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		<title>The Ultimate Sexy Yoga Battle</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:07:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;It&#8217;s Not Sexy, It&#8217;s Yoga&#8221; vs. &#8220;It&#8217;s Not Fitness, It&#8217;s Life&#8221; Surely by now you&#8217;ve seen the original, if not minorly scandalous Equinox yoga video, featuring Briohny Smyth. Well, it&#8217;s a great week for the yoga world now that humorist Michael A. Stusser (&#8220;The Dead Guy Interviews&#8221;) takes his yoga skills to the next level [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dailycupofyoga.com&amp;blog=744694&amp;post=3565&amp;subd=dailycupofyoga&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3 style="text-align:center;">&#8220;It&#8217;s Not Sexy, It&#8217;s Yoga&#8221; vs. &#8220;It&#8217;s Not Fitness, It&#8217;s Life&#8221;</h3>
<h6 style="text-align:left;">Surely by now you&#8217;ve seen the original, if not minorly scandalous <a href="http://q.equinox.com/" target="_blank">Equinox</a> yoga video, featuring <a href="http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=3&amp;sqi=2&amp;ved=0CEAQFjAC&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2Fkathryn-budig%2Fyoga-briohny-kate-smyth_b_1202653.html&amp;ei=ck4jT7bUIorAiQfbzrHmBA&amp;usg=AFQjCNEoc4GPtK972PdHeAMqsuSW2yEHmw&amp;sig2=qpgOBGE16e9cvm38wddEZw" target="_blank">Briohny Smyth</a>. Well, it&#8217;s a great week for the yoga world now that humorist <a href="www.michaelstusser.com" target="_blank">Michael A. Stusser</a> (&#8220;The Dead Guy Interviews&#8221;) takes his yoga skills to the next level with a spot on parody of the original.</h6>
<h4 style="text-align:center;"><span style="text-align:center;">The Parody&#8230;</span></h4>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="text-align:center; display: block;"><a href="http://dailycupofyoga.com/2012/01/28/the-ultimate-sexy-yoga-battle/"><img src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/wV2Fm-wxgOo/2.jpg" alt="" /></a></span></p>
<h1 style="text-align:center;">VS.</h1>
<h4 style="text-align:center;"><a title="Click through the jump to see the original..." href="http://dailycupofyoga.com/2012/01/28/the-ultimate-sexy-yoga-battle/#more-3565">The Original&#8230;</a></h4>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="text-align:center; display: block;"><a href="http://dailycupofyoga.com/2012/01/28/the-ultimate-sexy-yoga-battle/"><img src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/loszrEZvS_k/2.jpg" alt="" /></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Stusser&#8217;s <a href="http://www.wellandgoodnyc.com/2012/01/26/yoga-by-equinox-parody-behind-the-scenes-with-michael-stusser/" target="_blank">interview</a> about the video with <a href="http://www.wellandgoodnyc.com/" target="_blank">Well+GoodNYC</a> has some great lines&#8230;</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>W+G: As a humorist, was doing a parody an immediate idea or did it occur to you during savasana epiphany?</strong></p>
<p>MS: I’m sure I got the idea while stoned out of my mind and blaring Deer Tick but I seriously don’t remember. Before I even did the video, a lot of people had mentioned how much my practice looked like this woman, Briohny Smyth’s – who I’d never heard of. So it might have had something to do with that…</p></blockquote>
<p style="text-align:left;">I think they look just about the same, yes/no? Good fun though&#8230;</p>
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		<title>How to Roll A Yoga Mat&#8230;and Survive!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I stared at this picture for a while before I realized I&#8217;ve been rolling up my yoga mat wrong all these years&#8230;glad I survived! I mean this is just one more shred of evidence proving how harmful yoga really can be. Fabulous artwork courtesy of Alison Hinks, creative yogi extraordinaire! Filed under: art, yoga, yogahack [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dailycupofyoga.com&amp;blog=744694&amp;post=3554&amp;subd=dailycupofyoga&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:left;">I stared at this picture for a while before I realized I&#8217;ve been rolling up my yoga mat wrong all these years&#8230;glad I survived! I mean this is just one more shred of evidence proving how <a href="http://dcoy.co/zQncho" target="_blank">harmful</a> yoga really can be.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://dailycupofyoga.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/roll-up-your-mat.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-3555 alignnone" title="how to roll up your yoga mat" src="http://dailycupofyoga.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/roll-up-your-mat.jpg?w=610&#038;h=607" alt="" width="610" height="607" /></a>Fabulous artwork courtesy of <a title="Alison Hinks Yoga" href="http://dcoy.co/wNE5py" target="_blank">Alison Hinks</a>, creative yogi extraordinaire!</p>
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		<title>Wanderlust or Bust!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:57:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The moment has arrived! It&#8217;s time to start planning and start booking your summer getaway at the best summer yoga festival in the world. ­ If you&#8217;re good at planning ahead (I&#8217;m kind of terrible at this&#8230;), you can grab your tickets to Wanderlust 2012 at a special advance price! The eclectic and star-studded 2012 [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dailycupofyoga.com&amp;blog=744694&amp;post=3518&amp;subd=dailycupofyoga&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The moment has arrived! It&#8217;s time to start planning and start booking your summer getaway at the best summer yoga festival in the world. ­ If you&#8217;re good at planning ahead (I&#8217;m kind of terrible at this&#8230;), you can grab your tickets to <a href="http://www.wanderlustfestival.com" target="_blank">Wanderlust 2012 </a>at a special advance price!</p>
<p>The eclectic and star-studded 2012 <a href="http://squaw.wanderlustfestival.com/lineup" target="_blank">lineups</a> looks like the best thus far, including the nation&#8217;s most renowned yogis such as <a href="www.seanecorn.com/" target="_blank">Seane Corn</a>, <a href="http://shivarea.com" target="_blank">Shiva Rea</a>, <a href="http://www.anusara.com" target="_blank">John Friend</a>, <a href="http://www.yeeyoga.com" target="_blank">Rodney Yee</a> and <a href="http://www.baronbaptiste.com" target="_blank">Baron Baptiste</a> to name a few. And with musical performances by <a href="http://www.amazon.com/mn/search/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;x=0&amp;tag=dacuofyo-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;y=0&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;field-keywords=ziggy%20marley&amp;url=search-alias%3Daps" target="_blank">Ziggy Marley</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/mn/search/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;x=0&amp;tag=dacuofyo-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;y=0&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;field-keywords=ziggy%20marley&amp;url=search-alias%3Daps#/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias=aps" target="_blank">Beats Antique</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/mn/search/?_encoding=UTF8&amp;x=0&amp;tag=dacuofyo-20&amp;linkCode=ur2&amp;y=0&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;field-keywords=ziggy%20marley&amp;url=search-alias%3Daps#/ref=nb_sb_ss_sc_0_6?url=search-alias=aps" target="_blank">Ani DiFranco</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005R2LDCA/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=dacuofyo-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B005R2LDCA" target="_blank">MC Yogi</a>, you&#8217;ll be sure to rock out.</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="text-align:center; display: block;"><a href="http://dailycupofyoga.com/2012/01/26/wanderlust-or-bust/"><img src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/ehARbL7uebQ/2.jpg" alt="" /></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">Don&#8217;t get stuck in savasana, choose your Wanderlust adventure from the three locations below:</p>
