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Around The World In 30 Asanas: Tree Pose in Redwood City. ~ Joanne O.S Kelly
by elephantjournal.com on Aug 8, 2011
When coming into Vrksasana (tree pose), it’s the same kind of vibe. We ground the standing leg deep into the earth, energize our ‘trunk’ by contracting the muscles, and imagine...260 views
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What’s Sanskrit for “f*ck it”?
by Aminda R. Courtwright on Aug 8, 2011
.why do we want to make everything so complicated? Everything I need to know about this law I learned from riding my motorcycle -835 views
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Get Rid Of Your Inner People-Pleaser. ~ Zali Nash
by elephantjournal.com on Aug 8, 2011
Bleh! I was blasting a projected version of niceness and stupidity out there at one hundred decibels that was just too loud, fake and false...291 views
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Ten (mostly funny) reasons to read the Bhagavad Gita.
by Bob Weisenberg on Aug 8, 2011
1. You were supposed to during teacher training, but only got through 20 pages. And you've felt guilty ever since.2,560 views
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The saddest Calvin & Hobbes cartoon you’ll ever ignore because you have more serious things to do.
by Waylon Lewis on Aug 8, 2011
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More Drama from Obama? A Reply to Drew Westen.
by Nathan Smith on Aug 8, 2011
Does strong political rhetoric need a devil? Westen thinks so, but I don't.543 views
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The Green Witch of Envy Between Women: and 5 Steps to Defeat Her.
by Katarina Silva on Aug 8, 2011
There is a vicious, green witch in the female psyche that persistently incites us to compare ourselves to other women. It demands that we measure our weight, our breast size, our complexion, our careers, our talents, our qualities, our sexiness, our intellects, our wardrobes, our popularity and our whole lives with those of other women.4,731 views
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Thanks for lookin’ out for all of US, Tea Party.
by Waylon Lewis on Aug 8, 2011
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Follow up to “Blood on the Hands of ‘The Secret:’” Why in the BLEEP doesn’t “The Secret” work for me? ~ Tom Lietaert
by elephantjournal.com on Aug 8, 2011
So why am I only now writing about The Secret? It’s passé, blasé, already been analyzed and criticized...1,777 views
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Were the poet Rumi and Shams gay lovers? (or was it simply Bhakti love?)
by Ramesh Bjonnes on Aug 8, 2011
Personally, I think the idea of Rumi and Shams being gay is one big contemporary projection. Not, of course, that being gay itself is a problem, but in this case I think it is unlikely. In the West, we don’t really have a tradition of the guru/disciple relationship we see in Sufism, Tantra and other ecstatic traditions of the East. Hence we tend to be overly skeptical, distrustful.1,052 views
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“Chicken Little, the Sky is Falling!” {in English & Spanish}
by Jeannie Page on Aug 7, 2011
The Shift is coming. Are you ready for it?3,079 views
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Gov. Rick Perry’s “Protestant Christians only” Response Rally.
by Waylon Lewis on Aug 7, 2011
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“Sustainability is another word for justice—for what is just is sustainable, & what is unjust is not.” ~ Matthew Fox
by Waylon Lewis on Aug 7, 2011
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“Expecting the world to treat you fairly because you are good is like expecting the bull not to charge because you are a vegetarian.” ~ Dennis Wholey (1937)
by Waylon Lewis on Aug 7, 2011
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Yoga, anorexia, torture and biceps made of fighter jets.
by JulieJCPeters on Aug 7, 2011
In 1984, a Chilean torturer spoke on his experiences and said this: "You don't look at their face, even when you put prods in their mouth. You keep their eyes covered. The secret is not to look into their eyes." It's like that between our brains and our bodies.4,235 views
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Transcending Ego: An Attainable Goal.
by Andrew Cohen on Aug 7, 2011
In the way that I teach, I try to get people first and foremost to recognize that they actually have an ego and begin to understand how it functions, and secondly to become serious about transcending it in a way that is significant.542 views
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Top 10 Yoga Blogs of the Week.
