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Pink Sugar for the Soul.

by Robert Sturman on Mar 25, 2012

“And still, after all this time, the Sun has never said to the Earth, ‘You owe me.’ Look what happens with love like that. It lights up the sky.” ― Rumi

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A Yoga Love Story. {Video}

by The Global Yogini on Mar 25, 2012

Stories like this one empower my heart and truly inspire my commitment to promoting healthier and more creative lifestyles, in which yoga becomes a true science of life.

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Department of Oy: Laws for Sale.

by Karl Saliter on Mar 23, 2012

This new law gives you a further sense that things are going, well, like an anchor tied to a stone.

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Community Radio in the Age of Mass Media.

by Cayte Bosler on Mar 22, 2012

We learn and grow with the craft of story. Technology now brings pockets of the world to hand devices and computers, and like never before, we are able to gain insight into lives far from our own.

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Beauty on the Mountaintop: The Graceful Elegance of The Sól Goddess.

by Robert Sturman on Mar 21, 2012

Noelle Beaugureau, The Sól Goddess, is a frequent and luminous subject in Sturman’s work. Together, they have created a highly inspired body of work in the mountains and by the sea.

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Facebook, Flight & Redemption. {Video}

by Karl Saliter on Mar 21, 2012

I’ve gotten away from fiction, and I know better. I’ve been mucking around in the mud too much these days, and the lotus became almost invisible.

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Windows into Pure Love: The Art of Bhakti Yoga.

by Catherine Ghosh on Mar 20, 2012

The relationship between art and yoga extends from antiquity. Artistic expression was once that most unique, potent arena in which one reached beyond oneself, by diving within oneself. It was our connection with transcendence: with moving past all those things that keep us stuck and stagnant in our lives.

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The Art of Being a Student.

by Amy Nobles Dolan on Mar 16, 2012

It’s by balancing learning and experiencing that we stretch beyond knowledge to real wisdom.

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Art: Process, not Product. (And why we shouldn’t give a sh*t). ~ Virginia Vasquez

by elephantjournal.com on Mar 15, 2012

I find that, after awhile, I get lost in trying to create something deserving of an audience, or a price tag. I then begin setting unrealistic expectations, which eventually puts an end to the process altogether.

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Musicology: 10 Songs to Make You Springful.

by Andrea Balt on Mar 14, 2012

All deep things are song.

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Don’t Kill Me!

by Karl Saliter on Mar 13, 2012

It is that girl you let down, and the farmer on whose stolen land you are a trespasser. It is knowing that you will trespass again. It is the black sea turtle and the demon god’s younger sister, Shiela, who will eat you as soon as she looks at you.

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Who We Are.

by Joseph Boquiren on Mar 12, 2012

This is an adaptation of a famous quote by the American poet John Ciardi. Increasingly, many of us-myself included-are becoming nursemaids to our electronic devices.

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Your Body, Your Art & The Inarticulate Speech of Your Heart. Your Backbend has a Voice.

by Robert Sturman on Mar 12, 2012

…for a backbend ~like a sunset~ is the articulation of something bigger… A Backbend Communicates The Inarticulate Speech of your Heart.

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A Body That Produces Ought To Know…

by Joana Smith on Mar 10, 2012

..she hates forgetting the bigger picture.

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The Otherness of Virtual Places. ~ Ali Alisir

by elephantjournal.com on Mar 10, 2012

The state of being virtual involves being something else. In one sense it has the potential of embodying all the qualities of reality.

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On the Creative Process. ~ Kathy McCullough

by elephantjournal.com on Mar 9, 2012

The creative process is the magic of transforming mere potential into the fact of the “actual”—and art is the act of making “if only” into the definity that is “indeed”—the deed of doing it.

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The Story of a Solider Illustrated by a Painted Hand. {Video by Virgilio Villoresi}

by Melissa Smith on Mar 9, 2012

Brilliant animation by Italian filmmaker, Virgilio Villoresi that tells the story of birth, life and death of a soldier through a painted hand.

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Smiling is Mouth Yoga.

by Robert Sturman on Mar 7, 2012

Very rarely has someone even tried to smile and show teeth in my work. Over time, these have become some of my favorites because the smile really is contagious. So, I do declare, I’m gonna welcome your teeth. Why not?

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Somewhere West. {Movie Review} ~ Hayley Samuelson

by elephantjournal.com on Mar 5, 2012

What are you going to do with your next few hours? Next few days? Months? Upcoming year?

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Wonder Woman Practices Yoga.

by Joseph Boquiren on Mar 5, 2012

Wonder Woman puts in a little practice between endless chores of fighting crime, reboots, and costume changes. Her costume is designed by the legendary Jamie McKelvie.

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Pranksters, Planksters & Spiritual Gangsters.

by Robert Sturman on Mar 4, 2012

When things get too serious, sad and tragic — it’s usually a good idea to bring in the clowns, realize it’s just a show and that no matter what, it’s gonna go on. A photographic essay by Robert Sturman.

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Meeting My Guru. ~ Ashley Lande

by elephantjournal.com on Mar 4, 2012

I still remember the first time I met my teacher. She was sparkly, she shone. She smiled and suddenly there was nothing to hide, no artifice, no fettering shame. I felt translucent. She radiated such palpable love and warmth.

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A Love Affair with Yoga and Corona Arch. {Photos}

by Jim Campbell ~ OmLight Photography on Mar 2, 2012

Going big with heart opening

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A Police Officer with an Exquisite Practice. ~ Photographed by Robert Sturman

by Robert Sturman on Mar 2, 2012

Yep, he’s a real police officer – refers to himself as an officer of the peace and is highly respected in the department. And, in the name of Art, he’s posing in full uniform – guns, baton, and mala beads.

