Guillermo Delgado

32 Days of Yoga

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Day 32 of 32 Days of Yoga: The Finish Line

I’m limping (threw my back while shoveling snow) to the finish line… Goal complete: Yoga everyday for 32 days! During the challenge, I met kind and knowledgeable yoga teachers (Ahimsa Yoga Studio) that made this goal a joyous experience.

In the end, I feel taller and a little wiser. What did I learn? 1. Releasing my grip will allow me to find my strength.

 2. I prefer to bike to the yoga studio. 3. The idea of doing yoga at 6am is growing on me.

 4. Yoga helps me to run efficiently—faster!

 5. Yoga is not something you do; it’s something you use!

 3. I need to include more restorative/gentle sessions in my yoga practice.

 4. Shoveling snow is still hard.

 5. Doing yoga at home (4 of the 32 sessions) gets better with practice.

 6. Smiling while using yoga makes you a better yogi.

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Day 31 of 32 Days of Yoga

Al

Almost there! Today, my yoga teacher said: "Release your grip to find your strength." I'm stealin' that! ;)

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Day 29 of 32 Days of Yoga

sick (cold) + below zero temperature (with wind chill) outside + snow = internet yoga class

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Day 28 of 32 Days of Yoga

I'd add yoga to this: “Las artes (pintura, poesía, etc.) no son solo éstas. Artes son también comer, beber, caminar: todo acto es un arte.” / “The arts (painting, poetry, etc.) are not just these. Eating, drinking, walking are also arts; every act is an art.” ~ César Vallejo, Aphorisms (2002), p. 60

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Day 27 of 32 Days of Yoga

My first: Candlelight Yin/Restorative

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Day 26 of 32 Days of Yoga

Brrr! 5°F... but yoga feels so much better when I bike to the studio. :) And this poem was on my mind:

Delta

  If you have taken this rubble for my past

raking though it for fragments you could sell

know that I long ago moved on

deeper into the heart of the matter/

  If you think you can grasp me, think again:

my story flows in more than one direction

a delta springing from the riverbed

with its five fingers spread

  ~ Adrienne Rich, from Time's Power: Poems 1985-1988

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Day 25 of 32 Days of Yoga

One more week to go!

Oceans by Juan Ramón Jiménez English version by Robert Bly

I have a feeling that my boat has struck, down there in the depths, against a great thing.

And nothing happens! Nothing…Silence…Waves…

–Nothing happens? Or has everything happened, and are we standing now, quietly, in the new life?

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Day 24 of 32 Days of Yoga

Sleet + Bike + Yoga = Coffee + Waffles

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Day 23 of 32 Days of Yoga

"Inhale love, exhale light."

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Day 22 of 32 Days of Yoga

Cold, windy, and clear at sunrise. First photo and espresso of 2015... and my first time practicing yoga at home. One of the many questions in 2015: How do I do/use yoga on my own?

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Day 21 of 32 Days of Yoga

Paz y mas!

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Day 20 of 32 Days of Yoga

Harbor of

Incredible

Pleasure and

Suffering

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Day 19 of 32 Days of Yoga

Pausing and smiling to

Answer a child’s questions:

Parenting—day

In and day out.

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Day 18 of 32 Days of Yoga

Resistance to facing your

Inner darkness,

Gets you stuck

In

Dullsville.

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Day 17 of 32 Days of Yoga

“Running water never grows stale.” ~ Bruce Lee, The Warrior Within : The Philosophies of Bruce Lee (1996)

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Day 16 of 32 Days of Yoga

Instructor: “If you want to advance in yoga, smile.”

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Day 15 of 32 Days of Yoga

Post holiday yoga... Wishing you peace and light on your path.