<ul>
<li>Wanderlust Vermont, Stratton Mountain: June 21-24</li>
<li>Wanderlust Colorado, Copper Mountain: July 5-8</li>
<li>Wanderlust California, North Lake Tahoe: July 26-29</li>
</ul>
<p><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3519" title="wanderlust-site-tickets_1sage_0" src="http://dailycupofyoga.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/wanderlust-site-tickets_1sage_0.jpg?w=610" alt=""   /></p>
<p>SAGE (4-day) tickets are available now for $435 (regularly $475).</p>
<p><a href="http://squaw.wanderlustfestival.com/tickets/yoga-music-tickets"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3525" title="wanderlust-site-tickets_2seeker_0" src="http://dailycupofyoga.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/wanderlust-site-tickets_2seeker_0.jpg?w=610" alt=""   /></a></p>
<p>SEEKER (3-day) tickets are available now for just $365 (regularly $395).</p>
<p>Don&#8217;t miss this amazing opportunity to create memories of a lifetime! Learn more at <a href="http://www.wanderlustfestival.com/">http://www.wanderlustfestival.com</a>.</p>
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		<title>China Becoming the World&#8217;s Next Yoga Super Power</title>
		<link>http://dailycupofyoga.com/2012/01/26/china-becoming-the-worlds-next-yoga-super-power/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:22:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With the year of the dragon upon us, I wanted to share a recent article from Yoga International which highlighted China&#8217;s inevitable march towards yoga superpowerdom. I think you&#8217;ll enjoy the excerpt below. Besides this excerpt, the remainder of the article does an excellent job describing what it&#8217;s like to have a spiritual practice in a Communist country, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dailycupofyoga.com&amp;blog=744694&amp;post=3501&amp;subd=dailycupofyoga&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://srisriravishankar.org/content/art-living-takes-yoga-and-meditation-china"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3503" title="chinese yoga" src="http://dailycupofyoga.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/chinese-yoga.jpeg?w=300&#038;h=230" alt="" width="300" height="230" /></a>With the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_New_Year" target="_blank">year of the dragon</a> upon us, I wanted to share a recent article from <em><a href="http://www.himalayaninstitute.org/yoga-international-magazine/lifestyle-articles/the-new-yoga-superpower/" target="_blank">Yoga International</a></em> which highlighted China&#8217;s inevitable march towards yoga superpowerdom.</p>
<p>I think you&#8217;ll enjoy the excerpt below. Besides this excerpt, the remainder of the article does an excellent job describing what it&#8217;s like to have a spiritual practice in a Communist country, which really sucks for some people (just ask <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falun_gong" target="_blank">Falun Gong</a> members&#8230;at least the ones that are still alive&#8230;or not being tortured in a tiny dungeon&#8230;), but apparently yoga has not been blacklisted yet. As a lover of Chinese language and traditional Chinese culture, I have no doubt that the Chinese will put their own twist on the practice of yoga. All I can say is bring on the kung fu yoga classes!</p>
<blockquote><p>When China’s first yoga studio opened nine years ago, its founders were a couple of women from California. Robyn Wexler had been teaching asana in the gym of a luxury Beijing hotel while looking for a space more conducive to holistic practice. Her partner, Mimi Kuo-Deemer, took photos for a living but was eager to devote more time to yoga instruction. Together, they decided to create what they had sought in vain: “a clean room with a simple wooden floor.”</p>
<p>“We got the idea on holiday in San Francisco,” Kuo-Deemer recalls. “I mean, how hard could it be to create that in Beijing?” They found it in a Qing Dynasty residence. Secluded from busy traffic in a quadrangle, Yoga Yard was a haven of tranquility. To Wexler, it epitomized “consistency, stability, and continuation in a city undergoing so much transformation and change, building up and tearing down.”</p>
<p>Initially, classes were in English. Though Kuo-Deemer and Wexler speak Mandarin, most students were expatriates. That didn’t last long. Across Beijing, Shanghai, and other metropolises, more and more gyms were offering yoga, hiring instructors who’d learned from DVDs and hyping it as the hottest trend in fitness. Practicing was the acme of modernity: a way of channeling energy to succeed. “It’s a symbol of the outside world,” Kuo-Deemer explains. “Like thin women on the beach.”</p>
<p>In less than a decade, yoga studios have sprouted all over China. They’re dotted along urban sidewalks, and classes can even be found in the hinterlands. They’ve spread so fast that no one’s keeping count. Estimates suggest that 10 million Chinese now practice regularly, compared to about 16 million Americans. Long before it displaces the U.S. economy, let alone its military, China will be the world’s new yoga superpower.</p></blockquote>
<p><a href="http://www.himalayaninstitute.org/yoga-international-magazine/lifestyle-articles/the-new-yoga-superpower/" target="_blank">Continue reading on <em>Yoga International&#8230;</em></a></p>
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		<title>Learning to Sit Alone</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[‘All men’s miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.’ ~Blaise Pascal Think about some of the problems of our daily lives, and how many of them would be eased if we could learn to sit alone, in a quiet empty room, with contentment. If you’re content to sit alone [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dailycupofyoga.com&amp;blog=744694&amp;post=3473&amp;subd=dailycupofyoga&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<blockquote><p><strong>‘All men’s miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.’</strong><br />
~Blaise Pascal</p></blockquote>
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Think about some of the problems of our daily lives, and how many of them would be eased if we could learn to sit alone, in a quiet empty room, with contentment.</p>
<p>If you’re content to sit alone quietly, you don’t need to eat junk food, to shop on impulse, to buy the latest gadget, to be on social media to see what everyone else is talking about or doing, to compare yourself to others, to make more money to keep up with the Joneses, to achieve glory or power, to conquer other lands or wage war, to be rude or violent to others, to be selfish or greedy, to be constantly busy or productive.</p>
<p>You are content, and need nothing else. It solves a lot of problems.</p>
<p>Can you sit alone in an empty room? Can you enjoy the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/01/opinion/sunday/the-joy-of-quiet.html?_r=1&amp;ref=general&amp;src=me&amp;pagewanted=all">joy of quiet</a>?</p>
<p>Most of us have trouble sitting alone, quietly, doing nothing. We have the need to do something, to check our inboxes and social media, to be productive. Sitting still can be difficult if you haven’t cultivated the habit.</p>
