Winner! Worst Halloween Costume.
by David Romanelli on Oct 31, 2011
Something is not right here.
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Occupy from the comfort of your own Home.
by Waylon Lewis on Oct 31, 2011
Haven’t Occupied yet? Now you can—from your home. Next time you get one of those unsolicited rip-off too-good-to-be-true credit card offers in your mailbox, send it back—costing said bank postage—with a thoughtful reply. “We can have a dialogue.” Tip Via What. Gets really good at 3:30: A fast, easy, free, and non-violent way to drive [...]
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Today, we hit 7 Billion Human Beings. Only 50 years ago, we were at 3 Billion.
by Waylon Lewis on Oct 31, 2011
Standup Overpopulation. “Civilization and anarchy are only seven meals apart.” (Spanish proverb) And, this for a more serious take—plus Calvin & Hobbes.
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Early Morning ~ James Vincent McMorrow.
by Tobye Hillier on Oct 31, 2011
One of my favourite songs at the moment and I didn’t even know the singer was Irish, let alone from Dublin. There’s an ad that keeps showing on TV with this track playing and I just love it. Stevie Winwood’s version was way up-beat but, James’ cover is haunting, spacious and beautiful. In James’ own [...]
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My Search for Kali at the Halloween Warehouse. ~ Marthe Weyandt
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 31, 2011
Each year there is one socially permissible day when we cast aside our everyday identities and choose to become whomever or whatever we so desire. Instead of bank tellers, crossing guards and plumbers we become Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, international dictators—maybe even Lady Gaga, Snooki or the Situation. For one night a year, millions of [...]
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Yogis and Jedis…Oh My! Part 1.
by Thaddeus Haas on Oct 31, 2011
So, I have a confession to make. As a kid growing up amongst the rolling hills of nowhere central Pennsylvania, I believed in the “Force.” That’s right, you know, the mystical power utilized by the Jedi knights in the Star War series to accomplish superhuman feats and protect the universe from galactic marauders.
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Boulder, Colorado’s Bitter Bar (re)Opens. ~ Megha Agrawal
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 31, 2011
Update: I finally made it in this Halloween’s Friday eve, and I loved it. Finally, there’s a lounge, a cocktail bar, a place for dates where you’ll see your friends—but, with plenty of cozy, dark nooks—only if you want to. ~ ed. Via Megha, who attended the VIP soft opening on our behalf: When you [...]
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D.H. Lawrence, Charlie Brown, Chögyam Trungpa (and me.)
by Kate Bartolotta on Oct 31, 2011
“I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A small bird will drop frozen dead from a bough without ever having felt sorry for itself.” “Self-Pity” ~ D.H. Lawrence (Photo: seyed mostafa zamani.) Ever had a pity party? You know exactly what I’m [...]
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Confessions of an Incest Survivor: It Wasn’t All Bad. ~ Sister Shamu
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 31, 2011
The truth is that the trauma caused by experiencing sex with a relative at an early age is so much more convoluted and shocking than most people suspect that they would likely stare in horrified fascination at the bloody emotional wreckage, and then self-righteously blame the victim because they have no clue how to process something that goes against all reason. Allow me to elaborate: I enjoyed being molested as a child.
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Why Waylon Lewis Was Thoroughly Wet.
by Jennifer Cusano on Oct 31, 2011
Well fellow elephants we did it! Waylon Lewis, founder of this very site himself, was irrevocably dunked (some say in organic, international, fair-trade coffee) time and time again by some of the members of our community. Brought in for questioning by the tag team of Where Is My Guru, Jessica Durivage and Diane Ferraro, grilled [...]
