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Emily Darling
Yoga: Living from your heart
Emily Darling, an owner of a Kansas City metro area yoga studio, has practiced yoga for 20 years. She is also a yoga teacher. Darling tells Fox, “I tell my students that when we come to class we are taking time out for ourselves to find inner peace and clarity and to ground ourselves, truly so that we can have more to give everyone one around us. That way we can share that peace.

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Emily Darling
--Richard Wanderman
Episode 1: Living from your heart (18 mins.)
Tom Fox asks Emily Darling how she got involved with yoga. “I was just a teenager going through all the things that teenagers go through, and my mom had been practicing yoga. She felt yoga would help me on my path, to help me be healthier and get me away from the stress of school and social life and all the things teenagers go through,” Darling answers. “It was like a sanctuary.”

Emily Darling
--Richard Wanderman
Episode 2: 'To find the present moment is a beautiful art' (15 mins.)
Emily offers some practical tips for getting started. She tells Tom Fox: "Yoga is the gift of finding peace within ourselves. It brings an awareness that allows us to see more clearly and live more fully from our hearts." She adds, "I feel blessed to be able to share what I feel so passionate about. Bringing people into stillness, allowing them to find the present moment is a beautiful art as it softens everyone."

More about the interviewee
Emily Darling is the owner of Darling Yoga Studio in Overland Park, Kan., which opened in February 2007. Studying and practicing the art and science of yoga has been a part of Emily's life for 20 years. Her background includes the study of Iyengar yoga, yoga therapy, restorative yoga as well as vinyasa-based yoga.

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