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A healing heart

I am always delighted when my

Yoga Journal arrives in the mail.

Somehow there always seems

to be an article in each issue that

was written just for me. This

time it was“Live, Love, Learn”

(Feb/March 2015). A few months

ago my baby boy Alex was born

prematurely and died an hour

after his birth. It has been a very

sad time for our family, and as

my son’s due date approached I

found myself quite lost in my

grief. That’s when I tried

practising the Healing Heart

sequence and found it to be

exactly what I needed on those

particularly bad days. Thank you!

ALISON SMITH O’CONNELL

Ed’s reply: We’re so sorry to hear

your terrible news, Alison. We

send our love to you and hope you

keep on practising – and healing.

The eyes have it

I opened my new issue of

Yoga Journal this morning and

I agree that I too have trouble

reading those wonderful

articles due to font size.

So please do give this some

thought. My email to you is in

size 11 font, I believe that Yoga

Journal is closer to a 10? Surely

the magazine should be printed

in the same size font as is

commonly used in written

business communications.

This is my only complaint –

I’ve been a subscriber for a

couple of years and really enjoy

the articles, but wouldn’t mind

a few more “healthy”recipes

if I could be really picky.

SHARYNE MULLENS

Ed’s reply: Thanks for your feedback,

Sharyne. We’ll attempt to make

future issues easier on the eyes!

Mistaken identity

Thank you very much for

a wonderful article that

communicates the benefit

of yoga and PTSD (“Healing

Minds”, April 2015). On page

51 there is a photo in the top right had corner of a man who is not

me. The photo on page 52 shows me in the foreground, leading

two wounded warriors through a sequence.

ROB GINNIVAN

Ed’s reply: Rob, we are so sorry for the mix up! The photo was actually

of David Emerson, who also features in the article. We’ve included

your photo here. Sorry again, and keep up the great work!

Let’s go outside

I’m from Finland and moved to small

beachside neighbourhood outside Perth.

I always dreamt of living the life barefoot

and on the beach, to soothe that inner

hippie child. And thanks to beautiful

Australian weather and beaches, I haven’t

worn shoes for a while. As a “newbie” in

Australia, through yoga I have made some

beautiful friends and helped them to see

the beauty of taking the mat outside and

being connected to Mother Earth.

DIANA MADISSON ELLIOT

Ed’s reply: Thanks for sharing, Diana.

You’ve got to love Australian weather!

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