Costa Rica
HeartRise Children’s Yoga Teacher Training
HeartRise Children’s Yoga Teacher Training
August 9, 2009 – August 22, 2009
at the Nosara Yoga Institute
Nosara, Costa Rica
HeartRise Children’s Yoga Teacher Training is a 100-hour yoga instructor training that offers certified yoga teachers from all styles of yoga an advanced training in yoga for children. This yoga training meets the standards of the National Yoga Alliance and provides graduates with a recognized credential for teaching yoga to children. The inherent flexibility in this training allows you to create an approach for many settings and to open more doorways as a professional yoga educator.
Honoring the ancient traditions of yoga, HeartRise Children’s Yoga Teacher Training draws from the foundations of what is common to many yoga styles being practiced today, but is not limited to the past for bringing yoga into the world of our children today. The skills and insight you gain in this training prepare you to reach children from your own unique understanding and embodiment of life experiences, interests and creativity, while adding to your professional teaching skillfulness.
Learning is greatly enhanced by sharing this journey with other dedicated teachers, 
all exploring the power of yoga for shaping a new future for our children. Each day is filled with direct experiential learning, blending powerful movement inquiries with playful flow sequences that deepen your personal yoga practice and develop understanding of the learning process. In an environment that fosters a rich immersion into deeper layers of your own childhood wisdom you are sure to discover new levels of wonder, joy and freedom. All teaching components of the training draw from your own practice and style of yoga as a source for integrating new methods and tools.
While much of the training focuses on school-age children, the curriculum also addresses adaptations of core principles for pre-school and adolescent populations. Program directors Tamika Schilbe and Carolyn Burke have a combined 25 years experience as child and family clinicians and offer creative solutions to working with behavior challenges and children with unique needs. Discover simple yet powerful ways to create inclusive learning environments that respect the individuality and dignity of each child.
Biographies:
Tamika Schilbe, M.S.W., R.S.W., E-RYT
Tamika is an award-winning counselor, consultant, author and motivational speaker. Certified as a Yoga Instructor, Nia™ Instructor and Social Worker, Tamika has studied and taught the art of personal renewal throughout North America and also in Costa Rica, Mexico, Hawaii, Australia and Indonesia. An experienced retreat facilitator, Tamika leads regular trips to Costa Rica where she is on Faculty at the Nosara Yoga Institute. Her classes and trainings offer a creative blend of movements and postures from different parts of the world, and have been described as joyful, fun, and inspirational.
Carolyn Burke, M.S.W., R.S.W, R.Y.T.
Founder of CBA Yoga Toronto, Carolyn is an experienced yoga instructor, retreat facilitator, family counselor, parent and trainer. Carolyn has designed and facilitated numerous wellness programs and therapeutic groups. Combining her clinical training with a holistic approach, Carolyn has created and successfully launched yoga programs for moms and babies, toddlers, school-age children and children with unique needs. It is a rare teacher that can fill a room with compassion and joy the way Carolyn can.
Don Stapleton, Ph.D., Co-Founder and Director of Curriculum Development for Nosara Yoga Institute, Dean of Kripalu Yoga Education. Don is a guest presenter and development coach.
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Raw Juice Cleanse, Meditation and Gentle Yoga
Cleanse, Restorative Yoga and Meditation Retreat
with Joy Burch and Menlha Brunneau
at Hacienda del Sol
San Juanillo, Costa Rica
November 7-14, 2009
Cleanse your body and rejuvenate your soul with Menlha Brunneau’s celebrated raw food and juice cleanse! In addition to fasting, colonics, cleansing and learning all about living foods at this raw food retreat and vacation, Joy Burch and will lead daily restorative classes, meditation and offer meditation instruction to facilitate in a deeper connection to source and clarity of purpose. There will also be daily dharma and nutrition talks throughout the week.
Read what one of our clients wrote about her Cleansing and Fasting Retreat experience!
A bit on Cleansing from the Hacienda del Sol website:
Cleansing is an “in” thing to do since more people share a truth about wanting the feeling of feeling good and feeling light in their bodies and minds. More people are choosing alive raw foods and making it a way of life. Books and courses and experiential retreats are very available to support the people who want this kind of experience and the change of lifestyle. Alive or raw food is not new but it has come back to us since we have discovered that cooked foods and processed foods are not what gives the human body health.
