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Jennifer Sokolov Jennifer Sokolov

an almost nonsensical reverie on uncovering a new mantra

Wonder is one of those words that fascinates me. It can hold the grandeur of awe and surprise or pirouette without warning into doubt and uncertainty. It is a paradox, much like the paradox of an aging-person’s yoga practice. Once the gloss of fancy poses has worn off, it’s hard to describe exactly what that is. I think of it as sitting with the mystery.

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Jennifer Sokolov Jennifer Sokolov

From HeartBreak to HeartBreakthrough

One of the challenges of the post covid period is that many of us have experienced a kind of heartache which has no clear trajectory and no clear end point. When I think about post covid re-integration, here are 3 principles that have helped me create a transversal between loss and recovery.

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Jennifer Sokolov Jennifer Sokolov

A Tale of Two Toilets

I am 100% certain that I will not be the queen of all things DIY, but I now have a sense of what it takes to break through my own self imposed glass ceiling. “THIS IS MY YOGA.”

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Jennifer Sokolov Jennifer Sokolov

Acceptance is the New Optimism

Optimism and yoga hinge on the idea that the potential for positive change is always possible. It's been a challenge to espouse optimism right now when so many systems, institutions and situations are going inexorably wrong. But I believe it is still possible to do so.

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Jennifer Sokolov Jennifer Sokolov

Reflections on Old-school Hatha Yoga 

In a sea of yoga styles, I continuously return to Hatha yoga. The poses are a decades long narrative that becomes evermore nuanced as time hurries my body onward. Sometimes I see my reflection. My alignment feels blissfully internalized, and I can feel life force flooding my limbs. Other times I am adrift with frustration disrupted only occasionally by surprising fractals of awe.

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