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I Bet You Didn’t Know This about Christmas. ~ Elizabeth Aspen
by elephantjournal.com on Dec 20, 2011
It was believed that many pagan gods were born in December 25th, but the Romans celebrated a festival called Saturnalia in honor of the deity, Saturn. During Saturnalia, social norms were forgotten, slaves and masters traded places, laws disappeared, orgies, public sex, murder, etc., were permissible on the streets. As Christianity took over the Roman Empire during the 4th century, leaders looked down on these pagan celebrations, but since they couldn’t put an end to them, they renamed them as a Christian holiday that celebrated the birth Jesus.444 views
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The Real Body Project: Expose the Truth.
by Hannah Siegle on Dec 20, 2011
This picture raised the question, what if I was ok with feeling my belly, with feeling my softness, and my vulnerability?19,433 views
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Live! Love! Be happy! (an inspirational poster) ~ Kirk Hensler
by Recovering Yogi on Dec 20, 2011
A yoga manifesto; it's not for everyone, people.2,616 views
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Jesus’ Mom was a Punk – Redux!
by Roger Wolsey on Dec 20, 2011
A punk rock band should do a song based on Mary’s “Magnificat” (Luke 1:46-55). Knocked-up, teen-aged Mary was the first punk singer and the first rock & roller. When she learned that she would bear the Christ-child, she sang a song. It was a song of praise. And it was a song of protest and rebellion. She celebrates that God is about to do something new in the world. She was celebrating that God was about to turn the world upside-down, knock the wealthy oppressors off their pedestals, lift up those who’ve been oppressed, and usher-in a new reign of social justice and reconciliation.576 views
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Yoganatomy: Yoga + Anatomy.
by Tanya Lee Markul on Dec 20, 2011
You don’t need an anatomical background to be an effective teacher or yoga practitioner, but gaining some knowledge in anatomy can help us to understand the effects of poses and can help to facilitate a deeper sense of inner awareness and intuitive alignment.591 views
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Yogis Unite for Holiday Yoga Flash Mob!
by Melissa Smith on Dec 20, 2011
Texas Yogis Unite for Yoga Flash Mob! If this doesn't grab you and put you smack dab in the holiday yoga spirit, I don't know what would?!790 views
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The Ugly Truth About Christmas. ~ Raymond L. Greenberg
by elephantjournal.com on Dec 20, 2011
The bigger the holiday the bigger the hate factor. True or false?245 views
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A Tantric Economy: Free Cooperative Economics.
by Jon Prophet on Dec 20, 2011
If someone gives you something and you by a feeling of reciprocity you give something back, but no money has changed hands is that free? Yes and No. Yes if free is only about our limited ideas of money and no if we are thinking in terms of exchange in value. The point is that ultimately what we always come back to is an exchange of value.208 views
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Hello, My Name is Julia and I’m An Ego-holic. ~ Julia McCabe
by elephantjournal.com on Dec 20, 2011
The truth is, we are all enlightened beings covered with a bit of dust. We all have the ability to get out of the dysfunctional relationship we have within our inner selves.495 views
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Why the !@#$%^&!*!%!?! can’t I read unlimited elephant?
by Waylon Lewis on Dec 20, 2011
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Death By Healing.
by John Dalton on Dec 19, 2011
What we call healing isn't about getting better, it's about something else. Beyond the physical and emotional reasons for illness there was something deeper going on.104 views
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Happy Birthday, Guru Jesus.
by Philip Goldberg on Dec 19, 2011
Growing up in the 1950s, I was familiar with three kinds of Jesus. There was the one-and-only begotten son of God, Savior of all Mankind, who was known to the Irish and Italian Catholics in the neighborhood.2,765 views
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Prime Minister Cameron’s view on Morals in Society
by Tobye Hillier on Dec 19, 2011
"Moral neutrality or passive tolerance just isn't going to cut it anymore."26 views
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$5 Holiday Gift: No wrapping required. ~Alana Lea
by elephantjournal.com on Dec 19, 2011
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Dipped My Head Under Water. ~ Sinead O’Conor
by Misa Derhy on Dec 19, 2011
While the norm of my character is to fight and move through difficult times, I found taking a step back from life, allowing the moment to be experienced fully was the natural reaction in this case. It wasn’t a conscious decision, something else took over. I had no choice but to endure the sadness I felt.423 views
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Samadhi Pants – Why are yoga instructors so poor?
by Joseph Boquiren on Dec 19, 2011
The economic downturn has been brutal for yoga instructors as it has been for all of us.1,526 views
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Ragas are for yoga class, so please leave the pop music at the door.
by Jerome Burdi on Dec 19, 2011
When the teacher fills the room with empty music that has no relation to the spirit of yoga, then it’s one more distraction -- and a very intimate one -- that will have to be put aside to have a proper practice that aligns you with the spirit.301 views
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Behavior Does Not Make Them Bad or Good: Parenting without Punishment or Reward. ~ Jacey Tramutt
by elephantjournal.com on Dec 19, 2011
This holiday season, give your children the best gift you could give them. Explain that their behavior does not make them a good or bad person. Let them know that walking the line between one's own needs and the needs of others is a tricky one that most adults struggle with. Ask them how they feel. Teach them that knowing and communicating their own experience as well as listening to the experience of others is the way to feel good about themselves. Get rid of the elf.792 views
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My Response to “20 Reasons I won’t Vote for Ron Paul.” ~ Kevin Hotaling
by elephantjournal.com on Dec 19, 2011
The following is my quick attempt to counter what we might call “20 Misconceptions About Ron Paul.” These are complex issues that each deserve a much more thorough treatment, so please excuse if some responses are a bit too cursory or insufficiently referenced.944 views
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Saving the Corporate Soul. ~ Jeff Fulmer
by elephantjournal.com on Dec 19, 2011
I hope corporations or, more accurately, the people who run them, will look into their hearts and realize that they should be doing what is best for everyone, not just themselves. Otherwise, Christians may have to take it upon themselves to save their souls, and that might not be good for business.160 views
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BendiGirl Kristin McGee Joins Reflections 2011.
