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Yoga: Hope for Healing the Planet

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Until early June, when British Petroleum successfully installed a temporary oil-well cap, thousand barrels of oil poured into the deep waters of the Gulf of Mexico. Some experts put the number at 5,000 a day; others estimate a much higher number. At 42 gallons a barrel, the more conservative number would make for 210,000 gallons. A day [...]
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The Eightfold Path: Aid on the Spiritual Journey – Part 4

Since being reintroduced to the eightfold path, I find that I have been practicing some of its elements without realizing it. This is the fourth of six columns devoted to exploring their value in today's world. Santosa (contentment) - It's difficult for a person in the midst of stress and striving to be able to meditate or to have [...]
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The Eightfold Path: Aid on the Spiritual Journey – Part 3

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Since being reintroduced to the eightfold path, I find that I have been practicing some of its elements without realizing it. This is the third of six columns devoted to exploring their value in today's world. Aparigraha ("You shall not hoard" or "You shall not covet"). Hoarding (or coveting what one doesn't need) shows poverty of spirit and [...]
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The Eightfold Path: Aid on the Spiritual Journey – Part 2

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Part Two: Continuing with the Yamas Since being reintroduced to the eightfold path, I find that I have been practicing some of its elements without realizing it. This is the second of six columns devoted to exploring their value in today's world. • Satya ("You shall not lie"). Mahatma Gandhi said, "Truth is God and God is Truth." Lies take [...]
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The Eightfold Path: Aid on the Spiritual Journey

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Part 1: Beginning the Journey For most of my association with yoga I found the eight limbs of the eightfold path from Patanjali's Yoga Sutra more confusing than useful. Since I've been reintroduced to them, I've discovered that I've been practicing some of them without realizing it. It seems to me now that if we peel [...]
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Enhance your immunity with Yoga

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You can't avoid them even if you have the elaborate germophobic habits of Monk. They are on every doorknob, faucet handle and hand you shake. They are already in your body, biding their time until your defenses fail. I acknowledge the right of germs to exist. It's a right I claim for myself, after all. I even acknowledge [...]
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Begin with a Full Breath

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Is there stress in your life? To paraphrase Zorba the Greek, "Life is stress. Only death is not. To be alive is to open the door and look for stress!" But the idea is valid. Stress is the signal that we have opportunities to grow or that we need to make changes in our lives. You've heard in all [...]
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Spiritual Leader in our Midst

[caption id="attachment_9419" align="alignleft" width="500" caption="Kicking off the two-week 2009 Himalayan Yoga Tradition Congress, Swami Veda Bharati teaches the philosophy and technique of conscious sleep to participants of the yoga nidra workshop. The congress runs through August 1. Other events included a kirtan concert with Russill Paul, a Peace on Earth meditation led by Swami Veda [...]
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Interfaith Seminar on Peace : Himalayan Tradition Yoga Congress

This July, representatives from ten different faith traditions will gather together to discuss the significance of peace from within their spiritual frameworks. Experts in Buddhism, Hinduism, Taoism, Sufism, Christianity and the Himalayan Yoga tradition will present brief addresses and participate in a panel discussion. Entitled "Unifying Streams of Spirituality," this seminar will be held on Sunday, July 26, from 1 [...]
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Preeminent Spiritual Leader to head Song of Silence Yoga Congress

[caption id="attachment_9196" align="alignleft" width="222" caption="Swami Veda Bharati"][/caption] Swami Veda Bharati, founder and spiritual director of The Meditation Center in Northeast Minneapolis, will lead the 2009 Himalayan Yoga Tradition Congress at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul from July 17 through August 1. Drawing distinguished Yoga scholars, teachers and practitioners from across the globe [...]
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