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6 Ways to Tell That Your Practice is Working at Work.
by Valerie Carruthers on Oct 31, 2011
In ancient Hindu mythology, golden deities and demons with a thousand heads would often meet on celestial battlefields. Both sides were immensely powerful and the battles pretty vicious. The deities as you’d expect, represented light or, supreme consciousness and the demons darkness or the egoic mind. They were there to work out their samskaras
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Buddhist Yoga: Joining with Naturalness, Part II. ~ Ari Goldfield & Rose Taylor Goldfield
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 31, 2011
“Renunciation” can be a frightening word. In order to practice Buddhist Yoga, are we being told that we must renounce the people we love, the activities we enjoy, our work – our life as we have lived it?
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The best way to help each other (what my Nana taught me)
by Writing Our Way Home on Oct 31, 2011
Maybe the best way to help each other is to focus on ourselves. If we can try and be our best version of ourselves, maybe one day we might help someone else to find their own better selves.
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Yoga Embraces All Gods & All Paths. (Gita Talk 11)
by Bob Weisenberg on Oct 31, 2011
However men try to reach me, / I return their love with my love; / whatever path they may travel, / it leads to me in the end. (BG 4.11)
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The Spirituality of Food and Discipline.
by HawaH on Oct 31, 2011
Connecting our daily decisions about food and consumerism to our spiritual growth during the Holiday season. Ways to transform your choices and your life.
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Samadhi Pants – Chakra Pumpkins
by Joseph Boquiren on Oct 31, 2011
Happy Halloween!
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How I Missed The Most Famous Moment in Sports History
by David Romanelli on Oct 31, 2011
A reminder to never, ever, ever give up!
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Dirty Candy.
by Joana Smith on Oct 31, 2011
f youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qdvi-fKklWY[/youtube <<back to yesterday A different world cannot be made by indifferent people. Let’s pop the bubble…..If you are in the Houston Area, meet me next week at the Last Organic Outpost Urban Farm. *Coney Island Ferris Wheel, Lady Liberty and Yellow Sunflower Polaroids by Lindsay Nicole [...]
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The Agency Review.
by Jackie Summers on Oct 31, 2011
Other agencies are willing to bend over backwards to prove they can represent our interests better than you. Please, present evidence that you are deserving of being awarded this account, again.
Relationships should work with such ruthless efficiency.
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Why Yoga’s Not a Workout. ~ Rachel Meyer
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 31, 2011
I — like so many I know — spent too many years starving myself, too many years driving my weak, underfed body into the ground, too many years being that empty vessel with the big dead eyes and chiseled chin and delicate size 2 frame, trading my life, my spirit, my fire, my prana, my very being for that “perfect body”.
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The “I” of all: our one essential identity. ~ Muni Natarajan
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 31, 2011
We all share a one life force that comes from a one life source, which is also our one identity that we’ll call “Self” for now, though any name would do. This Self is beyond the grasp of consciousness, transcends time, form and space and defies description.
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My Dirty Little Ashtanga Secrets. ~ Karmela Lejarde
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 31, 2011
I’m hoping my lovely and understanding teachers will read this and tell me all is well, that these transgressions are forgiven, that they still love me and think me cute as a button.
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Blame the Victim Brutality?
by Lasara Allen on Oct 30, 2011
I will preface this article by saying that I am pro-law enforcement. I know some cops, and they’re good people. I have called upon officers of the law in cases of witnessing domestic violence. I have called them in a couple of cases where my personal or familial safety was being threatened. I honestly believe [...]
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Speech by Bunker Roy: Learning from a Barefoot Movement ~ Meredith Potter
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 30, 2011
Photo: TED.com This is a talk by Bunker Roy, who started a college in a village. He gave up opportunities to have a high paying job, because he wanted to work in a village and give something back. Truly innovative and inspiring, all the while humbling. He went on to create much more using solar [...]
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What My Mexican Step Dad Never Told Me About the Day of the Dead ~ Nicole Maniez
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 30, 2011
During the courting between my mother and Ale, my teenage sensitivities were not enthusiastic about a new man in the house. And why was he cooking things in our kitchen with our utensils? My heart felt bruised, but my stomach became interested in the smell of Mexican hot chocolate, mole, and Mexican chocolate cake.
