My encounter with yoga\ndid not arrive suddenly,\nbut quietly layered itself into my days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Since childhood,\nsomewhere within,\nI have been contemplating what it means to live.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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There were paths I walked,\nas if guided by an unseen presence,\ntime spent facing life\u2014fragile, yet holding a quiet, steady core within,\nand moments when I chose to pause and step away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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In my connections with others,\nthere were times when my sense of self would waver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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And within all of it,\nsomething had already been there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The simple act of living as myself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Not going somewhere,\nbut gently becoming aware\nof what is already here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Yoga is a return\u2014beyond feeling, to the core of being.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Before I notice,\nI find myself quietly returning to my core.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Every step I have taken\nis now connected\nto the yoga I live today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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