Retreat Includes:
* accommodation
* raw food introduction – we begin the cleanse with raw food and end the cleanse with raw food
* 5 day juice fast – chlorophyll drinks, noni juice, pipa juice (from coconut), fruit juices and vegetable protein drinks
* colonics – 2 a day (colon cleansing)
* daily meditation and yoga
* group sharing and inspiration
* skin cleansing – clay baths
* giving and receiving abdominal massage
* raw food classes
* PLUS Healing Circle with Acupuncture with Mitra
Influenced by traditional Acupuncture clinics, receiving acupuncture in a group raises the frequency of the energy field and invites deeper healing individually and collectively. Before one is invited to participate in a group session, the person meets with Mitra for a private interview session to gather information about their state of being.
The group session takes place over a 3-4 hour period and the participants are scheduled to arrive in intervals of 15 minutes. Mitra meets with each person for a short consultation and then guides them into the group space to receive the treatment. At a certain point, there may be 7-10 people receiving healing simultaneously, creating a powerful energy field.
Informational subjects include:
* Your cleanse and about cleansing
* juicing
* raw food and food combining
* colon cleansing
* digestive system
Schedule
* Arrival late afternoon – group begins with a raw food dinner 6 pm and introduction of participants and of the cleanse
* 1st day -yoga, meditation,circle for information and for support, light food, introduction to colema (colon cleansing)
* 2nd – 6th days (5 days juicing)- Yoga, meditation, herbs, teas, noni juice, aloe vera, pipa and juices, colemas (2 a day), skin brushing, clay baths, information on cleansing your system, digestive system massage, days in silence (optional)
* 7th day – yoga, meditation, breaking the juice fast. Raw food preparation demonstration, raw food lunch, closing circle and departure.
Liver Cleanse: If people are interested in a liver cleanse we offer that
on the 6th evening. 5 different drinks for the liver and gallbladder to cleanse and flush out gall stones.
Price $75.00 USD
Rebalancing Bodywork sessions are also available
* 1 1/2 hour sessions deep tissue and joint release – $85.00 USD
* 1 hour sessions – $60.00 USD
From Joy…
I did my first cleanse last year at Hacienda del Sol and it was a
life-altering event. After completing the cleanse, I experienced more
clarity and felt more vibrant than ever before. Giving my body a “break”
from non-stop consumption and digestion allowed for a very deep healing and shift in my entire being. Menlha’s teaching, support and presence is absolutely magical. She is a true healer.
Hacienda del Sol is a peaceful oasis in the jungle of Costa Rica, approximately 45 minutes north of Nosara. Facilities include two large
meeting and dining areas as well as 12 cabinas suitable for 2-4 people each. The local beaches are also very close by.
How to get there
The airport at Liberia, Costa Rica is served by Delta, American, US Air and Continental. Delta has added a direct flight from Los Angeles to Liberia around the weekend.
The package price does not include transfers from Liberia or Nosara airport however we would be delighted to assist with arranging your transportation arriving to and from San Juanillo. Please email Joy for more information: joy@inwardbound.com
The closest airport to San Juanillo – for domestic flights within Costa Rica – is Nosara. For your convenience, you can fly from San Jose to Nosara via a domestic commuter airline, and flights are approx. 45 minutes in duration. For more information, prices, schedules and weight restrictions (small and strictly enforced), please contact Nature Air or Sansa
Please don’t hesitate to contact us should you have any questions!
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Yoga Surfing at Playa Guiones, Nosara Costa Rica
A Week of Surfing and Yoga~
at the Harmony Hotel
in Playa Guiones, Nosara, Costa Rica
August 9-15, 2009
Guests are greeted in Liberia, Costa Rica on Sunday, August 9 and depart the following Saturday, August 15.
For more details, please read below.
Prices for the All-Inclusive Retreat Week
Single Occupancy: US$2,195.00
Double Occupancy: US$1,795.00* (per person)
*Shared King Bed at the Harmony Hotel
Yoga Instruction with Francella Gonzalez
Surf Instruction by Innocent Surf School, Nosara
Yoga and surfing, a natural combination, is perfected in this program at Playa Guiones, one of the beaches of Nosara, the home of uncrowded surfing and unspoiled beaches. Start your day with surfing lessons on the warm water waves of the Pacific Ocean and in the late afternoon, enjoy a rejuvenating yoga practice amidst tropical beauty.