by Tanya Lee Markul on Aug 7, 2011
Yoga for Body or Soul?, Sex Emotions & Self, Inflexible Old Musclehead Teachers, Self-absorbed Pious & Overly Emotional, John Friend on Economics of Teaching Yoga, A** Handed to Me on a Sticky Mat, Exactly where you need to be, 10 Signs you're ready for Yoga Teacher Training, Art as Yoga, and The ideal of "Kshama" in Yoga. (Whew!)1,638 views
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20 Tips for your First Bikram Yoga Class.
by Alison O’Connor on Aug 7, 2011
Things you can do before, during, and after class to ensure a positive first experience in the hot room!20,250 views
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The Magic Mountain of Freedom, Love and Death
by Brooks Hall on Aug 7, 2011
We dream anonymously and communally, though each in his own way. The great soul, of which we are just a little piece, dreams through us so to speak, dreams in our many different ways its own eternal, secret dream—about its youth its hope its joy, its peace, and its bloody feast.471 views
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The Woman with the Flow of Blood.
by Scott Robinson on Aug 7, 2011
I know a great many things about myself, and most of them are wrong.648 views
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“Michele Bachmann Blames Obama for Credit Rating Drop, After She Votes Against Raising Debt Ceiling.”
by elephantjournal.com on Aug 6, 2011
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7 Tips for Teaching Power Yoga with Music. ~ Lee Anne Finfinger
by elephantjournal.com on Aug 6, 2011
Music in yoga is like pizza – even when it’s bad it’s still pretty damn good. Start with a song that matches your cadence…for me it tends to be “We Gotta get out of this Place” by the Animals or “For What it’s Worth” by Buffalo Springfield. For you, it could be anything. Let it be something that’s electrifying to you; it’ll make you excited to teach!826 views
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Ancient Science of Non-Duality for Modern Times {Simplified Kundalini Yoga/Ayurveda/Business/Environment/Agriculture Event}.
by elephantjournal.com on Aug 6, 2011
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Part 4: Yoga Teacher Training Now More Dangerous than Originally Thought. ~ Kristina Chandler
by elephantjournal.com on Aug 6, 2011
People died here every day doing exactly what I’m doing. If we skidded across the pavement right now, no one would feel sorry for me. Not one person.738 views
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14. If you want full, firm breasts…don’t keep smoking.
by elephantjournal.com on Aug 6, 2011
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Rollerblades get much-need injection of Yes.
by elephantjournal.com on Aug 5, 2011
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Next time I’m about to complain about X, I’ll remember Sabi Bibi.
by Waylon Lewis on Aug 5, 2011
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The Daily Show’s guide to getting a Vasectomy.
by elephantjournal.com on Aug 5, 2011
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Guy with self-deprecating laugh lives in The City in $800 78 sq ft apartment. Video.
by Waylon Lewis on Aug 5, 2011
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“Self-Knowledge is a Dangerous Idea”
by Kimberly Johnson on Aug 5, 2011
Life has all the processes that you need to learn. You don’t come with this knowledge. And the market took over this process of the transmission of experience, which is a profit strategy. You are not going to turn into a Maori to avoid this, but you can regulate the extent to which you are a victim of consuming an image or how much you appropriate from these images in the crafting of yourself963 views
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Have You Practiced Your Smayate Pose today?
by Tom Grasso on Aug 5, 2011
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, lithe gurus and rigid oak trees alike allow me to introduce to you what I feel is the fundamental of all yoga poses. It is one that you can do anywhere, anytime, in any position and at any skill level. Read, and then get to mastering it!!!!440 views
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Because nothing says “I love you” like a superficial & overvalued rock clawed from the guts of the earth by African Slave Labor.
by Waylon Lewis on Aug 5, 2011
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Colbert agrees with GOP: Women’s Health Care is bad for America.
by elephantjournal.com on Aug 5, 2011
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Chögyam Trungpa: Awakening Confidence, in 100 Words.
by Benjamin Riggs on Aug 5, 2011
"The ideal of warriorship is that the warrior should be sad and tender, and because of that, the warrior can be very brave as well."881 views
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