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	<title>elephant journal &#187; Yoga</title>
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	<description>daily blog, videos, e-newsletter &#38; magazine on yoga + organics + green living + non-new agey spirituality + ecofashion + conscious consumerism=it&#039;s about the mindful life.</description>
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		<title>A painfully timely (and long) Yoga Guru Parody.</title>
		<link>http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/02/a-painfully-timely-yoga-guru-parody/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Waylon Lewis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yoga Man. Could have used a touch more editing in a few spots, but plenty of great quotes. West LA is mine, mwuaahahahahah! and You got it all figured out, hunh? Why? You could have reached true enlightenment yet you chose corruption? &#8230;So getting laid by gorgeous women and driving around in a Honda element [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How I Figured Out My Teacher Is the Devil. ~ By Shelley Adelle</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:49:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you for that last email. I had to sit and think about when I have, in truth, been all of those things because, sure enough, I am prone to the darkness within just like you.]]></description>
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		<title>The Anusara Situation. ~ Andrew Gurvey</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:24:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A very wise Anusara teacher reminded me recently that our path to enlightenment lies within, and the moment we forget that, we give away our power to be happy.]]></description>
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		<title>Beyond the Controversy: Yoga Moves Forward. ~ Scott Newsom</title>
		<link>http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/02/beyond-the-controversy-yoga-moves-forward--scott-newsom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:16:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, a big name yoga teacher with a large, maybe even a world-wide following is exposed for having sex with his students and employees, being deceptive about his relationships, and perhaps other unsavory dealings with his associates. ]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 Yoga Blogs of the Week.</title>
		<link>http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/02/top-10-yoga-blogs-of-the-week-26/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:12:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tanya Lee Markul</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Art of Friendship (Marthe Weyandt)]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Scarred for Life (Braja Sorensen).]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Tantra (Ramesh Bjonnes)]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yogic Sleep? (Chanti Taconte-Perez), Yoga Revolution (James Rohan), Life in Maximum Security (Anneke Lucas), John Friend Interview (Waylon Lewis), Sex, Bliss, Tantra (Ramesh Bjonnes), Triangle Pose (Yasodhara Ashram), Sabotaged Yoga (Simon Hollington), Art of Friendship (Marthe Weyandt), Yoga &#038; the Sun (Catherine Ghosh), Scarred for Life (Braja Sorensen). ]]></description>
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		<title>Yogi Master or Sexual Disaster?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Heather Dawn</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shouldn't our spiritual mentors walk their talk and be held to a higher moral standard?]]></description>
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		<title>Ross Rayburn of Anusara Yoga: Where I Stand.</title>
		<link>http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/02/ross-rayburn-of-anusara-yoga-iwhere-i-standi/</link>
		<comments>http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/02/ross-rayburn-of-anusara-yoga-iwhere-i-standi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:59:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor&#8217;s Note: We have invited two yoga teachers who just decided to leave the Anusara Community to share their letters, already published on Facebook, here as well. We&#8217;re not partisan in this matter, our only goal is to offer an uplifted, constructive forum for honesty and healing and then, and only then, moving forward. ~ [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grace of the Ganga: Journey to the Kumbha Mela. ~ Pandit Rajmani Tigunait</title>
		<link>http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/02/grace-of-the-ganga-journey-to-the-kumbha-mela--pandit-rajmani-tigunait/</link>
		<comments>http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/02/grace-of-the-ganga-journey-to-the-kumbha-mela--pandit-rajmani-tigunait/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:21:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What is the source of inner strength and endurance and indomitable will? Where does the power to rise above all calamities come from? Is it faith? If so, what is the source of this faith? Is it innate or can it be cultivated?]]></description>
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		<title>Seeker or Student?</title>
		<link>http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/02/seeker-or-student/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:48:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jahnavi Harrison</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It would be so much easier if there were guru conventions, and all prospective guides could make themselves available for a chat. Kind of like spiritual speed dating.]]></description>
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		<title>Yoga Can&#8217;t Hurt You: If You Can Find It. ~ Godfrey Devereux</title>
		<link>http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/02/why-yoga-cant-hurt-you-if-you-can-find-it--godfrey-devereux/</link>
		<comments>http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/02/why-yoga-cant-hurt-you-if-you-can-find-it--godfrey-devereux/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In short, no matter what your ‘yoga teacher’ says, no matter how high profile the brand or how many tribal confederates share your articles of faith, it is very unlikely that you have ever practiced yoga. ]]></description>
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