<p>Learning to sit, even for a few minutes, is instructive. We learn to listen to our thoughts, to be aware of our urges to do something else, to plan and set goals. We learn to watch ourselves, but to just sit still and not act on those urges. We learn to be content with stillness.</p>
<p>We learn to savor the quiet. It’s something most of us don’t have, quiet, and it takes some getting used to. When we’re driving our cars or out exercising or eating or working or even practicing yoga, we have music playing or we talk with people or we have the television on. Quiet can be amazing, though, because it helps us calm down, contemplate, slow down to savor the emptiness.</p>
<p>Being alone is another pleasure we too often neglect. When we are alone, we go on the Internet or TV to see what else is going on, what others are doing or saying, instead of just being alone. This isolation is a necessary thing, that allows us to find ourselves, to learn to be content with little instead of always wanting more.</p>
<p>Can you practice being alone, being still, being quiet? Just a little at first, then perhaps a bit more. Listen, watch, learn about yourself. Find contentment. Need nothing more.</p>
<blockquote><p><strong>&#8216;It has often occurred to me that a seeker after truth has to be silent.&#8217;</strong><br />
~Mahatma Gandhi</p></blockquote>
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<p style="text-align:left;"><em>Editor&#8217;s note: This post is adapted from the inspiring content on <a href="http://zenhabits.net" target="_blank">Zen Habits</a>.  </em></p>
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		<title>A Yoga Sanctuary with the Five Elements</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 13:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[Editor's note: This is a guest post by Sarah Oxley, who shares some insight on how to create a sanctuary for your home yoga practice.]  I’ve been doing yoga classes for a year now, and soon after I first started I also began a daily yoga practice at home. This wasn’t as easy as I thought [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dailycupofyoga.com&amp;blog=744694&amp;post=3394&amp;subd=dailycupofyoga&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>[<em>Editor's note: This is a guest post by Sarah Oxley, who shares some insight on how to create a sanctuary for your home yoga practice.</em>]<em> </em></p>
<p><a href="http://dailycupofyoga.com/2012/01/18/a-yoga-sanctuary-with-the-five-elements/five-elements-characters/" rel="attachment wp-att-3431"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3431" title="five-elements-characters" src="http://dailycupofyoga.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/five-elements-characters.jpg?w=300&#038;h=259" alt="" width="300" height="259" /></a>I’ve been doing yoga classes for a year now, and soon after I first started I also began a daily yoga practice at home. This wasn’t as easy as I thought it would be since I didn’t have the space to do some of the asanas I really wanted to try out. Most of the time I was worrying about knocking something over or being too close to items in the room. I tried clearing rooms and moving furniture to make more space, which did the trick space-wise, but I still couldn’t find the same focus and calm I often experienced in class.</p>
<p>After some research into ways to find inner calm I discovered the concept of the <span style="text-decoration:underline;">five elements</span>. This ancient Chinese philosophy consists of surrounding yourself with the entirety of the five elements of water, fire, earth, metal, and wood. It was these elements that got me thinking about other spaces and areas in my home where I might be able to enjoy my home practice. Keeping the five elements in mind, I decided to try practicing yoga in the garden.</p>
<p>Practicing outdoors does present some challenges, especially in a colder climate where I live, so the next best thing came to mind: maybe I&#8217;ll practice in the garden shed. I cleared the shed out, gave it a good cleaning, placed an old sheet on the floor with my yoga mat on top, and included a portable electric heater to keep me warm. Although the <a href="http://www.tigersheds.com/">shed</a> served quite well as a quiet and spacious area to practice yoga, I still wanted to incorporate the five elements into my surroundings.</p>
<p>From my research I discovered that the five elements have two cycles: 1) the cycle of creating;  and 2) the cycle of overcoming. They interact differently with each other depending on which cycle you follow. As yoga is a creative activity, I decided to focus on the creating cycle in which wood feeds fire, fire creates earth, earth bears metal, metal carries water, and water nourishes wood. The wood of the garden shed is my sanctuary, the heater and some scented candles represent fire. I often have the candles surrounding me in a circle. Some plants have been placed on the small window sill of the shed to symbolise earth, and I’ve bought a small water feature. I find the sound of the running water highly relaxing. Metal was a difficult element to include. I finally settled on following my water theme and focusing on sound. A wooden wind chime with metal tubes represents the element of metal in my humble sanctuary.</p>
<p>Although I realise this method of using the five elements is very loosely based on the Chinese philosophy of Wu Xing and is solely my own personal interpretation of it, I find it helps me not only in my yoga but in my daily life. I am more at ease and less likely to panic when faced with a difficult situation, and when a stressful event does pop up I think back to my time in my garden shed and visualise the flames of the candles, the sound and look of the metal chime and water feature, the smell and feel of the wood, and the company of my humble bonsai trees.</p>
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<p style="text-align:left;">A few resources on the Five Elements (Wu Xing):</p>
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<div style="text-align:left;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wu_Xing" target="_blank">Wu Xing </a>on Wikipedia</div>
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<div style="text-align:left;"><a href="http://macrobiotics.co.uk/articles/fiveelementstheory.htm" target="_blank">Understanding the Five Element Theory</a></div>
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<div style="text-align:left;"><em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1568362099/?tag=dacuofyo-20" target="_blank">Wood Becomes Water: Chinese Medicine in Everyday Life </a></em>by Gail Reichstein</div>
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<div style="text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1556434308/?tag=dacuofyo-20" target="_blank"><em>Healing with Whole Foods</em> </a>by Paul Pitchford</div>
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<p style="text-align:left;">A little inspiration for your own yoga sanctuary:</p>
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<div style="text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0307352919/?tag=dacuofyo-20" target="_blank"><em>Stylish Sheds and Elegant Hideaways: Big Ideas for Small Backyard Destinations</em> </a>by Debra Prinzing</div>
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<div style="text-align:left;"><em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1554072247/?tag=dacuofyo-20" target="_blank">Sheds: The Do-It-Yourself Guide for Backyard Builders </a></em>by David and Jeanie Stiles</div>