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I Really Know How Precious This Is.

by Joana Smith on Mar 1, 2012

Take a rest with me after a long day.

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Yoga & Art: A Visual Metaphor.

by The Global Yogini on Feb 29, 2012

I sense Yoga as an incredible art of the spirit, which seeks to create an altogether new destiny, our own ‘Self’ essence.

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Getting Stoned. ~ Hayley Samuelson

by elephantjournal.com on Feb 29, 2012

As a self proclaimed tough girl, I admit (with slight embarrassment) one thing that draws me to tears is truly great live music. This past week I experienced just that…it came in a very peculiar looking package.

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Five Steps to a Better Diet by Creating a Healthier, Living Kitchen.

by Matt Wallace on Feb 28, 2012

How healthy is your kitchen? Learning to create a healthy kitchen is the first step in living a healthier life. Reclaim the lost room of your house in five easy steps.

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Hanging out on Inversion Tables. {Cartoon}

by Joseph Boquiren on Feb 27, 2012

Looking through the Gaiam yoga catalog, I wondered who might benefit the most by spending some time hanging out (literally) on one of these things.

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Catching Thoughts: Chrysalis.

by Celia Aurora de Blas on Feb 26, 2012

“Chrysalis”

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Kathryn Budig: The Yoga of Balloons by the Carousel. ~ Photographed by Robert Sturman

by Robert Sturman on Feb 25, 2012

Kathryn Budig, carousels, and balloons photographed by Robert Sturman down by America’s boardwalk where Route 66 meets the Pacific Ocean.

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There’s No Place the White Clouds Can’t Go & Other Poems. ~ Judyth Hill

by elephantjournal.com on Feb 24, 2012

I know both those loves.

They take wing inside me,

as if I were an invented city

and you had designed the streets

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Silk Camisole & Woven So Entire {Poetry}. ~ Judyth Hill

by elephantjournal.com on Feb 24, 2012

Silk Camisole I smell like love on a hot day. The bouquet of weak in the knees wishing to be kissed, dark of night toss and turn twisted sheets wind in the pines the way sand stays warm long after dusk, and still the waves of that sultry sea wash in and in, O it’s [...]

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This Video Made Me Cry Happy Love Tears.

by Shawna Turner on Feb 24, 2012

Who could use your hug today?

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The Power of Words. {Incredibly Beautiful Video}

by Shawna Turner on Feb 22, 2012

This short film illustrates the power of words to radically change your message and your effect upon the world.

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At the Puja in Pasties.

by Sara Lovelace on Feb 22, 2012

People often say to me that I am a yogini because, in essence, I need a crutch—that I cannot handle a worldview in which there is nothing outside of the temporal world. You are goddamn right I cannot.

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Robert Sturman: King of The Yoga Photograph, King of Capturing The Soul. The Manifestation Q&A Series.

by Jennifer Pastiloff on Feb 21, 2012

When I asked what he will be up to in 2012, he says “I’ll be pointing towards the beauty and I’ll be continuing to tell our story. That’s what the Artist does” and this, this, is why I love Robert Sturman.

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Why Are You Still Afraid of Being Your Badass Self?

by Robert Sturman on Feb 20, 2012

That intense million watts of brilliant badass energy? It’s not just in some of us. It’s in all of us. Embrace it. ~ A photographic essay by Robert Sturman.

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The Inhibition Project. ~ Davis Tilly {nude}

by elephantjournal.com on Feb 19, 2012

Learning how to let go in your tighty-whities.

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Beating Your Brain: Soothing the Savage within & Making the most of Music. ~ April Dawn Ricchuito

by April Dawn Ricchuito on Feb 18, 2012

Although they say that music soothes the savage beast, you don’t need to be a savage beast to make the most of the benefits that mood boosting music can offer.

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Let’s make love with our words. Poetry by the people. Finish this sentence, “what if…”.

by Shawna Turner on Feb 17, 2012

Let’s make love with our words. Finish this sentence “what if…” in the comments section and see what kind of poetry we can come up with.

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Cuba! Melancholy, Music & Mojo. ~ Robert Sturman Photography

by Robert Sturman on Feb 15, 2012

The people, the cars, the rum, the music, the sea. Cuba broke my heart. Cuba opened my mind. Cuba helped me to see the world. — a Photographic Essay.

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Grammy Ad Steals Hearts: Vegan Approves.

by Karl Saliter on Feb 14, 2012

It doesn’t put down or scold the consumer for past behavior… instead gently guides someone to rethink and change behavior.

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The Valentine’s Day Talking Bookmark: Share the Love. ~ Nicole Maniez

by elephantjournal.com on Feb 13, 2012

The Valentine’s Day Talking Bookmark is a simple and fun project to share with your kids. Learn about their friends as you help them decide which friend gets which bookmark. Discuss what makes a good friend. Share the love.

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Setting in Motion the Wheel of the Dharma.

by Joseph Boquiren on Feb 13, 2012

This is an excerpt from the Dharmacakra Pravartana Sūtra where the newly enlightened Buddha teaches his first lesson and gains his first students.

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The Three-click path to freedom through laughter.

by Karl Saliter on Feb 13, 2012

“If you want to make an apple pie, you must first create the universe.”

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Statler and Waldorph, World Class Critics, from a YouTube appearance.

The Muppets Within.

by Karl Saliter on Feb 10, 2012

Regarding Hafiz, The Muppet Show, and Hitting Yourself On The Head With A Hammer, let me say the following. I once saw a line written on a bathroom wall. It said “I have given up my search for the truth, and am now looking for a good fantasy.” I loved it. There is a lot [...]

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