Posted in About Yoga, Exercise, Fitness, Gender & Yoga, Health, Philosophy, Religion, Spirtuality, Yoga, tagged Health, self improvement, weight on December 14, 2007 | 5 Comments »
I’ve been thinking about yesterday’s post, and I feel the need to add this:
Honestly, I think there is a western preoccupation with getting our ass kicked, and I don’t mean always in the physical sense.
After writing this post, it occurred to me, that many people – and dare I say, especially women – are taught [...]
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Posted in About Yoga, Exercise, Fitness, Health, Philosophy, Religion, Spirtuality, Yoga, Yoga Poses (or Asana), tagged Ahimsa, non-violence, Patanjali, peace, Yoga Sutra on December 13, 2007 | 6 Comments »
This past summer, I found myself in a social situation with another yoga teacher. Someone at our table was asking her about her classes, and she was testifying to their toughness: “Come to my classes and I’ll kick your ass,” she said.
She seems like a nice person, and so I chalked her response up to [...]
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Posted in About Yoga, Health, Philosophy, Religion, Spirtuality, Yoga, tagged Analea McGarey, blessed be, breast cancer, cancer, death, dying, memorials, poem, Poetry, writing on December 7, 2007 | 10 Comments »
Recently, I heard someone say that living is the only condition with a guaranteed 100 percent mortality rate.
And, indeed, it would be a rare person who reaches adulthood, even early adulthood, without having experienced the death of someone important to them.
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