7 (Sarcastic) Reasons why Homosexuality should be Illegal. {Video}
by Waylon Lewis on Aug 31, 2011
I cringed, clicking on this one. For the first two seconds. Then, I smiled. Tolerance and commonsense makes me happy. Love makes me happy. Howwabout you, Senator Santorum? Can’t you, er, get behind this logic?
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The Human Body: Beautiful. {Nude}
by elephantjournal.com on Aug 31, 2011
Dance? Yoga? I’m not sure…it matters. Via Tigress Roar:
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Four Real Men.
by elephantjournal.com on Aug 31, 2011
Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson – The Highwayman. Strong, but relaxed. Charming, but modest. Insanely talented, and generous, and hard-working. Sometimes, I thank god for the gift that is youtube’s vast and random treasury. Wow: Another recent random favorite discovery.
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No Need to ‘Go Green’ – Part 3
by Nan Fischer on Aug 31, 2011
In New Mexico, I met a woman, who had lived without money for two years. She grew her own food and dumpstered or bartered for everything else she needed.
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Yawning Yoga, Spaghetti Tests & A Good Night’s Sleep.
by Jennifer Fields on Aug 31, 2011
My kids have a new ploy to keep from turning out their bedroom light and going to sleep at night, and it’s all Elephant Journal’s own Laurie Jordan’s fault.
“Momma, we need to do the spaghetti test!”
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10 Things I Hate About You, Waylon.
by Waylon Lewis on Aug 31, 2011
Please copy and paste the above image (kindly, lovingly designed by a real life human being) onto your blog and link it to http://www.elephantjournal.com/join-the-cause with a stern warning not to subscribe to elephant’s free, once-a-week email: Best Blogs of the Week. Revolution! ~ Waylon Okay. When you’re as egotistical an a**hole as Waylon Lewis, the [...]
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You hear the one about Al Gore claiming to invent the internet!? Hahah. Oh, wait.
by elephantjournal.com on Aug 31, 2011
Turns out, he just said: I took the initiative in creating the Internet Which…is true, even according to leading internet nerds Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn, stating “No one in public life has been more intellectually engaged in helping to create the climate for a thriving Internet than the Vice President.”[14] Check in with Snopes, [...]
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Help! I’ve Been Abducted by Aliens! ~ Judith Ellen
by elephantjournal.com on Aug 31, 2011
Our brains are being controlled and we don’t even know it.
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First Steps: Cultivating Self-Esteem on the Spiritual Path.
by Chris Lemig on Aug 31, 2011
The thing I want to talk about here is how someone like me (and you) can even begin to take our first tentative steps on a spiritual path.
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Rick Santorum: I don’t hear arguments about Gay Marriage! Student argues back.
by Waylon Lewis on Aug 31, 2011
Time out, Time out, Time out, Time out… How dare they brand me “Bigot!” So now I’m a bigot, because I believe what the Bible teaches?! Well, yes and no. The Bible teaches a lot of things…you’re the one choosing to use the Bible to back up your bigotry. Also, he offers the ridiculous (because [...]
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Ask John Douillard: Summer/Fall “Super” Foods!
by Dr. John Douillard, DC on Aug 31, 2011
Photo: Munira, Flickr Commons Quick Read: • At the end of summer, especially if you are a hot (Pitta) body type, your body will potentially overheat or dry out. Take this quiz to find out your Body Type. • Summer Super Foods are cooling seasonal antidotes to stop the heat in its tracks. • Watermelons [...]
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Punch First, Ask Questions Later.
by Tanya Lee Markul on Aug 31, 2011
And well, sure, if you don’t like it, you simply don’t watch it, but isn’t there something that feels pretty scary knowing that our species of millions enjoys watching two men beat each other to a pulp?
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An extraordinary moment of MTV’s VMAs: Jay-Z sits on his hands.
by elephantjournal.com on Aug 31, 2011
Via Reddit, “I refuse to clap for Chris Brown.” If you know of a better video link, please copy it in comments and I’ll add it in, with thanks! ~ W.
