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Namaste. The Light in Me Salutes the Light in You

I don’t know my yoga students well. Their work, their families, their passions, their struggles are mostly mysteries to me. When they walk into class our focus is the yoga. We pay attention to our poses, our bodies, and our breath and try to leave the rest outside.

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Welcome to Building Bridges Word by Word

Building Bridges Word by Word is a virtual book in progress – and you are its authors!

We invite you to write a short reflection on a saying, quote, song, or poem that has meaning in your life. By posting your stories side by side, Building Bridges Word by Word will reflect the rich diversity of our lives and illuminate what we may have in common, so that we can begin to discover what connects us.

Each story will be part of the bridge we are building together across our divides.

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Read more about the article Shift the plot
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Shift the plot

In Lynn Ungar’s poem, “In the Moment,” there is a gentle, almost chiding, call for us to step back from railing that “everything has gone off script” (which is both futile and exhausting), and instead “play the scene you’re in.”

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