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Buddhism Is A Vehicle Fueled By Suffering.
by Benjamin Riggs on May 15, 2011
Don’t reject the movement or particularly embrace the stillness, but continue the flow of your pure presence.583 views
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Understanding our emotions: the key to unlocking our fullest Life potentials.
by Nadine McNeil on May 15, 2011
How do I wish to spend the remainder of my life on this planet Earth? More to the point, how and where can my Divinely bestowed talents be of the greatest good to humanity as we strive for a new way of being?744 views
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Patanjali is my Homeboy: the Yamas.
by Candice Garrett on May 14, 2011
Are you a gossip? Do you tend to have road rage? Do you belittle people or take advantage of them? What are the quality of your thoughts? How can you begin to recognize ahimsa in your every moment of every day?1,241 views
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Mississippi You’re on my Mind
by Bud Wilson on May 14, 2011
Humans demonstrate an extraordinary capacity to ignore ecological truth.463 views
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“Proceed with Caution If You Are a Jaded Hipster Suspicious of Feeling Healthy and Happy”. ~David Telfer McConaghay
by elephantjournal.com on May 14, 2011
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Sexy time with Alan Finger: WTF do orgasms have to do with yoga?
by Alden Wicker on May 14, 2011
Alan Finger has several New York studios, several books, and an attitude somewhere between The Dude and Santa Claus, with looks to match.695 views
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Boredom is good for you. ~ Jolee McBreen
by elephantjournal.com on May 14, 2011
A new study claims that boredom can actually make people better themselves and encourage them to participate in more meaningful activities.872 views
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How are you wearing your asana?
by Brooks Hall on May 14, 2011
"…gratitude, to be given a mind and a heart and these body-clothes…" ~Mary Oliver1,049 views
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My Asana Kicks Your Asana’s Ass. ~ Brie Doyle
by elephantjournal.com on May 14, 2011
You know the type: sports bra only, teeny tiny spandex, killer tan and six-pack, fake knockers...5,051 views
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Therapeutic Yoga: No Pain, No Gain?
by Alden Wicker on May 14, 2011
I remember a teacher once saying, "You guys need to just listen, OK?" when class participants kept putting their feet and arms in the wrong place. I would like to see her in this classroom.508 views
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Yoga is Weird. ~ Elle Basten
by elephantjournal.com on May 14, 2011
Yoga is kinda weird.709 views
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Why Yoga Will Not Fix Your Broken Life. ~ Julie (JC) Peters
by elephantjournal.com on May 14, 2011
Rumi puts it this way: Let your body’s doings speak openly now, without your saying a word, as a student’s walking behind a teacher says, This one knows more clearly than I the way.1,831 views
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The Musings Of Two Western Mystics.
by Benjamin Riggs on May 14, 2011
The man who lives in division is not a person but only an ‘individual…’659 views
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Michael Pollan on what yoga practitioners should eat.
by Waylon Lewis on May 13, 2011
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Sakyong Mipham Rinpoche: a Buddhist meditation talk in Los Angeles.
by elephantjournal.com on May 13, 2011
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7 Spring-Inspired Things to Improve our Yoga Practice.
by Claudia Azula Altucher on May 13, 2011
I am careful watching my breath waiting for that moment where the left nostril stops and the right takes over, so that I can tell it: gotcha!1,036 views
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My Yoga Teacher Training Saga. ~ Melinda Matthews
by elephantjournal.com on May 13, 2011
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10 More Reasons You Need to Quit Your Job Right Now!
by James Altucher on May 13, 2011
Safety. We used to think you get a corporate job, you rise up, you get promoted, maybe you move horizontally to another division or a similar company, you get promoted again, and eventually you retire with enough savings in your IRA. That’s all gone. That myth was a lie.3,979 views
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I Believe in Us. 5 Small Acts Make a Big Difference. Inspired by Johnny Reid’s Today I’m Gonna Try and Change the World [vid]
by Lindsey Lewis on May 13, 2011
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Quantum Contemplation.