by Donna Freeman on Dec 19, 2011
Reflections 2011 is a series of interviews held during the month of December with leaders in the yoga and mindfulness community.68 views
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Boulder’s Communikey: Managing Artists by Not Managing Them. ~ Greg Eckard
by elephantjournal.com on Dec 19, 2011
While Communikey's staff may not be paid in dollar bills, they are compensated more than adequately by the joy they bring to festival goers.306 views
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Batman: Sad & Tender Warrior.
by Kate Bartolotta on Dec 19, 2011
Always be yourself, unless you can be Batman. Always be Batman.1,293 views
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Eco-Beauty Review: Malie Organics, an organic perfume oil to love. ~ Jen Murphy
by Jen Murphy on Dec 19, 2011
There's a freshness to this scent; it's signature is unique, it's new, it's novel for a perfume that's based on one of the most popular flowers in the world. . . It's what perfume should smell like, like a subtle complement to inner beauty.129 views
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How becoming a Buddhist helped me to love Jesus.
by Writing Our Way Home on Dec 19, 2011
If we can open ourselves to new experience, it will change the whole world for us.142 views
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An Afternoon of Pure Inspiration with Deepak Chopra and Byron Katie. ~ Tania Kazi
by elephantjournal.com on Dec 19, 2011
In a moment that we perceive someone to be a certain way, we perceive ourselves to be that way too. So the thoughts, descriptions and opinions we hold of one another are to some extent the opinions we have of ourselves.397 views
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Gandhi’s Top 10 Fundamentals for Changing the World.
by Jim Campbell ~ OmLight Photography on Dec 18, 2011
The first one is "Change Yourself"13,011 views
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Excusez-Moi, Parlez-Vous Yoga?
by Jim Campbell ~ OmLight Photography on Dec 18, 2011
The American enthusiasm for the ancient practice is spreading internationally.135 views
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Yoga Ego: Finding the Grace
by Braja Sorensen on Dec 18, 2011
The yamas and niyamas are a consciously-entered process of self-development, and yoga itself a ritual practice embodying the art of making life sacred.280 views
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All I Want for Christmas is Complete & Total Enlightenment.
by Kristin Luce on Dec 18, 2011
Did P’s in my underwear and adopted a fly whom I have named “Mighty”—am guessing that the name will sound better once translated into Sanskrit.994 views
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Spinning the Mystery: Ever Felt Like a Carnival Act?
by Alexandra Folz on Dec 18, 2011
“These heightened senses and kaleidoscope lenses yell out to play. Instinctive devotion to their reality creates this magical craft.”160 views
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Top 10 Yoga Blogs of the Week.
by Tanya Lee Markul on Dec 18, 2011
Drunken Pigeon, Yoga of Not Doing Yoga, Secrets within Yoga, Copyright on Yoga, RYT E-RYT or RYS? BFD!, Fear of the Belly, Acro Yoga, Relationships, Where Is My Guru?, Real Estate 101.2,441 views
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Help our yogi friend Christian realize his dream with one vote.
by elephantjournal.com on Dec 18, 2011
I see and read every vote, they mean a lot to me, and they all truly make a difference!600 views
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Religion doesn’t have to suck. Charter for Compassion.
by Roger Wolsey on Dec 18, 2011
"Compassion isn't popular. People often prefer to be right." - Karen Armstrong Let's reclaim the compassion - the "suffering with", the hesed, the loving-kindness.1,055 views
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Burning through Obstacles in Yoga. ~ Kino MacGregor
by elephantjournal.com on Dec 17, 2011
But very often we live of our lives from a habit pattern established in the past. Once these patterns are established the flow of human consciousness gets organized into certain repetitive patterns. The Sanskrit word for these repetitive patterns is a samskara.4,107 views
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Spirituality In The Face Of Reality.
by Jennifer Fields on Dec 17, 2011
How do you maintain your spiritual connection in your everyday life—at the office, in the grocery store, with your girlfriends, your workaholic boyfriend, your belittling mother, for heaven's sake? That's the prime issue I believe the novel addresses, and its one every spiritual person asks ourselves all the time.575 views
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The Crunchy Commune ~ By Zoie
by Lorin Arnold on Dec 17, 2011
In this post, Zoie of TouchstoneZ considers the kind of community where she would, ideally, live her family life. She dreams of a community that would "nurture families, not in isolation from the world, but in a safe haven when they step back into themselves at the end of the day."347 views
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An open letter to a vivisector.
by Gary Smith on Dec 17, 2011
I received an email from a vivisector regarding from the media coverage for Beagle Freedom Project, which my company Evolotus has managed for almost a year. Below I’ve included her letter, in sections, then my responses.371 views
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