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OM meets… Tiarah Flores

How did you first get into yoga?

I have practiced yoga on and off for 10 years. My meditation practice actually led me to yoga. There was something deep within me, inviting me to practice yoga just as much as I was meditating. What really catapulted my yoga journey was a painful knee injury I incurred while running the Philadelphia Marathon in 2018. Due to the injury, I was no longer able to run and turned to yoga in an attempt to heal, practicing 4-5 days per week. Yin Yoga, in particular, became my lineage of choice because it challenged me almost as much as training for the marathon! The long holds required in Yin Yoga introduced me to a part of myself

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