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Please Call Me by My True Names
by Thich Nhat Hanh Don’t say that I will depart tomorrow – even today I am still arriving. Look deeply: every second I am arriving to be a bud on a Spring branch, to be a tiny bird, with still-fragile...
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On the Invention of the Sacred
The other morning I had an abrupt surprise, and in the way these things happen I also had a thought that being surprised was a bit of a surprise. It was before dawn, when the nice crispy cool air...
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Yoga as a spiritual technology
on Being host, Krista Tippett, reflects on her public radio interview with world-renowned yogi and activist, Seane Corn. Ms. Tippett describes as a “spiritual technology” capable of radically...
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Will the Real Yoga Please Stand Up?
photo credit: Lawrie Cate There is a raging yoga debate happening on LinkedIn’s Yoga Instructors & Practitioners group. Apparently there are some staunch Patanjalistas out there in Yogi Land. It...
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No Yoga Without Horror?
Shary Boyle, 2005, porcelain, china paint, 20cm tall. Collection of the National Gallery of Canada, reproduced with permission of the artist At first glance, this porcelain lady (she looks like a lady...
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Savasana: A Celebration of Death
For many years I was afraid of death. There was something about the idea of not existing anymore, that it was possible for this entity known as “myself” to suddenly vanish and be forgotten, as if not...
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Defining Yoga
Since I started writing for Yoga Modern I haven’t stopped thinking about this question: what is Yoga? The reason these thoughts have been bouncing about in my head is less because I believe there is a...
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Yoga and Alzheimer’s: Learning To Be With What Is
photo credit: joiseyshowaa Cover me city. Push me hard until I bleed and fall. Don’t let me get to close too anyone. I’ve lost too much already. I don’t want to lose any more. Keep me busy city. Fill...
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Yoga: A method for escaping or diving in?
photo credit: lululemon athletica “Yoga gives us the ability to tolerate the intolerable.” As my teacher spoke these words and unpacked Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras for us, I wrote it down and thought...
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Moving Through Fear: Do It By the Numbers
photo credit: lululemon athletica “I realized why I have so much trouble focusing on my breath,” said a student after Gentle Vinyasa ended. No sweeter words have ever been spoken to a yoga teacher....
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