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Autumn is my favorite season, so fleeting. These trees attracted lots of tourists this year. People were pulling over for pictures. Our favorite was the couple with the vintage blue Volkswagen Beetle who parked under this tree - the blue was gorgeous against the orange and red backdrop. #fall #nofilter

Suffering is an interesting experience - unwanted and yet inescapable. Yesterday, the owner of @hotyogatallahassee wrote eloquently about pulling herself out of bed to rebuild and the experience feels like holding plank pose. As we tremble, our minds move toward suffering yet we can also feel ourselves tapping into a deep inner strength. “Beyond the ideas of wrongdoing and right doing there is a field.” writes Rumi, “I’ll meet you there.” - It does not escape my notice that our country has suffered several other large scale tragedies since the shootings in Tallahassee. I imagine, like all those who have suffered violence and trauma or whose stories do not make the news or enter our collective consciousness that it feels as though they have been forgotten. That it feels as though they are alone. Our jobs as teachers, practitioners, and humans is to hold space. As we learn to hold a pose, we learn to watch as the mind oscillates between good and bad, pleasure and suffering, sadness and joy, the wanted and the unwanted. As we cultivate this ability, we draw into the realization that we can hold space for others as they walk through their pain, but perhaps more transformative is the knowledge that we can hold space for ourselves as we suffer and see the field which lies beyond hope and fear. Today we held plank for Tallahassee. Today we held plank for all those who suffer. Know you are not alone. Know there are people holding space in the pose, oscillating between suffering and strength in hopes of also learning to one day hold space for themselves. #HoldPlankForTallahassee #yoga

This kid works so hard and it shows in her grace and strength, but most of all her sense of humor and tenacity! 9.6 - #gymnastics #floor #love #passion #dothework

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