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Blog, Interrupted
Last month, when I wrote the original post about learning to cook without recipes, I thought I’d have time to get all three articles written before we left on vacation. Life had other plans, however,...
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Share The Yoga Love
One of the greatest benefits of regular yoga practice is that it cultivates self-awareness. As we become more aware of ourselves, we realize that separation from others is an illusion. We are all...
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You Don’t Suck At Yoga
Have you been following Glennon Melton’s adventures over at Momastery? I have, and I think she is incredibly wise. Glennon says that life is “brutiful”–both brutal and beautiful at the same time. I...
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Don’t Stop Believin’
“The ability to believe is the most powerful force at mankind’s disposal. Everything that has been done, for good or bad, was done because someone believed it could be or should be done. Every problem...
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God’s Hour
This is not a blog about religion. At least I never intended it to be. But the more I have written, the more I have realized that it is impossible to separate my faith from what I know to be true about...
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The 6th Discipline of Yoga: Where Meditation Begins
Believe it or not, I was in a sorority when I was in college. I proudly wore the wine and silver blue, and chanted the Pi Beta Phi creed, every monday night at Chapter Dinner: “Whatsoever things are...
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The 7th Discipline of Yoga: Just Be
When I was in yoga teacher training, one of my classsmates, Charlie, became the Yoda to my Luke Skywalker. At the time, he had been practicing yoga and veganism for 25 years, and I was still relatively...
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Merry Christmas, Y’all
Merry Christmas, everyone! I hope you are enjoying the wonders of the season. Over here at My Crazy Healthy Life, we have been busy preparing for Jesus’s birthday party and Santa’s arrival. It’s a...
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Time Matters
Yoga playtime with the girlies Did y’all hear that a little snow brought our city to a standstill last month? I was one of the thousands of people that were stuck on the road for most of the day. It...
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Seek The Truth Relentlessly
Happy Friday! Your mission this weekend, should you choose to accept it, is to practice satya. The word satya means truthfulness, but it’s meaning is further reaching than it seems. Truthfulness in...
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Never Ever Give Up
I was in 4th grade, when Mom moved out, and I became a latch key child. My brother was home with me in the afternoons, but for some reason, we barely spoke. Both dealing with grief in our own way, I...
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What Would You Do, If You Were Not Afraid?
Two years ago, my friend Jennifer asked me to teach a lunchtime yoga class at her small business, Eclipse Post, Inc. It’s a small video post-production house, that does work for many of the major...
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It Is What It Is
MONDAY MANTRA: It is what it is, but it will be what you make it. Our minds are constantly labeling our experiences as good or bad–this is human nature. But what would happen if we simply accepted...
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What Can I Learn From This?
MONDAY MANTRA: What can I learn from this? Everybody struggles. It’s a simple fact of life. Our circumstances are constantly changing–sometimes for better, and sometimes for worse. The one thing that...
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Change The Story
MONDAY MANTRA: Change the story. In yoga, one of the highest values is satya (truthfulness). The concept of satya is far-reaching; it teaches us to honest with ourselves, as much as we are honest with...
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We Can’t Get Happy, We Can Only Be Happy
MONDAY MANTRA: We can’t get happy, we can only be happy. What’s the one thing everyone wants in life? We all want to be happy. We chase happiness, as if it is a material possession that we can claim as...
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I Am Peace
MONDAY MANTRA: I am peace. December is, for many of us, the busiest time of year. Ironically, though, it is also the time of year that we talk most about peace on earth and goodwill to men. So, how do...
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God’s Hour
This is not a blog about religion. At least I never intended it to be. But the more I have written, the more I have realized that it is impossible to separate my faith from what I know to be true about...
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