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My Current Obsession + 7 Ways You Can Help.

by Lynn Hasselberger on Feb 8, 2012

What do Conan O’Brien, Cory Booker, Sesame Street’s Grover, Suze Orman, Ted Leo, Neil Patrick Harris and NASA have in common?

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14 Love Songs (With An Edge) You Should Download Now.

by Melissa Smith on Feb 8, 2012

These songs, like the 30 Best Songs of the Year that should be on your Playlist now, are include a few that I somehow left off which happen to be written for the majority of us in mind: imperfectly perfect beings who are not quite in the place they want to be with love and thick in messy stuff of life.

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The Mind Window.

by Joseph Boquiren on Feb 6, 2012

My mind is weak, easily distracted and is prone to flights of Top Gun fantasy.

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Stephen Colbert: America’s Satirist. ~ Jeff Fulmer

by elephantjournal.com on Feb 6, 2012

As we were laughing at “Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow (ABTT),” we were actually learning how a complicated legal entity works, as well as the inherent dangers in allowing anonymous donors to funnel unlimited amounts of money into campaigns.

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Rubber for Everyone: Mat Rats of All Kinds.

by Megan Romo on Feb 6, 2012

It’s only January and I’ve got Wanderlust on the brain. The Squaw Valley event isn’t for six moths, but I’m already hyped for the food, music, teachers, weather, and for the people. By which I mean the fellow attendees— With so many different yogis at the festival, the people are fun to watch. Every yoga festival’s got [...]

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Sex, Lies & a Great Master.

by Karl Saliter on Feb 4, 2012

I believe Dharma would tell me to mind my business, to trust absolutely in karma, and to lock my bike.

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Giving Despair The Finger.

by Karl Saliter on Feb 3, 2012

Bowing to despair is even easier than coffee overdosing. Yesterday, I was sad. My inner insufferable yoga teacher started right away. “Sad? You should be grateful, look at all you have, blah blah blah.” Really. How about no. I was sad, and as a wise hippie once put it: “Sometimes, you just have to [...]

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Predictions for Year of the Water Dragon 2012.

by Jennifer Bonetto on Feb 2, 2012

National and Global Predictions for 2012 It’s official the year of the water dragon begins February 4th! On this day the energy officially changes over. We use the solar calendar, because it is more accurate in Feng Shui, than the lunar calendar. Weather The Southeastern part of the United States may be affected by flooding, earthquakes, [...]

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11 Ways to Wake Up.

by Kate Bartolotta on Feb 2, 2012

Some days feel like déjà vu all over again.

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Confessions of a Fat Chainsmoker in Yoga Class. ~ Greg Eckard

by elephantjournal.com on Jan 30, 2012

I wore sweatpants and a t-shirt from my favorite greasy spoon diner to hide my big, hairy pot belly. Retreating immediately into the corner, I unfurled my yoga mat. I attempted the two or three stretches I remembered vaguely from elementary school gym class, staring intently at the ground and hoping no one would notice me.

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The Guru.

by Joseph Boquiren on Jan 30, 2012

The gurus of ancient India were bearded and held classes in the jungle.

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7 Reasons to Feel Good About Not Feeling Good.

by Lynn Hasselberger on Jan 30, 2012

Sickness shows us what we are. ~ Latin Proverb

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Don’t Touch My F*cking Toast. ~ Cameron Gilley

by elephantjournal.com on Jan 27, 2012

Over the past 96 hours I have created out of him the most elaborate super-villain. This toast-stealing scoundrel, who would step over his own starving children to get the last piece of toast all for himself, dropping crumbs and dripping honey on them as he satisfies his own selfish desires. And I’m the hero, glowing with the radiance of justice, avowed to make him pay for his crimes.

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How to react to mindless rude annoyance. {Video}

by Waylon Lewis on Jan 20, 2012

As Pema Chodron says, do something different than all the other times. Habitual patterns are like ruts in the earth: easy. Predictable. And limiting. So: Annoyance occurs! Don’t react. Make yourself like a piece of wood, as the Buddhists say. Breathe in. Breathe out. Smile. Shrug. Humor destroys enemies by making them your friend: Orthodox [...]

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7 Reasons you should get Stabbed in 2012.

by Kristin Althea on Jan 18, 2012

Maybe you came in for back pain, or carpal tunnel or a broken leg that won’t heal. Acupuncture has an amazing way of getting the body back to balance so that in addition to helping with your complaints, you suddenly find yourself with the best sleep you’ve had in 20 years, or reacting more calmly to the stuff life throws at you, etc.