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The Benefits of an Ashtanga Yoga Practice. ~ Erica Schmidt
by elephantjournal.com on Aug 31, 2011
According to the Ashtanga yoga tradition of Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, practitioners are “supposed” to practice asana six days a week.
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Get Out of Here! Why Pilgrimage is More Relevant than Ever. ~ Marni Kravitz
by elephantjournal.com on Aug 31, 2011
We didn’t know exactly where we were going—we just had that feeling that there was “something more meaningful out there” and we wanted to find it. We were also new Buddhists, and like many backpackers on the path, we headed straight for Dharamsala, India, to attend teachings by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.
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How to Change Your Life in 200 Hours – A Tale of Teacher Training. ~ Charlotte Crivelli
by elephantjournal.com on Aug 31, 2011
Everybody loves a good rags-to-riches story but you never hear about a riches-to-rags tale with a happy ending. That’s what I feared most about quitting my job in corporate America and ‘throwing it all away’ for yoga.
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The Essential Element of a Little Flower Yoga Children’s Class. ~ Jennifer Cohen Harper
by elephantjournal.com on Aug 31, 2011
Often we are asked what our children’s yoga classes actually look like. What are we teaching? Are we just practicing movement? Where does the mindfulness come in? Do kids actually calm down?
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Go Green: or Else. Don Cheadle is Captain Planet (Funny or Die).
by Waylon Lewis on Aug 31, 2011
(Evil) Captain Planet. I love Captain Planet. And I love enjoy fear posting Funny or Die videos. Finally, two birds with one tree: Don Cheadle is Captain Planet from Don Cheadle
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“I survived 28 days with Ana Forrest.” ~ An Interview with a recent Forrest Yoga graduate.
by Jeannie Page on Aug 31, 2011
“Through Forrest Yoga I have regained my physical health and strength and also have nurtured a place in which to welcome my Spirit and authentic self.”~ Janine Glass
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We Don’t Even Need a President of the United States. In fact, He’s Useless
by James Altucher on Aug 31, 2011
We’re all gearing up now for the biggest extravaganza since Bristol Palin was on Dancing With the Stars. The Presidential Election of 2012. Everyone is so excited! Will Obama come back from his dismal low ratings and break the record (nobody has ever come back from such a low rating in their first administration to [...]
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Making Messes.
by R.R. Shakti on Aug 31, 2011
Sometimes life seems like nothing more than a series of making messes and cleaning them up.
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Bring your Sun Salutation to Life again. ~ Meryl Davids Landau
by elephantjournal.com on Aug 31, 2011
I disliked the way this 12-step series sucked up so much class time. Not to mention that it strained my wrists and left me breathless.
Then one day it dawned on me…
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Intention is Everything (or, The Economy of Passion).
by Scott Robinson on Aug 31, 2011
I have come to believe that intention is everything in spiritual practice.
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God’s Response to Rick Perry
by Joe Mohr on Aug 31, 2011
Besides the fact that the cloud is part of the joke and that they are ever-malleable to make into giant middle finngers, the cloud is also in the cartoon, as God, to symbolize the fact that God clouds the minds and muddles the judgement of the Christian base. I just deleted a whole diatribe illustrating [...]
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Kathryn Budig’s Aim True Yoga: Gaiam DVD Review.
by Ryan Nadlonek on Aug 31, 2011
Kathryn’s presentation of yoga asana (poses) has always been inspiring to me. Her ability to appear so graceful and beautiful in the most powerful balance postures is pleasing to both the eye and heart, calling forth the yogi in me to roll out my mat and get to work on my sadhana. This year at [...]
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Govindas of Santa Monica’s Bhakti Yoga Shala speaks on upcoming Bhakti Fest 2011
by Ryan Nadlonek on Aug 30, 2011
Only a week or so until this year’s Bhakti Fest gathering! Here’s some words from the heart via Govindas, owner of the Bhakti Yoga Shala, a donation-based yoga center in Santa Monica, California. Ele: What do you like about the Bhakti Fest experience? Govindas: Bhakti Fest is an epic gathering of the highest [...]
