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Should Auld Acquaintance be Forgot.

by on Dec 31, 2010

Editor’s Letter. This is my weekly editor’s letter on our Top 10 blogs of the week email newsletter—a great way to follow elephant without getting overwhelmed (as opposed to, say, twitter or Facebook, where we’re active). ~ ed. The End is Nigh! Since the dawn of civilization, humankind has talked, worried and written about the [...]


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Deepak Chopra on Consciousness and Love. {Nice Shoes!}

by on Dec 31, 2010

Live (almost) Reflections from ISE2.

In a time when controversy and charisma are more common in spiritual teachers than not, it’s practically unsettling to listen to someone like Deepak Chopra.


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Taking the New Year’s Plunge.

by on Dec 31, 2010

Jumping into freezing cold water is not all that fun, it kinda hurts actually, but every year I muster up the courage to freeze off the ol’ cojones. The Polar Plunge has become a tradition for hundreds of people on New Year’s Day at the Boulder Reservoir…and the registration money goes to a good cause, [...]


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Did You Order a Hangover from Hell with a Side of Headache? My Top 7 Cures.

by on Dec 31, 2010

Well, if you did it, you probably really did it. All you can do now is repair the damage.  Hangovers happen when your liver is overloaded and can’t keep up with removing toxins and chemicals. Alcohol = Toxins + chemicals Hangovers = alcohol + overburdened liver – water I can’t help you erase the embarrassing [...]


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Good-Bye, Mr. Fix It!

by on Dec 31, 2010

Yoga Thoughts on New Year’s Resolutions This time of year it is traditional to set resolutions. Lots of times these resolutions are designed to inspire change in our lives. Perhaps we’d like to run a 5k race, read the entire body of work by our favorite author, learn how to cook or earn a promotion [...]


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Sakyong Mipham: How to Meditate. {Video}

by on Dec 30, 2010

How to Meditate. And, Why. We don’t meditate to get enlightened. We don’t meditate to achieve any state. We meditate to come back to the present moment. It’s simple: in training our “wild horse” mind again and again to synchronize with right here, right now, in joining body and mind and heaven and earth, we [...]


Polar Bears Aren’t Desperate Enough to be “Endangered”

by on Dec 30, 2010

Originally written by Beth Wright and published on New Era News : a political site for young people. We have all seen those cute but sad photos of fuzzy white bears stranded on lone icebergs being used by environmental conservationists groups to create more awareness of climate change. But, the current administration has decided that [...]


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The Journey Is the Destination

by on Dec 30, 2010

photo credit: jerseytourism It’s the end of the journey through another year, December in the northern hemisphere where I live.  I love this month not for the holiday lights, shorter days and colder weather, but because things slow down for once.  Largely thanks to the cluster of December holidays, the pace lets up, and there [...]


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A New New Year’s Tradition: Give Up Resolutions.

by on Dec 30, 2010

— It’s Never Too Late to Try Dedications, Intentions, and WHY NOTs! Are you planning on making any resolutions for the coming year? Many of us make New Year’s resolutions – and then fail. A whopping 88% of well-meaning New Year’s revelers will “fail” in achieving the resolutions they set out as a goal at [...]


When Illness Becomes Your Ally: Release, Restore, Radiate

by on Dec 30, 2010

“You have to lean into whatever is happening; whether you get well or not, it has the same one taste.”


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Reflections 2010 Interview with Waylon Lewis

by on Dec 30, 2010

Waylon Lewis, editor of elephant journal, shares the history of elephant journal and where its going in 2011 and beyond.


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When I Was Your Age…

by on Dec 30, 2010

View all of Joe’s political/environmental cartoonery at JoeMohrToons.com Updates on Twitter at @GreenCartoons


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Like Meditation? Join New Facebook Page.

by on Dec 29, 2010

Want daily readings regarding meditation & the spiritual path, instruction for meditation practice, & tons of articles infused with a fresh perspective on traditional spirituality?


What Do You Look For in a Yoga Studio?

by on Dec 29, 2010

What kind of questions should I ask? Are there red flags that I should watch out for when I take a first class? Are there deal breakers? On the flip side, is there something that makes you say to yourself, “This place is it!” And what’s a reasonable rate for a class or a ten-class card? How far would you go for the perfect studio?


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Live from ISE: Marc Gafni’s Fireside Chat.

by on Dec 29, 2010

Strength, Service, Love.

Last night I arrived in beautiful Monterey, California for a unique 5-day retreat, the Integral Spiritual Experience (Year 2). At this rare assembly,


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Resolve to Shut Your Mouth. ~ René Cousineau

by on Dec 29, 2010

by  yoshiffles The Secret Of My Success. I generally use New Year’s Eve as an excuse to wear heels too high, drink whiskey in too much abundance, dance until my ankles bleed, and hit the pillow at three a.m. without wiping off my mascara. And at some point amidst all of this merriment and general [...]


