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hat’s not to love about practicing yoga with the whole family? Well, at first it might seem like a great idea, but then children may begin to roll themselves up in a yoga mat, fling themselves into their siblings, bicker that they are standing too close to each other and complain that their brother’s Ujjayi breath smells like feet. That is how it may often appear in the beginning, but some stories teach us exactly how to deal with these moments in time, and such is the story of Berta, and her journey of trying to raise three boys in a yoga studio. Berta started practicing yoga many, many years ago, while also raising her three little boys as a single mother. It began with her trying to find some quiet time when the boys were occupied. It was important for her to find a meditative spot and work on her “OM”. This lasted all of three minutes. Just as she began to contemplate the universal life force energy that flows through us all, just as she seemed to arrive toward within arms’ reach of Nirvana, her
Practicing Yoga as a Family by Berta Prevosti
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