Australian Yoga Journal - April 2016

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EDITOR

Jessica Humphries

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SUB-EDITOR

Louise Shannon

ART DIRECTOR

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Loraine Rushton, Karen Farrell,

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Sue White, Jacqui Lang

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editor’s letter

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Wholehearted Connection

AS I PREPARE TO

WRITE MY FIRST

EDITOR’S LETTER

I feel vulnerable and

out of my depth;

like a 12-year-old

pretending to be a

‘grown-up’. I have landed my dream job.

And although I’m settling into this new

role with unexpected ease—the kind of

ease that’s only possible when you fully

embrace the unknown and follow your

heart, I still feel a niggling sense that

someone will see through me.

Now that I’m the Editor of

Australian Yoga Journal (fancy, huh?),

surely I’m supposed to have it all

figured out and be enlightened. What if

someone finds out that I’m just a mere

mortal? Sometimes soaring

confidently through life with ease, and

sometimes suffering from an egotistical

lack of self-worth and belonging in this

crazy world. A world where we’re so

conditioned and pressured to ‘keep up’

that we can forget to check in with

ourselves and into what’s true, real and

authentic. A world where yoga gives us

a little time and space to step away

from our devices, move our bodies,

process our emotions and maybe,

for a moment, find that sweet space

in between thought, where there is no

you and no me and we’re all just

a glorious mess of nothingness.

Yoga doesn’t care how much

money you make, what clothes

you wear or how many Instagram

followers you have. It’s not about

how many ashrams you’ve visited

or how long you’ve been practicing

either. Our practice is where we go

inwards and look at what’s going on.

A place where we’re free to think, feel

and be who we truly are and maybe,

in the process, discover something

about the world. In yoga there is

unity and we can tune into and

acknowledge ourselves beyond

our external reality. Eventually,

inferiority and superiority start to

dissipate and ego dissolves. All of

this yoga has given to me, and it is

my heartfelt desire to share some

of its gems with you and support

you on your own adventure towards

awareness and peace.

I’ll be right there with you as you

journey through the following pages.

From the bottom of my heart, I look

forward to walking side by side as we

explore the magic of yoga together.

JESSICA HUMPHRIES

Editor

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