{"id":690,"date":"2012-02-14T09:09:53","date_gmt":"2012-02-14T14:09:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/garykahn.net\/yoga\/?p=690"},"modified":"2016-04-10T17:46:01","modified_gmt":"2016-04-10T21:46:01","slug":"about-yoga-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/garykahn.net\/yoga\/2012\/02\/about-yoga-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Valentine\u2019s Day Yoga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Tammy,<\/p>\n<p>Today one celebrates Valentine\u2019s Day and exchanges romantic gifts with his\/her special person.<\/p>\n<p>What does everybody do for his or her self?\u00a0 No, I&#8217;m not referring to anything pornographic.\u00a0 In class you generate an atmosphere of silliness, acceptance, and wacky places where we\u2019re supposed to put our various body parts which you call poses.\u00a0\u00a0 You ask us to focus our mind.\u00a0 You ask us to look into our souls and love the person in the mirror exactly the way we are, right?\u00a0 Does it matter exactly how we do the pose?\u00a0 I think you adjust us to make the body feel better, rather than worrying about whether the body looks perfect, right?\u00a0 So by following your directions to breathe in the moment and be present, are you showing us how to give ourselves presents?\u00a0 Does that make you Saint Valentine and us students your little cherubs?\u00a0 Thank you.<\/p>\n<p>If you don\u2019t mind, I will not be wearing red for class today.\u00a0 I may be in the present but I don\u2019t think others would take me seriously as Cupid in warrior I or warrior junior, or as you say warrior II.<\/p>\n<p>Gary Kahn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tammy, Today one celebrates Valentine\u2019s Day and exchanges romantic gifts with his\/her special person. 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