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About: Brooks Hall

Website: http://brookshall.blogspot.com/
Profile: Brooks Hall is a Yogic Muse from Chicago, Illinois. In this capacity she teaches Yoga, writes about Yoga, and generally enjoys it. You can find her at: brookshall.blogspot.com.
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The Science of Yoga: from Ritual Sex to Yogic Hypersexuality.

by Brooks Hall on Jan 23, 2012

'The Science of Yoga: The Risks and Rewards' is a fascinating chronology containing data from scientific inquiry, and further postulations of author, William J. Broad, senior science writer for The New York Times and yoga practitioner since 1970.

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Yoga and Pelvic What? …You Know, “Down There.”

by Brooks Hall on Jan 4, 2012

Some of my friends have drawn a blank when it comes to yoga and the pelvic floor. “What’s that?” they might ask, or “Why?” is another question that sometimes comes up.

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On Writing Yoga, Honoring Teachers, and Having Fun on the Path.

by Brooks Hall on Oct 25, 2011

I am so grateful for everything that took place so that I could have the experience of first resisting, and then reading this wonderful book...

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Is Rape Culture Darwin’s Fault?

by Brooks Hall on Sep 26, 2011

I’ve found myself questioning the values of the culture I’m living in. It’s a culture that tends to look the other way when many people are raped. Why?

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Yoga class led by Andrea Metcalf on the Skydeck Chicago of the Willis Tower.

Grabbable Buns, Media, Glitz and Yoga on the 103rd floor.

by Brooks Hall on Aug 14, 2011

We were directed to "squeeze the glutes! Because, you know what they say… If we don't squeeze the glutes then nobody else is going to want to squeeze them for us."

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The Magic Mountain of Freedom, Love and Death

by Brooks Hall on Aug 7, 2011

We dream anonymously and communally, though each in his own way. The great soul, of which we are just a little piece, dreams through us so to speak, dreams in our many different ways its own eternal, secret dream—about its youth its hope its joy, its peace, and its bloody feast.

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Slathering Yoga-Infused Love all over Björk’s Crystalline.

by Brooks Hall on Jul 19, 2011

I've been listening (rather obsessively) to Björk's new single, Crystalline, and have been enjoying yoga-infused inspirations and visions from the lyrics.

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Yoga Blogging Chronicles of Brooks Hall

by Brooks Hall on Jul 14, 2011

When I say, “I am a yoga blogger,” I consider this statement to align a bit closer to the statement “I have an obsession/addiction/guilty pleasure” than “I matter” or “I am on the cutting edge.”

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Open to a Radical Acceptance of Life, including Death and Suicidal Thoughts.

by Brooks Hall on Jun 11, 2011

Every year, worldwide, an estimated three-quarters of a million people take their own life, making suicide and attempted suicide subjects we need to explore with much more creativity and interest. ~Michael Stone

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