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. Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:30:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2010/02/bobwheeling-without-winter-theres-no-winter-games-lol-video/ http://www.elephantjournal.com/2010/02/bobwheeling-without-winter-theres-no-winter-games-lol-video/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:22:57 +0000 elephantjournal.com http://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=39915 What does Climate Change or Global Warming, the Winter Olympics, incompetence, humor and tight bulgy suits have in common? It’s called Bobwheeling. OMGLOL: “You watched a lot of TV.” This vid has 237 views, together, let’s get it to 242 views within the month. Introducing Bobwheeling – a new demonstration sport for future Winter Games. Technorati Tags: [...]]]> http://www.elephantjournal.com/2010/02/bobwheeling-without-winter-theres-no-winter-games-lol-video/feed/ 0 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2010/02/buddhist-hospice-chaplain-hollie-laudal-blogs-for-the-examiner/ http://www.elephantjournal.com/2010/02/buddhist-hospice-chaplain-hollie-laudal-blogs-for-the-examiner/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:33:16 +0000 Reverend Danny Fisher http://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=39888 My old friend Hollie Laudal, with whom I graduated from the M.Div. program at Naropa University, has just started writing a blog for the Examiner. Hollie is a hospice chaplain, and her first post reflects on the evolution of the role of the health care chaplain. Here’s a choice snippet: Chaplains play interesting roles. [...]]]> http://www.elephantjournal.com/2010/02/buddhist-hospice-chaplain-hollie-laudal-blogs-for-the-examiner/feed/ 0 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2010/02/boulder-unchained-keeping-it-real-by-keeping-it-local/ http://www.elephantjournal.com/2010/02/boulder-unchained-keeping-it-real-by-keeping-it-local/#comments Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:56:55 +0000 Todd Mayville http://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=39876 One of the big slogans we hear all of the time (locally) is “Keep Boulder Weird,” a great reminder as to how unique the city of Boulder is (What? No Wal-Mart?! WEIRD!), and quite frankly, it’s that uniqueness, that weirdness… that pride in keeping it real by keeping it local that is part of what [...]]]> http://www.elephantjournal.com/2010/02/boulder-unchained-keeping-it-real-by-keeping-it-local/feed/ 1 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2010/02/hunky-jesus-yes-please-claire-flannery/ http://www.elephantjournal.com/2010/02/hunky-jesus-yes-please-claire-flannery/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:20:49 +0000 elephantjournal.com http://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=39840 Offensive? Funny? Sexy? Religious? Every Easter, the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence host the Hunky Jesus Contest in San Francisco at Dolores Park. It draws huge crowds, eager to enjoy the sight of hundreds of beautiful (and not so beautiful…) gay and straight men parading around in their best/worst Jesus get-up. And, of course, only one Godly hottie can earn [...]]]> http://www.elephantjournal.com/2010/02/hunky-jesus-yes-please-claire-flannery/feed/ 0 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2010/02/vajradhara-thangka-to-be-removed/ http://www.elephantjournal.com/2010/02/vajradhara-thangka-to-be-removed/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:59:46 +0000 Claire Lochridge http://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=39810 A Tradition of Impermanence? It’s tough. Buddhism is a tradition dating back 2,500 years. And yet, it’s a tradition based on now, not ritual, dogma, accumulated history. And yet, in Buddhism, traditions and rituals are based upon reminding us of the present moment. So when one newer Buddhist teacher wants to change a series of traditions [...]]]> http://www.elephantjournal.com/2010/02/vajradhara-thangka-to-be-removed/feed/ 0 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2010/02/welcome-to-twitter-hell-bill-schwartz/ http://www.elephantjournal.com/2010/02/welcome-to-twitter-hell-bill-schwartz/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:53:41 +0000 elephantjournal.com http://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=39833 Tibetan Buddhism, Don’t Ask Alyce—and How to Stop Online Bullies. ~ by Bill Schwartz @RyderJaphy on Twitter (via @elephantjournal) “Hell is just resistance to life.” ~ Pema Chodron Props to Waylon for publishing “Bite me, Boulder Buddhists.” That took a pair, my friend. Not bad for a “Dharma Brat.” Now for the latest controversy—what everyone is tweeting about these [...]]]> http://www.elephantjournal.com/2010/02/welcome-to-twitter-hell-bill-schwartz/feed/ 28 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2010/02/the-16th-karmapa-the-lions-roar-other-videos-of-the-late-great-tibetan-buddhist-teacher/ http://www.elephantjournal.com/2010/02/the-16th-karmapa-the-lions-roar-other-videos-of-the-late-great-tibetan-buddhist-teacher/#comments Sat, 02 May 2009 01:43:59 +0000 Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com http://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=13886 When I was a child, a so-called “Dharma Brat,” I knew the 16th Karmapa a little—he was like a sports star in my childhood home, with pictures tacked up everywhere, news of him once in awhile. I called him the Big Man in the Big Hat. For more on the Karmapa, and his charismatic reincarnation, [...]]]> http://www.elephantjournal.com/2010/02/the-16th-karmapa-the-lions-roar-other-videos-of-the-late-great-tibetan-buddhist-teacher/feed/ 4 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2010/02/traffic-jam-yoga-psychology-for-stress-management-robert-butera/ http://www.elephantjournal.com/2010/02/traffic-jam-yoga-psychology-for-stress-management-robert-butera/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:26:06 +0000 elephantjournal.com http://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=39830 How do you face your daily challenges? How often do you feel subtle or extreme stress? Are you constantly reacting to your surroundings without awareness, or are you paying attention and discerning your choices? Let’s take the universal example of traffic. What do you experience when you are stuck in a serious traffic jam? Often the [...]]]> http://www.elephantjournal.com/2010/02/traffic-jam-yoga-psychology-for-stress-management-robert-butera/feed/ 0 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2010/02/don-season-be-afraid-eileen-malloy/ http://www.elephantjournal.com/2010/02/don-season-be-afraid-eileen-malloy/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:01:02 +0000 elephantjournal.com http://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=39807 This article is a part of elephant’s Shambhala Day/Losar series. Illustration of the coming Eastern New Year, year of the Iron Tiger by Marguerite Sands. Check her web site here. Your Birds are Coming Home to Roost… Well, not roost exactly, because nothing can truly roost in the non-material world, but during this time of year—known as [...]]]> http://www.elephantjournal.com/2010/02/don-season-be-afraid-eileen-malloy/feed/ 5 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2010/02/peeling-off-the-layers-life-coaching-brooke-gessay/ http://www.elephantjournal.com/2010/02/peeling-off-the-layers-life-coaching-brooke-gessay/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:44:59 +0000 elephantjournal.com http://www.elephantjournal.com/?p=39811 Nine out of ten people ask me– “What is Life Coaching?” – when I tell them it’s my vocation. And it’s a good question. Honestly, I still don’t fully know the answer. I do know that coaching is a mysterious and deeply intuitive way of being with another human being, and that it can be incredibly [...]]]> http://www.elephantjournal.com/2010/02/peeling-off-the-layers-life-coaching-brooke-gessay/feed/ 0