Bhujangasana Cobra pose
A beautiful poem to visualize your heart opening, leaving behind all that no longer serves you.
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Waking
Required reading for anyone who has a body: Waking: A Memoir A paraplegic Yoga teacher with much to share. I’ll be re-reading this book next time I feel challenged. From the web review: Matthew’s mental awareness–as a result of a spinal cord injury–was literally knocked out of the lower two-thirds of his body. While doctors were
Smiletrain Yoga benefit class
A benefit for children born with cleft palates. good Karma
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Humane Myth
Everyone seems to be going green, or talking about it anyway. Even yoga studios are trying to tread a little lighter on the planet. As yogis who seek the truth, we need to sift through all these claims and find out whats really happening. A new term “Greenwashing” has popped up. When you are beign pitched by a
Solar cooking
Authentic Yoga in Maynard massachusetts, solar cooking, solar oven, green living, low carbon
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Happy Memorial Day
The Native American traditions have a daily prayer that acknowledges those new souls who are just arriving on 'turtle island' (their name for North America) they then pray those who this is their last day here. Om Shanti -john
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We’ve become switchboard operators
Namaste! I was at the computer breathing life into this new website I’m building when my cell phone rang. It was my mom, (who I’m convinced is the living Buddha.) As we were catching up, my landline phone rang. I was trying to focus on the conversation with mom, but found my mind drifting
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Sri Lakshmi Temple
Namaste! This past Sunday, 12 or so of us met up in Ashland for a tour of the Shri Lakshmi Hindu temple. Arriving early, we walked around the building, admiring the Rangoli, (chalk designs drawn on the pavement.) Traditionally drawn by women for protection and blessings, they are stunning, temporary art. Once everyone was gathered,
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