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Meditation Series

Published on August 26, 2011 · Tags: advanced meditation, alternative medicine, back pain, basic meditation, benefits of meditation, Bhante Pema, blood pressure, brain, Buddhism, Buddhist, chronic pain, Dr. Josephine Briggs, gene expression, genes, https://www.yogamatrika.com, inflamation, Matrika Prenatal, meditation benefits, meditation classes, Meditation Pittsburgh, meditation skills, meditation Squirrel Hill, meditation techniques, neuroplasticity, Pittsburgh Buddhist Center, Pittsburgh meditation, Public Library of Science, Sharon Fennimore Rudyk, Sharon Rudyk, Squirrel Hill yoga, Yoga Matrika, yoga Squirrel Hill

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What’s in a Name? Choosing a class at Yoga Matrika.

Published on August 20, 2011

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Reading to Prepare for the Storm

Published on May 28, 2011 · Tags: A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian, baby sleep, fiction, human spirit, humorous fiction, library, Marina Lewycka, newborn, newborn sleep, Pittsburgh library, Pittsburgh yoga, pleasure of reading, pregnancy, private yoga, private yoga lessons, private yoga Pittsburgh, reading during pregnancy, reserve, Sharon Rudyk, sleep like a baby, yoga Pittsburgh

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VBAC-ing in America

Published on May 12, 2011 · Tags: abortion, ACOG, Amnesty International, birth, Birth Matters: A Midwife's Manifesta, birth safety, cesarean, Deena Blumenfeld, epidural, feminism, healthcare, ICAN, Ina May Gaskin, infant mortality, Larry Cox, Magee Womens Hospital, maternal mortality, midwifery, midwives, NIH, obstetrics, Pittsburgh prenatal yoga, Pittsburgh yoga, politics, prenatal yoga, prenatal yoga Pittsburgh, Sharon Rudyk, The Farm, The Midwife Center, United States, uterine rupture, VBAC, VBAC Pittsburgh, yoga Pittsburgh

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Compassion and Generosity

Published on April 15, 2011 · Tags: compassion, compassion and meditation, donations, economic status, generosity, gift, kindness, loving-kindness, Meditation, Meditation Pittsburgh, metta, Pittsburgh public transportation, public bus, public transportation, resources, Sharon Fennimore Rudyk, Sharon Rudyk, yoga Pittsburgh

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Language and Love

Published on April 4, 2011 · Tags: brain and language, Chinese languages, https://www.yogamatrika.com, identity, language and brain, language and identity, languages China, People's Republic of China, Pittsburgh novel, Pittsburgh reading, Pittsburgh yoga, Ruiyan Xu, Shanghai, Sharon Fennimore Rudyk, The Lost and Forgotten Languages of Shanghai, Yoga Matrika

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Good Reading

Published on March 31, 2011 · Tags: Aimee Bender, book review, books, Carnegie Public Library, fiction, good books, good fiction, https://www.yogamatrika.com, library books, love to read, novel, novels, Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh library, Pittsburgh yoga, pleasure of reading, public library, reading novels, reading pleasure, Sharon F. Rudyk, Sharon Fennimore Rudyk, Sharon Rudyk, Sharon Rudyk reading, spring reading, The Last Talk with Lola Faye, The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake, Thomas H. Cook, www.yogamatrika.com, yoga and reading, Yoga Matrika, yoga Pittsburgh, yogamatrika.com

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Frozen Food Month

Published on March 25, 2011 · Tags: appreciate, awareness, breath, breath awareness, breathe, delight, Ego Waffle, food Pittsburgh, freezer, frozen food month, Giant Eagle, gratitude, http://www.matrikaprenatal.com, https://www.yogamatrika.com, ice cream, ignore, loss, Meditation, Meditation Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh food, Pittsburgh meditation, Pittsburgh yoga, pranayama, President Obama, President proclamation, proclamation, sensation, sensation of breath, Sharon Rudyk, supermarket, Women's History Month, yoga Pittsburgh, yoga teacher training

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Stir the Sea

Published on March 20, 2011 · Tags: dharma, first day of spring, Pittsburgh yoga instructors, poem, Sharon Rudyk, Shutaku, spring meditation, Yoga Matrika, yoga Pittsburgh

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Spring Preparation #7: Run and Run Safely

Published on March 14, 2011 · Tags: athletes, beer, endurance, flexibility, http://www.matrikaprenatal.com, https://www.yogamatrika.com, Linda Meacci, Lucas Marsak, physical strength, Pittsburgh yoga, Pittsburgh yoga workshops, pizza, resistance stretching, runners, running endurance, Sharon Rudyk, spring yoga, spring yoga workshops, strength and yoga, yoga and running, yoga conditioning, yoga for endurance, yoga for runners, Yoga Matrika, yoga Pittsburgh, Yoga workshops Pittsburgh

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