{"id":500,"date":"2020-04-28T16:04:30","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T21:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/?p=500"},"modified":"2020-04-28T16:04:30","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T21:04:30","slug":"yoga-and-writing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/?p=500","title":{"rendered":"Yoga and writing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">published in the Republican May 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For me, yoga and writing, my two passions, have always been interconnected. &nbsp;They both have similar patterns. &nbsp;For example, they can ground and relax you. &nbsp;More importantly, both practices teach you to be mindful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both writing and yoga have similar traits, such as relaxation, precision and mindfulness. &nbsp;The two practices require warming up. &nbsp;For example, sun salutations are a great way to begin a yoga discipline, while brainstorming is a great way to get your writing juices flowing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both disciplines require you to be in a relaxed state of mind in order to focus on your poses,&nbsp;breathing and words. &nbsp;Yoga and writing have made me more mindful of my movements, actions and speech. &nbsp;Precision is very important because in yoga having good alignment is critical for having a safe practice. &nbsp;In writing, it is important to be sure you are using the right words from grammar to spelling.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both disciplines require patience and practice to achieve the end goal. &nbsp;They both have given me much joy in my personal life while helping me succeed in my professional life as a writer and yoga teacher.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>published in the Republican May 2020 For me, yoga and writing, my two passions, have always been interconnected. &nbsp;They both have similar patterns. &nbsp;For example, they can ground and relax you. &nbsp;More importantly, both practices teach you to be mindful. Both writing and yoga have similar traits, such as relaxation, precision and mindfulness. &nbsp;The two [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=500"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":501,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/500\/revisions\/501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.blog.carriewrites.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}