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Betrayal, Shame and Swallowing Fear. ~ Nalini S.
by elephantjournal.com on Nov 25, 2011
It's been more than forty years since it began. Time has softened the roughest edges: specific incidents blur, but the soft-focus impressions, the feelings of helplessness and hopelessness mingled with shame over cowardice, complicity, and weakness still burn, imprinted fresh and forever in my mind.487 views
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Integrating Yoga and Lamaze.
by Deena Blumenfeld on Nov 25, 2011
How the Ethical Practice of the Yamas and Niyamas Relate to Pregnancy and Childbirth.318 views
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How to Transform Ex-lovers into Angels. ~ Sharon Gannon
by elephantjournal.com on Nov 25, 2011
Learning how to give blessings is a powerful means to transform your world and the world of others.3,255 views
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Should I Give Up, Or Should I Just Keep Chasing Paper? ~ Maria Antoinette Olivo
by elephantjournal.com on Nov 25, 2011
The same people who promised it would be worth it all are saying the same thing as everyone else. Just get a job at Hot Topic.289 views
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Honest Answers to the Two Most Annoying Questions about Being Vegan. ~ Denise Cartwright
by elephantjournal.com on Nov 25, 2011
I hope this helps you look like less of a jack ass next time you meet an attractive vegan in the Whole Foods check out line. Instead of “Where do you get your protein,” try, “I see that you are purchasing hemp seeds. Hemp seeds are so great. What an excellent source of protein and omegas. Maybe we should hang out sometime and eat some hemp seeds together.” I’m almost positive it will get you a date.3,582 views
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Green at Going Green. ~ Lauren Baity
by elephantjournal.com on Nov 25, 2011
When the opportunity to write for an online publication came up, I couldn't believe my luck. I was so happy that I didn't think about the implications of writing for a green magazine. Now I love good old mother Gaia as much as the next person, but I eat meat, usually vote Republican and have a habit of killing house plants.98 views
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How to Know When it’s Time to Make like a Buddha and Flee the Palace. ~ Kimberly Roberts
by elephantjournal.com on Nov 25, 2011
The question begs, now what do I call what I do? How do we let go of attachment to a particular lineage without giving up commitment to practice? And how to we maintain integrity while forging our new path?414 views
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The Natural Pluralism of Yoga. ~ Chetana Panwar
by elephantjournal.com on Nov 25, 2011
I have been feeling concerned lately about some of the discourse surrounding yoga and social action, and yoga and its intersection with business, advertising and particular socio-economic philosophies.234 views
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Amazing bee products that cure and protect ~ Paul Fassa
by Brent Binder on Nov 25, 2011
Bee pollen has been used for anti-aging, overall health, but mostly energy boosting.63 views
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How I Reconnected to My Father Through Food.
by Emma Kate Tsai on Nov 25, 2011
He stipulated a Sunday lunch meeting as required for his continued financial support.356 views
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The Low Life of High Rollers
by David Romanelli on Nov 25, 2011
Extravgantly wealthy people might have it easier, but the science shows again and again happiness does not come from ease but from coziness.413 views
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The Posture of Freedom
by Andrew Cohen on Nov 25, 2011
Under the right circumstances, it is not difficult to have a powerful experience of the ground of being, to taste its indescribable peace, bliss, rapture, and stillness—like a still forest pool, in which you sink ever more deeply, where your mind is not moving at all. It is very important to taste the inherent liberation of your own infinite depth, but that kind of experience, in and of itself, will not necessarily teach you how to have a liberated relationship to the chaos of your own mind and emotions.281 views
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Depression & thyroid function transformed. But what about 18 months later?
by Ben Ralston on Nov 25, 2011
Your essence is pure, perfect consciousness. As such you are divine. Yoga calls this Satchitananda (pure being, consciousness, and bliss). This is why it is easy and fast to heal almost anything. We are meant to be healthy and happy. It is our birthright. And whatever is blocking our experience of that perfection is easy to let go of, because it's not really who we are.2,761 views
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Black Friday is “Buy Nothing Day!”
by Roger Wolsey on Nov 25, 2011
Tired of how commercialized and consumerized Christmas has become? Fight back. Today is the 20th anniversary of Buy Nothing Day.779 views
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How Justin Beiber Stole My Summer.
