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September 11, 2007
Be the Difference' yoga event
Srianthi Perera, The Arizona Republic
Ahwatukee Foothills resident Elena Porter found her Christ-centered yoga program so well received in the Valley that she has created a DVD to further promote the practice.
Porter, together with fellow teacher Rosie Gonzalez, will launch the DVD, titled "Hope," at a community event Saturday, Sept. 15, at Mountain Park Community Church.

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September 7, 2007
Christian yoga plans community event
Jason Ludwig, Ahwatukee Foothills News
It was fairly recently that yoga for Christians was a strange-sounding idea, and listening to a Christ-centered yoga class sounds like a full-contact sermon.
"It's a privilege to be there for people; to be Jesus' hands and feet; to be a friend," said yoga instructor Elena Porter, speaking over a CD that's softly playing James Taylor's version of You've Got a Friend. "Now take the left leg center, then to the sides."

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August 30, 2006
Porter shares personal peace with church's yoga class
Susanne Tso, AZCentral
Elena Porter took her first yoga class 10 years ago, but it didn't quite live up to her expectations. She felt the promised tranquility but not the spiritual benefits that yoga was supposed to deliver.

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October 22, 2005
Excerpt from: Yoga practice blends exercise, spirituality
Lawn Griffiths, Tribune
Two rolled-up rubber mats formed a purple cross, leaning against the dance studio wall. Above it hung a tapestry of Jesus the Good Shepherd and the words "Lost No More." Prayerful contemporary music radiated through the darkened room, ringed with lighted novena candles.

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