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Christina M Rau The Yoga Poet @christinamrau.bsky.social · 1d

Have you supported the team yet? act.alz.org/site/TR/Walk...

Christina M Rau The Yoga Poet @christinamrau.bsky.social · 4d

All the proofreading jobs on LinkedIn are for positions to make better AI software that will take over proofreading jobs.
#proofreadingproblems #freelancejobs

Christina M Rau The Yoga Poet @christinamrau.bsky.social · 5d

Liberate an astronaut to celebrate World Space Week.
#worldspaceweek #theyogapoet #specpo
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Christina M Rau The Yoga Poet @christinamrau.bsky.social · 7d

A Dork Forest that mentions #poetry and #Buddhism? This one was clearly meant for me. Specifically me. Thanks @jackiekashian.bsky.social !
#thedorkforest
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Myq Kaplan and Inspirational Quotes – EP 843

Podcast Episode · The Dork Forest · 09/30/2025 · 1h 5m

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Christina M Rau The Yoga Poet @christinamrau.bsky.social · 7d

Rabbit rabbit. A new month means more good things from All Good Things. Newsletter went out. All links to events are in bio. DM if you want it in your inbox.
#newsletter #theyogapoet #allgoodthings #creativecommunity

Christina M Rau The Yoga Poet @christinamrau.bsky.social · 10d

Have you supported Team J and J yet?
#walk2endalz

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Christina Rau's Walk to End Alzheimer's Page

I am participating in Walk to End Alzheimer's. Donate today and help me reach my goal.

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Christina M Rau The Yoga Poet @christinamrau.bsky.social · 14d

Happy to share this new collaborative meditation video with Somnambulant Visuals. Watch. Listen. Breathe.
#meditation #guidedmeditation #mandalaart #drawing #voiceover #animation #meditatemoveandcreate #theyogapoet #somnambulantvisuals
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Five Minute Balance Meditation - September 2025

YouTube video by Somnambulant Visuals and Sounds

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Christina M Rau The Yoga Poet @christinamrau.bsky.social · 15d

Perimenopause is like that knight who loses all his limbs and insists it’s just a flesh wound only you still have all your limbs but everything feels like it should be lopped off because nothing works right anymore.
#womanhood #perimenopause #montypython

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Porcupine Literary @porcupinelit.bsky.social · 16d

Teachers! We need your words (now more than ever)! Send us your poems, CNF, and stories. We want your protests, your triumphs, your adoration, and your care.

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Porcupine Literary Submission Manager

We publish fiction, nonfiction, and poetry about the hard, the beautiful, the exhausting, the outrageous, the moving, the maddening, the ugly, the loving, the grieving, the anything-but-perfect teach...

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Christina M Rau The Yoga Poet @christinamrau.bsky.social · 19d

Thanks to Vegas Jarrow and W Lance Hunt for chatting with me about all things Buddhism, yoga, and poetry. And I may have referenced Spinal Tap.
Listen to Radio Free Brooklyn‘s Truth To Power Show 310
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#radiofreebrooklyn #truthtopower #yoga #poetry #buddhism

Christina M Rau The Yoga Poet @christinamrau.bsky.social · 22d

Check out my yoga story for Yoga Awareness Month with thanks to my home studio.
#yoga #theyogapoet #yogaeveryday

Christina M Rau The Yoga Poet @christinamrau.bsky.social · 23d

I wore sneakers to work today. I am a changed woman. There’s no going back.
#womanhood #perimenopause #dressfortheroleyouwant

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Christina M Rau The Yoga Poet @christinamrau.bsky.social · 24d

Genuinely asking: why would a writer submit to an open call and pay $30 when at the same time they can submit to the same press for a prize and pay the same $30? The open call is for publication; the prize is for publication plus $$$ and a promotional campaign. #WritingCommunity

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Christina M Rau The Yoga Poet @christinamrau.bsky.social · 27d

ICYMI: The All Good Things newsletter found its way into the world last week. With shoutouts to @rustandmoth.bsky.social @poetrydaily.bsky.social @hiramlarew.bsky.social
Want to see it in your own inbox? Message me.
#creativecommunity #theyogapoet #allgoodthings #newsletter

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Christina M Rau The Yoga Poet @christinamrau.bsky.social · Sep 9

Breath to breath Moment to moment Year to year— it’s good to be alive.

