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A Love Letter to my Teacher
by Bernadette Birney on Jul 15, 2011
But no matter how I may try to insist, or inveigle my teacher to stand on that guru pedestal for me, he will not.When I call him teacher, he calls me bud. When I look to him for mandates, he gives me back my freedom.558 views
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To Kill or Be Eaten.
by Jen Murphy on Jul 15, 2011
...arm yourself with some good information about your options. I did some research into a few natural herbal insect repellents and found some surprisingly good news.196 views
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Mindfulness, over a pot of vegetable soup
by Nadine McNeil on Jul 15, 2011
Suddenly, the seemingly mindless activity of preparing my day’s sustenance takes on a sacred new meaning. As I slice the onions, I become aware of the tears inflicted. Shaped like a Bartlett pear, as I split the pumpkin apart, I notice how young and fresh it is, its butternut color and a few white seeds form its heart center. Chopping the celery, I inhale its distinct aroma.287 views
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Life Strategy: Try Battlestar Gallactica.
by Grace Ventura Sardonicus on Jul 15, 2011
"In Battlestar Galactica, the Gods: Zeus, Athena, Persephone...really mess things up. That’s right. In the future we humans carry on the tradition of blaming all our troubles on the Gods. Over six years, BG has loads of despair, hope, suffering...sizzling hot sex...blame and riveting life-or-death drama that rule the day."262 views
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My Yoga Practice Goes Italian. ~ Zoe Schiffer
by elephantjournal.com on Jul 15, 2011
Regardless, until this summer I had always stoically agreed with author Elizabeth Gilbert, who wisely said doing backbends or inversions after eating an entire pizza by oneself, and maybe some gelato, seems slightly counter-intuitive, and that the practice of yoga does not fit all to well in the country of Italy.460 views
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Michael Murphy’s Bestselling Novel “Golf in the Kingdom” Comes to the Big Screen.
by elephantjournal.com on Jul 15, 2011
If you are interested in golf, metaphysics, yoga, spirituality or any combination of them all, take note...425 views
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What if the ego wasn’t a jerk?
by Clare Polencheck on Jul 15, 2011
There seems to be a war against the ego...323 views
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Awareness and Happiness~ Seth Segall, Ph.D.
by elephantjournal.com on Jul 15, 2011
The Pleasure Principle, The Impermanence of Satisfaction, The Reality Principle, and The Big Picture.892 views
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All Clean!
by Amy Nobles Dolan on Jul 15, 2011
Yoga teaches us to love our bodies because of their capability and reliability. This obscures any petty grievances we may have -- such as flabby knees, overly padded rear-ends or crooked elbows. When we reach savasana we feel great – straightened and stretched, shiny and clean from the inside out.236 views
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Every State but 1 now has an Obesity Rate over 20%. Just 20 years ago not a single State was over 15%.
by elephantjournal.com on Jul 14, 2011
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Saving a Whale. “A Show of Pure Joy, if not Thanks.”
by Waylon Lewis on Jul 14, 2011
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Best Yoga Rock Album You’ve Never Heard Of.
by Peter Sklivas on Jul 14, 2011
Mantrica is the #1 finest pulsating rockin' kickass yoga disc ever. Bar none. Mantrica stands above any cd by Krishna Das, Dave Stringer, Wah, Drala, MC Yogi, David Newman, Girish. Actually I challenge U to name a better yoga rock cd.419 views
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How A Month of Mindfulness turned this Doer into an Un-doer
by Kara-Leah Grant on Jul 14, 2011
Meditation and I have become great buddies over the last few years. In fact, meditation is my have-to-do every single day, and asana has become my love-to-do. So a month or so ago, when my meditation practice fell away, I was flabbergasted. I'd been meditating daily through pregnancy, through having a newborn in the house, through my relationship break-up and the subsequent grieving and healing process... and now... I missed a day. Then two. Then it might even have been three days in a row.428 views
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What Do Einstein and the Ancient Yoga Sages Have in Common? ~ Ketna and Raj Shah
by elephantjournal.com on Jul 14, 2011
In the midst of all this hyperactivity should we not first pause and ask ourselves some very basic questions?176 views
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Spiritual Ecstasy Through the Ancient Art of Kirtan. ~ Steven J. Rosen (Satyaraya Das)
by elephantjournal.com on Jul 14, 2011
According to the sages of India, kirtan transcends history: It is “imported from the spiritual realm.”1,025 views
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Spiritual Whitesnake.
by Kim Stetz on Jul 14, 2011
We are always alone ... and that's OK.1,381 views
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Gluten, Then and Now. ~Julie McGinnis, MS, RD
by elephantjournal.com on Jul 14, 2011
Over the past decade, the frequency of conversations about gluten intolerance (GI) and celiac disease (CD) in the United States has gone from almost unheard of to commonplace.773 views
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Winds of Change.
