Tales from the Yoga Studio: A Novel (edit title/settings)

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• Lee: Owner of Edendale Yoga studio, and amazing yoga instructor. Mother of twin boys (Marcus and Michael).
• Alan: Lee's husband. A musician.
• Katherine: massage therapist who rents space in Lee's studio. former drug addict. rides a pink bicycle
• Stephanie: screen play writer . She optioned the book "Above Las Vegas Sands". Recently broke up with her boyfriend Preston
• Graciela: injured dancer
• Imani Lang: actress on sabbatical from X.C.I.A tv show, after her miscarriage
• Becky Antrim: Actress who takes Imani Lang to the "best" yoga classes.

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• “There’s a great split Lee has noticed among students in any given class. There are the ones who actually make an effort at breathing and understand that it’s the center of yoga and others who ignore it completely and complain that they find the discussion of breathing “irritating.” I know how to breathe! Students will sometimes complain. But of course, they don’t really.”

• ““Let’s make it all about breathing today ... the harmonizing music of your body, the element that can balance out your emotions in a matter of minutes, no matter where you are or what you’re doing. So let’s all sit comfortably and begin there. A long, slow, steady breath in through your nose.””

  Lee

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• There are moments in life when you understand with certainty that no matter how difficult the immediate future is likely to be, you are going to be able to face it. You are going to walk into it with calm and conviction. You might not get through it unscathed, but you will get through it. Your life isn’t the way you thought it would be, but you know for sure you’re not alone.

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• You can’t control what other people do in life, but you can control your response to it.

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• “Take this feeling with you, wherever you’re headed. This calm is there for you when you need it. If something totally unexpected comes up, don’t let it knock the wind out of you. You can’t control the other people in your life. But you can control your reactions to them.

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• Yoga’s about union, Lee once said. Union of mind and body. But not your mind and someone else’s body.

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• “Remember The Wizard of Oz? ‘Your magic has no power here. Be off with you!’ Negative thoughts? Fear? Self-loathing? They have no power here. Be off with you!”

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• But how many possibilities can the day hold if you don’t stick your neck out? If you’re not willing to take a few risks, you have to settle for things as they are.

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• “Remember, this is your practice. I’m just here to guide you and take care of you when you need assistance. Let’s begin.”

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• Stop judging and start feeling, Lee said in class last week. What would it feel like if we just accept things as they are instead of judging them?

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1. Rain Mitchell (Author)

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• Dewey: 813.6

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• Books › Literature & Fiction