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Steve Jobs: the “Crazy Ones” Tribute Video.
by Waylon Lewis on Aug 30, 2011
Think Different: Apple’s famous “These are the Crazy Ones” ad adds one more iCon. Steve Jobs has passed away. “Crazy Ones,” the iconic Apple commercial by TBWA\Chiat\Day from the “Think different” campaign of the late 1990s, was always, in a way, about Steve Jobs. Voiced by Richard Dreyfuss, it celebrated “the rebels, the troublemakers, the [...]
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Best Commercial Ever: Willie Nelson for Chipotle: Factory Farming. “Back to the Start.”
by Waylon Lewis on Aug 30, 2011
I’m going back to the start: I don’t heart giving advertisers free press…but I heart this. With the words of Joel Salatin, the most famous farmer in America, still ringing in my ears (I interviewed him Monday morning, thanks to Transition Colorado & COMMON/FearLess/Fresh Ideas Group/Chautauqua), let me remind us all: while vegans and meat-eaters [...]
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Bill Nye the Science Guy (& Al Gore & Alex Bogusky) on Fox: Climate Change like Racism.
by Waylon Lewis on Aug 30, 2011
Can we (with the help of, you know, science) Win the Conversation on Climate Change? Alex Bogusky, leading ad man of the first decade of the 21st Century, has set up shop in Colorado, where his FearLess talk show recently hosted none other than VP Al Gore, re: Climate Change. We did our small part [...]
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“Be the Change you wish to see in the World.” ~ (Not) Gandhi
by Waylon Lewis on Aug 30, 2011
Gandhi was here. From the NY Times, excerpt “Falser Words Were Never Spoken.” …Gandhi’s words have been tweaked a little too in recent years. Perhaps you’ve noticed a bumper sticker that purports to quote him: “Be the change you wish to see in the world.” When you first come across it, this does sound like [...]
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Boulder’s Tour de Coops this Sunday, September 4: Part of EAT LOCAL! Week
by Ali Schultz on Aug 30, 2011
For four hours on Sunday, September 4, local chicken enthusiasts will have an open house—er, open coop—so you can poke around and see what all the cluckin’ is about. Learn how easy and fun it is to raise chickens, goats, and culinary gardens, and meet your local homesteaders.
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10 reasons why I love my yoga teacher.
by Mid Walsh on Aug 30, 2011
My personal gauge for measuring my response to a yoga teacher. My own teacher registers at the top of the chart.
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I was in to Lorem Ipsum filler text before it was cool.
by Waylon Lewis on Aug 30, 2011
“DIY Helvetica Hoodie?” Ha. “Hipster Ipsum | Artisanal filler text for your site or project.” I don’t really want to blog this, ’cause then everyone’s gonna be into this, but…whatever: Here’s what I got when I tried it: “Do you need some text for your website or whatever? *sigh* Okay…” Salvia craft beer carles williamsburg [...]
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Say it ain’t so, PETA?
by Waylon Lewis on Aug 30, 2011
Hunh. I’ve heard some of this before…but it’s hard to understand how PETA isn’t, of all things, sincere in their love for animals. Context, anyone?
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“WTF Hershey’s?!”
by Waylon Lewis on Aug 30, 2011
Boycott Hershey’s until they stop using “legalized slavery”—here in the US. Bonus: they’re moving most of operations, or already have, to Mexico! This is why Unions matter. Spread the word—tweet this or post this to your FB wall…until Hershey‘s reforms. This is the company that Dagoba, Scharffen Berger and Joseph Schmidt all sold to for [...]
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You Are Not The Body Or The Mind
by Ed & Deb Shapiro on Aug 30, 2011
“Or we can chose to know it, see it, be with it, but not become it. It is not who we are, it does not define us. Yes, the pain is real but, like all things, this too shall pass. My head has started to find my feet again. Life in the body!”