by Shawna Turner on Nov 24, 2011
The stillness has come. I was searching, and I think I found it. I have fallen in love with Yoga. The practice, the history, the philosophy and the sanskrit. I want to bundle it up and call it my own. This is my path. This is how I'm going to make a difference.175 views
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Review. Lululemon: Not Just A Pair of Pants. ~ Natalie Johnson
by elephantjournal.com on Nov 24, 2011
It is hard to perfect function and beauty in a garment, especially a $78.00 pair of yoga tights, but Lululemon did a pretty good job on these.1,536 views
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Give Thanks: Fifty-three Kinds of Cheese Curls for a Better Life.
by Jessica Stone Baker on Nov 24, 2011
Next time you are in the market, take it in. Give Thanks. I wonder if this level of abundance will exist in fifty years. Just a thought.521 views
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Chase Bossart workshop: Manomaya – Human Intellect
by Anna Sheinman on Nov 24, 2011
Our world might be different from the ancient one, but we are still the same monkeys running around asking the same questions, trying to leave our lives. If we can just chill out and learn how to listen and observe, we can develop the ability to maintain attention. It will require some open mindfulness and desire to receive instructions. It can help us to develop our intellect and have a better understanding of our lives.195 views
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My First Car and the Meaning of Thanksgiving.
by Benjamin Riggs on Nov 24, 2011
A Meditation on Thanksgiving.113 views
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Quick Left & then Go Straight ~ Meredith J. Potter
by elephantjournal.com on Nov 23, 2011
It was the opening party for the new space. Quick Left is a web engineering and software consulting firm here in Boulder. When I saw people dressed nicely, I instantly wanted to shed my blue and white polka dotted ski jacket, bike helmet, and sweet little black backpack.187 views
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Via the 100,000 Aspirations Project: Waylon Lewis of elephant journal in his very own aspiration video.
by Walk The Talk Show on Nov 23, 2011
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My Heart Lives in Bali. ~ Chloe Park
by elephantjournal.com on Nov 23, 2011
My first stop was NYC. I’m not really sure why I chose to go there to start my travels, but it felt right. Gandhi and John Lennon’s presence was thick in the air. I could feel them with me. My first day there I walked from the bottom of Manhattan to Central Park. I wanted to visit Strawberry Fields. I wanted the energy of John to bless my trip.195 views
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The Pregnant Yogini: The Mystery of Labour, Birth & Life.
by Erica Webb on Nov 23, 2011
Regardless of what I would like in an ideal world, the bottom line is: get the baby out safely. In reality, anything could happen on the day, and I have to be okay with that.1,022 views
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Cow Kung Fu.
by HawaH on Nov 23, 2011
Scrambling for a new way to live. Carving trees with tattoos and sewing peacock feathers onto our clothes… spiritual soldiers renaming the birds and peering deep into the ocean to see where all the fish have gone. Plastic floats upon the ocean water... it does not sink, so there is still a chance for us to see it... collect and gather what we have forsaken and lost.217 views
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100,000 Aspirations Project, Collecting Positive Intentions. ~ Anna Baldwin
by elephantjournal.com on Nov 23, 2011
100,000 Aspirations is collecting aspirations from people in all communities to be be put in a monument to peace being built in Vermont.155 views
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The Art of Changing Your Mind & Being Thankful.
by Dr. Paul Gannon on Nov 23, 2011
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My nine favourite places to practice asana, pranayama and meditation
by Kara-Leah Grant on Nov 23, 2011
Part of my mission as a yoga teacher and writer is to show people that asana, pranayama and meditation can happen anywhere, anytime - not just in a yoga class, at a yoga studio, in a gym or on your mat at home. Breaking free of our ideas of how asana, pranayama and meditation "should" be practised gets yoga off the mat and integrates it into your everyday daily life.412 views
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Ask John Douillard: 8 reasons to go Crazy for Cranberries!