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		<title>Krishna Das ~ Chants of a Lifetime: Searching for a Heart of Gold (Wanderlust SPEAKEASY 2011)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:51:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a long-time fan of Krishna Das, I really enjoyed hearing some of his story&#8230; Join Krishna Das (acknowledged as the Chant Master of American Yoga by the New York Times) as he shares how he entered into the practice of chanting and what it means to him today, as well as his relationship with Maharaj-ji. Layering [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dailycupofyoga.com&amp;blog=744694&amp;post=3436&amp;subd=dailycupofyoga&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="text-align:left;">As a </span><a style="text-align:left;" href="http://dailycupofyoga.com/2007/02/16/the-long-drive-with-krishna-das/" target="_blank">long-time fan </a><span style="text-align:left;">of Krishna Das, I really enjoyed hearing some of his story&#8230;</span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="text-align:center; display: block;"><a href="http://dailycupofyoga.com/2012/01/18/krishna-das-chants-of-a-lifetime-searching-for-a-heart-of-gold-wanderlust-speakeasy-2011/"><img src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/m946LhDQcoU/2.jpg" alt="" /></a></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:left;">Join <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/entity/Krishna-Das/B000APAF8W?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=dacuofyo-20&amp;linkCode=shr&amp;camp=213733&amp;creative=393193&amp;ref_=ntt_mus_dp_pel" target="_blank">Krishna Das </a>(acknowledged as the Chant Master of American Yoga by the New York Times) as he shares how he entered into the practice of chanting and what it means to him today, as well as his relationship with Maharaj-ji.</p>
<p>Layering traditional Hindu kirtan with instantly accessible melodies and modern instrumentation, Krishna Das has been called yoga&#8217;s &#8220;rock star.&#8221; With a remarkably soulful voice that touches the deepest chord in even the most casual listener, Krishna Das &#8212; known to friends, family, and fans as simply KD &#8212; has taken the call-and-response chanting out of yoga centers and into concert halls, becoming a worldwide icon and the best-selling chant artist of all time, with over 300,000 records sold.</p>
<p>KD spent the late &#8217;60&#8242;s traveling across the country as a student of Ram Dass, and in August 1970, he finally made the journey to India, which led him to Ram Dass&#8217; own beloved guru, Neem Karoli Baba, known to most as Maharaj-ji.</p>
<p>Given the name Krishna Das, KD began to chant as part of following the path of Bhakti yoga &#8212; the yoga of devotion.</p>
<p>After two and a half years with Maharaj-ji, returned to USA &#8211; alas, six months after his return, word came that Maharaj-ji had died.</p>
<p>He took solace in music, finding peace and strength in both his Bhakti yoga practice as well as in such heroes as Ray Charles, Van Morrison, Steely Dan, and Bruce Springsteen (whom he laughingly calls &#8220;the Bodhisattva of New Jersey&#8221;). KD also co-founded Triloka Records, a California-based label specializing in world music, releasing such  artists as Jai Uttal, sarod virtuoso Ali Akbar Khan, and legendary jazz musician/composer Jackie McLean.</p>
<p>In 1994, KD started leading chant at Jivamukti Yoga Center, NYC, with an ever-growing audience of yoga students which has led to chant with people all around the world.</p>
<p>Since 1996 KD has recorded 14 albums including his latest ones &#8216;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00317LM8I/?tag=dacuofyo-20" target="_blank">Heart as Wide as the World</a>&#8221; and &#8216;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1401931375/?tag=dacuofyo-20" target="_blank">Chants of a Lifetime&#8217; (book + CD).</a></p>
<p>&#8220;The chanting just hits you and you want to be a part of it,&#8221; KD promises. &#8220;That&#8217;s the point of this whole thing. That&#8217;s what cuts through all the &#8216;stuff&#8217;. You get lit up. You don&#8217;t have to know what it means.&#8221;</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Dr. Timothy McCall on &#8220;How to Not Wreck Your Body Doing Yoga&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:23:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Timothy McCall, author of Yoga as Medicine, who was quoted in last week&#8217;s infamous New York Times article,  shares some thoughts on practicing yoga smartly and safely in his recent newsletter (which I highly recommend). Click here to read the rest of the article in pdf format. If your simple goal in life is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dailycupofyoga.com&amp;blog=744694&amp;post=3414&amp;subd=dailycupofyoga&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:center;">Dr. Timothy McCall, author of <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0553384066/?tag=dacuofyo-20" target="_blank">Yoga as Medicine</a></em>, who was quoted in last week&#8217;s infamous <em>New York Times </em><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/08/magazine/how-yoga-can-wreck-your-body.html?_r=1&amp;pagewanted=all" target="_blank">article</a>,  shares some thoughts on practicing yoga smartly and safely in his recent newsletter (which I highly recommend).</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;">Click <a href="http://dailycupofyoga.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/dr-timothy-mccall-how-not-to-wreck-your-body-doing-yoga.pdf" target="_blank">here</a> to read the rest of the article in pdf format.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">If your simple goal in life is to reach the end of the Internet reading more on this subject, I also recommend checking out YogaDorks <a href="http://www.yogadork.com/news/complete-and-exhaustive-guide-yoga-community-responds-to-nyt-how-yoga-can-wreck-your-body/" target="_blank">&#8220;Complete and Exhaustive Guide: Yoga Community Responds to NYT ‘How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body’.&#8221;</a></p>
<p style="text-align:left;">P.S. Here are the links from Dr. McCall&#8217;s article since they&#8217;re not active in the PDF.</p>
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<li><span style="text-align:left;">Headstand can have just as many risks as benefits. </span><a style="text-align:left;" href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?DrMcCall.com/329f2fd28c/1a3966e71e/036e026b53">Here are a few things to consider</a><span style="text-align:left;"> before going up.</span></li>
<li>I<a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?DrMcCall.com/329f2fd28c/1a3966e71e/35035fbbbe">s it safe to go upside down when you&#8217;re having your period?</a></li>
<li><a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?DrMcCall.com/329f2fd28c/1a3966e71e/05d5ded1a9">Talking With Your Doctor About Your Yoga Practice</a></li>
<li><a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?DrMcCall.com/329f2fd28c/1a3966e71e/99b3e79b57">Working With Students Who Have Yoga Injuries (Part 1)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?DrMcCall.com/329f2fd28c/1a3966e71e/f87de49266">Working With Students Who Have Yoga Injuries (Part 2)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?DrMcCall.com/329f2fd28c/1a3966e71e/62a9241160">Working With Students Who Have Yoga Injuries (Part 3)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?DrMcCall.com/329f2fd28c/1a3966e71e/38fc27ca96">Working With Students Who Have Yoga Injuries (Part 4)</a></li>
<li><a href="http://cts.vresp.com/c/?DrMcCall.com/329f2fd28c/1a3966e71e/f5845f1383">Is Yogic Levitation Possible?</a></li>
