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Rutanda: Return to Your Essence through Meditative Yoga Movement is an illustrated, step-by-step guide to the graceful practice of Rutanda. It combines elements of meditation and mindfulness with poses that flow smoothly into each other. Rutanda brings both a deep sense of self-discovery and a feeling of harmony with the Universe. The poses in two healing movement sequences apply psychospiritual symbolism expressing stages of life. Requiring just a few minutes each day, Rutanda is a powerful internal practice as well as a physical one for beginner, intermediate, and advanced-level practitioners. Rutanda draws equally from the timeless connection to Spirit, ancient Yoga, Tai Chi, and Qigong concepts, and contemporary insights. While understanding these aspects is important, the primary emphasis is on the practice itself. Easy-to-follow instructions and photos then help learners move into, hold, and move out of Rutanda's poses. A choice of beginner, intermediate, and advanced-level warm-up exercises is also provided to stretch, tone, and balance the body. Rutanda helps to... Improve posture Feel a sense of well-being Purify the heart and mind Identify and accept one's feminine and masculine qualities and others' as well Beautify one's self image Energize one's body, mind, and spirit Interconnect with others and Nature Awaken to one's essence and joyfully serve in the world Rutanda leads practitioners to simply feel good. Era Martin is the founder and instructor of Rutanda after a spiritual journey that led her around the world and ultimately to Japan. Over the course of 12 years there, she was recognized by two traditional Japanese spiritual masters, Takenori Sera Sensei and Tsuyoshi Nara Sensei, to study and practice with them and then to join them, as the third embodiment of a profound spiritual lineage. She received Rutanda as a gift from the Invisi