Happy Mother’s Day

WHY GOD MADE MOMS Answers given by 2nd grade school children to the following questions: Why did God make mothers? 1.  She's the only one who knows where the scotch tape is. 2.  Mostly to clean the house. 3.  To help us out of there when we were getting born. How did...

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Jai Place!

I recently met a powerhouse of a woman--Jess Tomaz, and her charming husband Al, who are doing great things in Grand Rapids.  Jess teaches Yoga locally, and she and Al have teamed up with a bunch of like minded, green thinking merchants to create an online store where...

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New Releases from Spirit Voyage

As a long-time devotional music fan, I am always happy to hear new music from sincere performers.  My personal favorites run from J.S. Bach to Jai Uttal--that's my disclaimer!  That's why I was delighted to hear from Karan at Spirit Voyage Records--yes, we all still...

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Pray for Water

Let's all join in and pray with the 13 Indigenous Grandmothers on Tuesday, May 18, 2010. We, the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers Ask you to join us: CONSCIOUS PARTICIPATION IN HEALING OURPLANETARY WATERS OUR MOTHER EARTH NEEDS YOUR HELP!...

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One Size Doesn’t Fit All

Today I was watching the Olympics and caught an interview with gold-medalist Evan Lysacek, who is unusually tall for a skater.  He was saying that when he was a younger skater, he always wanted to look like the shorter athletes, like his mentor and colleague Scott...

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ON BECOMING A YOGA TEACHER

Why did I become a Yoga teacher? I am an admitted Yoga-slacker. When I first started out practicing Yoga, I went with my 2 band-mates. There were three of us girls in Ira Gobu--a piano, bass and drums trio that sang original pop-- and every Wednesday evening, we'd...

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Ten Essential Yoga Moves

There are hundreds, maybe thousands, of Yoga poses to choose from, so how do we know which ones are the most essential to our well-being? According to my teacher, Sri Swami Satchidananda, the basic Integral Yoga® Hatha 1 class is ideal to keep the body and mind happy, healthy and in harmony.

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