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Roshni's avatar

Loved it ! You've done this beautifully. I relaxed and thought your thoughts as i read this

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Sanobar Sabah's avatar

Thank you, I needed the lightness! Waise, I'm enjoying Canva a lot! Even if it takes an extra hour (involving the converting it to Reels bit) lol

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Khyati Parekh's avatar

Roshni Said it for me too 🤗🤗 kids getting ready for school and im sitting and reading this ❤️❤️

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Sanobar Sabah's avatar

Lol ye kambakht Substack aur hum! Thank you, Khyati!

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Tanya Shakil's avatar

This is such a trip. Mazeydaar. Feels like I’m seated inside your brain as a mini you chatters throughout about what’s going on.

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Sanobar Sabah's avatar

ha ha ha thank you! The toddler had to have fun after all ;)

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Shazia's avatar

He he he .. giggling reading this .

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Sanobar Sabah's avatar

I usually giggle in my head during yoga too ;) will share this with my instructor now :p

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Raju Tai's avatar

Sanobar I was in that yoga room and that yoga pose with you!! Reclaiming your body one pose and one piece at a time. 💘 "As we transition into a warrior pose - my squishy breasts press against my knee, trying to make room for themselves over my protruding, pregnancy-like belly. Instead of drowning in embarrassment, I’m reminded of the times I’ve nursed my babies – 10 months, sadly, for my firstborn, overcompensating it with my secondborn for slightly over two years. My droopy breasts feel like soft marshmallows now."

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Sanobar Sabah's avatar

Yay!!!! So glad you liked it :) I do think of you often everytime I'm in yoga 😀

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SUDHA RAO's avatar

Lovely! How our minds are sprinting while trying to be physically stationary and at ease with self. Happy i found your NL.

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Sanobar Sabah's avatar

Ha ha ha sprinting it is! What a perfectly apt description. Thank you :)

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Khushboo's avatar

Love it! I have a grin pasted on my face right now :)

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Sanobar Sabah's avatar

ha ha haaaa the stuff that goes on in our heads! Thank you for reading and enjoying my unfiltered thoughts, Khushboo :)

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Khushboo's avatar

Keep them coming, Sanobar! I am loving it!

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Sanobar Sabah's avatar

I’m loving the liberation that’s coming with each essay, Khushboo! Never knew writing could free me from my own self!

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Khushboo's avatar

I hear you, Sanobar! So happy for you. Big hug!

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Rituparna Ghosh's avatar

Sanobar!! You’ve given me an idea now. I’m going to write about what my mind tells me when I’m doing my Yoga and Pilates! Love this…

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Sanobar Sabah's avatar

Hey! Tomorrow's International Day of Yoga ;)

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Rituparna Ghosh's avatar

Aye aye! The thing is that I didn’t do Yoga on Intl Yoga Day. 😄 I need to do it for the thoughts and words to flow.

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Sanobar Sabah's avatar

ha ha ha let's do this! The number of yoga memes I bumped into while digging for images for my piece - I'm sure your story will be relatable to so many of us as well :) Thank you, and, I'll be waiting for your essay too :)

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Safa's avatar

"But, now that I’m learning to feel at home in my body, I find it difficult to contain the excitement of feeling alive and staying still."

Loved thisss and the little window into your brain ♥️

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Sanobar Sabah's avatar

Thank you :) I love diving into my brain and understanding it better through my writing too :)

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Shreya's avatar

Absolutely, completely love this!!! At the fag end of a yoga teachers' training programme, this makes more sense than perhaps anything else at the moment... 💙

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Sanobar Sabah's avatar

Lol love it when we find relatability in each other's essays :)

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Paolo Peralta's avatar

Keep up the practice ❤️

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Sanobar Sabah's avatar

I intend to :) Yoga is for life!

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Khyati Parekh's avatar

And im always always there for the Savasana 😂😂😂

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Sanobar Sabah's avatar

We have a tribe then, sis!

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