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At some point each day (well, most days) I unroll my mat and practice for an hour. I sit in meditation for a while. This can be five minutes or twenty minutes, but the daily practice - simply showing up for it - is centering.

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Dani Shapiro
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: April 10
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