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Why it’s important to breathe

January 21, 2009 by Kara-Leah Grant 10 Comments

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About Kara-Leah Grant

Kara-Leah is an internationally-renowned writer, teacher and retreat leader. Millions of people have been impacted by the articles, books and videos she has published over the last ten years. Her passion is liberation in this lifetime through an every day path of dissolving layers of tension into greater and greater freedom and joy. You can find out more about her, including when her next retreats are, on her website. Kara-Leah is the visionary and creator of The Yoga Lunchbox.

Comments

  1. Vera Nadine says

    October 8, 2008 at 7:05 am

    This is, was, and will remain, one of my favorites of yours.

    I’m glad that you posted it here. 🙂

    Blessings,

    Vera Nadine

    Reply
  2. Kara-Leah says

    October 8, 2008 at 8:25 am

    Hey Vera,

    It’s nice to be able to bring back some of the old articles – especially when they even reference Shiva Rea!

    Blessings,
    KL

    Reply
  3. rashmi says

    April 26, 2016 at 1:45 pm

    V.use full n suprb knowledge about breathing yoga n many more thank you so much ??

    Reply

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