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An Invitation to Yoga Teachers. ~ Jeremi McManus, M.S., RYT

elephantjournal.com — Sat, 25 May 2013 02:43:14 +0000

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Growing Up into Belonging.

Wendy Strgar — Sat, 25 May 2013 00:30:49 +0000

My knee jerk patterned reaction to fill the space and ease my anxiety prevents me from ever feeling the deep relief that happens in belonging to community.

So much Truth in One Video.

Waylon Lewis — Sat, 25 May 2013 00:05:14 +0000

Aggression begets aggression. With thanks to Reddit for the heads up: A fantastic reaction to the London murder this week. “If I’m a vegetarian and I eat 2000 hamburgers in the name of being a vegetarian, I’m still not a vegetarian extremist – because I just did something that is against the whole concept of [...]

Inspirational Facebook Bulimia (Written by an Ex-Bulimic).

Dani McGuire — Fri, 24 May 2013 23:56:21 +0000

...truth is hidden beyond the speed of our lives. No matter how much good stuff is flowing in, if you don’t have a chance to feel it, reflect on it, and most of all to live it; forget it. The truth may not be the first thing that catches our eye, but it is the only thing that will penetrate our soul.

Skinny Love. ~ Ash Constance

elephantjournal.com — Fri, 24 May 2013 23:53:25 +0000

As a teenager, I was imaged obsessed. Entranced and mesmerized by the top models—Kate Moss, Natasha Poly and Gisele. Size zero was the ultimate goal. I am a product of a generation quite different and contrasting to that of my mother’s; hers was the curvy, Hollywood bombshell ladies that I watched on-screen growing up. Mine was [...]

Fueling Love in the Face of Pain & Suffering. ~ Suzanne Grenager

elephantjournal.com — Fri, 24 May 2013 23:26:18 +0000

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Jesus Must Have Changed His Mind.

Tom Grasso — Fri, 24 May 2013 22:58:51 +0000

I don't mind if someone holds on to a rosary believing it will get them to some place that their actions could not. I don't care if someone believes unreasonably that the world is only 9,000 years old. What I do mind is open hypocrisy on which we have to endure lecture after lecture and statement after statement from these misguided people who who I am is decided by what they believe. That's when I mind.

Urban Outfitters is a Commie-Loving Republican-owned USA Flag Desecrator, and So are We.

Waylon Lewis — Fri, 24 May 2013 19:42:17 +0000

So if you know flag protocol you know the US flag shouldn’t be on clothing (or chairs, blankets) period. It should never touch the ground. The flag shouldn’t be left up at night without a light. It should face the right way. It’s a matter of respect for the fundamental and best values therein. That [...]

Boy Scouts rediscover their role as a Moral Center for American Youth!

elephantjournal.com — Fri, 24 May 2013 16:31:05 +0000

“Boy Scouts End Ban on Openly Gay Youths.” Yay! Equality for all is one of our basic and most important American values—and we have to always do better, every generation. “The president has welcomed Boy Scout decision ‘to open its membership to all, regardless of sexual orientation.”

Confessions of a (Yoga) Sensation Junkie.

Jennifer S. White — Fri, 24 May 2013 16:30:45 +0000

Sometimes staying consciously aware, and consciously connected to everything that's occurring around you and in you, is the last thing that you want to do---and that's why being a sensation junkie isn't always a good thing, or even a helpful thing, either.