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7 (Sarcastic) Reasons why Homosexuality should be Illegal. {Video}
by Waylon Lewis on Aug 31, 2011
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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.610 views
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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!”1,340 views
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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
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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.912 views
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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.1,076 views
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Rick Santorum: I don’t hear arguments about Gay Marriage! Student argues back.
by Waylon Lewis on Aug 31, 2011
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Ask John Douillard: Summer/Fall “Super” Foods!
by Dr. John Douillard, DC on Aug 31, 2011
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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?1,114 views
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An extraordinary moment of MTV’s VMAs: Jay-Z sits on his hands.
by elephantjournal.com on Aug 31, 2011
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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.834 views
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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.733 views
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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.1,487 views
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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?732 views
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Go Green: or Else. Don Cheadle is Captain Planet (Funny or Die).
by Waylon Lewis on Aug 31, 2011
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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 Glass1,820 views
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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
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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.1,158 views
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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...860 views
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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.1,465 views
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Kathryn Budig’s Aim True Yoga: Gaiam DVD Review.
by Ryan Nadlonek on Aug 31, 2011
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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
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Best Commercial Ever: Willie Nelson for Chipotle: Factory Farming. “Back to the Start.”
by Waylon Lewis on Aug 30, 2011
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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
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“Be the Change you wish to see in the World.” ~ (Not) Gandhi
by Waylon Lewis on Aug 30, 2011
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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.599 views
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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.2,187 views
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I was in to Lorem Ipsum filler text before it was cool.
by Waylon Lewis on Aug 30, 2011
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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!”805 views
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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 recession884 views
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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.”552 views
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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...1,731 views
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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.937 views
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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.622 views
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[Sigh!!!!!!] 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.1,636 views
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Speed of the Bullet ~ Paul (Pi) Hoffman
by Brent Binder on Aug 30, 2011
What kind of healing is that? What the hell are they giving to us? The bastards are poisoning us in the name of our own good.621 views
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Weird stuff I put in my mouth and sometimes swallowed.
by Lynn Hasselberger on Aug 30, 2011
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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."2,708 views
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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"521 views
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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?1,059 views
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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?1,581 views
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