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Meditation sans the religion
I just finished Dan Harris’ book 10% Happier: How I Tamed the Voice in My Head, Reduced Stress Without Losing My Edge, and Found Self-Help That Actually Works. It’s an excellent read for anyone who is interested in how powerful meditation can be and how you can do it without becoming…
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Seven reasons men should do yoga!
From Yoganonymous.com: Gentleman, get on your mats
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Observations From the Mat #2: “Gentle” Yoga and its Rock Star Teacher
Sunday afternoons I attend “Gentle Yoga.” I place the quotation marks around the word gentle in the heading because the latest teacher, Aviv, after successfully auditioning for the class teaching a restorative set of asanas moved into more advanced postures when my fitness club’s group exercise (GX) manager stopped attending.…
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Guided Meditation: Unplug from Your Thoughts | Yoga International
Guided Meditation: Unplug from Your Thoughts | Yoga International
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A Beginner’s Guide to Pranayama
Breathing is at the heart of yoga and pranayama from YogaJournal.com: A Beginner’s Guide to Pranayama
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How you can tell if someone does CrossFit
This is pretty mean of me–call it bad karma–but some of these images and videos are hilarious: How you can tell if someone does CrossFit From Elephant Journal.
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Thinking of Ferguson
From a fellow DSA member and blogger: Dr. Martin Luther King Race Riots and the Other American
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Yoga Accomplishments and Challanges
Since I started practicing yoga over two years ago I have seen many improvement in my practice: My Downward-Facing Dog has greatly improved; my heels are closer to the floor. Even better: Heather, my Vinyasa teacher tells me my Down Dog is one of the postures she has noticed that…
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Xu Lizhi (1990-2014)
This story is heartbreaking, and I found out about it, ironically, on my iPhone! The poetry and brief life of a Foxconn worker: Xu Lizhi (1990-2014) There are other interesting posts on Nao’s Blog. I’m adding it to my list below.
