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For anyone who has experienced the power of the mind-body connection in yoga, the idea that yoga can have a positive influence over body image isn’ t really a surprise.  Truth be told in fact, for many, yoga is by its nature an effective facilitator for taking the focus off the body, and directing it towards the breath and inward.

OK.  So I may find myself, should I happen into an occasional class, perhaps a little self-conscious and wondering if the woman behind me is noticing my ever-creeping wedgie… but it takes but a brief re-direction, focusing the eyes forward and relaxed, gaze slightly downward, coordinating once again my movement with my breath… the breath… ahhhhhhh… the breath.  Later, wedgie.

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