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		<title>Why I Write for elephant. ~  Michelle Marchildon</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:24:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Marchildon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whenever I travel or teach in foreign places, like Canada, or Boulder, people want to know the same thing: Why do I write for elephant journal? When I published “Finding More,” I thought the public may want to know if it was true (yes). And when I published “Theme Weaver,” I thought they may want [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teaching is Not Easy in a Crisis.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 15:54:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was in my basement office when my son came down to say that a bomb went off at the Boston Marathon. Then he returned to say that he just saw a man without legs. I was getting ready to teach in a few hours, after dinner, homework, laundry and now apparently this, a horrific [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Get Rid of Belly Fat. ~  Michelle Marchildon.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 13:45:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Marchildon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently clicked on a video that promised it would get rid of my belly fat. After all, I am in favor of anything that will get rid of my ample midsection, especially if all I have to do is click. Up until now, I’ve tried dieting, exercising and even prayer, but nothing seems to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Word! Darren Rhodes Dishes about Yoga Drama, YogaHour &amp; What it’s like to Be a Father.</title>
		<link>http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/04/word-darren-rhodes-dishes-about-yoga-drama-yogahour-what-its-like-to-be-a-father/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 12:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Marchildon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Darren Rhodes, international yoga teacher and asana model for the style formerly known as Anusara, was the first major teacher to leave the school in 2012 along with Christina Sell. Their departure sent shock waves through the community, and ultimately the fastest growing yoga school in the world foundered six months later. Since then, Darren [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Write &amp; Sell a Book, but Mostly Sell It.</title>
		<link>http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/03/how-to-write-sell-a-book-but-mostly-sell-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Marchildon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[To all the aspiring writers out there: Do you have a book in you? I had one in me for 35 years. My college professor contacted me every single year asking if I wrote my story, yet, and every year I had to say I had not because life got in the way. Until last [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Know a Real Voice When You Hear One. ~ Michelle Marchildon</title>
		<link>http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/03/how-to-know-a-real-voice-when-you-hear-one-michelle-marchildon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/03/how-to-know-a-real-voice-when-you-hear-one-michelle-marchildon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Mar 2013 20:18:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Marchildon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Therefore, if someone is telling you they are a real voice in yoga, and that everything is love and light, and the only thing that matters is love, and people are always good, and the world is always sunshine, and if we chant our hearts are one, and that everyone else is un-yogic, and that your butt looks good in Luon, run. That’s right, run.]]></description>
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		<title>Over it! Why Anonymous Comments Are Meaningless, or Just Mean.</title>
		<link>http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/03/over-it-why-anonymous-comments-are-meaningless-or-just-mean/</link>
		<comments>http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/03/over-it-why-anonymous-comments-are-meaningless-or-just-mean/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 13:52:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Marchildon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; Let me tell you what I really think about the anonymous internet comments that plague just about every writer these days. I think they suck. On the one hand, I admit, it’s pretty nice to hear that I have supported, encouraged and given voice to millions (okay, maybe just a hundred or so) of [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>When a Queen Bee Zaps Your Ass-Ana.</title>
		<link>http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/03/when-a-queen-bee-zaps-your-ass-ana/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 14:06:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Marchildon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I will never forget the day the ballerina came to teach yoga at my local studio. She did not actually walk into the building. She kind of sailed in on tiptoe, then with arms overhead she did a pirouette and landed at the front desk. Entrances were her thing. Within two weeks the ballerina had [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>67</slash:comments>
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		<title>Maybe This Time Will Be Different. ~ Michelle Marchildon</title>
		<link>http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/02/maybe-this-time-will-be-different/</link>
		<comments>http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/02/maybe-this-time-will-be-different/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2013 03:16:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Marchildon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Sunday’s edition of The New York Times, the “Meh List” declared that “teachable moments” are over. Thank efffing God! I cannot tell you how many times I have had teachable moments. In fact, you could say that all of last year was one big teachable moment. Worse, my inability to learn anything from these times [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Yoga Voice Drowns out the Real Voice.</title>
		<link>http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/02/when-yoga-voice-drowns-out-the-real-voice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 13:57:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michelle Marchildon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you practice yoga, then you know all about yoga voice. It is a sing-song, la-di-da way of speaking that makes most of us want to scream. But yoga voice is also a kind of groupthink that has infected yoga and it’s making even the smart people lose their mind. Groupthink is a psychological term [...]]]></description>
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