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Feb 2021
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Eddie Stern on Taking Time to Discover Y...

THE SLOWDOWN
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Yoga teacher Eddie Stern discusses the beauty of breathing and the body’s natural rhythms, yoga as practice of selfless concern for others, the problem of fear, and how slowing down shifts our relationship with ourselves. 
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