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Happy/Sad — Does It Matter?
by Braja Sorensen on Feb 11, 2012
...the smell of the earth changes, winter officially withdraws the remnants of its presence, and a new resident moves in.22 views
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Yogic Sleep?
by Chanti Tacoronte-Perez on Feb 11, 2012
Relax Into Greatness is an approach to the ancient form of relaxation called yoga nidra, yogic sleep. In this ancient yogic practice, we develop gratitude and effortlessness through relaxation; these are two of the most important attributes for actualizing your sankalpa. Your ability to manifest your sankalpa is greatly supported through the process of yoga nidra.74 views
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The Yoga Revolution: Bridging the Gap between Spiritualism & Materialism. ~ James Rohan
by elephantjournal.com on Feb 11, 2012
It’s time to wake up. Contrary to what advertisers and most major religions teach, happiness is not “out there”. There is no power outside of ourselves that can make us happy. Happiness has never been out there and yet day after day, year after year we go “out there” looking for it.50 views
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Shut the F%@k Up and Let Me Suffer!
by Tom Grasso on Feb 11, 2012
"People sometimes become shocked when I tell them I wanted to die. I, frankly, cannot understand how they would not agree with me."518 views
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You’re on Your Own. ~ Jacquelyn O’Brien
by elephantjournal.com on Feb 10, 2012
I’ve been giving some thought to gurus, teachers and our relationships with them. I’ve been thinking about our tendency to give away our power. To invest heavily in someone else seems to reduce our ability to invest in ourselves.572 views
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Much Ado about (almost) Nothing. ~ Johanna Lyman
by elephantjournal.com on Feb 10, 2012
Look to your own guru now to decide if the principles of Anusara still resonate within your heart. If the message is clear, it shouldn’t matter if the messenger is messy.267 views
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Why This Might be the Best Thing to Happen to Anusara Yoga. ~ Katrina Ariel
by elephantjournal.com on Feb 10, 2012
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Letter: Group of Senior Teachers meet with John Friend, Anusara Yoga restructured.
by elephantjournal.com on Feb 10, 2012
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On Knowing What is Meant By Goodness: The John Friend Controversy, with Respect.
by Josh Schrei on Feb 10, 2012
Just as certain combinations of notes make chords that uplift and others create discord, so certain behaviors are in line with goodness and some are not. There are real forces in this universe of harmony and joy and uplift and there are forces of confusion and disharmony and violence and pain that draw unhealthy hearts like a magnet. There are ways of being that bring smiles to the eyes of children, and there are ways of being that result in conflict among men.1,601 views
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Remember your New Years’ Resolutions? No? Here are the Buddha’s all 12 (apocryphal) ways to fix that.
by Ricardo das Neves on Feb 10, 2012
My guess is if the Buddha did New Years’ Resolutions, the Four Noble Truths would’ve looked like this: 1. In life there is time-wasting 2. The origin of time-wasting is unconsciousness 3. To stop being unconscious you must know what you want and what you don’t want (duh!) 4. To know what you want and what you don’t want, walk the noble twelvefold path....114 views
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Relationships. We Don’t Just Want ‘Em. We Need ‘Em.
by Amy Nobles Dolan on Feb 10, 2012
As we grow up, move out and create lives independent of our families, we continue to practice expressing our deepest, spiritual beliefs – acceptance, understanding, compassion, selflessness, unconditional love - through the relationships we form.479 views
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You Call that an Article? ~ David Regelin
by elephantjournal.com on Feb 10, 2012
The article had taken a fragment of our two interview sessions, wherein I spoke of the transformational potential of a yoga practice, and turned it into a four page rant and complain session.934 views
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Let Your Sh*t Fly. ~ Olga Feingold
by elephantjournal.com on Feb 9, 2012
The YogaHope philosophy heals trauma through recognizing your emotions, working through them on the mat, and learning to create emotional and mental space through a specialized intentional training.390 views
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Goal of Life in Maximum Security: Meet your new teacher.