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From Iceland to Libya; Pros & Cons of Neoliberalism.
by Tobye Hillier on Aug 30, 2011
You would want to have been living on the moon for the last couple of years, not to have felt in some small way, the influences of the global recession
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Is Your Word Worth Anything? ~ Xenia G. Brat
by elephantjournal.com on Aug 30, 2011
It takes some integrity to look at your partner of ten years and say: “This is not working anymore.”
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Playing With Fire: How Mindfulness & Addiction go Hand in Hand.
by Chris Lemig on Aug 30, 2011
He doesn’t really know what I’m talking about. He doesn’t wake up sweating after fitful cocaine dreams so real that he worries he might have relapsed in his sleep. He doesn’t load up dream pipes with big, jagged pieces of crack rock…
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A Wealth of Consciousness. ~ Nandhi
by elephantjournal.com on Aug 30, 2011
Consciousness and wealth—spiritual & material—are not just related, but rather interwoven as one flowing energy field. When there is peace and harmony, abundance of all good things flow naturally—not just for individuals, but also for whole nations.
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Shut Up.
by James Altucher on Aug 30, 2011
Stop talking for a second. There’s already enough words on this planet. Everyone scaring everyone else. Everyone telling each other what they should do. How they can live a better life, what stocks should they should buy, how they can deal with their pain and suffering. What’s the meaning of this, or the thing wrong [...]
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The Want-To-Run-Through-The-Woods-Naked Urge: Like Grass Peeking Through the Pavement. ~ Tammy M. Carew
by elephantjournal.com on Aug 30, 2011
That primal, want-to-run-through-the-woods-naked urge strikes as I notice grass peeking up through the cracked pavement.
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Cartoons from…Prison.
by Lynn Hasselberger on Aug 30, 2011
My brother is in prison and this post is from his blog, which is managed by my nephew who’s a college freshman this year. Many of my brother’s blog posts are dark and difficult to read. But I found this particular entry humorous. Haven’t received a letter from him in a while; last I wrote [...]
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Yoga and the Culture of Cathartic Release.
by Josh Schrei on Aug 30, 2011
Yoga is not concerned at all with the immediate release of emotion. Nor does Yoga in any way involve stifling or repressing emotion. Rather, yoga is the deepest practice of truly working with feeling — slowly, methodically and deliberately refining our emotions into their clearest, sweetest, and most beautiful form in which they are our greatest allies rather than forces with which we do battle.
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Weird stuff I put in my mouth and sometimes swallowed.
by Lynn Hasselberger on Aug 30, 2011
We swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter. ~Denis Diderot There aren’t too many quotes that have to do with swallowing in the literal sense. But in my search, I found the one above and felt it worth sharing. Anyway, I don’t [...]
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You might be a hooker (or a yoga teacher) if… ~ Bart Shuler & Bret Alexander
by Recovering Yogi on Aug 30, 2011
You might be a hooker (or a yoga teacher) if…
You go to work and say things like, “downward, dog” and “lie on the floor, hands by your side” and “$125 an hour.”
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Seeking Truth – Should We Water Board Dick Cheney?
by Bud Wilson on Aug 30, 2011
Darth Vader rides again, no regrets and no apologies from the former Vice President. He delights at cheap shots launched against his colleagues and says “Heads are going to explode in Washington”
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Mindfulness and Anorexia.
by Tina Fossella, MFT on Aug 30, 2011
Mindfulness helps patients break free of eating disorder mind by bringing them back to the present moment. When was the last time you truly had a mindful meal?
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The Skinny.
by Hannah Siegle on Aug 30, 2011
What would happen if we were satisfied with how we were in the present? Would it make us any less of a person?
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Scared? Just Add Breath.
by Ali Schultz on Aug 30, 2011
Ever been in the dark shadow of fear? It gets gnarly if you cling to it. “Fear is just excitement without the breath,” I was often reminded. And, there on pitch 5, I realized how rich of a metaphor the climb du jour was for me, and I began to breathe easier, into new territory.
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