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### [How Practicing Yoga Pranayama Can Help With Stress](https://blog.afaa.com/yoga-pranayama)

There are various reasons why individual stress levels might be higher than usual in today’s climate. Not only are there unknowns surrounding the pandemic and its resolution, but many fitness ...  
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### [Navigating Fitness Re-Entry with Mindfulness](https://blog.afaa.com/navigating-fitness-re-entry-with-mindfulness)

Many group fitness professionals are navigating the current unknowns of the COVID-19 virus and fitness center reopening. The following questions might sound familiar to those in the planning and ...  
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### [7 Tips for Self-Care While Teaching Virtual Group Fitness Classes](https://blog.afaa.com/self-care-and-virtual-group-fitness)

Teaching group fitness classes can be physically demanding on the body, especially if an instructor is teaching a high volume of classes weekly. Instructors need to keep their own physical self-care ...  
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