Ancient Structures
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Hindu Deities in Yoga: The Ancient Stories Living Inside Every Pose and Practice
Every yoga class I loved as a student, truly loved, the kind where you roll up your mat a little changed, had one thing in common. A story. Not the anatomical kind ('now we're going to create external rotation in the hip socket'). The ancient kind. The kind where a teacher would begin with: there is a story about...And something in the room would settle. Everyone would shift slightly on their mats. A collective leaning in.
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