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Why You Cannot Love. ~ John Ptacek

by on Dec 29, 2010

It would bomb as a pick up line, but…


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5 Yoga Tips for Better Sex.

by on Dec 29, 2010

Ladies, feeling like you want to stoke the sensual fire? Since the advent of Viagra, pharmaceutical companies have been on the hunt for an equivalent “solution” to female “sexual dysfunctions.” I’m putting those terms in quotation marks because they deserve to be treated critically. I’m opposed to pill-popping and the idea that women’s sexual responses can [...]


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While I Was Sleeping.

by on Dec 29, 2010

“Mr. Raff, please take her out of here! All she does is stare out the window!”


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Yoga = India? Maybe not so much.

by on Dec 29, 2010

Yoga: a positively un-Indian Experience? People who visit the U.S. from other countries (or who meet Americans while we’re traveling abroad) are sometimes surprised to learn that we haven’t all been to Disneyland, or Graceland, or attended a professional football game.  They’re surprised that we don’t all own handguns, talk like Texans, or go to [...]


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Confessions Of A Buddhist Dumb-Ass.

by on Dec 29, 2010

My Life As A Spiritual Materialist.


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Review: Krishna Das’s “Chants of a Lifetime: Searching for a Heart of Gold”

by on Dec 29, 2010

“If we don’t do the things that make us happy, how are we going to help anybody?”


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On The Arizona Trail

by on Dec 29, 2010

Dust billows among the clanking of hand tools in Northern Arizona. A crew of trail workers who have devoted a summer to the backcountry work quickly to finish one of the last sections of the nearly 800 mile Arizona Trail. The Trail in it’s entirety crosses the length of the state, North to South, from [...]


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This Short Blog Can Save Your Life. No Joke. ~Shy Sayar

by on Dec 28, 2010

In their article “Breathing Patterns Found in Heart Attack Patients” (International Journal of Yoga Therapy, Volume 2, Number 1 / 1991) Alan Hymes, MD and Phil Nuernberger, PhD share their observation that of 153 heart attack patients surveyed, 100% (that is ALL 153 patients) were chest breathers, in whom no diaphragm expansion (let alone belly [...]


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My tepid response to a nutty reader’s letter with a good point.

by on Dec 28, 2010

Jasper Johal’s yoga models: perfect. In a bad way. (Not) I recently received the below letter of feedback. We love feedback. It helps us improve—even when, as below, it’s a bit “nut.” ~ ed “You all are nut.” On Dec 15, 2010, at 7:10 AM, XXXXXXXXXXX wrote: In the seventies when I would walk into [...]


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Reflections 2010 Interview with John Friend

by on Dec 28, 2010

Founder of Anusara Yoga, John Friend shares insights gained during the 2010 Melt Your Heart, Blow Your Mind tour, his vision for The Center, the new home for the Anusara kula (family), and a New Year’s message to kick off your 2011.


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A Meat-Eating Yogi Chickens Out: Follow-up with Sadie Nardini.

by on Dec 28, 2010

Bob Weisenberg (for Elephant): Your recent blog A Meat Eating Yogi Chickens Out generated over 3,000 views, 137 comments, and 472 Facebook “likes”. Were you surprised by this reception? And if so, what surprised you the most? Sadie: This was my first post for EJ, and I have to say: Wow. Double-wow, in fact. I knew from [...]


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Yoga’s Dark Side?

by on Dec 28, 2010

It Ain’t For Nothin’.

About a year ago, one morning a student arrived reluctantly to class.


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Bad Relationship or Domestic Violence?

by on Dec 27, 2010

Via: Daily Transformations Domestic Violence isn’t always physical. Sometimes in life you witness a friend or even yourself go through something that while heavy hearted, serves the whole community by educating everyone about the subject.  Sadly a close friend recently went through a domestic violence situation.  Seems she thought domestic violence only involved physical abuse, [...]


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Resolve to be yourself.

by on Dec 27, 2010

New Years resolutions — an opportunity to better yourself or a setup for failure and disappointment? I don’t know too many people who can manage to keep their New Year’s resolutions for a solid year. Most of us base our annual goals on a vision we have of the person we want to be, not [...]


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EJ Organic Food Survey

by on Dec 27, 2010

Mood rings reveal shoppers inner feelings…


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Humans Shouldn’t Drink Cow’s Milk.

by on Dec 27, 2010

“Dairy is nature’s perfect food–but only if you’re a calf.”
~ Dr. Mark Hyman


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9 Lame Excuses that Keep People away from Yoga.

by on Dec 27, 2010

Original video of two characters going over the lame excuses that keep people away from yoga. What is your excuse?


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Spirituality as Fashion.

by on Dec 27, 2010

From Jon Stewart’s Earth. Used by personal permission of Mr. Stewart—he and I play frisbee golf together Mondays. ~ ed. Buy Now! We’ve lauded spiritual materialism as being one of the best ways to protect the ego from reality? Why grow up when you can go shopping? Our pompous, self-proclaimed Dharma Brat editor (yours truly) [...]