by Naomi Levine on Jul 14, 2011
When the Dalai Lama made his entrance, the Karmapa walked forward, and the two bowed gently towards each other in a Tibetan gesture of mutual respect and affection. The symbolic image of these two great Tibetan spiritual leaders on a world stage, with the Washington Monument behind them and the U.S. Capitol in front, may have been lost on those unaware of Tibetan politics.999 views
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The Box: Being Outside, Looking Inside: An Ashtanga Story. ~ Norman Blair
by elephantjournal.com on Jul 14, 2011
Does Ashtanga yoga help in resolving such dislocations and this meaninglessness – in bringing us closer to places of insight and peace? For some people definitely yes and for some people probably no: because we are disparate individuals with our own storylines.429 views
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What Tom Robbins Told Me.
by Hilary Lindsay on Jul 14, 2011
Don't pay attention is as much the New Age moniker as pay attention, isn't it? So what are we practicing?658 views
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Climb to Truth. ~ Judyth Hill
by elephantjournal.com on Jul 14, 2011
Firstly, our most important resource is becoming utterly present, right there, right then, in the stuck-ness. And then, we ask: how could change, any change, take place? The answer: Shift our weight! This frees something: a hand, a foot, a finger, a knee, a wedged hip. And, our thinking! And, this automatically gives us a set of different choices! So: Shift!...826 views
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Yoga Blogging Chronicles of Brooks Hall
by Brooks Hall on Jul 14, 2011
When I say, “I am a yoga blogger,” I consider this statement to align a bit closer to the statement “I have an obsession/addiction/guilty pleasure” than “I matter” or “I am on the cutting edge.”1,100 views
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Yoga gurus—only human.
by Joslyn Hamilton (Recovering Yogi) on Jul 14, 2011
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Stephen King, on the difference between Harry Potter & Twilight.
by elephantjournal.com on Jul 14, 2011
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You don’t come to Dave Grohl’s show & fight—you come to effing dance, you a**hole. {NSFW}
by elephantjournal.com on Jul 14, 2011
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Putting my Love into Action? At Home it’s the Same Bullsh*t. ~ Corti Cooper
by elephantjournal.com on Jul 14, 2011
I pray with gratitude for breath and hope that more love will manifest in all beings’ hearts and my own, so that we may move together in love. Then I get up, trip over some mess I created the day before, swear, look for my glasses, take the pup out for a crap, and continue on the journey of light and dark.916 views
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Divorce, Drugs & Awakening: A Psychic Imprint.
by Benjamin Riggs on Jul 14, 2011
The following is the equivalent of wrapping my consciousness in a shroud—it is my psyche's imprint.2,143 views
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You did not help yoga evolve. (It’s the other way round…)
by Ben Ralston on Jul 14, 2011
Once I stopped resisting what I was being taught – once I gave up my preconceived ideas of what I would learn – and embraced the ancient teachings fully, everything changed. My health started slowly returning, along with my dignity. My heart stayed open, and I began to understand the beauty and wisdom of chanting. My meditation, in which I’d previously been aware only of aching bones and weary muscles, went deeper, and I began to embrace and enjoy the silence within. I felt lighter than ever before.527 views
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Get out feeling good. (The wise grieve neither for the living nor for the dead).
by Ben Ralston on Jul 14, 2011
You are not your name, your gender, your nationality, your body, or any of the other things that we normally associate ourselves with. What are you? What is today? What is important...?1,334 views
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Las Mujeres Maravillas. {In Spanish & English}
by Jeannie Page on Jul 14, 2011
¿Quiénes son "Las Mujeres Maravillas" en su vida? ¿Es Ud. una de ellas??247 views
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Wear Converse? You’re wearing Nike. You’re wearing unfair labor.
by elephantjournal.com on Jul 13, 2011
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Can’t Get No Satisfaction? The Buddha and Nietzsche Can Help. ~Toni Bernhard
by elephantjournal.com on Jul 13, 2011
There’s only one way to find personal satisfaction or well-being in this life: to let go of our craving for the world to always conform to our liking.560 views
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Friday’s Full Moon – Guru Purnima and Vedic Astrology
by Sam Geppi on Jul 13, 2011
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Need A Guru? Inquire Within. ~ Tisha Morris
by elephantjournal.com on Jul 13, 2011
Our guru is simply an outer reflection of that which already resides within us...142 views
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Meditación : La práctica de la felicidad ~ article in Spanish
by Yesica Pineda on Jul 13, 2011
¿Eres más feliz, y los que te rodean son más felices contigo?205 views
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Meditation: The practice of Happiness
by Yesica Pineda on Jul 13, 2011
Be happy~343 views
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Event: Garden Dinner at Growing Gardens in Boulder, 6th August 2011
by Jeffrey Woodruff on Jul 13, 2011
The ¡Cultiva! youth program supports local beekeeping, biodynamic farming, a low income CSA and gleaning that results in over 10,000 pounds of food donations to Boulder County organizations.235 views
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What do dogs think of kirtan?
by Benjy Wertheimer on Jul 13, 2011
A dog's-eye view of a traveling kirtan band176 views
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