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Christina M Rau The Yoga Poet @christinamrau.bsky.social · Aug 26

Team J and J is gearing up for the #Walk2EndAlz. Root us on, join, or support here:
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Christina Rau's Walk to End Alzheimer's Page

I am participating in Walk to End Alzheimer's. Donate today and help me reach my goal.

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Christina M Rau The Yoga Poet @christinamrau.bsky.social · Aug 19

Tonight in yoga class I said, “There are only three guarantees in life: death, taxes, and chair pose.” And for some reason they keep coming back.
#gratitude #yogaeveryday #utkatasana

Christina M Rau The Yoga Poet @christinamrau.bsky.social · Aug 11

ICYMI: Thanks to DESTINIES-The Voice of Science Fiction on @wusbradio.bsky.social for sharing my #poem "Fiddling The Fourth." Poem at 2:48.
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#specpo #radio #poetrycommunity #poetsofinstagram #poetsofig #poetsonig #poetsoninstagram

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Christina M Rau The Yoga Poet @christinamrau.bsky.social · Aug 7

The newsletter has a new name; welcome to All Good Things.
Want in on the fun? Message me or check back on the blog for an abbreviated version.
#creativecommunity #theyogapoet #allgoodthings #newsletter

Brunette woman meditating on a swirled planet

Black iron cube floating in a yellow room casting shadows

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Christina M Rau The Yoga Poet @christinamrau.bsky.social · Aug 3

Super fun!

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Christina M Rau The Yoga Poet @christinamrau.bsky.social · Aug 3

On this ep of #thedorkforest:
Jackie Kashian: Wait, how does soap work?
Me to self: Yeah, how *does* soap work??
We are learning out here!
Thanks @jackiekashian.bsky.social

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Troy Zestos and Hair Talk! – EP 832

Podcast Episode · The Dork Forest · 07/15/2025 · 1h 6m

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Christina M Rau The Yoga Poet @christinamrau.bsky.social · Jul 31

Thankful to #StarShipSofa for inviting me to narrate Marie Vibbert's "Tactical Infantry Bot 37 Dreams of Trochees."
‪@reasie.bsky.social
#voiceover #voiceacting #narration #sciencefiction #scifi

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StarShipSofa 761 Marie Vibbert | StarShipSofa

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The Disappointed Housewife~Submissions always open! @offbeatlit.bsky.social · Jul 30

A #shortstory that changes every time you read it.

"Having Weight" by Cate McGowan.

Come on by and take it for a spin!

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Having Weight ~ fiction by Cate McGowan

“Having Weight” is a modular story that mirrors the narrator’s fractured state of mind, prompting the reader to collaborate in constructing meaning from the apparent chaos. Each time the reader vis…

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Christina M Rau The Yoga Poet @christinamrau.bsky.social · Jul 29

Drishti (Sanskrit) is about bringing awareness to a gazing point for concentration. I'm excited to share this animated mandala guided meditation in collaboration with Somnambulant Visuals.
#meditation #guidedmeditation #animation #drishti #theyogapoet
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5 Minute Dristhi Meditation July 2025

YouTube video by Somnambulant Visuals and Sounds

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Christina M Rau The Yoga Poet @christinamrau.bsky.social · Jul 26

Things I’ve learned throughout ladyhood: The symptoms of PMS are the same signs for pregnancy while the symptoms
of perimenopause are the same signs for omigod I’m dying.
#womanhood #perimenopause

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