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- What Yoga Hike is is just like it sounds.
I mean, we hike and we do a little yoga.
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The trails are so nice.
We do the 2.8 mile Onion Creek trail.
I love how the trails are carved out.
They're easy to follow.
Any age level can hike.
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So we do a little warmup to get started,
have people get fully present, focus on why they're here,
what they want to do while they're here,
do some warmup to get them ready to go on a hike.
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Come on in, find a place where you're comfortable
finding your feet.
Sometimes we'll stop at a cool place and add some kind of asana
that has some meaning for the area that we're in.
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We stop at the old oak tree and do a tree pose there.
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For me, my practice goes a little bit deeper because
I'm actually in the elements instead of elements
that have been manufactured to make a studio.
So the air is cleaner and the wood is natural
and the sunlight feels really good.
So what's cool is we can just go on a hike in nature
and have people experience nature or the universe or God
or whatever at whatever level they're ready to experience
that for themselves.
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And then we'll do a final practice which is anywhere
from 30 to 45 minutes by Onion Creek in the picnic area.
I want people to feel more connected to nature,
not to feel as they're something separate from nature.
They are nature: they're an animal.
We just got more sophisticated things and so doing a hike
and doing a little bit of yoga seems to narrow that gap.
And as we become more aware of that we treat each other better,
we treat nature better.
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And all of this is in preparation for meditation.
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End it with meditation and then diving at the upper falls.
I think it's an awesome way to start a Saturday morning.
We're in and out.
We've done a lot of exercise, we've done some yoga,
and we're out by noon.
You can go spend the rest of the time with your family
and do all kinds of stuff.
You know I get all heavy about all of the esoteric things
that can happen, but it's just a fun way
to spend the morning.
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