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Somos el 99%- #OccupySF {en Español y Inglés}
by Jeannie Page on Oct 6, 2011
No eramos Republicanos ni Demócratas, no eramos azules ni rojos; eramos estadounidenses. Fuimos el 99%.302 views
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Visual Yoga Blog: The Everything Pose
by Ricardo das Neves on Oct 6, 2011
Impatient yogis everywhere, meet The Everything Pose.Yes, it's nice to do a whole yoga sequence leading up to a pose, but sometimes you just want to skip to the pose, a pose that cuts to the chase and does everything...699 views
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Doorgasm: Getting Yogic Satisfaction. ~ Megan Romo
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 6, 2011
When I should be zeroing in on my left knee in the mirror, I’m instead dealing with target fixation—yearning for the teacher to open a door and release into the room a rush of cool air from the lobby or the courtyard. (Oh yes, folks, my Bikram studio looks out onto a lush courtyard, one with bunnies and quail. When we do sasanagasana we push ourselves to impress the real rabbits peering through the windows. Your jealousy is warranted.)812 views
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Eco Fashion Picks of the Week: Fashion Around the Globe, Top 20 Sites You Should Be Reading & Stopping the Forever 21 Pirates.
by EcoSalon on Oct 6, 2011
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Radical Sexuality—can Women really Ejaculate?
by Kimberly Johnson on Oct 6, 2011
Lately, everywhere I turn there is info on female ejaculation. Mmmmmhmmmm, female ejaculation.3,648 views
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Peter Brady vs. Phish: A year book quote debate
by Laurie Jordan on Oct 6, 2011
If I had just listened to the wise words of Peter Brady, I would have avoided such disasters as bangs, the job from hell, stir-up pants, the other job from hell, the master cleanse and roller blading.850 views
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Can’t we all just get along? Animal edition.
by Waylon Lewis on Oct 6, 2011
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The Anusara Immersion- Part I: The Formation of a Kula
by Jeannie Page on Oct 6, 2011
We, 37 of us, had come from all walks of life: accountants, teachers, musicians, writers, etc. We were largely strangers, but we all shared one thing in common: we were all seekers.787 views
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Moment of the Day: Love the One You’re With!
by David Romanelli on Oct 6, 2011
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We are the 100%: A Mindful Response to #OccupyWallStreet
by Ari Setsudo Pliskin on Oct 6, 2011
I find inspiration in my Zen Peacemakers training and also from yoga activist Michael Franti, who visited Occupy Wall Street this week. When I encountered Franti through his documentary I Know I'm Not Alone and his appearance at the Wanderlust Festival in VT, I sensed that he was a fellow peacemaker. Below, I quote the words of ZP founder Zen Master Bernie Glassman, from the peacemaker manual Bearing Witness, co-written by Zen Master Eve Marko and also words from the video (also below) of Franti's Wall Street visit.1,924 views
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{Film} Police and Protestors. ~ Ed David
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 6, 2011
A short film that tries to show the humanity in the police officers and the protestors alike at the rally.203 views
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Moment of the Day: Oysters and Chocolate?!
by David Romanelli on Oct 6, 2011
What happens when you mix chocolate...and oysters?!332 views
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Digging Deep, or; the Spiritualist’s Guide to Well-Making.
by Lia Aprile on Oct 6, 2011
In meditation, in particular, the idea that we could learn to control our mind--our mind which we have been letting run wild, most of us, for as long as we've been alive--the idea that we could achieve this without real discipline and dedication is just...foolish.491 views
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Living Off-The-Grid
by Michael Levin on Oct 6, 2011
Living off-the-grid means living without public utilities like electricity. People who live off-the grid may not depend on municipal water, sewage, or natural gas. It also can mean you're self-sufficient in various ways. There are many third-world citizens who have lived off-the grid for generations. Some people choose this alternative lifestyle to save money. It's also a way to lower your environmental footprint. Michael "Mycol" Stevens lives off-the-grid just north of Gainesville, Florida. I met Mycol at a Fall planting workshop called "Fall Harvest Fest" hosted by our local green store, Indigo. He gave a talk about his experiences with self sustenance, organic living and his alternative lifestyle in general. He invited me to his place after the talk.7,664 views
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Guerrilla Yoga.
by Bernadette Birney on Oct 6, 2011
It’s a chilly, grey October afternoon and I am drinking Riesling on the roof of The Gansevoort Hotel in downtown Manhattan. The wind off the Hudson River raises tiny goosebumps on my bare legs. I should be freezing my ass off in this ridiculous, miniscule, filmy dress I’m wearing but I don’t feel a thing. Just pure exhilaration. I clink plastic wineglasses with friends Megan Marie and Jen Weaver, who are sitting across our corner, rooftop table. Robert Sturman is drinking a beer. We are regrouping from a morning of shooting photos that aren’t quite working.816 views
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Ahimsa for Dudes.
by Mid Walsh on Oct 6, 2011
Like many guys, I'm basically an action figure. So it is a revelation for me to realize that the practice of non-harming covers much more than actions. In fact, it goes even deeper than words or thoughts.602 views
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Do meditators get pissed off? ~ Susan Piver
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 6, 2011
Whenever you doubt in the goodness of others, recall your own goodness.683 views
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The 10 things you’ll do once you start yoga (that have nothing to do with yoga). ~ Lee Anne Finfinger
by Recovering Yogi on Oct 6, 2011
If you do yoga, then for sure you have tried most if not all of these things. None of which have anything whatsoever to do with yoga.74,355 views
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Six Steps to Free Yourself.
