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		<title>Dog days yoga?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[For those of us in the northern hemisphere, the dog days of summer have settled in with a big ole lazy heat wave. Who wants to move when the air is so heavy? Yoga class today? No, thanks, set me in front of my fan with an icy latte and a spicy novel. It&#8217;s good [...]


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		<title>Raw Beet Salad Recipe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love this delicious, colorful, and very healthful salad. It garners rave reviews at potlucks too. The first time I made it, I hand grated everything. Wow. It took a LONG time. Now I use a food processor. Don&#8217;t worry too much about exact amounts. I&#8217;m sure it&#8217;ll still taste delightful. The original recipe called [...]


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		<title>Niyama 5, Spirituality, Ishvara pranidhana</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sutra 2.45: samadhi siddih isvara pranidhanat Samadhi: contemplation. Siddih: power, accomplishment, realization. Isvarapranidhanat: through devotion to the Lord, positive behavior and the ritual act of devotion. Contemplation and its powers are attained through worship of God. (trans. Bernard Bouanchaud, The Essence of Yoga) A final Niyama or lifestyle guideline, focuses upon one&#8217;s relationship with the [...]


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		<title>Niyama 4, Swadyaya, self-study</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yoga Sutra 2.44: svadhyayat ista devata samprayogah Svadyayat: through reading and chanting sacred texts. Ista: desired, chosen. Devata: divinity. Samprayogah: union, fusion. Union with the chosen divinity comes from the study of self through the sacred texts. (trans. Bernard Bouanchaud) B.K.S Iyengar tells us in his Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali that &#8220;Traditionally, [...]


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		<title>South-Asian Style Roasted Chickpeas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Yogin&#8217;s Cuisine, Recipes for Health &#38; Happiness This is my favorite new snack food. The entire family enjoyed them while we lived in Mumbai. Recently, I found a simple version in an Italian grocery store. They fulfill my deep need to CRUNCH and a half cup thoroughly satisfies most snack urges. After reading The [...]


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		<title>early spring meditation, birdsong</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In Western New York, Spring, the mud-licked goddess of joy and rebirth, has floundered through the melting snows of March and found her way with the warmer, softer breezes, flowering snowdrops, and brilliant birdsong. Neighbors are sweeping off salt-littered stoops and chatting in the street. All agree: it&#8217;s been a long, tough winter. Mindfulness meditations [...]


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		<title>Niyama 3, Tapas, Heart Fire</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yoga sutra 2.43: kayendriyasiddhirasuddhiksayattaapasah Kaya; the body. Indriya: the eleven sense organs, including thought. Siddih: power, perfection. Asuddhi: impurity. Ksayat: by the destruction, elimination. Tapasah: discipline, asceticism, austerity. By eliminating impurity, a disciplined life brings perfection and mastery to the body and the eleven sense organs. (trans. Bernard Bouanchaud, The Essence of Yoga) Tapas, the [...]


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		<title>vegan no bake fudge cookies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Yogin’s Cuisine, Recipes for Health &#38; Happiness This is an incredibly simple recipe from my childhood that I&#8217;ve adapted. It provides a fabulous and nearly fail-proof opportunity to introduce children to the culinary arts. In other words, invite them to make a mess in the kitchen. NoBakes are best reserved for special occasions since [...]


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		<title>Moroccan Style Butternut Squash</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Yogin’s Cuisine, Recipes for Health &#38; Happiness Mike created this deliciously satisfying dish when I wanted &#8220;comfort food.&#8221; It&#8217;s very nutritious with the beans, walnuts, and vegetables, tastes great with the sweetness of the raisins and squash, and it&#8217;s comforting without a lot of oil. Try it next time you&#8217;re in a funk over [...]


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		<title>gibbous moon haiku</title>
		<description><![CDATA[gibbous moon slants poems composed in darkness feverish heart beats Related posts:fall dandelion haiku I am tackling the NANOWRIMO challenge this month, so blog...


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