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Yoga, non-attachment & thin thighs in 30 days

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The 4th Annual Twin Cities Yoga Festival will take place October 23 at the Holiday Inn Metrodome. For more info and tickets, visit www.TwinCitiesYogaFestival.com. Yoga is not just for yogis any more. ¶ There was a place and time - and there still is in parts of the world - where certain yoga practitioners known as "Sadhus" renounced the world and subsisted solely through the charity and kindness of others. They were clad in meager attire that bore a striking resemblance to the fashion … [Read more...]

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Poetry as a Spiritual Practice: An Interview with Wendy Brown-Baez

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Wendy Brown-Baez is passionate about bringing poetry to fresh, unique venues such as cafes, galleries, schools and cultural centers. In 2004 she released a poetry CD, Longing for Home, and has performed nationally and in Mexico, solo and in collaborations. A collection of love poems, sensual and celestial, is forthcoming from Plain View Press. Wendy believes that our true home is in the center of our being and in the arms of the Divine. She has published poetry and creative non-fiction in … [Read more...]

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The Purpose of Fitness and Fitness of Purpose: A Yogic Perspective

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"This life is not for enjoying sense gratification. It is for realizing God." - Swami Prabhupada, founder of the International Society for Krishna ConsciousnessMy Aunt Nancy is 78 years old. Two years ago she developed PSP, a degenerative cousin to Parkinson's disease. At first her loved ones thought she had had a stroke, because her facial muscles became lax and her affect was slow-mo and slurred. PSP causes its prey to lose balance and control over body muscles, including a … [Read more...]

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The Purpose of Fitness and the Fitness 0f Purpose: A Yogic Perspective

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First of a two-part seriesBob is a self-described "Type-A" personality. On any given day he may easily jump on his bicycle and ride from Minneapolis to Wisconsin and back again, or pile his seven grandchildren into the family van and spend the day swimming and water sliding and then dress up and join his friends for an evening at The Dakota listening to Mikhala Iversen caress her audience with a sultry, jazzy rendition of "What a Difference a Day Makes."Two times a week Bob … [Read more...]

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