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“Feel what it’s like to be in your body,” guides Bryony. Even though my eyes are closed —pratyahara if you follow the eight limbs of yoga — I can feel kindness, compassion and warmth radiating out of this yogini/mother/business owner who is our mindfulness teacher this morning.

We’re called The Breakfast Club. Every Sunday morning for a month we roll out our yoga mats, sit on a bolster and breathe. We learn about the four pillars of mindfulness so we can cultivate a deeper relationship with the closest person in our lives: ourselves.

Week 1: mindfulness of the body

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