by Benjamin Riggs on May 13, 2011
Living is the meaning. We are not a noun, but a verb—we are living. Life is what is meant. Living is the manifestation of life, the two can not be separated. The joy in life is living.1,063 views
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If I Can Celebrate “Mother-In-Law Day,” You Can Too.
by Amy Nobles Dolan on May 13, 2011
Finding something to celebrate is a no-fail way to set your attitude for a great day.156 views
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Duzer does NYC 5 Boro Bicycle Tour. {Video}
by Ryan van Duzer on May 12, 2011
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The Astrology of 2012. ~ Debra Silverman
by elephantjournal.com on May 12, 2011
Here’s my take on 2012 from an astrological viewpoint...907 views
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Ken Wilber: We Are God In The Making.
by Benjamin Riggs on May 12, 2011
Evolution is best thought of as Spirit-in-action, God-in-the-making, where Spirit unfolds itself at every stage of development, thus manifesting more of itself, and realizing more of itself, at every unfolding.836 views
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While Meditating, I Discovered the Stick-Up-My-Ass and Decided to Get It Out.
by Madison Moross on May 12, 2011
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Will Smith is too rich for his own happiness, Part II.
by elephantjournal.com on May 11, 2011
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De-clutter, Revitalize, Re-Think… Mindfully. ~ Allison Barocas
by elephantjournal.com on May 11, 2011
Something had been weighing me down. Not so much physically, as much as...497 views
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Knights, hearts and keeping your cards guarded.
by Tobye Hillier on May 11, 2011
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4 Ways to Deal with Your Emotional Black Hole.
by Tanya Lee Markul on May 11, 2011
The Emotional Black Hole - also known as hitting the self destruct button, self sabotaging goals, aspirations and dreams and existing in a negatively charged emotional state that makes life nearly unbearable for yourself and everyone around you.4,147 views
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Remember The Body. Touch The Earth. Heal Wounds.
by Benjamin Riggs on May 11, 2011
All forms of division are but a symptom of the principle division between mind and body. Reconcile that division in the singularity of basic awareness, and watch as the network of thought that establishes dissatisfaction come tumbling down like a house of cards. The practice of meditation or contemplation is the path of reconciliation. In the practice of meditation we reconnect with our body, we touch the earth.1,768 views
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Solar power: firing up core strength and self-discipline with manipura chakra.
by Michelle Fajkus on May 10, 2011
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage. ~Anaïs Nin336 views
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I Am Grateful for the Stillness: Yoga and Politics
by Esther Liberman on May 10, 2011
Civil unrest. Bad legislation. Weak government. Vigilantes. Warfare. These are the sorts of things I grew up worrying about... If yoga quiets the howling fantods of the mind, it would expunge politics from mine, right? Except I’m not sure that equanimity is supposed to be identical to apathy.402 views
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The Largest Yoga Studio in the World is in Curitiba, Brazil? ~ Juliana McCarthy
by elephantjournal.com on May 10, 2011
My Healing Journey to "Yoga Studio" (Curitiba, Brazil). Day 1: Healing Begins...2,347 views
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Osama Bin Laden, Hitler, Mahatma Gandhi, and the Dalai Lama. ~ Tapasyogi Kalathi Adiyen Aadi Nandhi
by elephantjournal.com on May 10, 2011
Ahimsa is the practice of not harming or killing any living being. Yet, the Dalai Lama said, "Forgiveness doesn't mean forgetting what happened. If something is serious and it is necessary to take counter-measures, you have to take counter-measures."585 views
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The Yogic Explanation of Money.
by Brian Culkin on May 10, 2011
Money is important. It has been an agreed upon principal on this planet since time immemorial. It should be understood.1,008 views
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Are Vegans Low in Irony?
by Sara Gottfried, MD on May 10, 2011
Before I go all Alicia Silverstone on you, I need to confess that I find most vegans insufferable. And the more vegans understand this sentiment, the more effective they'll be at promoting their mission. Health benefits of veganism are an easier sell.2,031 views
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{Boulder Event Tonight} Varitan’s illustrated Greek Myths @ Boulder Bookstore.
by elephantjournal.com on May 10, 2011
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