Learn more about the combined yoga and surfing experience!
If you are looking to begin or deepen your yoga practice, and learn or improve your surfing (and have fun, of course!) – join us in pristine Playa Guiones, on the Northwest Coast of Costa Rica! You’ll learn from outstanding yoga and surfing professionals, while taking in the tropical beauty and magnificent ocean surf of your surroundings. Our dinners are out on the town, offering exposure to the local vibe and nightlife.
“I have a huge crush on the place and hope that something always brings me
back to the beach there ~ thanks for introducing me to Nosara…”
- Carl von Bernuth – reflection of a yogasurfer a month later
This fabulous yoga retreat package includes:
• 6 nights deluxe accommodations at the Harmony Hotel
• Daily yoga classes and one massage
• Excellent Surf lessons
• Huge breakfasts
• Dinners
• Transfers from Liberia or Nosara airports
The Harmony Hotel has just been beautifully renovated and is simply gorgeous! Inspired by the old school tropical destinations of the eras that appreciate low key glamour and total escape, Harmony Hotel is the perfect setting for people to unwind and get in tune with their natural rhythm.
The graceful simplicity of earth tones and crisp whites creates rooms that are rooted in nature and beach life at the Harmony.
All 24 accommodations reside on a path that meanders through a tropical garden overflowing with native vegetation. And the ears do not lie—that is the sound of waves. The path ends nearby at the warm, inviting Pacific Ocean.
Surf Instruction with Innocent Surf School 
About Us:
Teaching surfing is the most rewarding thing we know. Like all teaching, however, it’s not easy. You have to get stuck into the “hows” + “whys” of everything + then explain it in a way that is interesting + funny. There are lots of wonderful people teaching surfing for love or money, all over the world, but there are also some scallywags that just send you in the sea with an unqualified surfer. We don’t think that’s very fair. Being a surfer is very different to being as surf coach. Innocent surf instructors are all qualified BSA surf coaches which means we have, ourselves, been trained + tested in how to teach surfing. We are also certified beach lifeguards, qualified in ocean safety and first aid.
Daily yoga classes are held in the lovely yoga studio at the Harmony Hotel and combine traditional asana to invogorate and strengthen with restorative and yin yoga styles to relax and unwind. Poses that are especially beneficial to surfing, like ones that focus on balance and core strengthening, are also practiced and discussed in detail. This is a great program for both men and woman, from beginners to all levels of yoga.
How to get to Nosara
Nosara is just over a 2-hour drive from the airport at Liberia, served by Delta, American, US Air and Continental. Delta has added a direct flight from Los Angeles to Liberia, departing on Fridays and returning on Saturdays. The package includes transfers from Liberia or Nosara airport on August 9 and August 15, and we will assist with your transportation if you arrive on other days…
Or, for your convenience you can fly from San Jose to Nosara
If you fly into San Jose there are domestic flights to Nosara that are approx. 45 minutes in duration. For more information, prices, schedules and weight restrictions (small & strictly enforced) please contact:
Sansa Airlines: www. flysansa.com (Located at the International Airport, San Jose)
Nature Air: www.natureair.com (Located at Pavas Airport, a domestic airport 35 minutes from the International Airport)
If you want to rent a car
You can rent a car at Liberia airport or at Nosara Beach with National. A weekly rental of a small 4X4 SUV (you really need a 4 wheel drive) is $353 plus $15-20 a day for a mandatory car insurance. A somewhat larger Terios is $461. Please contact the local agent Ronald Castro to confirm rates and availability (011-506-682-0254) or rcastro@ancar.com. There is only one gas station in Nosara, and bring cash, plastic is not accepted. For more info of this kind www.nosaratravel.com
A little more about Nosara Beach…
Nosara also offers a range of excellent dining experiences, and other recreational activities that include horseback riding, hiking, deep sea fishing, kayaking, and, the always desirable, but sometimes elusive, tanning of the soul.
For more information, call us toll-free at 800-760-5099 or email us at hello@inwardbound.com.
