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Meet Guest Blogger Melissa Garvey

melissa.jpgMelissa Garvey is a writer and yoga teacher trainee that lives and practices in Washington, DC. To read more of her thoughts on yoga and daily life, visit YogaPulse.

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Yoga and meditation are ancient practices, and there is a lot of studying that is behind these practices, and to be able to make them a part of your life can only better your existence and make you feel better about yourself. Yoga is and ancient practice that involves a union (in fact, the word Yoga means �union� in Sanskrit) between, mind, body and spirit. This is a unique union that allows a person to achieve high levels of peace within him or herself, which also help to lead a perfectly healthy life. This health, is no common health, when I say that with Yoga and Meditation you are going to get better, I am talking about mental health, I am talking about getting better at a side of life in which you can take the advantage of facing each day�s problems with a smile and positivism, that is what you are going to gain with yoga and meditation.

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