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What Do You Want To Do Before You Die? ~ Jolee McBreen
by elephantjournal.com on May 18, 2011
Before I Die, transforms neglected spaces into constructive ones where we can learn the hopes and aspirations of the people around us.175 views
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The Rogue Yogis & Buddhists. ~ Sarah E. Truman
by elephantjournal.com on May 18, 2011
In light of all this, I have decided to write about my favorite rogues and rule-breakers from history and mythology to remind me to keep an open mind about what it means to be on the spiritual path.456 views
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The Rapture is coming! What do you do about our pets? (Video)
by Tom Rapsas on May 18, 2011
What about your pets, you ask. “Can Fido or Tigger come with me when I’m called to my heavenly home?”292 views
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Why I Buy Local.
by Erin Schrode on May 18, 2011
I buy local as much as possible. Why...?1,689 views
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3 Ways to Cultivate Equanimity Despite Illness or Disability. ~ Toni Bernhard
by elephantjournal.com on May 18, 2011
Seeing clearly the ever-changing nature of life is a big relief because it helps me not to identify with a particular physical symptom or stressful thought or emotion as all that I am.188 views
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The Most Powerful Spiritual Path In The World Is…
by Benjamin Riggs on May 18, 2011
“Great perfection” means “perfect in its own state.” The path is perfect the way it is. For example, in searching for a method that we can use to work with a painful emotion that we may be experiencing, we do not have to go outside that raw experience.606 views
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Why I’d Rather Shoot Myself In the Head Than Ever Own a Home Again.
by James Altucher on May 18, 2011
I only had one friend in MySpace when I joined in 2005. “Tom”. In fact, all 100 million people who had joined MySpace had one friend. “Tom”. He welcomed us all to our new cyber home and made us feel as comfortable as possible there. “Tom” is Tom Anderson, a cofounder of the MySpace, the first member of the 100 million community and automatic friend to everyone who signed up. He sent me an email the other day telling me about a site that disagreed with me on my opinion on home ownership...2,323 views
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Jewdhist: Can a Jewish-raised man become a Buddhist?
by Jake Bernstein on May 17, 2011
Can a Jewish-raised man become a Buddhist?162 views
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Why does My Root Chakra Want $250,000?
by Bethany Eanes on May 17, 2011
According to a study at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton, enough is about $75,000 a year. Yep, apparently, once a person makes $75,000 a year in the US, not a single penny more will generate an ounce more happiness.370 views
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Top 10 Elephant Yoga Blogs of the Week.
by Bob Weisenberg on May 17, 2011
The very best of Elephant Yoga for the past week and the past month. (Join Elephant Yoga on Facebook.)833 views
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As if I needed another reason not to eat meat. Ack!
by Lynn Hasselberger on May 17, 2011
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People & Nature. Relationship Status: It’s Complicated ~ Sasha
by elephantjournal.com on May 17, 2011
I was initially dubious about how much I would get out of this sustainability workshop. At this point, I feel as though I know a great deal about the challenges we face today as far as sustainability goes, and I'd like to know more about how to overcome them...344 views
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The Yoga Sutra – KISS
by Prasad Rangnekar on May 17, 2011
The Yoga Sutra is a gospel of inner independent strength, peace and empowerment in all its simplicity. Patanjali managed to condense the Big wisdom in short sutras, now its our turn to keep them simple and put them in practice. Thats why the next time you see The Yoga Sutra, just KISS...421 views
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Do you speak “yoga”?
by Chelsea Roff (Yoga Modern) on May 17, 2011
You won’t hear me telling first time practitioners to “activate jalandhara bandha” or feel their psoas lengthen as they extend their leg. As a yoga teacher, we have to learn to speak TO and not AT our students.1,545 views
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The First Western Student to Visit Pattabhi Jois.
by Claudia Azula Altucher on May 17, 2011
Andre Van Lysebeth (1919-2004) was the first western to arrive at Pattabhi Jois' shala in 1964. I was not born yet.508 views
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27 Words That Might Change Your Life.
by Benjamin Riggs on May 17, 2011
27 Words That Might Change Your Life...8,638 views
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A broken open heart: healing and connecting with anahata chakra.
by Michelle Fajkus on May 17, 2011
The element of anahata chakra is AIR, so any and all pranayama practices (breath exercises) help balance and heal this chakra.517 views
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Ode to Gluten.
by Abigail Wick on May 17, 2011
Food writer Abigail Wick offers a rowdy, rousing defense of gluten, in the form of whole- and multi-grain bread crafted in the famous German baking-style.320 views
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Here’s Your Big Chance to Be a Yoga Model–Your Way: The So Hum Project.
