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At Unfold we provide online accessible yoga as well as in-person and virtual yoga therapy. Get to know more about us and our approach in this Blog space. New posts come out Tuesdays!
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The Space of the Heart
Tenderness. Love. Joy. Times when our heart just melts; it’s almost painful to experience the heart-felt emotions, the heart becomes...
Leigh Drake
May 19, 20221 min read
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Aparigraha - Allowing Space for Something New
About aparigraha, one of the 5 yama of yoga. This is our monthly topic for May. We use monthly topics to explore yoga in everyday life.
EB Ferdig
Apr 27, 20222 min read
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Right Use of Energy: Walking My Talk
The practice of yoga is a practice of connection. Whether our practice centers around movement, breath, meditation...
Leigh Drake
Apr 5, 20222 min read
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Rasa - Deep Appreciation for Everyday Moments
Abundant life is returning to nature all around us. It’s showing up with the early flowers, the faint color of the buds on the trees and...
Leigh Drake
Mar 10, 20222 min read
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Humility in activism - practicing asteya, or non-stealing
Have you heard of the term "performative posting," or "performative giving"? The idea is that we are showing what we're doing, so that...
EB Ferdig
Feb 22, 20222 min read
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Keeping it simple
Life is complicated. Time is limited. Managing my needs, the needs of those I love, my community, our planet. It seems to go on and on...
Leigh Drake
Feb 8, 20221 min read
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Satya - Using the Truth to Find Connection
While I don't always find telling the truth to be a challenging concept, being with the truth (satya) can always bump up the work to a...
EB Ferdig
Jan 24, 20223 min read
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My Wound Becomes a Portal
We all struggle. We all have pain. My “normal” way of moving through life is to ignore my pain and push on, to push through. Who hasn’t …
Leigh Drake
Jan 11, 20221 min read
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Ahimsa - Personally Practicing Non-harming
When faced with the harm that is done every day in this world, it can be overwhelming to consider. I know I often feel frustration, fear...
EB Ferdig
Jan 5, 20223 min read
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The Union of Opposites: Terror and Joy
For a while now, I’ve noticed that I want to focus on the good things in life and pretend that the bad doesn’t exist. It’s not part of...
Leigh Drake
Dec 15, 20211 min read
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Being Your Own Witness - a Seat of Self-Compassion
Our topic this month is witness, or wisdom presence (vjanamaya kosha). The term witness here refers to the kosha model of the human...
EB Ferdig
Dec 10, 20213 min read
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The Yoga of Connection: Relationships and meditation
Often when we think of meditation, the expectation is that it is quiet and blissful and filled with peace. But, since many of us are...
Leigh Drake
Nov 10, 20211 min read
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It's a BABY!!! Seeing Our Potential for Unconditional Love
We are so very excited to welcome Rachel and Steve's new baby into the world! Baby arrived on Friday, Oct 29 at 3.58am, at 9.6 lbs and 22...
EB Ferdig
Nov 1, 20212 min read
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Boundaries, Will and Openhearted Intention
Our topic this month is will. The way this is showing up for me right now, is in the arena of boundary setting, and holding. Now, I'm...
EB Ferdig
Oct 7, 20212 min read
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Beyond Concentration: Cultivating Spaciousness in Your Meditation Practice
Cultivating spaciousness to combat concentration in meditation.
Leigh Drake
Sep 8, 20211 min read
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Trust and Meeting Ourselves Where We Are
Our topic this month is trust. Trust is what is needed when we make changes. The bigger the change, the more that a leap-of-faith may be...
EB Ferdig
Aug 26, 20212 min read
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Stillness in the Heat of Things
As I sit here, waiting for the heat to descend upon Portland, I am reminded of other heated times of late. Particularly heated...
EB Ferdig
Jun 25, 20212 min read
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Spaciousness & Being a Mindful Advocate
I've recently been thinking about a couple of situations that seem like they could be managed more skillfully, next time. The first was...
EB Ferdig
Jun 2, 20212 min read
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The Truth of the Matter
I was teaching a yoga class recently when I asked the students to move from a standing position to a seated position. As I moved myself...
Rose Bak
May 3, 20213 min read
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Try a Little Tenderness
In that classic song made famous by Otis Redding, he urges the listener to be tender with their beloved, for it makes weariness easier to...
EB Ferdig
Mar 26, 20212 min read
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