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		<title>We All Have the Right to Love and Be Loved</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 16:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tabitha</dc:creator>
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		<title>Slay the Dragon, or at Least Feed Him Some Pie</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 16:45:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tabitha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had this dream, as a child, that my Grandfather and I were being chased by a fire-breathing dragon around the nursery school I attended.  We were running for our lives through the labyrinthine hallways, narrowly escaping the monster.  With the shadow of the beast reflecting off every wall at every turn, I could hear [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twistedpositions.com&#038;blog=13928835&#038;post=1554&#038;subd=twistedpositions&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Finding Centre&#8211;Standing on One Foot</title>
		<link>http://twistedpositions.com/2013/04/24/finding-centre-standing-on-one-foot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Apr 2013 17:39:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tabitha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Standing yoga balances&#8211;the art of standing on one foot&#8211;are known to increase concentration, to strengthen the legs, knees, ankles and feet, to calm the nervous system, and to increase mental focus.  That&#8217;s what they&#8217;re known for but the reality, as I consistently witness in my classes, can often look like something else.  Nothing seems to [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twistedpositions.com&#038;blog=13928835&#038;post=1547&#038;subd=twistedpositions&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Practice of Not Practicing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 16:02:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tabitha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; I was first introduced to the notion of not practicing as part of an active practice in Jon Kabat Zinn&#8217;s book Wherever You Go, There You Are. The very watered down summary is essentially that you cannot fully understand the value of a practice and what it does for you and your life until and [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twistedpositions.com&#038;blog=13928835&#038;post=1542&#038;subd=twistedpositions&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s All About You</title>
		<link>http://twistedpositions.com/2013/04/10/its-all-about-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 18:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tabitha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We humans like very much to point the finger outwards when things in our lives aren&#8217;t going exactly as we&#8217;d like. Have you noticed that? You&#8217;re getting fat because your job is stressful and doesn&#8217;t allow time for any kind of physical activity.  It has nothing to do with shoving piles of restaurant food in [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twistedpositions.com&#038;blog=13928835&#038;post=1523&#038;subd=twistedpositions&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Emerging&#8230;Regardless</title>
		<link>http://twistedpositions.com/2013/04/03/emerging-regardless/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:05:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tabitha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a year ago, April 1, that I made the difficult decision to drop one day of work at the office and to, instead, devote that day to my writing.  The plan was very clear:  create pieces, enter them into contests and work to get them published.  I can say with pride that, but [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twistedpositions.com&#038;blog=13928835&#038;post=1510&#038;subd=twistedpositions&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Show Me the Belly</title>
		<link>http://twistedpositions.com/2013/03/27/show-me-the-belly/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:57:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tabitha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a scene all too familiar&#8211;me standing in a changeroom, fluorescent lights casting shadows in a most unappealing way, cringing at the sight of myself in the lilac-coloured t-shirt I was trying on.  I could see rolls.  I could see belly.  I could see that I was no longer 16.  I heaved a deep [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twistedpositions.com&#038;blog=13928835&#038;post=1495&#038;subd=twistedpositions&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>In Honour of World Poetry Day 2013</title>
		<link>http://twistedpositions.com/2013/03/21/in-honour-of-world-poetry-day-2013/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 17:01:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tabitha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160;   In the End &#160; 1. Shattered woman, leaking soul from your lips, What does it take to get to this place? Leaning against neglected walls clutching your string of pearls The ghost of your child             is your rope of death. 2. Hollow woman, bleeding             slit open  by the searing blade of [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twistedpositions.com&#038;blog=13928835&#038;post=1489&#038;subd=twistedpositions&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Art of Showing Up</title>
		<link>http://twistedpositions.com/2013/03/20/the-art-of-showing-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 17:19:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tabitha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m going to be honest with you, I don&#8217;t want to be here, in front of this computer screen, working at putting words down in a way that may provoke thought, or inspire, or&#8230;.whatever.  I just don&#8217;t want to be here, the same way I didn&#8217;t want to walk my backside down the hallway to [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twistedpositions.com&#038;blog=13928835&#038;post=1476&#038;subd=twistedpositions&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Courage to Stay Open</title>
		<link>http://twistedpositions.com/2013/03/13/the-courage-to-stay-open/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2013 17:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tabitha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; My yoga teaching career began in the dusty corner of a church basement.  This was the same church I had gone to as a child and even though I had stormed away from the place at the ripe old age of 18, there was a certain comfort in coming back.  There was something special [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=twistedpositions.com&#038;blog=13928835&#038;post=1463&#038;subd=twistedpositions&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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