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New yoga craze, blindfolded yoga, is sweeping the festival scene

and leaving yogis feeling a heightened sense of body awareness

as well as a humbling beginner’s mind around their practice.

We checked out professional photographer and yogi Pete

Longworth’sBlindfolded Yoga and the Art of Seeingworkshop at

the recent Spirit Festival in Mullumbimby and were pleasantly

surprised. Everything that we take for granted in our body

becomes something to be cherished in this practice. Simple

poses take us back to when we first started and our minds are

directed internally. Pete tells us that the workshop is the

“collision of my photographic work with my newfound passion

for yoga”. He says, “It is an immersive experience created to

expand sensory awareness.” Pete believes that “the true

resonance of the experience comes from realising that this

expanded awareness is available in all aspects of your life”

allowing participants to “discover a deep trust that opens

you up to exquisite new ways to look at yourself,

the world, and others.” The practice, ideal for

experienced yogis or beginners, involves

wearing a blindfold for most of the whole

class. Yogis say the blindfold experience

is good for balance, focus and

envisioning their practice in a

new way. To find out more,

check http://www.petelongworth.com

Sensory

belief

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july 2016

yogajournal.com.au

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PHOTO: MICHAEL K. CHIN @PEOPLESEEN