https://community.prisonyoga.org/members/joannathurmancomcast-net/activity/ Activity feed for Joanna. Thu, 14 May 2026 00:41:01 -0700 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.21.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 dae60ad78653a75e228678e9a992100e https://community.prisonyoga.org/2022/07/14/my-why/#comment-90 Thu, 14 Jul 2022 22:20:41 -0700 017f286fe54603a6ffd725cc1dc1ee20 https://community.prisonyoga.org/2022/05/18/open-prisons-trust-based-incarceration/#comment-88 Sun, 05 Jun 2022 21:59:09 -0700 9e8208c7d25e9dd28340ca49ae9fba2e https://community.prisonyoga.org/activity/p/1463/ Tue, 27 Apr 2021 22:38:34 -0700 Wow I really appreciate everyones’ thoughts and insights. I am grateful for this discussion forum. Q. How do you take care of yourself to sustain your energy long term? I consider myself a high-energy person and find movement to be…   Read more»

]]> 288398b2f1dab746381b9292975ad450 https://community.prisonyoga.org/activity/p/1443/ Fri, 23 Apr 2021 18:00:45 -0700 Yes running alone can be almost a spiritual experience for me. We may think we need the outside motivation from music or podcasts or other distractions, but all that really detracts from our ability to be present in the moment,…   Read more»

]]> 9049a3969182eec8dda0f15eaabf75fb https://community.prisonyoga.org/activity/p/1434/ Wed, 21 Apr 2021 21:24:50 -0700 While it is currently challenging to do these body practices together, we can recall a time we OM’d together in a class for example and that collective vibration soothing us all as one, uniting us in the harmony. As a…   Read more»

]]> b949303845ca2ac44bfdc476b54acdfc https://community.prisonyoga.org/activity/p/1255/ Wed, 24 Mar 2021 19:05:04 -0700 I really appreciate the 5 anchors. As an athlete I have become adept at the process of staying with the physical discomfort that comes with long hours of running or being on the bike. I notice the sensations, acknowledge them,…   Read more»

]]> 32c24ea5a8493327d870dc88bacf3965 https://community.prisonyoga.org/activity/p/1253/ Wed, 24 Mar 2021 18:40:44 -0700 Greetings and my apologies for my absence, I have been away helping my daughter but it is great to be back to the book and incorporating the practices. I had some interesting reminders while reading these chapters. The humming was…   Read more»

]]> d924dc26c4b9014f3edc7c0449734bfb https://community.prisonyoga.org/activity/p/1094/ Mon, 01 Mar 2021 21:39:40 -0800 This was a difficult exercise for me and I think that discomfort stems from the past year being mostly isolated from the outside world. I feel like all my recent experiences are through the lenses of the television and computers,…   Read more»

]]> 4eeaa250407923ed1936a9cf01236cb9 https://community.prisonyoga.org/activity/p/1082/ Sat, 27 Feb 2021 20:30:22 -0800 Body practices: 1. To me a micro-aggression is definitely a powerful feeling, a sending of energy we are afraid to confront, usually because it’s a minor annoyance and we expect the other person to already know how we feel. I…   Read more»

]]> f139b114d35f0a8365c1fa23d4ccea5e https://community.prisonyoga.org/activity/p/1058/ Fri, 26 Feb 2021 19:27:33 -0800 @nicole Thanks for asking me to think more about this transformation for me. As I said, I always thought of myself as an informed, aware and sensitive white person based on my life experiences.  In fact, I was one of…   Read more»

]]> 93c65a40eae3dc31e4a6f5bc976e4dc4 https://community.prisonyoga.org/activity/p/1002/ Mon, 22 Feb 2021 19:18:51 -0800 1. I grew up as a white Catholic in a lower middle class urban area close to downtown San Jose California. The neighborhood was what I considered normal – it was a mixture of generational immigrants and grandparents, working white…   Read more»

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