Natalia Rae Kraft
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Just two months after Natalia finished treatment for breast cancer, doctors discovered that the
cancer had spread into her spine, lungs and lymph nodes. As of September 2006, she is in treatment
again, including radiation and chemotherapy. Her doctors are convinced that she will be in full
remission again – the only question is when. She is grateful for your prayers and visualizations in
this direction. Updates on her healing are available at her website www.beginwithin.net/blog.php
Natalia began practicing yoga 10 years ago to compensate for her long distance running habit and
fast paced lifestyle (including 10 years working to improve environmental policies and practices in
Asia). She quickly realized the practice addresses much more than physical issues; yoga has helped
her honor the complexity of being human - body, mind, and spirit. Her journey continues to be a
healing process of reunion with herself, with nature, with others, and with Spirit. She was
diagnosed with invasive breast cancer in March 2005, and has relied on many aspects of the yoga
practice as she faced the challenges of this life threatening disease.
Her style is influenced strongly by the alignment principles of Anusara and Iyengar, the fluidity of
Angela Farmer's Innerbody Yoga, and the flow of Vinyasa (Shiva Rea and others). Her teaching also
incorporates other streams of influence that have deepened her experience of yoga from dance and
bodywork to wilderness experience and her extensive travels throughout Asia. In classes, Natalia
supports students in developing a relationship with their own life-long teacher - the intelligence
within. She works with her students to cultivate strength, flexibility, relaxation... and above all
awareness and acceptance of what is. Her musical selections and sense of humor help bring joy and
light to the practice. Each class is a celebration.
You can learn more about her on her website: www.beginwithin.net
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