When you think about yoga you may well imagine super-skinny men and women bending themselves into pretzel shapes and making you feel that there's not point in even starting because you can't even touch your toes.
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As a yogini I have done many yogic fasts over the years and always found them to be times of introspection, clarity and transformation. While food is an essential form of nutrition and energy for us - mind, body and spirit - it is also for many of us a tool through which we numb our emotions, deaden our senses and retreat from unpleasant feelings and sensations.
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