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    Exploring Grief
    Sophia Nightingale
    • Jun 9, 2020
    • 5 min

    Exploring Grief

    Along the path of healing that leads into the heart, one is often called upon to examine grief. Grief is the binding alloy of the...
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    A JOURNEY TOWARDS SELF-COMPASSION
    Sophia Nightingale
    • May 6
    • 5 min

    A JOURNEY TOWARDS SELF-COMPASSION

    SELF-COMPASSION TRAINING My training in self-compassion began in late 1979 or 1980. I travelled from New Orleans, Louisiana with my...
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    Isha Upanishad
    Sophia Nightingale
    • Jan 6, 2021
    • 3 min

    Isha Upanishad

    I was attracted to this chant when I heard it on Spotify some time ago. When I hear a chant that speaks to me, I like to take time to...
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    Ganesha
    Sophia Nightingale
    • Dec 31, 2020
    • 4 min

    Ganesha

    Ganesha is the elephant headed deity popular among today's yoga community. He brings in the spirit of such a refined intelligence that...
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    A Winter Meditation
    Sophia Nightingale
    • Dec 23, 2020
    • 3 min

    A Winter Meditation

    In the old days, winter solstice was a time of quietude, of firelight, of dreaming and storytelling. When trees lose their leaves,...
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    Principles of Practice: Alignment and Action
    Sophia Nightingale
    • Dec 23, 2020
    • 18 min

    Principles of Practice: Alignment and Action

    Alignment In its modern iteration, humanity has fallen out of alignment with nature. Restoration of our relationship with the natural...
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    Alignment and Action: holding heaven and earth in the heart
    Sophia Nightingale
    • Nov 9, 2020
    • 3 min

    Alignment and Action: holding heaven and earth in the heart

    Adho Mukha Svanasana, otherwise known as Downward Facing Dog pose is an intermediate level arm balancing pose and inversion. It is a...
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    I Will Rise Again
    Sophia Nightingale
    • Sep 26, 2020
    • 3 min

    I Will Rise Again

    Nataraja or Nataraj, is the dancing form of Lord Shiva. The archetype symbolizes, Nataraj, the dancer, as the "clearest image of the...
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    An Invocation to Beauty
    Sophia Nightingale
    • Jul 29, 2020
    • 4 min

    An Invocation to Beauty

    Beauty awakens the soul and is the deep environment and ecology of its flourishing. We perceive beauty when it is in accord with our own...
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    Beauty, the Dulcimer and the Bridge
    Sophia Nightingale
    • Jul 15, 2020
    • 2 min

    Beauty, the Dulcimer and the Bridge

    When I realized that gathering to practice and enjoy community with my yoga friends was not going to be possible for months, or possibly...
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    What is Ayurveda?
    Sophia Nightingale
    • Jul 10, 2020
    • 10 min

    What is Ayurveda?

    Ayurveda is the oldest system of mind-body medicine known to humanity. The origins date back at least 5,000 years to the spiritual texts...
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    What is Yoga?
    Sophia Nightingale
    • Jul 10, 2020
    • 6 min

    What is Yoga?

    Yoga is a philosophical system (ideas and practices) that dates back possibly 4,000 to 5,000 years. The literal meaning from the Sanskrit...
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    Holistic Nursing and Yoga
    Sophia Nightingale
    • Jul 10, 2020
    • 3 min

    Holistic Nursing and Yoga

    Just like yoga, Holistic Nursing is a way of being, a way of living and a way of practice. Holistic nurses are legally licensed nurses...
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    Spiritual Community: Digging Deep
    Sophia Nightingale
    • May 26, 2020
    • 5 min

    Spiritual Community: Digging Deep

    This past weekend – Friday evening and all-day Saturday, I had the great opportunity to gather once again in spiritual community. To...
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    Florence Nightingale: 19th Century Mystic
    Sophia Nightingale
    • May 13, 2020
    • 8 min

    Florence Nightingale: 19th Century Mystic

    The early life, adventures, and challenges that propelled this 19th century mystic to greatness. In the source document Barbara Dossey...
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    Motherhood
    Sophia Nightingale
    • May 11, 2020
    • 2 min

    Motherhood

    I was a late bloomer. And as much as I love and respect my own mother, I did not want to be the kind of mother that she was. But that is...
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    East meets West: Image and commentary by Lynn Bauman
    Sophia Nightingale
    • May 10, 2020
    • 2 min

    East meets West: Image and commentary by Lynn Bauman

    I would like to introduce all of you to Lynn Bauman. He is dear friend and a spiritual mentor. He is a Holy Man and a teacher of wisdom....
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