How to stop facing reality and start creating it

Ah, how I love a good joke. 

Here's an example: just 40 short years ago yoga was a joke ("Do you mean 'yogurt?'" my friends would ask). Today yoga is a multi-million dollar industry that includes Lululemon fashion fails and props that practically do the poses for you.

At some point, yoga went from weird to normal. 

Who's got the last laugh now?

Now the Wall Street Journal reports the latest oldest-idea, something I have been teaching in Hot Yoga Teacher Training for years:

You need to stop facing reality if you ever want to live the life you really want, and start understanding how you're creating reality.

Here's what we mean...

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Can hot yoga help back pain?

Is your back a pain in the neck?

Have tried all the remedies, only to have your back pain return?

Consider addressing the physical, general and emotional causes of your back pain.

Most people don't address all three areas and thatis what keeps so many lost in the Back Pain Triangle.

Over 80% of adults suffer from back pain at some stage. Almost 90% will suffer from recurring bouts of back pain. Eventually these same people will have their older years in chronic back pain misery.

It sounds frightening but rest assured: your back pain is easily solved, with the Back Support Pyramid.

It is not a product, a system or package. The Back Support Pyramid is

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The yoga of owning it

I heard a successful entrepreneur speak recently about "Owning" everything in your life. I love that and apply it to own up to that at Riverflow Yoga.

When you walk into Riverflow Yoga, a teacher greets you. Let your To Do List go undone. Take your hair down and unwind. Get into the hot yoga room and get out of your daily grind.

If you have questions or concerns, come to us. We are here to teach you, yes, and to listen and hear your issues about hot yoga (and sometimes about other things). When you are here at Riverflow Yoga, you are our responsibility.

Your Riverflow yoga teacher takes charge so that you can relax. In hot yoga, we guide you step by step through each pose. Even if that means we must lovingly but firmly keep you on track, following the pose instructions when you may want to do something else. Or give up. We will comment and compliment

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