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  • What Is Love? Understanding the 3 Spiritual Levels of Love

    What is Love? As much as we might like to, we can’t force love to happen. But we can understand its many levels and connect more easily to its source. BY SALLY KEMPTON  | Originally posted here in Yoga Journal… Continue reading

  • Thinking about NOT Thinking

    BY EDWARD ESPE BROWN | Originally published here in Yoga Journal At my first formal interview with Suzuki Roshi, I didn’t know what to say. Perhaps I really could not think of what to say, or nothing I was thinking was… Continue reading

  • Star Power

    BY MARK COLEMAN  |  Originally published here in Yoga Journal When we spend time in the wilderness, it can be tempting to focus our awareness on “doing” something: taking pictures; getting a certain amount of physical exercise; traveling from point… Continue reading

  • When Less is More

    Make more time for doing the things you love by simplifying your life. By Helena Echlin (originated posted here in Yoga Journal) Judy Davis never buys anything new if she can help it. A 58-year-old freelance marketing consultant who lives… Continue reading

  • What Science Can Teach Us About Flexibility

    BY FERNANDO PAGÉS RUIZ  |  Originated published here in Yoga Journal If you’re already practicing yoga, you don’t need exercise scientists and physiologists to convince you of the benefits of stretching. Instead, you’d probably like them to tell you if there’s… Continue reading

  • Happy in your own skin

    BY DOROTHY FOLTZ-GRAY, originally posted here in Yoga Journal When she was only seven, Ashley Miller cried because she didn’t have a flat stomach like her older neighbor. “I was always aware of my weight and self-conscious about my body,” says… Continue reading

  • One step at a time

    BY LAUREN LADOCEOUR, originally posted here in Yoga Journal If you don’t feel comfortable with your body, that first visit to a yoga studio can be intimidating. But it’s worth the angst. “The best thing you can do is something physical,”… Continue reading

  • Banishing Burnout Stress

    by JENNIFER PIRTLE, originally published here in Yoga Journal For eight years, Karl LaRowe worked in the emergency room at an inner-city hospital in Portland, Oregon. As a crisis intervention counselor, he helped hundreds of people each month cope with everything… Continue reading

  • Practice Acceptance

    BY MEAGAN FRANCIS  |  Originally posted here in Yoga Journal When Julie Woodward married her husband, Drew they were both more or less agnostic. But when a close friend’s health was debilitated by multiple sclerosis, Woodward found herself drawn to the… Continue reading

  • Breathing Lessons

    BY TONY BRIGGS  /  originally posted here in Yoga Journal When I first encountered pranayama, I thought it was a complete waste of time. I had been taking classes for a couple of years and had just found the instructor I later… Continue reading