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DID YOU KNOW #4: Vestibular Bling — Parts I & II (A Kiss My Asana offering) April 18, 2024

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Many blessings to all and especially to those observing Chaitra Navaratri, Rama Navami, and/or Great Lent! Happy National Poetry Month!

“BLING, noun [or, bling-bling]

  1. flashy jewelry worn especially as an indication of wealth or status

  2.  [broadly] expensive and ostentatious possessions”

— quoted from Merriam-Webster.com

Riddle me this very true oxymoron: How is it not unheard of that we have unseen bling? It turns out that calcium carbonate, the same precious mineral that makes a pearl, is also found in the human body. Check out the two video shorts below to discover how these priceless crystals (metaphorically) shine — on and off the mat.

NOTE: To get the full effect, watch the whole series on YouTube.

The videos above are part of my 2024 offering for the 11th annual Kiss My Asana yogathon, which benefits Mind Body Solutions (MBS). I am super excited to dedicate this week (April 13th — 19th) to raising awareness and resources for MBS’ life-affirming work “to help people live better in the body they have.” You can help by joining me as we practice with purpose, by sharing this page, and/or by making a donation that creates opportunities for more people to practice yoga.

Each year, in addition to hosting my fundraising page and making my own personal donation, I offer a blog post and/or a YouTube post — sometimes even a whole practice. This year, I wanted to highlight elements of the practice that we may overlook or take for granted. I also wanted to underscore that participating in the Kiss My Asana yogathon is just a tangible way to do what we do in every practice: set an intention and dedicate the merits of the practice to someone other than ourselves. Finally, I wanted to offer something that reflects my inspirations; something that “begins in delight and ends in wisdom;” and something that was short, fun, and full of insight (or, maybe it’s just randomly useful information) — something that I think of as the video equivalent of a villanelle (check out that last link for details).

You can click here to Kiss My Asana Now! (Or, you can also click here to join my team and get people to kiss [your] asana!) 

If you’re interested in my previous KMA offerings, check out the following (some links only take you to the beginning of a series and/or to YouTube):

Check out this 2023 class post to find out one of the reasons why Mind Body Solutions is so important to me!

If you subscribe to my YouTube channel, you can be notified as soon as the videos are posted.

### I STILL NEED A FEW FOLKS TO KISS MY ASANA! ###