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Steve Jobs’ Final Words.
by Waylon Lewis on Oct 30, 2011
From Mona Simpson’s eulogy. In keeping with his beginner’s mind—his “capacity for wonderment“—his final words were simple, and dynamic instead of static, just like his life’s work. From his sister, the writer Mona Simpson: …But with that will, that work ethic, that strength, there was also sweet Steve’s capacity for wonderment, the artist’s belief in [...]
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Socialist Jesus.
by Waylon Lewis on Oct 30, 2011
What kind of government or society would Jesus support? A kind, compassionate, generous, loving one that cared for its sick, elderly, and poor. Kinda sounds like he’d support Social Security, Medicare, Universal Healthcare? Luke 12:33 Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide purses for yourselves that will not wear out, a treasure in [...]
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Top 10 Yoga Blogs of the Week.
by Tanya Lee Markul on Oct 30, 2011
Where are you going?, Pledge to Live, Stuck State of Mind, Showing Up, Yoga Fight Club, Real Cost of Yoga, Starting Ashtanga, Love or Fear, Writing Yoga, Pregnant Yogini.
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Bioneers: Day Three ~ Meredith Potter
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 30, 2011
Second, I attended “Voices for Change Workshop” with Beth Osnes. This interactive workshop opened my perspective to connect some dots. I noticed how effectively Beth has dialed in on creating positive change through theatre techniques.
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Kung Fu Insanity: A Recipe for Awakening.
by Craig Holliday on Oct 30, 2011
I became quickly distracted by a kid in the distance doing his best impersonation of Napoleon Dynamite. He was sitting in the lotus posture and then exploding into a round house kick and then would land in the lotus position.
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Jenna Marbles in defense of “Sluts on Halloween.” {NSFW}
by Waylon Lewis on Oct 30, 2011
Jenna Marbles, in defense of Halloween “sluts” everywhere. Be nice to each other, sisters! > Warning: Adult Language. > Sexy + Halloween + Role Play + Relationships. > Relephant: Jenna Marbles with more empowering CCL STFU humor and fire-spitting truth. Note: if you don’t find her wise or funny, good for you! Leave a (respectful) [...]
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Yin/Yang: What To Do When Yoga Has Healed You.
by Erica Mather on Oct 30, 2011
I still believe in that magic of tracing these impressions. But I also just believe that you can’t spend 24/7 doing this. It’s exhausting.
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Letting Myself Fall.
by Lynn Hasselberger on Oct 30, 2011
Fall tugs at me as if it requires me to change along with it. Transporting me against my will. I protest—please slow down!
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PETA: Whales at Sea World = Slaves. Conan O’Brien writer responds at length. {Watch}
by Waylon Lewis on Oct 29, 2011
Racial Perspective. It’s a longggg response, but worth the watch.
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Question: How do you get a Dog off a Soccer Field?
by Waylon Lewis on Oct 29, 2011
Answer: you don’t. Dog runs into the middle of the game. and the crowd goes wild. And the crowd’s loving it! Cachorro invade campo e dribla os jogadores de Independiente Santa Fé e Botafogo – 25/10/2011 Cachorro invade o campo e atrasa a partida da copa-sulamericana, e a torcida vibra com olé a cada lance [...]
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Best anti-Drunk Driving PSA ever? Legend.
by Waylon Lewis on Oct 29, 2011
Stop a Mate from Driving Drunk? Bloody Legend. “I should say something, but I might look dumb…” ~ Translation from Maori English: “Oh no, George is driving. He’s to wasted, I should say something; but I could look dumb in front of Monique. . .” “Bro, Monique says your dumb” “But if he crashes, I’ll [...]