by Anneke Lucas on Feb 9, 2012
"I’ve discovered that the energy of devotion is the same as the energy of gratitude. ... Even here in a place like this it is easy to find gratitude for many things, like having yard every day, for having programs so we can rehabilitate ourselves, for having many like-minded people I can talk to, for getting three meals a day, for the sunshine…”1,053 views
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The Answer to All Your Questions…the First Four Words You See Describe You.
by Shawna Turner on Feb 9, 2012
Scan this happy face. It may take a while for the words to reveal themselves. Be patient and see what comes up.2,912 views
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The Auspicious Efficacy of John Friend’s Words.
by Jimmy Gleacher on Feb 9, 2012
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My interview with John Friend regarding jfexposed accusations.
by Walk The Talk Show on Feb 8, 2012
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Looking for John Friend: A True Tiny Story from The Big Picture Book.
by Hilary Lindsay on Feb 8, 2012
Here in the vast expanse of the world, of the oceans of the sky that are a beacon over this airy place where Anusara will or will not live, that teacher, his practice and this latest story of a yoga scandal are nothing but an illusion. They do not exist.350 views
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Briohny Smyth, Michael Stusser and the Equinox Yoga Video.
by Donna Freeman on Feb 8, 2012
Briohny Smyth caused a ruckus, Michael A. Stusser made us laugh. Hear from each of them on the impact of the 2012 Equinox video.240 views
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5 Super Foods for Super Powers!
by Shawna Turner on Feb 8, 2012
Unleash your inner Super Hero with these Five Super Foods for Super Energy!248 views
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John Friend: Response to Allegations, a letter to the Anusara community.
by elephantjournal.com on Feb 8, 2012
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What to do when it becomes unbearable (don’t run for the hills).
by Writing Our Way Home on Feb 8, 2012
"To be fully alive, fully human, and completely awake is to be continually thrown out of the nest." ~Pema Chodron444 views
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Off the Uniform, into the Practice. ~ Rachael Arabian
by elephantjournal.com on Feb 8, 2012
So here I am, about to end an eight year military career to teach yoga.92 views
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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.1,742 views
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Love at first stretch.
by Michelle Fajkus on Feb 8, 2012
Justice, they say, is what love looks like in public. I would argue that forgiveness is what love looks like in private. Yoga, above all, has taught me to forgive.290 views
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Sex, Bliss, Tantra & the Anusara Revolution.
by Ramesh Bjonnes on Feb 8, 2012
How true is Anusara’s philosophy to the philosophy of Tantra? Does the following paragraph from John Friend’s Shiva Shakti Tantra philosophy reflect the inner essence of Tantra?3,110 views
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Trigonometry Lessons: The Triangle Pose
by Yasodhara Ashram on Feb 8, 2012
The Triangle supports me and provides a refreshing new angle on the world, a way to see beyond the usual. What can be learned from the Triangle seems to extend beyond the pose itself and into the relationships I have with those I live with.188 views
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What Yoga Does to Your Sleep. ~ Max Zografos
by elephantjournal.com on Feb 8, 2012
Life is temporary. I have another fifty years, sixty even (best case scenario…if I stay vegan and don’t get hit by a bus).160 views
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It Starts Here. ~ S. Ashley Hunt
by elephantjournal.com on Feb 8, 2012
On how to direct your energy physically, emotionally, mentally, and spiritually.188 views
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The Missing Link between the Physical and Spiritual: How the British Colonialist Deliberately Sabotaged Yoga. ~ Simon Hollington
by elephantjournal.com on Feb 8, 2012
Human evolution was never meant to be left to chance. The means to work with one’s own biochemistry in order to alter negative health and emotional patterns, by altering your own DNA, is central to the tantric alchemical tradition and the missing link to evolution through yoga.224 views
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Updated!: Yoga Rocks the Butte. [Live Blog]
by David McConaghay on Feb 8, 2012
One for the Money, Two for the Show, Three to Get Ready...78 views
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At The Faults Of Enlightenment
by HawaH on Feb 7, 2012
Enlightenment is not searching for perfection… it is finding perfection in the most unusual and disorderly things. Enlightenment is not wishing you had something that you didn’t, but even with nothing always having all that you need.340 views
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Ideas For Daily Dance.
