Archive | January, 2011
Book Review: The Origins of Yoga and Tantra

Book Review: The Origins of Yoga and Tantra

A religious tradition is not just a body of texts.

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Bodies and Voices

Bodies and Voices

Some still frozen, all straining
just like I would against all the ice
if could wake enough to fountain into blossom.

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Natalie 1 31

Natalie 1 31

Natalie Dart’s weekly infusion of love for this moment, spirit for the adventure, and a wink for the passersby who smile.

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Quotable Week 1 30

Quotable Week 1 30

The weekly post review at The Magazine of Yoga.

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Performance: Peter Mulvey and Jeffrey Foucault

Performance: Peter Mulvey and Jeffrey Foucault

How to write a song. “You have a guitar thing and then some grunting noises.”

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The Saturday Thing: Animal Crackers

The Saturday Thing: Animal Crackers

Blame it on another two feet of snow and the loss of the Arctic fence.

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Really Healthy: Pea Soup

Really Healthy: Pea Soup

This season is a great time for soup in general, and pea soup is easy, satisfying and really helpful in the journey back from holiday splurges.

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The Year in Numbers

The Year in Numbers

Things like this make my head hurt.
I should mention that I’m not good at math.

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Frustration and Radical Compassion

Frustration and Radical Compassion

In a moment of panic, I decide I need to get out of the house. Too early to drink, too cold to walk, I decide on yoga.

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On The Lit Mat: Emma Straub

On The Lit Mat: Emma Straub

For me, the beauty in writing comes from the perseverance, in the belief that what I write will get better over time, as long as I keep practicing, and that the practice itself is what I love to do.

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Critical Culture: The Pizza Effect

Critical Culture: The Pizza Effect

To understand where scholarly yoga studies and yoga practice began to part roads, explore this critical essay by Agehananda Bharati.

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Yoga When The Snow Flies

Yoga When The Snow Flies

There’s little that feels as right to me as practicing yoga in a small room while the snow flies, wind howls and temperatures flee for their life outside.

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