by Tina Fossella, MFT on Oct 6, 2011
There are dreams and there are nightmares. There will always be more improved versions of your current dream, but truly the ultimate freedom is waking up from the dream altogether. “The Truth about who we really are, beyond all appearances, is knowledge worth seeking.” Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche. REBEL BUDDHA.1,096 views
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Learn to take care of yourself
by Writing Our Way Home on Oct 6, 2011
If I keep putting energy into being well, not only does that sap my energy and enthusiasm for everything else, but when the bug gets me... it really gets me.309 views
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Tantric Love: Why is the Male Blue & the Female Golden?
by Ramesh Bjonnes on Oct 6, 2011
Without dancing, moving, expressing in the form of a human body; we cannot experience the ethereal and Divine. Thus the body too is Divine.2,007 views
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Mile-high Enlightenment Club. ~ Julie Balter
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 6, 2011
In my most serene yoga-teacher voice, as if I am suggesting that Nancy Grace lie down for savasana, I say, “Ma'am, you don’t need to babysit me. I will move my bag.” And I do. But Nancy Grace, as you may know, is not the kind of lady to lie down in savasana, corpse pose, the equivalent of rolling over to play dead. No, ma’am, not she.464 views
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Horizon Milk & Silk Soy: 20 Reasons to Ride the White Wave into Dean Foods Green. ~ Tara DeAngelis
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 6, 2011
As a reader of elephant journal, it is likely you have purchased Horizon Organic Milk, or Silk soy milk recently. Who knew they were owned by the same company, White Wave, who is now owned by Dean Foods? I sure didn’t.Even though food companies like Dean Foods are acquiring companies demonstrating Right-Livelihood, like White Wave, it is still disturbing that the industry is moving closer and closer to being monopolized.The loss of integrity in the organic food industry, along with Monsanto's rising is a eminent crisis that will affect our generation very soon.643 views
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Day 7: World Wide Webbed Wires
by Marylee Fairbanks on Oct 6, 2011
I have a difficult enough time trying to figure out what to do with all the wires when I have the manual sitting on the desk, so five years later, I am at a total loss. I donated lots of things to my sons school and will try to recycle the rest.155 views
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“A picture of Steve Jobs & his wife at the last keynote he gave.”
by Waylon Lewis on Oct 6, 2011
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21 Dharmas for New Yoga Teachers: When Life Happens in Front of Your Mat.
by Valerie Carruthers on Oct 6, 2011
Now that you’ve done your 200 hours of teacher training, you’re ready to save the world with yoga. You start teaching and life happens right in your class. Now you have to save the situation along with your butt.650 views
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Does the US Needs a Time Out? A Rant Worth Listening To.
by Tamara Kerner on Oct 5, 2011
This should be reposted again and again until you all listen to this rant.1,030 views
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“I met two American heroes today at the Occupy Wall Street rally.”
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 5, 2011
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Apple.com “took down the 4S iPhone promo for a full-page memorial. Pure class.”
by Waylon Lewis on Oct 5, 2011
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A Visionary and Creative Genius Has Left Our World.
by Tamara Kerner on Oct 5, 2011
Apple has lost a visionary and creative genius, and the world has lost an amazing human being.585 views
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At the age of 20, I don’t remember a world without Steve Jobs.
by Erin Schrode on Oct 5, 2011
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Too Hip to Heal.
by Peter Sklivas on Oct 5, 2011
Think about it. If you ask your mother or father, “Can you guide me into the gateway of my heart?” What do you expect them to say? “No, I don’t live in my own heart. How can I guide you?” Well, I think it’s asking a lot from most parents to admit their inadequacies. Because parents need to act as though they have their shit together for their children. Especially when they don't.514 views
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We are the 99%.- #OccupySF {In English & Spanish)
by Jeannie Page on Oct 5, 2011
We were not Republican or Democrat, we were not blue or red; we were Americans. We were the 99%.917 views
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The sad thing is I totally love & side with these two Coffee Snobs.
by Waylon Lewis on Oct 5, 2011
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Be Inspired by Seven Amazing People Being The Change.
by Ed & Deb Shapiro on Oct 5, 2011
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The Big Breakdown. ~ By Amanda Ramcharitar
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 5, 2011
We have such small, yet vast possibility of comprehension. In our short life spans, we can learn numerous subjects, travel to many lands, have uncountable experiences and recall historical events that are not even our own.394 views
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I am Filled with Compassion for Everyone (Except You). ~ Kate Bartolotta
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 5, 2011
You know how it is. Most people in your life inspire compassion. It comes easily to see the good in others. But there's always that one person who doesn't, you know, deserve it.875 views
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Cloth vs. Disposable and the Use of Water. ~ Anna Baldwin
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 5, 2011
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Rock Climbing World Cup Comes to Boulder, Colo. ~ Brianna Bemel
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 5, 2011
Some of the best rock climbers in the world will be in Boulder, Colorado this weekend to participate in the first sport climbing World Cup in the U.S. in more than 20 years.779 views
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Occupy The World: Occupying LA. ~ Magda Rod
by elephantjournal.com on Oct 5, 2011
In case you haven’t heard, Occupy Wall Street is the spark that has ignited a revolution that is spreading like wildfire around the globe. The fuel is the people that are showing up in over 113 US cities, and 28 international ones, as of this writing. Lawyers, business people, former home owners, students and activists are gathering in cities around the world to stand up to the powers that be, and send a message that enough is enough.1,188 views
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Why I Should Love You (And Everybody Else) All The Time
by Chris Lemig on Oct 5, 2011
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