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Each week, the editors at Yoga Journal compile moments—sometimes mind-bending, sometimes easy—that remind us yoga is, the truth is, all over the place.

ACT

Even actors get rattled by anxiousness. “You’re at all times considering: why am I here, I shouldn’t be doing this, that is going to be embarrassing,” explains Adjoah Andoh, who plays Bridgerton’s Lady Danbury, in an article in The Guardian on the secrets of stage actors.

One among those secrets is…yoga. Andoh recalled showing as much as rehearsal for a theatre production years ago and learning everyone can be spending a while practicing poses before practicing lines. “We did yoga every morning before we began rehearsing. To start with I used to be rolling my eyes to the ceiling, but by the top I just loved it.”

                   Bridgerton star and stage actor Adjoah Andoh was once forced to practice yoga as a part of rehearsal. (Photo: Scott Garfitt | Getty)

OVERHEARD

“I look ahead to your class all week. It’s like chocolate cake! I just thought you need to know.”

RESTORE

There’s rest after which there’s restoration. In perhaps essentially the most mindful type of multitasking, yoga nidra delivers each. The traditional practice has remained the darling of neuroplasticity researchers in recent times as science continues to explore exactly how the not-quite-sleeping, not-quite-meditation experience evokes physiological and psychological advantages to those that fall under its spell, which neurobiologist Andrew Huberman has explained in quite a few podcast interviews.

Within the meantime, yoga teachers, podcasters, and YouTubers proceed to discuss it, and we proceed to practice it. Specifically, we turn to this yoga nidra video from UK-based teacher Lizzy Hall, which drew its 12 millionth view this week.

Hundreds have been soothed by the most well-liked yoga nidra video on YouTube. (Photo: Antonio Hugo Photo | Getty)

TEACH

“Teaching is different than leading class. Each serve a purpose, but when you are really attempting to teach you gotta be willing to slow the pace, let the knowledge settle in and be okay sitting in these slower teachable moments. Especially with props and modified poses.” —Calvin Corzine, LA-based yoga teacher and partner of CAMP, via Instagram

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