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Yoga Surf at Playa Guiones, Costa Rica
Yoga Surf Retreat Featuring A Week of Surfing and Yoga~
at the Harmony Hotel
in Playa Guiones, Nosara, Costa Rica
July 5-11, 2009
Guests are greeted in Liberia, Costa Rica on Sunday, July 5 and depart the following Saturday, July 11.
For more details, please read below.
Prices for the All-Inclusive Retreat Week
Single Occupancy: US$2,195.00
Double Occupancy: US$1,795.00* (per person)
*Shared King Bed at the Harmony Hotel
Yoga Instruction with Joy Burch
Surf Instruction by Innocent Surf School, Nosara
Yoga and surfing, a natural combination, is perfected in this program at Playa Guiones, one of the beaches of Nosara, the home of uncrowded surfing and unspoiled beaches. Start your day on the warm water waves of the Pacific Ocean and in the late afternoon, enjoy a rejuvenating yoga practice amidst tropical beauty.
Learn what makes the combination of yoga and surfing such an exhilarating experience!
If you are looking to begin or deepen your yoga practice, and learn or improve your surfing (and have fun, of course!) – join us in pristine Playa Guiones, on the Northwest Coast of Costa Rica. You’ll learn from outstanding yoga and surfing professionals, while taking in the tropical beauty and magnificent ocean surf of your surroundings. Our dinners are out on the town, offering exposure to the local vibe and nightlife.
“I have a huge crush on the place and hope that something always brings me
back to the beach there ~ thanks for introducing me to Nosara…”
- Carl von Bernuth – reflection of a yogasurfer a month later
This fabulous surfing and yoga retreat package includes:
• 6 nights deluxe accommodations at the Harmony Hotel
• Daily yoga classes and one massage
• Excellent Surf lessons
• Huge breakfasts
• Dinners
• Transfers from Liberia or Nosara airports
The Harmony Hotel has just been beautifully renovated and is simply gorgeous! Inspired by the old school tropical destinations of the eras that appreciate low key glamour and total escape, Harmony Hotel is the perfect setting for people to unwind and get in tune with their natural rhythm.
The graceful simplicity of earth tones and crisp whites creates rooms that are rooted in nature and beach life at the Harmony.
All 24 accommodations reside on a path that meanders through a tropical garden overflowing with native vegetation. And the ears do not lie—that is the sound of waves. The path ends nearby at the warm, inviting Pacific Ocean.
Surf Instruction with Innocent Surf School
About Us:
Teaching surfing is the most rewarding thing we know. Like all teaching, however, it’s not easy. You have to get stuck into the “hows” + “whys” of everything + then explain it in a way that is interesting + funny. There are lots of wonderful people teaching surfing for love or money, all over the world, but there are also some scallywags that just send you in the sea with an unqualified surfer. We don’t think that’s very fair. Being a surfer is very different to being as surf coach. Innocent surf instructors are all qualified BSA surf coaches which means we have, ourselves, been trained + tested in how to teach surfing. We are also certified beach lifeguards, qualified in ocean safety and first aid.
Daily yoga classes are held in the lovely yoga studio at the Harmony Hotel and combine traditional asana to invogorate and strengthen with restorative and yin yoga styles to relax and unwind. Poses that are especially beneficial to surfing, like ones that focus on balance and core strengthening, are also practiced and discussed in detail. This is a great program for both men and woman, from beginners to all levels of yoga.
How to get to Nosara
Nosara is just over a 2-hour drive from the airport at Liberia, served by Delta, American, US Air and Continental. Delta has added a direct flight from Los Angeles to Liberia, departing on Fridays and returning on Saturdays. The package includes transfers from Liberia or Nosara airport on July 5 and July 11, and we will assist with your transportation if you arrive on other days…
Or, for your convenience you can fly from San Jose to Nosara
If you fly into San Jose there are domestic flights to Nosara that are approx. 45 minutes in duration. For more information, prices, schedules and weight restrictions (small & strictly enforced) please contact:
Sansa Airlines: www. flysansa.com (Located at the International Airport, San Jose)
Nature Air: www.natureair.com (Located at Pavas Airport, a domestic airport 35 minutes from the International Airport)
If you want to rent a car
You can rent a car at Liberia airport or at Nosara Beach with National. A weekly rental of a small 4X4 SUV (you really need a 4 wheel drive) is $353 plus $15-20 a day for a mandatory car insurance. A somewhat larger Terios is $461. Please contact the local agent Ronald Castro to confirm rates and availability (011-506-682-0254) or rcastro@ancar.com. There is only one gas station in Nosara, and bring cash, plastic is not accepted. For more info of this kind www.nosaratravel.com
A little more about Nosara Beach…
Nosara also offers a range of excellent dining experiences, and other recreational activities that include horseback riding, hiking, deep sea fishing, kayaking, and, the always desirable, but sometimes elusive, tanning of the soul.
