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Meet Lo Nathamundi, of Kaleidoscope Community Yoga, Guest Teacher at Peaceful Lake retreat, coming up soon!”
Season 1, Ep. 5
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Host Sander Hicks gets to talk to his old friend Logermund Nathamundi, who is founder of Kaleidoscope Community Yoga, an innovative group yoga practice. Lo will be the guest teacher at the “peaceful lake, powerful mountain” retreat happening this year in the Catskill Mountains. www.nonviolence.works.
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