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		<title>Leslie Kaminoff Shares His Two Cents on Whether Yoga Will Wreck Your Body</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 11:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the cover of the soon to be released book whose author recently set the yoga community&#8217;s tail on fire  with his New York Time&#8217;s article, &#8221;How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body.&#8221; While I&#8217;ll reserve my response until I read the book, I thought I&#8217;d share Leslie Kaminoff&#8217;s video response to the article: Leslie Kaminoff is the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dailycupofyoga.com&amp;blog=744694&amp;post=3395&amp;subd=dailycupofyoga&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:center;">Here&#8217;s the cover of the soon to be released <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1451641427/?tag=dacuofyo-20" target="_blank">book</a> whose author recently set the yoga community&#8217;s tail on fire  with his New York Time&#8217;s article, &#8221;<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/08/magazine/how-yoga-can-wreck-your-body.html?_r=1&amp;pagewanted=all?src=tp" target="_blank">How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body</a>.&#8221;</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;">While I&#8217;ll reserve my response until I read the book, I thought I&#8217;d share Leslie Kaminoff&#8217;s video response to the article:</p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="text-align:center; display: block;"><a href="http://dailycupofyoga.com/2012/01/14/leslie-kaminoff-shares-his-two-cents-on-whether-yoga-will-wreck-your-body/"><img src="http://img.youtube.com/vi/iDggk8MB39I/2.jpg" alt="" /></a></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="http://www.yogaanatomy.org/2012/my-2-cents/?utm_source=feedblitz&amp;utm_medium=FeedBlitzEmail&amp;utm_content=63474&amp;utm_campaign=On-Demand_2012-01-12+23%3A23" target="_blank">Leslie Kaminoff</a> is the author of <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1450400248/?tag=dacuofyo-20" target="_blank">Yoga Anatomy</a></em>, 2nd Edition.</p>
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		<title>Shiva Rea on Yoga Energy Activism &#8211; Wanderlust SPEAKEASY 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2012 12:11:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shiva Rea addresses the Speakeasy attendees in Squaw Valley (2011) regarding Yoga Energy Activism: how we can regenerate our energy linking our heart, body, home and ecology. Shiva Rea, M.A. is a yogini firekeeper, sacred activist, global adventurer and leading innovator in the evolution of prana flow yoga, transformational vinyasa flow integrating the tantric bhakti [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dailycupofyoga.com&amp;blog=744694&amp;post=3387&amp;subd=dailycupofyoga&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:left;">Shiva Rea addresses the Speakeasy attendees in Squaw Valley (2011) regarding Yoga Energy Activism: how we can regenerate our energy linking our heart, body, home and ecology.</p>
<p>Shiva Rea, M.A. is a yogini firekeeper, sacred activist, global adventurer and leading innovator in the evolution of prana flow yoga, transformational vinyasa flow integrating the tantric bhakti roots of yoga, Krishnamacharya&#8217;s teachings and a universal, quantum approach to the body. Shiva is known for bringing the roots of yoga alive for modern practitioners in creative, dynamic and life-transforming ways and for offering the synthesis form of prana flow out in the world. Shiva is the creator of Prana Flow Yoga, Yogadventure Retreats, Yoga Trance Dance for Life, Moving Activism for 1,008,000 Trees, the worldwide Global Mala Project, Yogini Conferences and E2: The Evolutionary Edge Tour. She writes for Yoga Journal, Yoga Plus Joyful Living, is the author of award-winning CD&#8217;s and DVD&#8217;s, and contributor to many publications and features.</p>
<p>For more information on Shiva Rea and her teaching schedule, please visit: <a title="http://shivarea.com/" href="http://shivarea.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://shivarea.com/</a></p>
<p>For more information on the Global Mala Project, please visit: <a title="http://yogamonth.org/globalmala/" href="http://yogamonth.org/globalmala/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://yogamonth.org/globalmala/</a></p>
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		<title>Lululemon&#8217;s &#8216;Ready to Get Its Yoga On&#8230;&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 10:17:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t own a single piece of Lululemon clothing (not out of principle or anything like that&#8230;not really sure why&#8230;), but I do enjoy a little bit of yoga humor&#8230; HAPPY NEW YEAR and thanks for making 2011 Daily Cup of Yoga&#8217;s most amazing year ever! Filed under: videos, yoga Tagged: humor, lululemon<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dailycupofyoga.com&amp;blog=744694&amp;post=3367&amp;subd=dailycupofyoga&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:center;">I don&#8217;t own a single piece of Lululemon clothing (not out of principle or anything like that&#8230;not really sure why&#8230;), but I do enjoy a little bit of yoga humor&#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">HAPPY NEW YEAR and thanks for making 2011 Daily Cup of Yoga&#8217;s most amazing year ever!</p>
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		<title>Rod Stryker on the Yoga of Fulfillment &#8211; Wanderlust SPEAKEASY 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 01:40:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ancient tradition of tantra yoga is the ultimate science of fulfillment. Illuminating both the path of self-knowledge and the path of becoming the person you were meant to be, the teachings provide a roadmap to uncover your soul&#8217;s call to greatness and to unlock your capacity to achieve it. In this lecture Rod discusses [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dailycupofyoga.com&amp;blog=744694&amp;post=3343&amp;subd=dailycupofyoga&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:left;">The ancient tradition of tantra yoga is the ultimate science of fulfillment. Illuminating both the path of self-knowledge and the path of becoming the person you were meant to be, the teachings provide a roadmap to uncover your soul&#8217;s call to greatness and to unlock your capacity to achieve it. In this lecture Rod discusses his new book, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0553803980/?tag=dacuofyo-20" target="_blank"><em>The Four Desires</em> </a>and outlines the keys to fulfilling your worldly and spiritual potential, achieving your ultimate destiny, the science of transforming thought into form, and the keys to finding and fulfilling your dharma.</p>
<p>Rod Stryker is the founder of <a href="http://www.rodstryker.com/parayoga" target="_blank">ParaYoga</a> and widely considered one of the country&#8217;s leading yoga and meditation teachers. He has taught yoga for nearly 30 years and leads retreats, workshops, and trainings worldwide.</p>
<p>For more info please visit: <a href="www.rodstryker.com" target="_blank">www.rodstryker.com</a>.</p>
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		<title>Make New Determinations: Be What You Want to Be!</title>