For more information about this yoga surfing vacation, call us toll-free at 800-760-5099 or email us at hello@inwardbound.com.
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A Restorative & Yin Yoga Retreat in Costa Rica
Restorative and Yin Yoga Retreat in Costa Rica
With Annette Knopp and Jane Fryer
at the Harmony Hotel
in Playa Guiones, Nosara, Costa Rica
July 12–18, 2009
Guests are greeted in Liberia, Costa Rica on Sunday, July 12 and depart the following Saturday, July 18.
For more details, please read below.
Prices for the All-Inclusive Retreat Week
Single Occupancy: US$2,295.00
Double Occupancy: US$1,795.00 (per person)
Head to Central America and unwind with us this summer at this fabulous yoga retreat in magnificent Costa Rica! We would like to invite you to take a time out and hit the “reset” button as Jane & Annette guide you through deeply relaxing and restorative sessions during this rejuvenating week. Time for rest and meditation, as well as soaking up nature in all of its jungle glory, will be the main points on our agenda. Both Restorative and Yin Yoga practices are becoming increasingly popular as we continue to learn more about the true importance of rest and relaxation and how vital it is to our well-being. Ahhh…
Nosara, Costa Rica is a magical place, and a great location to unwind, lounging by the pool or strolling along the beach. We will reside at the beautiful beach-side Harmony Hotel, a lovely sustainable property with Zen-style, and full service Spa and healing center.
Who could benefit from a Yin & Restorative Yoga retreat?
Anyone who wants to step out from a high-wired and ‘doing-focused’ lifestyle and allow for their bodies and mind to unwind, to nourish themselves, and relax back into stillness. Also any sort of practitioner, from beginner to advanced, who would like to immerse in this often overlooked aspect of Yoga. Yin Yoga is often called “the quiet practice” and similar to the restorative style naturally evokes a state of contemplation – more than yang-style practices or power yoga disciplines. In our predominantly “goal-focused” culture we have become so habituated to look ahead, to improve, and to demand more from ourselves and our bodies. In Yin and Restorative Yoga we have the opportunity to let go into what is already here, to be nourished by being-ness. Instead of pushing, we yield and come home into natural Presence.
Click here to read the full interview with Annette on Yin Yoga
Annette Knopp is a dharma teacher, spiritual counselor, certified Vinyasa and Yin-Yoga teacher, RYT, with a background in Non-dual Eastern traditions and modern Western integrative approaches. She is a faculty member of the Omega Institute, facilitates workshops and retreats internationally, and is featured as one of 12 women spiritual teachers in the recent book “Ordinary Women, Extraordinary Wisdom: The Feminine Face of Awakening”. Visit Annette’s website at www.thefreeheart.com
Jane Fryer, RYT 500, is the founder of inward bound and has been traveling and teaching yoga retreats since ‘91. Her yoga studies began in the ’70s at Kripalu, and have continued over the years with instructors of Iyengar, Ashtanga, and Anusara yoga styles. She is multi certified, and primarily influenced now by Anusara’s extraordinarily positive approach to yoga/life on and off the mat. Jane’s expertise, coupled with the openness with which she shares her life experiences, are the gifts she brings to her students. With a rare understanding of anatomy and the body’s energy systems, she provides both beginning and advanced students with a safe environment to explore, heal and integrate the body and mind. She believes we are all hungry to reconnect with anima mundi, the soul of the world; our source. This is precisely the process she experienced when first drawn to yoga decades ago. Jane is also an expert teacher of restorative yoga and vipassana meditation. Not to mention her lifetime of experience as an astrologer which informs her themes so that your practice will resonate with cosmic rhythms. She is also an acupressure massage therapist and provides amazing hands on adjustments for her students. Jane and inward bound have been featured in The Washington Post, The New York and Los Angeles Times, Time-Life’s The Powers of Healing, Washington Woman, Mademoiselle, New Body, Yoga Journal,Vogue, Travel & Leisure, Healing Retreats & Spas, Wall Street Journal, etc. Jane recently moved with her husband Fritz from Washington DC to Nosara, Costa Rica, where they created Heartwaves, a development to host travelers to this pristine paradise, a protected Pacific Beach, famous for surfing and yoga.