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Racist Racial Harmony…
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 29, 2011
…on Flight of the Conchords. They’re like, Where’s the Car, and we’re like, Where’s the Car? You can uncover your eyes, they’re not Australians:
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Life is short. Time is sadness. Adventure now.
by Waylon Lewis on Oct 29, 2011
I got the opposite message out of this vid: stay home, quiet, a life of love is real. So: Adventure now. Life is what happens while you’re making other plans. ~ John Lennon Presented without comment: Pixar’s “Up” + Dead Island = Epic Sadness This is a 1:1 mix of the Dead Island theme song [...]
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Bioneers Boulder: Day Two ~ Meredith Potter
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 29, 2011
I saw some cool stuff and chatted with this awesome lady. Day two at Bioneers in Boulder.
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CU Bioneers: Brain Cells Can be Regenerated, So Can Earth. ~ Tara DeAngelis
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 29, 2011
It was recently discovered that brain cells can be regenerated. At Bioneers I just discovered that we can regenerate the Earth!
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Tantra Yoga–The Best of Both Worlds
by Chanti Tacoronte-Perez on Oct 29, 2011
The best of both worlds, is a truly tantric approach; “Tantrics are not looking for liberation from the world but enlightenment in the world. To maintain an awareness of the divine reality while fulfilling one’s responsibility in the world.”
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Look Familiar? ~ Linnea Jensen-Stewart
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 29, 2011
Yoga is a lot of things, but it is not serious. Laugh at yourself. Celebrate your humanity. And have a frickin’ cookie in its honor.
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Practice, Practice and ….. Where are you going ?
by Prasad Rangnekar on Oct 29, 2011
She mentioned that her “practice” was not improving, she said “her head stand was not good enough”. I wonder, are we reading the word “practice” in the right spirit ? Do we all need to widen our definition of “practice” in the context of Yoga ?
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Pledge to Live.
by Melissa Smith on Oct 29, 2011
Balancing on one foot felt impossible. On two feet: a struggle. The teacher’s assistant asked if I’d like something. “Water, please.” Instead she returned with an energy bar. Confused, I finally wobbled out of the room, only to shiver in the cool lobby for the next hour or so while thumbing through a self-help (or Self Enlightenment, as they’re called these days) book I found.
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Stuck is not a location, it is a state of mind.
by Nadine McNeil on Oct 29, 2011
I accept the highs and the lows and ride the waves accordingly through awareness. Keeping in mind that whatever I am feeling right now is transient and temporary, rather than try to rush through the feelings, especially those squeamish, uncomfortable ones, I am learning how to stay with them, like a caring watchful mother and inquire, “situation, what are you here to teach me?”
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Welcome to Colorado Bioneers! ~ Meredith Potter
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 28, 2011
It started with a few workshops to kick things off. There was a wonderful presenter whose name I did not catch, and will find out tomorrow hopefully. See part of his opening greeting in this clip.
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Boulder event: Adventure Film Fest is Here.
by Ryan van Duzer on Oct 28, 2011
I love watching adventure films. They inspire me, they show me corners of the world I’ve never seen and they bring the impossible right in front of my eyes. Boulderites are in for a treat November 3rd, 4th and 5th as the Adventure Film Fest gets revved up once again. Over 40 films from all [...]
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Prison Yoga Project with James Fox – Live Interview
by Donna Freeman on Oct 28, 2011
James Fox shares how and why he brings yoga to inmates at San Quentin Prison. Powerful and life changing the mindfulness techniques, meditation and asanas aid those facing addiction and violence.
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Buddhism and the Occupy Movement: Taking Care of Our Anger
by Michael Stone (Centre of Gravity) on Oct 28, 2011
A talk given by Michael Stone at Occupy Montreal on October 23, 2011
on taking care of our anger in order to sustain the movement.
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Wave-Genetics: Emotions & DNA.
by Yesica Pineda on Oct 28, 2011
Our Emotions directly affect the structure of our DNA, which directly shapes the physical world we experience everyday ~
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