		<link>http://dailycupofyoga.com/2011/12/26/make-new-determinations-be-what-you-want-to-be/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 09:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Paramahansa Yogananda has long been a guide to me in my personal study of yoga. A yogi in the classic sense, I have no doubt his legacy of talks and essays inspire many of you as well. At the end of a long day, I frequently soak in a few pages of Yogananda&#8217;s wisdom to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dailycupofyoga.com&amp;blog=744694&amp;post=3315&amp;subd=dailycupofyoga&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/087612256X/?tag=dacuofyo-20" target="_blank"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3328" title="journey_to_self-realization_yogananda" src="http://dailycupofyoga.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/journey_to_self-realization_yogananda.jpg?w=192&#038;h=300" alt="" width="192" height="300" /></a></em>Paramahansa Yogananda has long been a guide to me in my personal study of yoga. A <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0876120834/?tag=dacuofyo-20" target="_blank">yogi</a> in the classic sense, I have no doubt his legacy of talks and essays inspire many of you as well. At the end of a long day, I frequently soak in a few pages of Yogananda&#8217;s wisdom to calm and center my mind (my current favorite is <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1565892151/?tag=dacuofyo-20" target="_blank">How to Be Happy All the Time</a></em>).</p>
<p>With the dawn of a new year, I happily share the following excerpts from a talk given by Paramahansa Yogananda on New Year&#8217;s Eve, 1934, at the International Headquarters of the society he founded, the <a href="http://www.yogananda-srf.org/" target="_blank">Self-Realization Fellowship</a>. The entire talk is published in <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/087612256X/?tag=dacuofyo-20" target="_blank">Journey to Self-Realization</a></em>, Volume III of Paramahansa Yogananda’s Collected Talks and Essays.  (Self-Realization Fellowship, copyright © 1997, Los Angeles; reprinted with permission.)  For more information about the teachings of Paramahansa Yogananda, visit <a href="www.yogananda-srf.org" target="_blank">www.yogananda-srf.org</a>.</p>
<p>I hope these thoughts inspire each of you to reflect on the ebb and flow of the past year, to look to the new year with eager anticipation, and live each moment in the present and to its fullest!</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">* * *</p>
<blockquote><p>Make new determinations as to what you are going to do and what you are going to be in this next year. Set a program for yourself; carry it through, and you will find how much happier you will be. Failure to keep to your schedule of improvement means you have paralyzed your will. You have no greater friend and no greater enemy than yourself. If you befriend yourself, you will find accomplishment. There is no law of God preventing you from being what you want to be and accomplishing what you want to accomplish. Nothing detrimental that happens can affect you unless you sanction it.<span id="more-3315"></span></p></blockquote>
<p style="text-align:center;">* * *</p>
<blockquote><p>Let nothing weaken your conviction that you can be whatever you want to be. There is no one obstructing you unless it be yourself. Though my master Swami Sri Yukteswarji again and again told me that, it was hard to believe it at first. But as I used the God-given gift of will power in my life, I found it to be my savior. Not to use the will is to be inert like a stone, an inanimate object—an ineffectual human being.</p></blockquote>
<p style="text-align:center;">* * *</p>
<blockquote><p>Constructive thought will absolutely, like a great hidden searchlight, show you the pathway to success. There is always a way to be found if you think hard enough. People who give up after a little while bedim their power of thought. In order to gain your end, you must do your utmost to use thought until it is luminous enough to reveal to you the way to your goal.</p>
<p>Cast away all negative thoughts and fears. Remember that as a child of God you are endowed with the same potentialities as the most excellent among men. As souls, none is greater than another. Attune your will to be guided by the wisdom of God as expressed in the wisdom of the sages. If your will is yoked to wisdom, you can achieve anything.</p></blockquote>
<p style="text-align:center;">* * *</p>
<blockquote><p>Bad habits are the worst enemies you can have. You are punished by those habits. They make you do things you do not want to do, and leave you to suffer the consequences. You must drop bad habits and leave them behind you as you move forward. Every day should be a transition from old habits to better habits. In this coming year make a solemn resolution to keep only those habits that are for your highest good.</p>
<p>The best way to get rid of your undesirable tendencies is not to think about them; do not acknowledge them. Never concede that a habit has a hold on you….You must develop “won’t” habits. And stay away from those things that stimulate bad habits.</p></blockquote>
<p style="text-align:center;">* * *</p>
<blockquote><p>Do not limit yourself with the narrowness of selfishness. Include others in your achievements and happiness, then you are doing the will of God. Whenever you think of yourself, think also of others. When you think of seeking peace, think of others who are in need of peace. If you do your utmost to make others happy, you will find that you are pleasing the Father.</p>
<p>To live in harmony, to live with strong will power to do the will of Him who sent you, is all you should be interested in. Never lose courage, and always be smiling. Have the smile of the heart and the smile of the face completely in harmony. If your body, mind, and soul register the smile of the inner consciousness of God, you can scatter smiles about you wherever you go.</p></blockquote>
<p style="text-align:center;">* * *</p>
<blockquote><p>Be always with people who inspire you; surround yourself with people who lift you up. Do not let your resolutions and positive thinking be poisoned by bad company. Even if you cannot find good company to inspire you, you can find it in meditation. The best company you can have is the joy of meditation.</p></blockquote>
<p style="text-align:center;">* * *</p>
<blockquote><p>Your cup of life within and without is filled with the Divine Presence, but because of the lack of attention you do not perceive God’s immanence. When you are in tune, as one tunes in a radio, then you receive Spirit. It is as if you take a bottle of sea water, cork it, and put it in the ocean; although the bottle floats in the waters, its contents do not mix with its oceanic surroundings. But open the bottle, and the water inside merges with the sea. We must remove the cork of ignorance before we can come in contact with Spirit.</p></blockquote>
<p style="text-align:center;">* * *</p>
<blockquote><p>Infinity is our Home. We are just sojourning awhile in the caravanserai of the body. Those who are drunk with delusion have forgotten how to follow the trail that leads to God. But when in meditation the Divine gets hold of the prodigal child, there is no dallying anymore.</p>
<p>Enter the portals of the New Year with new hope. Remember you are a child of God. It lies with you as to what you are going to be. Be proud that you are a child of God. What have you to fear? No matter what comes, believe it is the Lord who is sending that to you; and you must succeed in conquering those daily challenges. Therein lies your victory. Do His will; nothing can hurt you then. He loves you everlastingly. Think that. Believe that. <em>Know</em> that. And suddenly one day you will find you are immortally alive in God.</p>
<p>Meditate more and believe in that strong consciousness that God is always with you regardless of what happens. Then you will see that the veil of delusion will be taken away and you will be one with That which is God. That is how I found my greatest happiness in life. I am not looking for anything now because I have everything in Him. Never would I part with That which is the richest of all possessions.</p>
