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Peace from Pieces—Thoughts For 2012. ~ David Firmage

by on Feb 22, 2012

Everything that makes up my body today was once a breath of my ancestors. They were once mountains, and one day you and I will become a drop of ocean. But, this is our stuff, our bones, and skin, and sweat. What of our souls? What of who we are?

Follow Your Intuition. ~ Laura Wells

by on Feb 22, 2012

I've been led down an interesting, unusual path lately. A few years ago (like most everyone else, I'm sure) my little family and I began to endure a litany of financial hardships that nearly broke us in more profound ways than just in our bank account.

Anti Yoga Blog. ~ Kevin Collins

by on Feb 22, 2012

Everyone from random bloggers to major media are joining the chorus of voices telling yoga teachers to quit their preaching about sharing light and manifesting intentions, stop being so intolerably happy and really just to shut the hell up altogether.

Free Range Isn’t All It’s Cracked Up to Be. ~ Laura Ruby

by on Feb 21, 2012

Free-range chickens are supposed to have ‘access to the outdoors’. But, there are numerous accounts where the door to the ‘outdoors’ is so small only one chicken can fit at a time, the ’outdoors’ is really a small cement slab, or the chickens are kept indoors most of their lives before having any access to any sort of fresh air shortly before their death.

Love Is. ~ Dr. Indu Arora

by on Feb 21, 2012

I feel that the only thing required learning anything in the world is Love. I feel that “Love teaches ALL”. One can read it in Sufi compositions, in poetries of the poets, in the philosophies of the philosophers about the grandeur of true love.

Would You Eat A Dog? {Video/Review} ~ Kelly Brichta

by on Feb 21, 2012

Logically—I can't think of a reason not to. Morally—would eating my dog be better than ordering a steak? The whole world can't be vegetarian or vegan, so how would eating dogs help? It might create a relationship between people and the animals we eat that is—now—less common.

Janus Bifrons and beginnings. ~ Sophie Rochefort-Guillouet

by on Feb 21, 2012

One of his faces looks to the past, the other to the future. He gave his name to the month that inaugurates the year: January, the month of Janus. It can remind us that we live with memories and anticipation, inheritance and projects in this fragile and fertile intersection is called the present.

The Logistics of On-Again Off-Again Relationships. ~ Sarah Nabulsi

by on Feb 20, 2012

When you fall in love with a person and then out of love, and then back into love, and then back out, ad nauseum, while the passing of years performs the requisite expansion in maturity and experience on the both of you, a sense of realism saturates the romance.

Five Reasons Why I Hate Yoga. ~ Alison Kelly, RYT

by on Feb 20, 2012

All I want to do is push a little bit further into my twisting pose, but all of my energy and attention is into making sure my sphincter is squeezed shut. Oh right, and I'm suppose to breathe. I don't think so!

Doing Your Duty. ~ Toko-pa Turner

by on Feb 19, 2012

She says our self-hatred is actually loneliness. It is the pain of our separation from the Family of Things. We have created a self-referencing system which habitually takes of the Earth and gives nothing back.

Is Yoga Self-Serving? ~ Emelia Symington Fedy

by on Feb 19, 2012

“Getting up for sadhana in the morning is a totally selfish act - for personal strength, for personal intuition, for personal sharpness, for personal discipline, and overall for absolute personal prosperity.” ~Yogi Bhajan

Surrender Your Addiction to Suffering: Part One. ~ Carolyn Elliott

by on Feb 18, 2012

Your life may have lots of wondrous things in it, but still you wake up in the morning with a feeling of dread that could impress Franz Kafka. This feeling can shake off at some point during the day-- or it can grip you continuously.

A Journey Toward Health. ~ Lynette Suchar

by on Feb 17, 2012

When Tammy’s body started to send her messages she listened. Her hands swelled. Her shoulders ached. Her joints filled with pain. She didn’t know what was wrong but she persisted in finding out.

Is Social Media the Key to Enlightenment? ~ Angela Arnett

by on Feb 17, 2012

What do we do when a cloak of anonymity provides just the shot of cyber courage we needed to succumb to the urge to make snarky, judgmental, hurtful comments or implications that we would never dream of making when we are sharing a dinner table or bus seat with our conversant?

Embrace the Toot. ~ Jenny Foster

by on Feb 16, 2012

So I say: to make the pants-puff more bearable, we simply have to give up the idea of “bearing” it and embrace it as a healthy and hilarious part of life. Stop being embarrassed about it and own the fart.

Fear is a Lack of Gratitude. ~ Carolyn Elliott

by on Feb 15, 2012

Every time we feel threatened by an actual or possible situation, we're forgetting both to be grateful for all the wonders we've received in the past, and all the wonders inherent in what we think may be threatening us.

Surviving Very Poor. ~ Monique Ruffin

by on Feb 15, 2012

This was the scariest decision I ever made –– to become a stay-at-home single parent for a child with special needs; a choice that would change the trajectory of my life forever...I have also learned that very poor has much more to do with the spirit of a person than it does with the balance in their bank account.

The Buddha on Food Stamps. ~ Joan Whitacre

by on Feb 15, 2012

Standing in line at a Whole Foods in an upscale mall, I was accompanied by others who were also exercising their health wise, environmentally friendly, and economically privileged choices.

New Rules for Sex, for Men. ~ Owen Marcus

by on Feb 13, 2012

My warning – following the simple directions of the article and being present will shift your relationship. The intimacy of your sex will generalize into your entire relationship.

Learn to Meditate via Thumb Twiddling. ~ Donna Wilding

by on Feb 13, 2012

“Thumb twiddling is frequently used as an example of a useless, time-wasting activity.”1While this made me laugh thinking of all the “time-wasting” he's done, I disagree. After much twiddling myself, I believe that a great deal of his calmness & coolness is in fact, from thumb twiddling.

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