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What Happens at Family Dinner Stays At Family Dinner…but should it? ~ Sara Lindsey
by elephantjournal.com on Sep 6, 2011
Every Friday, my boyfriend and his buddies get together and make a meal, drink some beer, watch a game and make music. They go to the local grocery store and usually pick up a pack of the cheap chicken wings or slabs of steak, and split the cost. It's simple. Affordable. Something that everyone can enjoy. Unless you have seen what goes on in slaughterhouses.288 views
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Show Your Love for Mother Earth: Plant a Rainforest Tree! {Free}
by Lynn Hasselberger on Sep 6, 2011
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Learning Not to Fear Impermanence And Uncertainty. ~Toni Bernhard
by elephantjournal.com on Sep 6, 2011
The more we can greet fear and worry as simply the result of causes and conditions—some external to us (e.g., a hurricane), some internal in the form of our reaction to those external conditions—the sooner these guests go on their way because they lose their stranglehold over us when we see their impermanent nature.935 views
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Are all women mentally ill?
by Rachel Brathen on Sep 6, 2011
So. Just now. I was sitting on the couch watching a movie (something you are allowed to do in the middle of the day, guilt free, during it's your time of the month) when suddenly I got this unexpected craving for olives. You know, the kind of craving where you just need it now, now, NOW or you’ll go bang your head against the wall until olives start raining from the sky. Recognize the feeling? Just me? Well. Luckily, there was a jar of green olives in the fridge, purchased just for times like these.6,196 views
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And I give you…Norway’s Flight of the Conchords. “Work it.”
by Waylon Lewis on Sep 6, 2011
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Monopoly: a child’s game with adult lessons in Income Disparity*
by Jackie Summers on Sep 6, 2011
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Union in Yoga
by Frances Frischkorn on Sep 6, 2011
Your yoga is not confined to the mat. It is virtually impossible to engage in a serious daily practice without having it change your perspective on reality. Thus I would argue that as a practice, yoga helps one become a better, kinder, more patient and compassionate partner and parent. No one can do your yoga for you. It is undoubtedly an individual pursuit, but being in a relationship that supports my yoga is invaluable.638 views
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The halo effect of yoga. ~ Christine Shaefer
by Recovering Yogi on Sep 6, 2011
Like many other areas of my life, I was under the foolish belief that I had to do yoga perfectly, even if that meant losing my edge and adopting a laissez faire flow outside of the sultry bamboo walls of class. Call it "the halo effect."2,380 views
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The Mother of the Asanas: Supporting Yourself in Salamba Sarvangasana, the Shoulder Stand
by Yasodhara Ashram on Sep 6, 2011
To many of us, shoulders are synonymous with responsibility. What responsibilities do we carry and how do they end up in the crevices of the shoulder joints? How can fleeting ideas in the mind become so heavy that they weigh down the body?736 views
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Giving birth
by Hannah Siegle on Sep 6, 2011
The muscles become their own entities that take a lot of time and energy to look a certain way, yet often those showcasing these bodies don't talk about the extreme methods they have taken to get there: anabolic steroids, human growth hormone or clenbuteral.507 views
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Bicycle Accident. {True Story}
by Brent Binder on Sep 6, 2011
I'm alive was my first conscious thought as I peeled my face off the cement and spit a mouthful of blood onto the ground. My senses felt like they were raging at superhero levels—except that I was blind. The words ‘I’m in shock right now’ repeated inside my head ominously like an emergency broadcast service announcement.2,001 views
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President Obama: Why Unions are the foundation of The Good Life.
by Waylon Lewis on Sep 5, 2011
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For vegans, a french fry sandwich can be so much more than a sandwich
by Adeline Bash on Sep 5, 2011
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Can Business and Environmental Leaders Agree?
by Bud Wilson on Sep 5, 2011
No more polemics, the time is now for everyone to say "Yes" let's move forward together.580 views
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Tired of all the horror stories and fear-mongering around 9/11? Take peaceful action!
by Claire Amber on Sep 5, 2011
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Quote of the Day: Chogyam Trungpa, on Reincarnation.
by elephantjournal.com on Sep 5, 2011
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Louis C.K. honors George Carlin—and chokes up.
by Waylon Lewis on Sep 5, 2011
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Maya Noise Sounding Pretty Sweet.
by John Dalton on Sep 5, 2011
How a book inspired a song.468 views
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Love your laborers, love your self ~ Jen Murphy
by Jen Murphy on Sep 5, 2011
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Boulder County on the Path to Sustainability. ~ Cait Giraffe
by elephantjournal.com on Sep 5, 2011
Boulder County recently received a 2011 National Association of Counties Achievement Award for excellence in eight different categories.548 views
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Big Ass Red Neck Yoga.
