFind Your Middle Ground” Thank you for being part of our Middle Ground Community! Please note that I will be in Scotland until August 10th. Live classes resume on Sunday August 11th with a gentle nourishing practice on Zoom. Summer is definitely here in the northern hemisphere, bringing more…
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Mantra for Healing
Thank you so much for sending healing energy and prayers for my friend Susan. The open heart surgery went well. She is now recovering and beginning her healing journey. Whenever I wish to send healing out to a particular person or the world, I love to listen to certain mantras. This is my favorite, and…
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Mooji – The Parable of the Two Birds
This inspiration is from Mooji and is taken from ‘Vaster Than Sky Greater Than Space’. “Some time ago I saw a picture depicting a parable from the Bhagavad Gita. It showed two birds in a tree, and one of them was building a nest. This one is flying off collecting things, arranging the twigs –…
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The Secret Saving Grace
The secret isn’t hidden,esoteric, or opaque.Right here, in all myincompletion; right now,with self doubts nippingat my shins like crazedchihuahuas, I can drawa breath and let love in.The simple act of breathingchanges everything.I shift from closedto open the momentI let breath connectme with my quiet depths.The fact that love isfreely available,just waiting to flow in, is…
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💦 February Yoga Community News 💦
“Come practice with meCome share in communityFind Your Middle Ground” Thank you for being part of our Middle Ground Community as we enter February. Some of you will enjoy some time away in warmer climates, but most of us here in the Northern Hemisphere are ready for some brighter days! Winter is a time to…
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Open Middle Ground Gathering – Saturday January 27 at 10.00am EST
“To make it through the gathering disquiet, I will need embodied connection… I will need to seek comfort in the warmth of others this year. Whenever the cold creeps in, wherever the dark night pools, I will need to look for others” — Margaret Renkl, from “Taking a Cue From the Squirrels in My Birdhouse”…
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Feeling Off Balance at This Time of Year
Are you feeling off balance at this time of year? You are not alone! Entering a New Year and diving into the depths of Winter is such an interesting time of year in the Northern hemisphere. It’s a time of transition and mixed messages that easily throws us off balance. Many of us have enjoyed…
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❄️ January Middle Ground Community ❄️
“Come practice with meCome share in communityFind Your Middle Ground” Thank you for being part of our Middle Ground Community as we enter the New Year and Mid Winter. Some of you will enjoy some time away in warmer climates, but most of us here in the Northern Hemisphere will be bracing for colder weather…
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🕊 December Community News🕊
“Come practice with meCome share in communityFind Your Middle Ground” Thank you for being part of our Middle Ground Community! As we move into Winter here in the northern hemisphere, this year, more than ever, I wish for peace in all our hearts. Let us come together to cultivate our own inner peace and raise…
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🧡 Community 🧡
“Come practice with meCome share in communityFind Your Middle Ground” Thank you for being part of our Middle Ground Community as we move into cooler and darker days. This is a time for reflection and enjoying a few warm days, the changing colors and the shifting light. Its also a time to be grateful for what…
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Chant for Peace with Tina Turner
Join me in this moving mantra and video with Tina Turner and friends. May peace prevail. For the children. Meaning of the words: Sarva=everything; Sarvesham= all/ everything; Svastir = health/well-being; Bhavatu = let be, may there be; Shanti=peace. Namaste