by Dr. John Douillard, DC on Nov 23, 2011
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How mindfulness outwits the green-eyed monster
by Molly Gordon on Nov 23, 2011
No matter how much you are assailed by hungry ghosts, grasping, envy and fear, mindfulness of context can free you to pursue peaceful ambition.624 views
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Roller Derby Is Better Than Yoga. ~ Lauren Baity
by elephantjournal.com on Nov 23, 2011
Lights flashing, music blasting, panties shimmering. Crash Dance, Boo Boo Radley, Lynnsane, Fonda Payne. These weren’t women but goddesses. After months of battling depression I couldn’t resist their fearlessness.975 views
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Buddhist Yoga: Joining with Naturalness, Part V. ~ Ari Goldfield & Rose Taylor Goldfield
by elephantjournal.com on Nov 23, 2011
In this fifth of seven pieces on Buddhist Yoga, we will focus on Buddhist Yogic Exercise. One of the methods to realize the fruition of Buddhist Yoga is yogic exercise. While there are many forms of yogic exercise, this presentation is based on teachings given by Khenpo Tsültrim Gyamtso Rinpoche. In Khenpo Rinpoche’s system, the actual exercises are best learnt under the direct guidance of an instructor, but the key points on how to work with the body and mind can be applied to all kinds of movement.155 views
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Make Your List & Check It Twice.
by Kate Bartolotta on Nov 23, 2011
I have enough gloves. I don't need any new DVD's. I always forget to wear jewelry. I'd still love some homemade cookies and a hug, but I'd rather pay my gifts forward this year.710 views
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The Truth About Elephants, Updated. ~ Tweed Conrad
by elephantjournal.com on Nov 23, 2011
At Ringling Brothers circus, baby elephants are separated from their mothers within months of birth. Ringling Brothers has a breeding ground in Florida, where they breed and raise elephants specifically for their circus. Sam Haddock, a former animal handler for Ringling Brothers, quit the circus due to the terrible abuse he was forced to inflict while “training” the elephants and other animals to perform unnaturally in the circus. Mr. Haddock reports that baby elephants are taken from their mothers before they are weaned. The staff ties the mother to a wall, ties the baby to another elephant, and then the staff people forcibly drag the baby away from the mother.117 views
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Our Paths Cross, Granting Passage to Places Otherwise Unreachable. ~ Arno Michaels
by elephantjournal.com on Nov 23, 2011
“I know about hate and violence.” Paul said this after overhearing a conversation about my book. My Life After Hate is a reflective memoir-ish kind of thing about how I came to spend seven years as a white power skinhead and how I thankfully came to my senses.90 views
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Beware of These “Natural” Brands ~ Dr. Joseph Mercola
by Brent Binder on Nov 23, 2011
And you thought Kashi bars were safe.289 views
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Giving thanks.
by Michelle Fajkus on Nov 23, 2011
Although our breath is with us from the moment of birth until the moment of death, most of the time we take it for granted.377 views
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Unbearable Compassion. ~ Ram Dass
by elephantjournal.com on Nov 23, 2011
You don’t protect your heart from breaking because in a way a broken heart is like cracking a shell to let the deeper heart come forth.1,597 views
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Unlimited Yoga for One Year! $20!!!
by Hannah Siegle on Nov 23, 2011
Does this cheapen what we are worth as instructors and get people used to a norm of cheap yoga? Yoga is an art form, a mind-body practice that greatly differs from just another fitness class and should be priced accordingly.316 views
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Ideas for Making Real Revolution Happen In Your Neighborhood.
by Joana Smith on Nov 23, 2011
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Om for the Holidays. ~ Liz Kitchens
by elephantjournal.com on Nov 23, 2011
Why not try Santa’s 12 tips for celebrating an ideal holiday. While these may be Christmas focused, they apply to any religious tradition or special occasion.121 views
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Occupation Yoga: The Beginning. ~ Loretta Pyles
by elephantjournal.com on Nov 23, 2011
There's something about this movement that captures our imaginations - humans from all walks of life trying to create a utopian community in the midst of a very destructive society. But, how do we keep this vision protected from our heedless egos? How do we stay clear about the issues, goals and objectives of the work?141 views
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Ten days continuous chanting: What’s the point?
by Writing Our Way Home on Nov 23, 2011
I completely failed to explain the reasons behind this ten day continuous chanting to my mum. And so I may fail here as well. But it feels important to try.54 views
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Poem: creepy but thoughtful.
by JulieJCPeters on Nov 22, 2011
I have been carving out pounds of sacred flesh, branding each one with a name and a portrait in perfect inflammation250 views
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