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Pink is the New Black. ~ Candi Raphael

by elephantjournal.com on Jan 16, 2012

What can I say, I am tired of feeling like a black pant wearing drone. Don’t get me wrong, I still wear black, but don’t you sometimes feel like you just want to burst out of that dark, dingy, boring box?

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Yoga Session in 3 Minutes: Video.

by Waylon Lewis on Jan 15, 2012

Yoga, for me, is a worthwhile agony. Well, maybe not agony: but it’s not fun. After yoga, however, I feel like a million bucks. My back and shoulders and neck, tightened and screwed up from hours of being still and blogging away at a computer, are suddenly young again. Still, I wish I could do [...]

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Six Reasons to Ignore The New York Times’ Yoga Article. ~ Sarah Miller

by Valerie Carruthers on Jan 13, 2012

If you don’t have hot sex enough with someone who also loves you and pays your bills and who has the same values as you (good luck with that one!), your brain will stop secreting a certain hormone and you WILL DIE.

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A Red Fiat & Wrinkled Khakis. ~ Andrew L. Crowson

by elephantjournal.com on Jan 12, 2012

I have never have been more sure I was the butt of a cosmic joke; it seems the universe aligns itself in such a way that the Divine Prankster is able to play hilarious and ironic jokes on me with ease.

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An Army of Gays.

by Marylee Fairbanks on Jan 10, 2012

The more he used words like adorable and love, the more I believed that I was a hat person.

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Silly Yoga Pose Names

by Joseph Boquiren on Jan 9, 2012

I’ve encountered these pose names from both teachers and students during my several years of practice. The poses aren’t really trademarked. One can also read this as a statement on the corrosive, balkanizing practice of ‘branding’ yoga in this country.

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Ode to Kale.

by Erica Mather on Jan 9, 2012

Oh Kale, to thee I hale,
My dark green leafy lover.

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7 Excuses to Run. Or Not.

by Lynn Hasselberger on Jan 6, 2012

To Run or Not to Run? There should be no question. The fact is this: I can run. But… 7 excuses not to run. Plus 7 counter-excuses. Note: I don’t own a treadmill or belong to a ‘club’, so running outside is my only option. It’s cold. When the weather is questionable for running, I [...]

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Flirting with Bigotry.

by Waylon Lewis on Jan 6, 2012

Hatred vs. Humor? No contest: Fred Phelps and his crew at the Westboro Baptist Church are strictly anti-gay. So, how does one of their men react when Australian ‘reporter’ Charles Firth cracks onto him? More The Chaser’s (making fun of New Agers, this time).

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A perfume that Men cannot resist.

by Joseph Boquiren on Jan 2, 2012

There are some smells that are favorites for men. Among them are baking bread, freshly mowed lawn, clean sheets,..and this smell.

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A Lot Like You.

by Bernadette Birney on Dec 30, 2011

I have the most wonderful news for you: you’re not all that special either! You’re welcome! I mean it in the most positive, generous and liberating way. Don’t forget where to send the fruit basket.

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We’re the Divine Losers.

by Mathew Gerson on Dec 27, 2011

“The truth is that we are losers. You make enough fuss that you attract the real forces down on you. And then you have to hide. We’re always gonna be in the minority, and we’re always gonna lose. We’ve always lost, all through history. We’re the divine losers. And I keep inviting all these young, [...]

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Santa Claus meets Chandra the Moon God

by Joseph Boquiren on Dec 26, 2011

Santa Claus encounters Chandra the Moon God while delivering gifts to all the good boys and girls.

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Yoga Will Improve Your Sex Life!

by Jamie Ginsberg on Dec 21, 2011

“Yoga will improve your sex life,” I said as a last ditch effort to convince my father-in-law to take a class. As I said the words, the truth of these basic words echoed in my head. Why do we shy away from this as we describe the benefits of yoga with increased clarity, connecting more with the earth and people, stronger muscles and improved flexibility. These are all nice benefits, that cover up the real story here, you will start having better sex. You want me to spell it out for you? S-E-X!!!

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Spirituality In The Face Of Reality.

by Jennifer Fields on Dec 17, 2011

How do you maintain your spiritual connection in your everyday life—at the office, in the grocery store, with your girlfriends, your workaholic boyfriend, your belittling mother, for heaven’s sake? That’s the prime issue I believe the novel addresses, and its one every spiritual person asks ourselves all the time.

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Stuff Girls Say…

by Tobye Hillier on Dec 15, 2011

Funny, funny, funny!