<p>This is my message to you for the New Year.</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Yoga Nidra for Sleep</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Dec 2011 14:22:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This guided meditation is designed to help you achieve healthy sleep by changing habitual behaviors (in this case,&#8230;insomnia). Filed under: meditation, yoga Tagged: sleep, yoga nidra<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dailycupofyoga.com&amp;blog=744694&amp;post=3288&amp;subd=dailycupofyoga&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:center;">This guided meditation is designed to help you achieve healthy sleep by changing habitual behaviors (in this case,&#8230;insomnia).</p>
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		<title>Yoga Lover</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 11:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Siddharta listened.  He was now listening intently, completely absorbed, quite empty, taking in everything.  He felt that he had now completely learned the art of listening.  He had often heard all this before, all these numerous voices in the river, but today they sounded different.  He could no longer distinguish the different voices&#8211;the merry voice [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dailycupofyoga.com&amp;blog=744694&amp;post=3279&amp;subd=dailycupofyoga&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:left;">Siddharta listened.  He was now listening intently, completely absorbed, quite empty, taking in everything.  He felt that he had now completely learned the art of listening.  He had often heard all this before, all these numerous voices in the river, but today they sounded different.  He could no longer distinguish the different voices&#8211;the merry voice from the weeping voice, the childish voice from the manly voice.  The all belonged to each other: the lament of those who yearn, the laughter of the wise, the cry of indignation and the groan of the dying.  They were all interwoven and interlocked, entwined in a thousand ways.  And all the voices, all the goals, all the pleasures, all the good and evil, all of them together was the world.  All of them together was the stream of events, the music of life.  When Siddhartha listened attentively to this river, to this song of a thousand voices, when he did not listen to the sorrow or the laughter, when he did not bind his soul to any one particular voice and absorb it in his Self, but heard them all, the whole, the unity, then the great song of a thousand voices consisted of one word.</p>
<p style="text-align:left;">~ Hermann Hesse, <em><a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/1613822022/?tag=dacuofyo-20" target="_blank">Siddhartha</a></em></p>
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		<title>Going Inside the Mind</title>
		<link>http://dailycupofyoga.com/2011/12/21/going-inside/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Dec 2011 02:49:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Direct your eye right inward, and you&#8217;ll find A thousand regions in your mind Yet undiscovered. Travel them and be Expert in home-cosmography.    Thoreau, Walden   Filed under: meditation, yoga Tagged: meditation, thoreau, walden<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dailycupofyoga.com&amp;blog=744694&amp;post=3293&amp;subd=dailycupofyoga&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><em>Direct your eye right inward, and you&#8217;ll find<br />
A thousand regions in your mind<br />
Yet undiscovered. Travel them and be<br />
Expert in home-cosmography.</em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;">   Thoreau<em>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/0300104669/?tag=dacuofyo-20" target="_blank">Walden</a></em></p>
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		<title>Seane Corn on Embodying Spiritual Activism &#8211; Wanderlust SPEAKEASY 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:08:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seane Corn shares a candid heart-to-heart with the SPEAKEASY audience assembled in Stratton, VT in June of 2011, where she spoke of her life as a yogi, from just discovering yoga, to where her heart has led her to today&#8230; as a seeker, student, teacher and ultimately, a servant. Hear first-hand about her work on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dailycupofyoga.com&amp;blog=744694&amp;post=3272&amp;subd=dailycupofyoga&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.seanecorn.com/" target="_blank">Seane Corn</a> shares a candid heart-to-heart with the SPEAKEASY audience assembled in Stratton, VT in June of 2011, where she spoke of her life as a yogi, from just discovering yoga, to where her heart has led her to today&#8230; as a seeker, student, teacher and ultimately, a servant. Hear first-hand about her work on and off the mat, her projects, the integration of the yoga practice- into the mystery of life, and how listening to intuition and choosing to give her life over to Spirit has rewarded her with the richest and most joyful gifts ever imagined.</p>
<p>Seane Corn is an internationally renowned Vinyasa Flow Yoga Teacher and spiritual activist. Featured in commercials, magazines and named the &#8220;National Yoga Ambassador&#8221; for YouthAIDS in 2005, Seane now utilizes her national platform to bring awareness to the HIV/AIDS crisis. Since 2007, she has been training leaders of activism through her co-founded organization <a href="http://www.offthematintotheworld.org/" target="_blank">Off the Mat Into the World®</a>. Seane has spent time in India, Cambodia and Africa working with prostitutes and street children, teaching yoga, providing support for child labor and educating people about HIV/AIDS prevention. Seane is also co-founder of the Seva Challenge Humanitarian Tours, encouraging yoga teachers to get involved in fund and awareness raising efforts across the globe. Her award winning DVD&#8217;s are available through Gaiam and Yoga Journal, and most recently <a href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00593OYB4/?tag=dacuofyo-20" target="_blank">&#8220;Detox Flow Yoga&#8221;</a> from Sounds True.</p>
<p>Learn more about Seane at <a title="http://www.seanecorn.com/" href="http://www.seanecorn.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.seanecorn.com/</a>.</p>
<p>You can explore her work with Off The Mat Into The World at <a title="http://www.offthematintotheworld.org/" href="http://www.offthematintotheworld.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.offthematintotheworld.org/</a>.</p>
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		<title>Lori Deschene on Authentic Connections In a Connected World &#8211; Wanderlust SPEAKEASY 2011</title>
		<link>http://dailycupofyoga.com/2011/12/20/lori-deschene-on-authentic-connections-in-a-connected-world-wanderlust-speakeasy-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 23:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Tiny Buddha&#8221; founder, Lori Deschene, explores how social media can either help or hinder us in forming meaningful, authentic connections. Lori Deschene is the founder of Tiny Buddha, a community blog that publishes tips and stories about letting go of pain and embracing happiness. In addition to sharing her own struggles and insights and encouraging [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dailycupofyoga.com&amp;blog=744694&amp;post=3262&amp;subd=dailycupofyoga&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:left;">&#8220;<a href="http://tinybuddha.com/" target="_blank">Tiny Buddha</a>&#8221; founder, Lori Deschene, explores how social media can either help or hinder us in forming meaningful, authentic connections.</p>
