By Anne Adametz

Read my first time article published in Yoga Chicago here.

The months leading up to Vipassana were filled with a longing for peace, dreading the sit and in awe of the opportunity.  After my first successful, yet grueling Vipassana 10-day, 100 hours of meditation, complete silence, no talking, no reading, no writing, no phone retreat.  The last time I went there weren’t even smart phones.  Last time, I didn’t have an 8 year old son. All in all, this time I was somewhat prepared for the agony of the body and the taming of the

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This spring, I have finally realized that we do not just skip through flowers, expecting to feel light and fresh, like commercials offer.  We just went through a freaking VORTEX, the most intense winter in 30 years, a freezing as we cocooned into a cave and barely made it out alive.  In honor of that FACT, Let’s not lie to ourselves— most of us are haggard. Merle Haggard, and this spring is going to be a doozy.

It’s time to think like the a Chinese Medicine Practitioner, and a Yoga Therapist: spring is not just a rebirth of

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