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Yoga Rockford: Vipassana Meditation takes aim at personal suffering

By Jennie Williford Pranayama Yoga Studio Embarking on my eighth Vipassana Meditation course, I am again compelled to remind the people of
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May 1, 2013 | Also published in Living> Naturally Rockford> Yoga Rockford | 2 Comments

Yoga Rockford: The pleasure and pain of yoga

By Jennie Williford Pranayama Yoga Studio We have all heard of the benefits of yoga and have seen images of beautiful people
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March 27, 2013 | Also published in Living> Naturally Rockford> Yoga Rockford | Comments (0)

Yoga Rockford: Yoga from the ground up

By Jennie Williford Pranayama Yoga Studio Since most of us are controlled by and live in our heads most of the time,
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February 27, 2013 | Also published in Living> Naturally Rockford> Yoga Rockford | Comments (0)

Yoga Rockford: The purpose of yoga postures

By Jennie Williford Pranayama Yoga Studio Out of the 196 Yoga Sutras of Patanjali that describe the practice and philosophy of yoga,
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January 30, 2013 | Also published in Living> Naturally Rockford> Yoga Rockford | 1 Comment

Yoga Rockford: Begin the journey of yoga back to your self

By Jennie Williford Pranayama Yoga Studio The new year is upon us, and it is a good time to reflect on our
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December 26, 2012 | Also published in Living> Naturally Rockford> Yoga Rockford | 2 Comments

Yoga Rockford: ‘Tis the season for yoga

By Jennie Williford Pranayama Yoga Studio Holidays are celebrated all over the world at this time of year. It is the season
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November 28, 2012 | Also published in Living> Naturally Rockford> Yoga Rockford | 2 Comments

Yoga Rockford: Yoga: For mind, not body

By Jennie Williford Pranayama Yoga Studio The great Indian sage Patanjali defines yoga in the Yoga Sutras as, “Yoga is the cessation
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October 31, 2012 | Also published in Living> Naturally Rockford> Yoga Rockford | 1 Comment

Yoga Rockford: The curiosity of yoga

By Jennie Williford Pranayama Yoga Studio Curiosity has landed on Mars and is another great example of our human desire to explore
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September 26, 2012 | Also published in Living> Naturally Rockford> Yoga Rockford | Comments (0)

Yoga Rockford: Why not yoga?

By Jennie Williford Pranayama Yoga Studio Why haven’t you tried yoga? There is always some excuse not to try it …
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August 29, 2012 | Also published in Living> Naturally Rockford> Yoga Rockford | Comments (0)

Yoga Rockford: At the feet of yoga

By Jennie Williford Pranayama Yoga Studio BKS Iyengar, founder of Iyengar Yoga, poses a question: “Why think of the heavens when
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June 27, 2012 | Also published in Living> Naturally Rockford> Yoga Rockford | Comments (0)

Yoga Rockford: Asana and Iyengar yoga

By Jennie Williford Pranayama Yoga Studio Asana (the practice of yoga postures) is the most visible part of yoga and the thing
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April 25, 2012 | Also published in Living> Naturally Rockford> Yoga Rockford | Comments (0)

Yoga Rockford: Sorry, folks, yoga is NOT a tantric sex cult

By Jennie Williford Pranayama Yoga Studio In the wake of news about the sexual exploits and financial mismanagement committed by the founder
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March 28, 2012 | Also published in Living> Naturally Rockford> Yoga Rockford | 1 Comment

Yoga Rockford: Learning meditation

By Jennie Williford Pranayama Yoga Studio Yoga students often ask me about meditation — whether I teach it or where they can
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February 29, 2012 | Also published in Living> Naturally Rockford> Yoga Rockford | Comments (0)

Yoga Rockford: What have we done to yoga?

By Jennie Williford Pranayama Yoga Studio Earlier this month, The New York Times published a dramatic and misinformed article sensationalizing the disconnect
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January 25, 2012 | Also published in Living> Naturally Rockford> Yoga Rockford | 1 Comment

Yoga Rockford: Starting again with yoga

By Jennie Williford Pranayama Yoga Studio A new year is upon us, and once again, we are faced with the resolutions and
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December 28, 2011 | Also published in Living> Naturally Rockford> Yoga Rockford | Comments (0)

Yoga Rockford: Finding depth in yoga with practice at home

By Jennie Williford Pranayama Yoga Studio For most of us, yoga practice is the hour-and-a-half (or sometimes less) we spend in our
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November 30, 2011 | Also published in Living> Naturally Rockford> Yoga Rockford | Comments (0)

Yoga Rockford: Yoga study in India

By Jennie Williford Pranayama Yoga Studio I will soon be traveling for my third time to India to study yoga. In the
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October 26, 2011 | Also published in Living> Naturally Rockford> Yoga Rockford | Comments (0)

Yoga Rockford: The heart of yoga

By Jennie Williford Pranayama Yoga Studio What is yoga, and why do we practice? “Yoga” is translated from Sanskrit as “union.” The
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September 28, 2011 | Also published in Living> Naturally Rockford> Yoga Rockford | Comments (0)

Yoga Rockford: The totality of yoga

By Jennie Williford Pranayama Yoga Studio “What would you like to gain from this class?” is what I ask new students on
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August 31, 2011 | Also published in Living> Naturally Rockford> Yoga Rockford | Comments (0)

