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Big Yoga

One of the most disheartening things for me is meeting people who think that the practice of yoga is beyond their grasp because their body isn't flexible enough or lean enough or fit enough. Unfortunately, we're continually bombarded with pictures of lean, fit, nimble yoga practitioners who can easily bend their body into postures that make those

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Fresh Start

Right about now, you're probably sick of talk about New Year's Resolutions and the like. You might even be tired of hearing about ways to lose weight, gain money, and/or annihilate bad habits. I, too, get a bit overloaded (and tired of) all of the New Year's messages that we're bombarded with. The truth is, we can make a new start at any time, in

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Year-End Review, a Holiday Tune, and 10 Guidelines to Enlightenment

Yesterday I said that I was taking an eSabbatical...but I have one last parting post before I log off...

I'd like to thank you all for reading this blog. It's truly a labor of love for me and it delights me to know that others enjoy reading it (the idea of me ranting on into the blogosphere while adding nothing to the lives of others doesn't really

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Going with the Season

Around the holidays there is often so much to do. Even though my mind is telling me to speed up, my body is wanting to follow the rhythm of the Winter season and slow down. I find myself wanting to say no more than usual to invitations, obligations, and extra tasks. Even my yoga practices get a bit shorter (I tend to spend more time in meditation

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The Feminine Way

It's fairly common for women to outnumber men in yoga classes these days, yet when we look to the beginnings of yoga we find that women were absent from the world of yoga. Krishnamacharya, fearing that yoga would die out if left to the men who had business on their mind more than the practice of yoga, was one of the first Indians to teach women

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