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Ever wondered why I chose Restorative Yoga for my Wednesday classes?
Do you feel that lying around relaxing is a waste of time and is not productive?
You are not alone. I received this feedback from a few of you and thought that Restorative Yoga deserved more clarification.
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I was 30 and I was angry.
It was a rough patch of my life. A relationship of 11 years just fell apart and I quit my corporate job. I had very little money because I started a business - Astanga Yoga School Amsterdam.
I was sad and could no longer put a happy smile on my face. And when I finally admitted to my parents that I wasn’t doing well, they could not take it so well, too. The easy go-lightly Madina wasn’t there and it was hard on them.
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Last week I taught restorative and yin classes sequenced around liver - gallbladder meridians.
With anger being the main emotion associated with this pair of organs, I feel there is so much to talk about this misunderstood emotion.
To me more often then not, anger is a a secondary cover-up emotion that stems from powerlessness. That’s when I can’t voice my needs, put up boundaries, change my attitude or claim my power.
This inability is often related to my unwillingness to be disciplined, to address my patterns and limiting beliefs.
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