by Erica Rodefer Winters on May 16, 2011
"Every month, we’ll feature one stunning fabulous photograph of a yoga student practicing in a place and wearing clothes that she feels represents her true essence..."1,651 views
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You Want Me to Sit…Where? ~ Deanna Meiresonne
by elephantjournal.com on May 16, 2011
I decided to talk about Chair Pose purely because I have no clue how to do it. Well now I do, after all the blood, swears and tears I put into writing this article. Blood, because I tore off a hangnail with my teeth while contemplating the whole “melt your shoulder blades down your back” phrase.145 views
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The Sacred Text You Keep Writing Off is Here to Save Your Yoga.
by Frances Frischkorn on May 16, 2011
Believe it or not, your suffering is really not that different from the suffering of the human seeker 5,000 years ago...982 views
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Working Outside Our Borders–in Art and in Yoga. ~ Lisa Wilson
by elephantjournal.com on May 16, 2011
The problem comes when we believe that yoga or art or any practice exists only within those lines...and when we believe everything within those lines is always the practice.615 views
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The Miraculous: Bidding farewell to my cat Bella. ~ Andrew Wilson
by elephantjournal.com on May 16, 2011
She was in kidney failure. Her heart rate had slowed by half, and her body temperature was dropping by the time we took her into the vet.207 views
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Let’s Get Dirty Together: Towards Ecology in Spirituality and Medicine
by yoga 2.0 lab on May 16, 2011
Inspired by how eco-medicine has the potential to correct the isolationism of biomedicine, the 2.0 crowd feels it’s time to retranslate ‘sauca’ in a way that reins in dissociative asceticism. We propose that instead of “cleanliness”, which carries the ghost of social separation, or “purification”, which carries the ghost of metaphysical body-hatred, we simply use the word “ecology”.747 views
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Do Thoughts Define Us? ~ Donna Quesada
by elephantjournal.com on May 16, 2011
Perhaps thoughts are more like the emissions from an old Chevy...black and heavy, betraying our old, outdated, carburetor engine, and the total lack of smog control. The smoke and soot sullies up everything, and we breathe in all the black pollution...199 views
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A BuJew on Glenn Beck’s Rally For Courage in Israel.
by Nathaniel Janowitz on May 16, 2011
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10 Things elephant journal Has Taught Me about Me & You & You, too. ~ Jessie Clark
by elephantjournal.com on May 16, 2011
6) I’m more inclined to click on posts with sexy titles than poetic titles, just like I automatically dig around for the globs of cookie dough in my So Delicious Coconut Milk ice cream...733 views
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Not breaking news: Trump’s Presidential run was a publicity stunt, never had chance. ~ Harris Mercer
by elephantjournal.com on May 16, 2011
Real estate magnate, beauty pageant creepazoid, Giuliani-playmate, and professional weirdo Donald Trump has released a statement announcing he has changed his mind about running for the Republican nomination for president.224 views
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How To Attain Enlightenment Before You Attain Enlightenment.
by Benjamin Riggs on May 16, 2011
There is something blasphemous in talking about how Buddhism is perfect as a philosophy or teaching without knowing what it is…1,105 views
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Recipe for a Lovable Yogini.
by Alden Wicker on May 16, 2011
I just wanted to do some good yoga, to stretch myself intellectually and physically. The last thing I expected was to come away with a girl-crush.2,453 views
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A Yoga Mom Could Kick A Soccer Mom’s Asana
by Jennifer Fields on May 15, 2011
But if you were to take a peek into the trunk of my SUV, mixed in with the soccer balls, cleats and shin guards you’d also find a yoga mat. I am a Yoga Mom.708 views
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Unsatisfying Sex Life? Download This iphone App. ~ Allison Barocas
by elephantjournal.com on May 15, 2011
The app (not free, but only $0.99) gives apple users some helpful suggestions for yoga poses that may help heighten sexual experience (downward-facing dog, shoulder stand, etc.) and features some yoga techniques for a better sex life...1,182 views
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How Shakespeare Predicted the Tea Party. ~ Harris Mercer
by elephantjournal.com on May 15, 2011
Tea Partiers believe if only they could be freed from the tyrannical yoke of government, rain water would be beer and health care would be cheap. It's pretty much that simple. And like most things in life, Shakespeare saw it coming.279 views
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Cosmic Habituation
by Clare Polencheck on May 15, 2011
Does awareness change reality? And then, what is “reality,” really?271 views
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Video: Eminem & Dr. Dre, Sitting in a Tree…? ~ Sasha Aronson
by elephantjournal.com on May 15, 2011
When I first heard Dr. Dre's latest single (featuring Eminem) my jaw dropped a little. Not because of the profanity, or homophobic, or sexist slurs, but because...615 views
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