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Year of the Water Dragon: What to Expect in 2012

by Jennifer Bonetto on Dec 15, 2011

Annual Energies in the year of the Water Dragon The year of the Water Dragon begins February 4, 2012 (the Solar/Hsia Calendar). However, the Chinese celebrate it on January 23rd (Lunar Calendar). In the north, the “sickness” energy visits; if you‟re prone to stomach, reproductive, digestive or any other issues in the mid-section of the [...]

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Samadhi Pants – Introducing Ibaz the Yoga Dog

by Joseph Boquiren on Dec 12, 2011

Samadhi Pants introduces a new character, Ibaz the Yoga Dog!

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How to Handle Blame: Laugh at Yourself. {Alec Baldwin appears on Saturday Night Live}

by Waylon Lewis on Dec 11, 2011

Words with Friends…on Saturday Night Live. Well played, Cap’n Rogers. Gee Willikers. PS: the part about phones not being able to interfere with planes? That’s serious.

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Ode to Finals. ~ Zoe Schiffer

by elephantjournal.com on Dec 9, 2011

“I just think that our education system needs to take a good, hard look at itself in the mirror and realize that if, in my future life, I am ever asked to find the vertex form of a quadratic function, I will do what any half-sane individual would in such a situation, and punch whoever asked me for it in the face.”

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Samadhi Pants – Holiday Shopping.

by Joseph Boquiren on Dec 5, 2011

Sometimes we need to take the high road because the low road is unavailable

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Laughter, Love & Letting Go.

by Jennifer Fields on Dec 3, 2011

This is the story of the day I let go of my mom and my dog rolled in her ashes.

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Ellen Degeneres Introduces a New Show and Induces Laughter. ~ Becca Thill

by elephantjournal.com on Nov 30, 2011

Less biting…good tip Ellen! haha.

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Hilarious Wedding Procession. {Video}

by Brianna Bemel on Nov 29, 2011

The way weddings should be…
Wait for it…and enjoy…

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Samadhi Pants: Neckwarmer.

by Joseph Boquiren on Nov 28, 2011

My cat likes to perch on me while I am sitting still, keeping us both warm on cold days.

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Becoming Bugs Bunny*

by Jackie Summers on Nov 28, 2011

We trust in Bugs because he trusts in himself. He accepts himself fully for who he is, huge buck teeth and all. He’s sexy because he doesn’t care if you think he’s sexy.

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Call Out to All Former Zombies. ~ Gregory S. Pettys

by elephantjournal.com on Nov 22, 2011

Participating in occupy gatherings around the country and witnessing first hand the collective unrest of the 99 percent and the brutal response from the authorities suggests that an inevitable turn of events is on the horizon. The dogs can only be pressed into the corner for so long before they bite.

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Too much Coffee.

by Joseph Boquiren on Nov 21, 2011

Drinking too much coffee causes me a great deal of embarrassment and distress in Pilates and yoga classes.

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Start Your Day Off Laughing. {Video}

by Brianna Bemel on Nov 21, 2011

This baby’s laughter is a gift to you.
Also, don’t forget to be amused by the little things.

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Dancing With The Stars. Why I Will Lose.

by Lynn Hasselberger on Nov 19, 2011

I cannot dance. I can play the piano, I can maintain a beat. I’ve always wanted to dance. To glide and shimmy and groove. Watching Glee makes me want to jump up and move. I imagine myself gyrating like a wild woman, my hair in a tussle. But it is not to be. In 4th [...]

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If Tim Allen is The Last Man Standing, We’re in Trouble!~Courtney Rowe

by elephantjournal.com on Nov 15, 2011

Humor is wonderful and it fits into plenty of places. The use of it to demean women in mainstream media is not, however, one of them.

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Samadhi Pants – Mens’ Yoga

by Joseph Boquiren on Nov 14, 2011

Imagining another way to get guys to start practicing yoga.

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Words shape our thoughts.

by Michael Levin on Nov 14, 2011

He gave man speech, and speech created thought, Which is the measure of the Universe…

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Jaws Wired Shut. {True Story}

by Lynn Hasselberger on Nov 13, 2011

A harrowing, sometimes funny, story of surgery. And the aftermath.

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Dharma talk: How to dodge your ego

by Writing Our Way Home on Nov 10, 2011

After the service, Kaspa told me I’d got everything right, apart from the terrible faux pas of walking down the centre of the material in front of the shrine. This is reserved for EMPERORS ONLY. Talk about giving myself a promotion…

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