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Donkey in the Well.

by on Dec 27, 2010

Many of you may have heard this story, but I was thinking of it recently and wanted to share this time old tale as a reminder for us to “take a step up.” Once upon a time, a farmer’s donkey fell down into a well that the farmer had accidentally left uncovered. The donkey cried [...]


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Feeling Normal?

by on Dec 27, 2010

“The only normal people are the ones you don’t know very well.” –Joe Ancis The first question that most of us have about our sexuality and often one that follows us through life is “Am I normal?” Throughout the short history of sexual studies, mostly what has been uncovered is that “normal” encompasses an incredibly wide [...]


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Waylon Lewis emcees: Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art presents New Year’s Eve Party!

by on Dec 27, 2010

Update: less than 48 hours until 2011! RING IT IN HERE NEW YEAR’S EVE at BMoCA Party / Performance December 31st – January 1st, 2011 8pm – 2am ADVANCE TICKETS: $20 through 12/30. DOOR: $30 Call 303.443.2122 to order by phone or CLICK HERE to purchase online. celebrate your FACE OFF! with DJs & DANCING [...]


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Global Visual Culture

by on Dec 27, 2010

A technology bill sails through US Congress… kerning, printing, and font…


Three Exciting New Features at Elephant Yoga.

by on Dec 27, 2010

Three great new features to enhance your enjoyment of Elephant Journal.  Please pass the word! ~ Top Ten Yoga Blogs of the Week (Soon to come: Top Ten of the Month as well) ~ Elephant Yoga on Facebook (My Daily Recommendations.) ~ Browse Blogs by Category:   Yoga Wisdom     Yoga News & Culture     Yoga Practice  Yoga Books [...]


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World of Abundance or World of Scarcity?

by on Dec 27, 2010

“You either live in a world of abundance or a world of scarcity, and whichever one you choose affects everything you do. “ -Chuck Blakeman It’s two days past Christmas. I’m hunkered down in my childhood home back in Colorado avoiding the retail rush of Christmas sales and returns, not simply because our consumptive society [...]


Surya gets a present.

by on Dec 27, 2010

“This is the second half of a 2-part holiday comic. If your job was to light up the heavens, wouldn’t you end up just a little bit…vain?”


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7 Yoga Teacher Disconnects.

by on Dec 27, 2010

How Fear, Posing, and Yoga-Speak Make for Lifeless Teaching

With your experience and with all the tools you’ve learned, your class could be wild,


Building a Better Man…one day at a time.

by on Dec 27, 2010

“One thing I want to say: I don’t like victim stories, and I don’t write them.” –Todd Solondz I am visiting family and friends in Miami for the first time in two years. I am watching the man I grew up emulating search for his keys. His wallet. His glasses. His happiness. I am helping [...]


Top Ten Yoga Blogs of the Week ~ Dec. 27

by on Dec 27, 2010

(Join Elephant Yoga on Facebook for daily recommendations.) Top Ten Yoga Blogs of the Week: 10 Horrible Yoga Gift Ideas by Birdie Greenberg Most Epic Solstice Ever? by Sarah Miller Yoga, the Manger, and the Grumpy Old Fart by Scott Robinson Gita in a Nutshell #6: Gandhi’s Bible or a Call to War? by Bob [...]


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Vows are not meant to be broken. Or are they?

by on Dec 27, 2010

“Perhaps we should end the year with a vow. To vow is to go beyond, to go from the visible to the invisible, from habit to freedom, from the conditioned to the unconditioned — yet never to land in the invisible, the free, or the unconditioned. To vow is to go from what you know, from [...]


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Amy Ippoliti on cover of Yoga Journal!

by on Dec 27, 2010

One of our favorite yoginis, Amy Ippoliti, is on the cover of this month’s Yoga Journal—big stuff! Our hearty congratulations on the well-deserved honor. Now, anyone got a sharper image?


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Ch’i: Winter Warming for Health!

by on Dec 27, 2010

…the cold of winter is a great time to recharge and generate vitality and energy – Ch’i. Chinese believe that we can live in harmony with the natural cycles of our surroundings, and as the cold and darkness of winter urges us to slow down, we may find it an ideal time to reflect and replenish.


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Ultimate Rope Swing.

by on Dec 26, 2010

Mike Wilson is Crazy. Seems so dangerous. Is. But…fun. Beautiful. Wow of the Day: Mike Wilson Quadruple Backflip


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Bicycle: Doggy-Style. {28 Photos}

by on Dec 26, 2010

I like to ride my bicycle, I like to ride my bike. I like to hang with Redford, my rescue mutt, I like to get him tired ’cause he has lots of energy. To all you rare dog and bicycle riding folks, this post is for you: [galleria]


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Give and Let Give (Or Not! Who’s to Judge?).

by on Dec 26, 2010

The Hard Feat of Simple Generosity…


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