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Why
Self Practice?
by Lisa Mendelsund
It's a summer afternoon in Vermont. Mighty, my dog
is sleeping after a long walk. Padma is playing with
her friends across the road. I am done teaching for
the day. In short, it's time to square off with a question
which has been dancing at the periphery of the day:
Where do I practice?
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Yoga
Workshop :: Philosophy
What is Yoga? Yoga is freedom. It is love. It is pure,
radiant, unobstructed joy. It is pure awareness, wide-awake
and clear.
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Yoga
Workshop :: Studio Talks
A talk by Richard at the Yoga Workshop in the Spring
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The Practice of Tonglen
Each of us has a "soft spot": the place in
our experience where we feel vulnerable and tender.
This soft spot is inherent in appreciation and love,
and it is equally inherent in pain.
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Cultivating
Prana
Robert E. Svoboda
Whoever you may be, and wherever you may live, you
live yourlife well when you live it at the right rate.
Plow your way through life and life will wear you out;
poke your way along and your life will grind to a halt.
Find a pace that suits you, though, and amble along
it accordingly, and your world will spontaneously level
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Nadis:
Rivers of Life Energy
An article by James Bailey, LAc, MATCM, MPH, Dipl Ayu
When we breath or chant or meditate, we are more than
just calming our nervous system, we are nourishing and
soothing the pranic field. Distinctions between the
physical and the subtle begin to fade, and we begin
to hear the gentle streams of life energy that feed
us, that connects us to the source, that makes the awakening
possible.
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Karma: What You Think, Say and Do
Excerpt from Chapter Three: Jivamukti Yoga
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Nadi Shodhana
Nadi shodhana pranayama is a hatha yoga practice that
purifies the nadis (energy channels in the subtle body)
through alternate-nostril breathing.
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