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Unveiling the Cosmic Connection: The Gifts of Yoga
If you remember, I mentioned 2025 is a 9 year in numerology, a year of completions. In Chinese astrology it’s the year of the wood...
Karen Pierce
Jan 113 min read
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Cosmic Breath: Portal to Higher Consciousness
Last month, I talked about the Cosmic Womb .This month’s musing is about the Cosmic Breath, the Spiritual Breath, the Conscious Breath....
Karen Pierce
Sep 1, 202312 min read
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The Divine Feminine: Goddess Archetypes & Cosmic Womb (Yoni)
Disclaimer for the guys who read this: This has nothing to do with gender. We all contain both masculine and feminine energy. It’s...
Karen Pierce
Aug 1, 202311 min read
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Copyright, Cultural Appropriation & Spirituality
This month’s musings came about because of the use of the word Namaste. Namaste is a Hindi word commonly said at the end of yoga class. ...
Karen Pierce
Apr 1, 202311 min read
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Earthing, Grounding & Forest Bathing
At a recent neighborhood party, I was talking with a gentleman in his 90’s. He was telling me about how he and his children (around my...
Karen Pierce
Mar 1, 20239 min read
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New Year, New You, Full Moon Blessings
Photo: Despacho Ceremony with me and beloved Q’ero elder don Sebastian (you can read more about him in The Andean Codex by JE Williams)...
Karen Pierce
Jan 1, 20238 min read
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Let's Talk: Trauma & Brain Health during a Pandemic
Samhain Blessings! The Fall welcomes the harvest and ushers in the “dark time of the year”. Yesterday we celebrated Halloween and the...
Karen Pierce
Nov 1, 202112 min read
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B*R*E*A*T*H*E
I recently heard someone talking about the Rule of 3’s in Survival: 3 weeks without food, 3 days without water, 3 min without breath....
Karen Pierce
Jan 5, 20215 min read
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The Awakening: Shi(f)t Happens
How do I condense all that is happening in the world right now into a short message? (Rhetorical question.) This one is particularly...
Karen Pierce
Jun 1, 202015 min read
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The Natural Breath
There are many breathing techniques which serve different purposes. You can breathe at any age…but you may not always be able to do every...
Karen Pierce
Feb 1, 20203 min read
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Yoga for Every Body
How is Yoga adapted to each person? First, let’s look at some common causes of injuries: Biomechanical – alignment & form Achievement...
Karen Pierce
Jan 1, 20202 min read
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Yoga is Union
The Sanskrit word yoga is derived from the root yuj, “to unite.” If yoga means “union” then that means there must exist 2 poles and some...
Karen Pierce
Aug 1, 20194 min read
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Are you Practicing Yoga or Making an Asana Out of Yourself
Once upon a time, there was no standardization of pose names; the same pose might be called different names by different teachers or...
Karen Pierce
Nov 1, 20183 min read
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