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How do yoga and the chakras connect you to your story?
During my years of teaching yogic principles in classes and trainings, I realized that students responded most to my stories, which made those complex concepts intimately relevant and practical.
Yoga with a French Twist makes the chakras come alive as an amazing organized map of your entire being.
Join me as I take you along a compelling seven-chapter journey into stories of my life growing up in France and the lessons Iearned along the way. Yoga and the chakras are vibrant facets of our existence; their mystery continually flows into our reality. This book is about my reality guiding you into the mystery.
“Yoga with a French Twist is a gift, an amazing story that tore at my heart.
Christine’s lyrical style and French nuances allowed me to be drawn in and immediately immersed. The merging of her personal story with the concepts of the seven chakras of yoga will take any reader on an unforgettable journey.”
My grandparents' house.
Mushrooms harvested by my uncle Lulu.
“Rarely have I read a book that combines usability with entertainment and story-telling the way Christine does. She places readers directly into her life, where they will undoubtedly gasp with recognition -if not of the exact same experience, at least with the undertow of empathy. Sights, flavors, colors and concepts are expertly woven to create this hybrid memoir/manual. In each relevant story, memory is related to a chakra in a way that will keep readers absorbed and enlightened.”
“It’s easy to fall into the intrigue of Christine’s sweet, rich stories -of growing up in a French village and traveling the world- without realizing how masterfully she holds a mirror for us to see our journey!
By sharing her joys and struggles in the context of soul growth, Christine poetically translates the esoteric to practical, and shows us an ancient road map to our higher self within our bodies. She very gently and naturally caused me to see my own journey with a new reverence and appreciation. This is an uplifting read... many happy tears!”
Excerpt from Chapter 1- muladhara: Root Chakra
Treasure your roots, even if they're weeds
Muladhara is our root system, everything that makes us feel safe, grounded and stable. It is the primal foundation of our life journey, where everything begins. It is our tribe, our family history, our link to our ancestors, our cultural essence and identity...
When I think of my early years, I think of my maternal grandparents: Meme and Pepe. Thinking of them makes me feel warm and safe. They have influenced me more than they could have ever known, giving me simple foundations on which I built my life.
My parents were very busy, and I spent most of my time in my grandparents' small kitchen, sitting and reading by the shiny wood stove in winter and, in summer, on the windowsill overlooking the giant plane tree in the front yard. This was the ultimate safe place for me, where the world started and ended, where I mapped out the great adventures of my future. My early years were cradled in the comforting aromatic rhythms of the seasons: fall mushroom omelets and wild partridges or pheasants, caught by my uncles, roasted in herbs and butter, hearty winter vegetable soups simmering on the stove, spring's first salads tossed with fresh garlic and sharp mustard vinaigrette and summer's bounty of luscious fruits -strawberries, blackberries, raspberries, red currants, black currants and apricots-ripe with juice and sweetness, cooked for hours inside a huge tall pot into fragrant mouth-watering jams and jellies that would lend to the other seasons a taste of summer.
“When Christine told me she was writing a book, I wasn’t surprised. Nor was I surprised when I read excerpts from it which left me profoundly moved.”
Giving my book to my favorite writer and spiritual mentor Andrew Harvey in India.