by Paul Hoffman on Sep 5, 2011
You are the big ass red neck yogi master; damn right you are.2,001 views
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An Indictment of Myself…& all other Hypocrites, Goofballs, Sellouts, Morons, Pretenders and Wannabes. ~ Andrew Gurvey
by elephantjournal.com on Sep 5, 2011
I confess. I wear Lululemon clothing. I have no problem busting out a handstand whenever and wherever I want. I enjoy being in the front row of a yoga class, too.2,085 views
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Labor Day: Balasana. ~ Julie Balter
by elephantjournal.com on Sep 5, 2011
Rhythmic, flowing, full of fire, but with little time to blog, let alone take a balasana breather.573 views
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AFFIRMATION.
by Paul Hoffman on Sep 5, 2011
And as I stood up to my chin in the water and felt the current washing against me I realized that I was feeling the energy of the world602 views
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There are many reasons to be a vegetarian. Which one will stick?
by Jerome Burdi on Sep 5, 2011
A yogi once said to me about going vegan: Do it for the animals and the planet. Your health is a byproduct of that.2,910 views
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How Jerry McGuire Didn’t Complete Me.
by Jayson Gaddis on Sep 5, 2011
What if we all had a mistaken overarching context for relationship, love, and intimacy?1,097 views
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The House that Light Built: The Structural Essence of Spiritual Practice
by Josh Schrei on Sep 5, 2011
The Tantric spiritual cosmology of the physical universe teaches us that our practice in actuality is a structure -- not in metaphor, in reality. Our practice is a palace we are building. It is a prism of multiple pathways and reflective surfaces. It is a mandala, with sides and curves and edges. It is a realm that is governed, preferably wisely. It is a garden that lives in the open space of our hearts. Through this beautiful truth, we can gain great insight into the state of our practice, and we start to work with the deep structure of ourselves.786 views
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The unseen benefits of headstand.
by Mid Walsh on Sep 5, 2011
Hypothesis: the best part about headstand is something we rarely see.1,648 views
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A review: Yoga Heart – Lines on the Six Perfections, by Leza Lowitz
by Maureen Miller on Sep 5, 2011
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Tantra Practice: 3 Steps to Meaningful Mindfulness Meditation.
by Ramesh Bjonnes on Sep 5, 2011
The effort itself, even the process of forgetting and then returning, is part of the practice, is Meaningful, is Divine. Always.2,427 views
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Two spinning spheres in lovely partnership.
by Ali Schultz on Sep 5, 2011
You can train your heart to be open and to enjoy to-good-to-be-true-why-don’t-you-pinch-me kind of relationship buddings without disclaimers, walls and guards. To be momentous, to be as present as possible, to roll with it, to savor it with a big open heart channel takes courage, bravery and balls – because you know the risk of having an open heart on the line is one of great uncertainty.1,262 views
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“Holding onto anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned.” ~ Buddha
by elephantjournal.com on Sep 5, 2011
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Why Is the Bhagavad Gita So Upsetting At First? (Gita Talk 3)
by Bob Weisenberg on Sep 4, 2011
Is it any wonder that many readers stop right there and say, “I don’t need this. I’m going to find something more uplifting to read”?2,656 views
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A&F declares “The perfect butt” in its new Yoga Collection.
by elephantjournal.com on Sep 4, 2011
"If this is A&F's idea of a perfect butt we've got problems."3,069 views
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Transcendental Meditation: The Good, the Bad, & the Black Sheep. ~ Sara Lindsey
by elephantjournal.com on Sep 4, 2011
After being exposed to a community engulfed in dogma, I have learned that the most important thing to do when holding any kind of sacred space for yourself is this: all experience is individual.1,292 views
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It All Came Out at Yoga ~ Nicole Maniez
by elephantjournal.com on Sep 4, 2011
For some, yoga is all about looking good. For some, yoga is about spiritual growth. For some yoga is _______ (fill in the blank).541 views
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Being a Warrior In the Dark ~ Nicole Maniez
by elephantjournal.com on Sep 4, 2011
As the days reach towards their shortest and the nights grow into our waking hours, many of us begin to wrestle with ourselves. The sun shines less and we take it personally. The temperatures drop and our bodies are confused, begging for blankets to hide in.492 views
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Apes seeing the light of Day for the first time.
by Waylon Lewis on Sep 4, 2011
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