by Jahnavi Harrison on Feb 7, 2012
Why it makes a difference to your soul if you get your asana moving...1,184 views
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5 Ways The Super Bowl Stole my Soul.
by Peter Sklivas on Feb 7, 2012
When I immerse myself in yoga, the sports narcotic loses its allure. Normally I’d devour every word in the Boston Globe, Herald, S.I. & Espn. But in India the remedy for stealing back my soul from the sports world was the repetition of mantra & writing the story that fuels the passion of my life.55 views
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Pilgrimage To India, Defining The Kumbha Mela: A Discussion With Shelly Craigo.
by Where Is My Guru on Feb 7, 2012
Shelly Craigo, organizer and facilitator for the Kumbha Mela 2013 for the Himalayan Institute, gives an in-depth description about what to expect while on this pilgrimage and the rich history of the 40 day journey through India's holiest of places itself.237 views
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A Yogini’s Guide to the Fine Art of Friendship (or, Girl, Stop Dissing Me for Your Man.) ~ Marthe Weyandt
by elephantjournal.com on Feb 7, 2012
Having a few good friends (and I don’t mean 1,000 plus Facebook friends) is important in today’s fast-paced world. As young people delay marriage and move far from family for work or educational reasons, we find ourselves relying more heavily on female friends than women of generations past. We talk. We have coffee or lunch. We dish about really creepy dates or bad jobs. Think of the popularity of shows featuring platonic pals, like Sex and the City. Friends become one’s surrogate family.387 views
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Radiant Mom Yoga with Janet Stone: The Gifts We Keep. ~ Emily Perry
by elephantjournal.com on Feb 7, 2012
As a mother, new or otherwise, overcoming a sense of isolation can be a big hurdle, and so sharing our story can be a relief: we feel that we are seen.267 views
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By donation. ~ Claude Genest
by Recovering Yogi on Feb 7, 2012
When I asked the receptionist at studio what the difference was between the “suggested donation” and being charged the same amount as in my package of ten classes, she was unable to answer...378 views
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Repairing the Threads. ~ Dan Clement
by elephantjournal.com on Feb 7, 2012
There’s been much discussion about a certain style of yoga based on a Tantric perspective, who’s well-known teachers have been lately leaving that system for reasons that are a bit mysterious. I’d like to explore a potential reason.169 views
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8 Reasons Ashtangis Make the Best Friends.
by Sarah Ezrin on Feb 7, 2012
Be kind to your ashtangi friends. We work hard every day in our practice and if we miss a few events or nights on the town for our early morning sadhana, it is not because we don’t love you.6,260 views
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Synchronicity & Yoga Girl. {Music} ~ Scott Wilson
by elephantjournal.com on Feb 6, 2012
After experiencing a situation like this before with Nickelback, I was very surprised to find out that a multinational corporation actually admitted that they basically copied a video on YouTube for commercial gain. I have found out, subsequently, that this is a much more common occurrence than anyone might expect... So rather than causing a permanent mark on my forehead by slapping it every time it happens, I'm trying to look at this particular situation as an opportunity.250 views
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1st document re “jfexposed” accusations re John Friend of Anusara Yoga: Pension.
by elephantjournal.com on Feb 6, 2012
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Being A Writer Is Easy.
by Jennifer Fields on Feb 6, 2012
Being a writer is much like giving birth. A seed is planted. You're excited, you make preparations, you nourish the seed carefully, anxiously awaiting for it to mature. Finally, the time has come to introduce your creation to the world. It's scary. And messy. It's hard pushing your love out into the big scary world. There's even some screaming and some bloodshed.563 views
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