Yoga Rockford: The community of yoga

By Jennie Williford Pranayama Yoga Studio Those of us who take a yoga class know the benefits of this great practice. I
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May 25, 2011 | Also published in Living> Naturally Rockford> Yoga Rockford | Comments (0)

Yoga: Taming your ‘monkey mind’

Yoga Rockford By Jennie Williford Pranayama Yoga Studio Many meditation techniques compare the workings of the mind to the behavior of a wild
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April 27, 2011 | Also published in Naturally Rockford> Yoga Rockford | Comments (0)

Yoga Rockford: Chanting unveiled

Yoga Rockford By Jennie Williford Pranayama Yoga Studio Many yoga traditions begin or end class with the chanting of “Aum” (“Om”). In the
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March 30, 2011 | Also published in Naturally Rockford> Yoga Rockford | Comments (0)

Yoga Rockford: Embodying yoga

By Jennie Williford Pranayama Yoga Studio Matthew Sanford is a yoga teacher and a paraplegic. In his memoir, Waking, Matt takes
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February 23, 2011 | Also published in Living> Naturally Rockford> Yoga Rockford | Comments (0)

Yoga Rockford: Yoga ‘From the Heartland’

By Jennie Williford Pranayama Yoga Studio Yoga is mostly an individual practice. It is the process of drawing inward to connect more
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January 26, 2011 | Also published in Yoga Rockford | Comments (0)

Yoga Rockford: Yoga beyond the news

By Jennie Williford Pranayama Yoga Studio Yoga is always in the news somewhere. In October, a Baptist leader claimed “Yoga isn’t Christian”
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December 29, 2010 | Also published in Yoga Rockford | Comments (0)

Yoga Rockford: The winter within

By Jennie Williford Pranayama Yoga Studio Daylight-saving time has passed, and the solstice will be here before we know it. Whether we
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November 24, 2010 | Also published in Yoga Rockford | Comments (0)

Yoga Rockford: Self-assessment

By Jennie Williford Pranayama Yoga Studio The eight “limbs” of yoga make up a path of self-transformation and spiritual freedom. For me,
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October 27, 2010 | Also published in Yoga Rockford | Comments (0)

Yoga Rockford: Yoga is action!

By Jennie Williford Pranayama Yoga Studio Two of the major texts still followed by most yoga practitioners, the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali
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September 29, 2010 | Also published in Yoga Rockford | Comments (0)

Yoga Rockford: Practicing yoga: Your opportunity to experiment

By Jennie Williford Pranayama Yoga Studio Though the “fad” of yoga has come and gone, many have yet to try the practice.
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July 28, 2010 | Also published in Yoga Rockford | Comments (0)

Yoga Rockford: Reflecting on yoga

By Jennie Williford Pranayama Yoga Studio When we look at ourselves in the mirror, we see a reflection. That reflection is a
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June 30, 2010 | Also published in Yoga Rockford | Comments (0)

Yoga Rockford: A lineage of inspiration

By Jennie Williford Pranayama Yoga Studio Looking back at my years of practice and training under senior Iyengar teachers and looking forward
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April 28, 2010 | Also published in Yoga Rockford | Comments (0)

Yoga Rockford: The experiment of yoga

By Jennie Williford Pranayama Yoga Studio B.K.S, Iyengar is quoted as saying that “for a yogi, the body is the laboratory for
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March 31, 2010 | Also published in Yoga Rockford | Comments (0)

Yoga Rockford: Beginning yoga and dispelling the myths

By Jennie Williford Pranayama Yoga Studio Many misconceptions about yoga unfortunately seem to be supported by the covers of popular magazines. If
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February 24, 2010 | Also published in Yoga Rockford | Comments (0)

Yoga Rockford: The philosophy behind yoga

By Jennie Williford Pranayama Yoga Studio Behind the twisting, folding and bending that most of us view as “yoga,” there lies an
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January 27, 2010 | Also published in Yoga Rockford | Comments (0)

Yoga Rockford: Transitioning… continuing… becoming

By Jennie Williford Pranayama Yoga Studio The New Year is right around the corner, and 2010 holds many changes for me and
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December 30, 2009 | Also published in Yoga Rockford | Comments (0)

Yoga Rockford: Thanksgiving and the ‘Season of Yoga’

The Four Rivers Environmental Coalition, in concert with the national Leave No Child Inside campaign, is committed to ensuring the
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November 25, 2009 | Also published in Yoga Rockford | Comments (0)

Yoga Rockford: The Nia experience

By Jennie Williford Pranayama Yoga Studio Many years ago, I taught yoga at a studio in Fort Worth, Texas. Along with yoga,
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October 28, 2009 | Also published in Yoga Rockford | 1 Comment

Yoga Rockford: Your own health care plan

By Jennie Williford Pranayama Yoga Studio Yoga has taught me many things over the years, but amid the running commentary about national
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September 30, 2009 | Also published in Naturally Rockford> Yoga Rockford | Comments (0)

Yoga Rockford: Seeing things as they really are

By Jennie Williford Pranayama Yoga Studio Vipassana is translated as “seeing things as they really are.” Vipassana Meditation is the technique to
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September 2, 2009 | Also published in Naturally Rockford> Yoga Rockford | Comments (0)

Yoga Rockford : Read your manual—do yoga

We have all done it—bought a new toy or piece of equipment and are so eager to use it we
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July 29, 2009 | Also published in Yoga Rockford | Comments (0)




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