<p>Lori Deschene is the founder of Tiny Buddha, a community blog that publishes tips and stories about letting go of pain and embracing happiness. In addition to sharing her own struggles and insights and encouraging others to do the same, she also offers daily wisdom quotes through <a href="http://twitter.com/tinybuddha" target="_blank">@tinybuddha on Twitter</a> and the Tiny Buddha <a href="http://www.facebook.com/tinybuddha" target="_blank">Facebook page</a>. In an increasingly disconnected, information-overloaded world, Tiny Buddha has emerged as a place for authentic connection—where everyone has the same authority to share what they&#8217;ve learned and how they apply it. With nearly 1 million views per month, Tiny Buddha is quickly growing into one of the most popular inspirational sites on the web.</p>
<p>You can discover more at <a title="http://tinybuddha.com/" href="http://tinybuddha.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://tinybuddha.com/</a> and follow her at <a href="http://twitter.com/tinybuddha" target="_blank">@tinybuddha</a>.<a href="http://tinybuddha.com/about/"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3266" title="" src="http://dailycupofyoga.files.wordpress.com/2011/12/tiny-buddha.jpg?w=610&#038;h=457" alt="" width="610" height="457" /></a></p>
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		<title>Detox Flow Yoga Class With Clara Roberts-Oss</title>
		<link>http://dailycupofyoga.com/2011/12/16/detox-flow-yoga-class-with-clara-roberts-oss/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 07:37:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Check out Clara&#8217;s website at http://www.pixieyoga.net/ Music by Amrita at  http://www.amritamusic.net/ Filed under: videos, yoga Tagged: clara roberts-oss, detox, yoga flow<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dailycupofyoga.com&amp;blog=744694&amp;post=3256&amp;subd=dailycupofyoga&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Yoga: A Natural Remedy for Back Pain</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 13:57:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OmLight Photography by Jim Campbell [Editor's note: This is a guest post by Lexi of Lexi Yoga.] Back aches and pains are pretty common these days. Pills and medications can bring immediate relief, but may not be enough to remove the root cause for such excruciating pain. The cause could be due to any number [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=dailycupofyoga.com&amp;blog=744694&amp;post=3223&amp;subd=dailycupofyoga&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:left;">[<em>Editor's note: This is a guest post by Lexi of <a title="Visit Lexi Yoga" href="http://www.lexiyoga.com/" target="_blank">Lexi Yoga</a>.</em>]</p>
<p>Back aches and pains are pretty common these days. Pills and medications can bring immediate relief, but may not be enough to remove the root cause for such excruciating pain. The cause could be due to any number of reasons &#8211; being overweight, living a sedentary life style, crouching in front of your computer for too long, or even having an upset stomach.</p>
<p>Yoga is a natural remedy that cultivates a balance between flexibility and strength in your body, which is usually the root cause of back pain. Many people have tension along the spine, hips and shoulder area. Including yoga in your daily life can do wonders to any type of pain, either physical or emotional, as yoga helps to release all the stress and toxins within your muscles and organs.</p>
<p>Here are some specific yoga postures to help relieve back pain. Please consult with your doctor if you have any specific injuries or sharp pains. There are various variations and props that a qualified teacher can provide for any circumstance.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.yogajournal.com/basics/1382" target="_blank"><strong>Supta Matsyendrasana/Supine Spinal Twist</strong></a></p>
<p>Supta Matsyendrasana helps to release any cramps and tension along your back and helps to clear your bowels. Lie straight on your back, hands by your side, inhale through the nose and exhale through your mouth. Bring both knees to your chest. Turn both legs on one side while you turn your head and upper body towards the opposite side; breathe normally through the nose in this state for ten counts. Slowly come back to original position after ten and relax. You can repeat both sides a few times. This is a wonderful posture to do before you get up in the morning, and before bedtime, as it helps to re-align your spine.</p>
<p><a href="http://yoga108.org/pages/show/117-padahastasana-standing-forward-bend-yoga-posture" target="_blank"><strong>Padahastasana/Hands to Feet Pose:</strong></a></p>
<p>Padahastasana is a standing pose, so stand straight with bare feet on even ground. Raise your hands straight above your head, inhale through your nose and exhale through mouth. Now bend forwards and try to touch your toes, breathe normally in this position to a count of ten. Slowly come back to the standing position while you are exhaling, place your hands down by your side. Repeat this posture 2-3 times if you feel fine.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.freeyogafreelife.com/standing-backbend-pose.html" target="_blank"><strong>Anuvittasana/Standing Backward Bend:</strong></a></p>
<p>The next posture is Anuvittasana, which flows nicely after Padahastasana. Remain standing up straight, grounding your feet to the floor, place the palm of your hands on your lower back behind you, inhale through nose and exhale through mouth; bend backwards as far as possible arching your body. At the same time try to bring both the elbows as close as possible behind you; stay and breathe normally for ten counts in this position. Do not swing back, but come back slowly and gently, to your regular standing position. You can repeat this 2-3 times, depending on how comfortable you feel.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.bikramyoga.com/BikramYoga/TwentySixPosturesDetails.php?pos=16" target="_blank"><strong>Bhujangasana/Cobra Pose:</strong></a></p>
<p>Bhujangasana is a great back strengthening pose. Lie on your stomach, rest your head on your hands folded under your head; rest on your chin, inhale through nose and exhale through mouth. Place the palms of your hands close to your chest with the elbows striving to meet behind you, now raise your head and bend backwards without lifting your stomach. Try to look back as much as possible. Stay in the position and breathe normally for ten counts and then gently come back to original position, put your hands under your head and rest it on one side. You can repeat this asana 2-3 times and even increase the counts if you feel comfortable doing it.</p>
<p>All the above asanas work to stretch out your back and release tension along the spine, shoulders and hips. The sequence of postures help to revive the blood circulation to areas where it is scanty or has been blocked. Blockage of blood circulation is almost always a primary cause for health ailments. Practicing yoga on a daily basis can be your natural remedy to back pain relief.</p>
<p>Yoga not only helps with aches, pains, and discomforts, it can also lengthen, tone, and stretch your body from head to toe, improving your posture, which can naturally make you look and feel taller. [For more, check out - <a href="http://www.lexiyoga.com/can-yoga-make-you-taller" target="_blank">Can Yoga Make you Taller</a>?]</p>
<p>Written by: <a href="http://www.lexiyoga.com/" target="_blank">LexiYoga</a></p>
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