Package includes:
- 6 nights accommodation
- Divine breakfasts and dinners (gratuities included)
- Morning & afternoon sessions
- Massage, Mythic Journey, and Sacred Ceremony
- Ample personal free time to choose in the moment what delights your heart
- Round trip transfer between Liberia Airport (LIR) and Nosara Beach
Not included: international flight or optional excursions (canopy tour, horseback riding, river kayak, surfing lessons, etc.)
The Harmony Hotel has just been beautifully renovated and is simply gorgeous! Inspired by the old school tropical destinations of the eras that appreciate low key glamour and total escape, Harmony Hotel is the perfect setting for people to unwind and get in tune with their natural rhythm. The graceful simplicity of earth tones and crisp whites create rooms that are rooted in nature and beach life at the Harmony.
All 24 accommodations reside on a path that meanders through a tropical garden overflowing with native vegetation. And the ears do not lie—that is the sound of waves. The path ends nearby at the warm, inviting Pacific Ocean.
The open air restaurant at the Harmony seats its guests in a stylish but casual atmosphere that draws upon ’70s surf culture, Brazilian Modernism, and old school tropical resorts. Taking its cue from a harmonious way of living, the kitchen cooks up local organic seafood, fruits, and vegetables. This means a menu of options flavored by the exotic likes of wild ginger, taro, banana, plantains, mango, coconut and of course, black beans and rice. In addition to the main restaurant at the Harmony, the Juice Bar provides vegetarian tapas, fresh squeezed juices and herbal teas. Like the restaurant, they use organic ingredients whenever possible. In the new trends of green hotels, Harmony has been rethought to meet height standards of sustainable living where beach life meets comfort.
Heed the howler monkey wake-up call for a quiet, early morning session.
The most popular time is sunset. And, it’s no wonder. The waves get glassy late afternoon and the colors are mind expanding as the sun dips into the horizon.
Room Amenities include
Daily Maid Service
King Size Bed (Only King Beds available for single or double)
Refrigerator
Air Conditioning
Ceiling Fans
Laptop-Sized Safe Deposit Box
Coffee Maker
Wireless Internet
Less than 5 minute walk to the beach!
How to get to Nosara
Nosara is just over a 2-hour drive from the airport at Liberia, served by Delta, American, US Air and Continental. Delta has added a direct flight from Los Angeles to Liberia, departing on Fridays and returning on Saturdays. The package includes transfers from Liberia or Nosara airport on February 22 & February 28, and we will assist with your transportation if you arrive on other days…
Or, for your convenience you can fly from San Jose to Nosara
If you fly into San Jose there are domestic flights to Nosara that are approx. 45 minutes in duration. For more information, prices, schedules and weight restrictions (small & strictly enforced) please contact:
Sansa Airlines: www. flysansa.com (Located at the International Airport, San Jose)
Nature Air: www.natureair.com (Located at Pavas Airport, a domestic airport 35 minutes from the International Airport)
If you want to rent a car
You can rent a car at Liberia airport or at Nosara Beach with National. A weekly rental of a small 4X4 SUV (you really need a 4 wheel drive) is $353 plus $15-20 a day for a mandatory car insurance. A somewhat larger Terios is $461. Please contact the local agent Ronald Castro to confirm rates and availability (011-506-682-0254) or rcastro@ancar.com. There is only one gas station in Nosara, and bring cash, plastic is not accepted. For more info of this kind www.nosaratravel.com
A little more about Nosara Beach…
Nosara also offers a range of excellent dining experiences, and other recreational activities that include horseback riding, hiking, deep sea fishing, kayaking, and, the always desirable, but sometimes elusive, tanning of the soul.
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