http://www.elephantjournal.com daily blog, videos, e-newsletter & magazine on yoga + organics + green living + non-new agey spirituality + ecofashion + conscious consumerism=it's about the mindful life. Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:46:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/06/random-yogis-rockin-wicked-poses-in-grand-central-station/ http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/06/random-yogis-rockin-wicked-poses-in-grand-central-station/#comments Mon, 03 Jun 2013 22:36:22 +0000 Robert Sturman http://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=519059 I saw a CEO with a badass practice. We never got to talking much about our stories but stories were definitely told.]]> http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/06/random-yogis-rockin-wicked-poses-in-grand-central-station/feed/ 2 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/06/canadian-police-officer-discusses-freedom-yoga-and-the-bhagavad-gita-inspiring-1-minute-video/ http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/06/canadian-police-officer-discusses-freedom-yoga-and-the-bhagavad-gita-inspiring-1-minute-video/#comments Sun, 02 Jun 2013 13:58:55 +0000 Robert Sturman http://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=518518 Officer Brigitte Brousseau is a certified yoga teacher. In this 1 minute video, she discusses how she has become clear with the responsibility and power to take away another's freedom.]]> http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/06/canadian-police-officer-discusses-freedom-yoga-and-the-bhagavad-gita-inspiring-1-minute-video/feed/ 0 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/05/i-love-this-soldier-and-she-loves-yoga/ http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/05/i-love-this-soldier-and-she-loves-yoga/#comments Sun, 26 May 2013 20:04:36 +0000 Robert Sturman http://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=515899 My yoga practice is my way of strengthening my inner core so I can spiritually, mentally and physically better serve my family and my community. ]]> http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/05/i-love-this-soldier-and-she-loves-yoga/feed/ 4 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/05/they-said-id-end-up-in-a-wheelchair-but-i-knew-better-than-to-listen-to-them/ http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/05/they-said-id-end-up-in-a-wheelchair-but-i-knew-better-than-to-listen-to-them/#comments Sat, 25 May 2013 10:53:27 +0000 Robert Sturman http://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=514190 I was 29, a brand new mom, and I had just been diagnosed with a disease I’d never even heard of. Multiple Sclerosis stops people from moving. They don’t know what causes the body to attack itself, and they don’t know how to cure it. It’s a mysterious and unpredictable illness, and a diagnosis often [...]]]> http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/05/they-said-id-end-up-in-a-wheelchair-but-i-knew-better-than-to-listen-to-them/feed/ 15 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/05/a-walk-in-the-forest-with-tao-porchon-lynch-photographed-by-robert-sturman/ http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/05/a-walk-in-the-forest-with-tao-porchon-lynch-photographed-by-robert-sturman/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 20:35:32 +0000 Robert Sturman http://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=514157 "Yoga is a dance on the inside." ~ Tao ]]> http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/05/a-walk-in-the-forest-with-tao-porchon-lynch-photographed-by-robert-sturman/feed/ 0 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/04/strength-grace-you-asked-for-men-heres-29-of-them/ http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/04/strength-grace-you-asked-for-men-heres-29-of-them/#comments Wed, 03 Apr 2013 14:37:09 +0000 Robert Sturman http://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=496605 This post is dedicated to the men who stepped up and struck a pose. ]]> http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/04/strength-grace-you-asked-for-men-heres-29-of-them/feed/ 5 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/02/rare-magical-footage-captured-of-a-liz-archrobert-sturman-shoot/ http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/02/rare-magical-footage-captured-of-a-liz-archrobert-sturman-shoot/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 03:23:28 +0000 Robert Sturman http://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=474254 I hesitated at first, thinking it needed to be edited down to make it significantly shorter. But the 30 minutes of raw  footage is such an intimate view into one of the more magical shoots I have ever had. Included in this post, are nineteen finished pieces from the shoot. As I watched this video, [...]]]> http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/02/rare-magical-footage-captured-of-a-liz-archrobert-sturman-shoot/feed/ 5 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/01/yoga-taught-me-how-to-be-an-artist-robert-sturman/ http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/01/yoga-taught-me-how-to-be-an-artist-robert-sturman/#comments Tue, 29 Jan 2013 01:23:50 +0000 Robert Sturman http://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=460229 Art is the very expression of Prana, of life's creative mystery, uniquely moving through you as the human soul aroused.]]> http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/01/yoga-taught-me-how-to-be-an-artist-robert-sturman/feed/ 4 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/01/my-first-nude-since-the-art-academy-robert-sturman/ http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/01/my-first-nude-since-the-art-academy-robert-sturman/#comments Wed, 02 Jan 2013 04:45:35 +0000 Robert Sturman http://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=445874 It took me many years to return to the study of the nude figure in art. I was trained as a painter and it was customary to have nude models in the studio eight hours a day.]]> http://www.elephantjournal.com/2013/01/my-first-nude-since-the-art-academy-robert-sturman/feed/ 8 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/12/innocence-its-what-they-teach-us/ http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/12/innocence-its-what-they-teach-us/#comments Sat, 15 Dec 2012 20:22:38 +0000 Robert Sturman http://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=436090 Innocence of children]]> http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/12/innocence-its-what-they-teach-us/feed/ 2