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Most of my 33-year education career teaching and being an assistant principle was spent in Des Moines, Iowa; the last six years spent here in Charlotte County. This fall my husband Mike and I will celebrate our 50th<\/sup> wedding anniversary. Our daughter Kelly lives in Medford, Oregon.<\/p>\n My first yoga class was in 1969\u2014before Bonnie was born! Unfortunately, at that time there wasn\u2019t much interest in yoga, so the class did not last. Much later, in 1995, a yoga studio opened in Des Moines and offered one class a week, which was better than no classes at all. I started going and fell in love with the practice. But after three years the teacher moved away and the studio closed. I was delighted when I met Bonnie, shortly before she opened her first studio, and found that a variety of classes would be offered. I\u2019ve been coming to class ever since.<\/p>\n I have always felt uncoordinated and physically inept. But I found that yoga allowed me to compete only against myself\u2014no one seemed to judge my level of fitness. At first, I would hang out in the back of the studio near the wall. The wall was my best friend whenever the posture required balance. Now that I have been practicing a while, I find that my balance is better and I don\u2019t need the extra support.<\/p>\n I generally attend classes four days a week. When Ying Yoga is offered, I generally attend two classes in one day. On days when I don\u2019t come to the studio, my practice suffers. I like the opportunity I get to take different levels of classes under the various instructors at the studio. Each teacher has a slightly different approach, and I benefit from all of them. I can usually be found in level 1, mixed, yin, and sometimes gentle classes. I\u2019ve also signed up for several workshops and appreciate concentrating on specific areas.<\/p>\n My lower back is extremely weak and inflexible. It has always given me problems, but with continued yoga practice I have managed to avoid surgery. I still find it a challenge sometimes, but with stretching and core building done through my yoga classes, I don\u2019t experience much back pain. I will always experience stiffness and limitations with my practice, but I feel as though my poses are getting better, my endurance is improving, and I always leave class in a positive frame of mind.<\/p>\n Favorite pose:<\/strong> Trikonasana (Triangle Pose) because it lets me stretch and twist at the same time.<\/p>\n My favorite quote:<\/strong> \u201cAll our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Most of my 33-year education career teaching and being an assistant principle was spent in Des Moines, Iowa; the last six years spent here in Charlotte County. This fall my husband Mike and I will celebrate our 50th wedding anniversary. Our daughter Kelly lives in Medford, Oregon. My first yoga class was in 1969\u2014before Bonnie […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[29,58,74,77],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theyogasanctuary.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2831"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theyogasanctuary.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theyogasanctuary.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theyogasanctuary.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theyogasanctuary.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2831"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.theyogasanctuary.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4750,"href":"https:\/\/www.theyogasanctuary.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2831\/revisions\/4750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theyogasanctuary.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theyogasanctuary.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theyogasanctuary.biz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}