June 1st, 2011 
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Comments Off May 4th, 2011 wynona Now more than ever, it’s important for yogis to work for peace. But before we can take peace out into the world, we need to first bring it into our lives.
That’s the idea behind My Peace Vow, a site that encourages all beings to work towards ahimsa (nonharming). “We must take back the control to
take back inner harmony,” says Mother Maya Tiwari, the
spiritual leader and founder of the Wise Earth School of Ayurveda. “To transform violence into
awareness by cultivating ahimsa within. To heal poverty, to stop crimes,
to protect nature and humanity.”
Integrating ancient wisdom with modern technology, Mother Maya has set
up a virtual way to work for inner peace. “Ahimsa must first be cultivated in the mind,” she says.
Posted in Personal Stories Tags: ancient-wisdom, daily, earth, earth-school, maya, mind, mother-maya, peace, practice, protect-nature, renew-the-vow, spiritual, you-incorporate Comments Off April 20th, 2011 levis25 
Yogis around the globe will be celebrating Earth Day on Friday. After all, yoga and caring for the Earth go hand-in hand. As Green Yoga Association founder Laura Cornell tells Yoga Buzz, “Yoga starts with the Earth. Period. Our bodies are made from the elements of the planet, our blood from its waters, the air we breathe from its atmosphere. We are not separate. When we recognize this deeply, we are on our way towards the first step of yoga–ahimsa.”
This Earth Day, take your love of the planet one step further–and take action. Many studios are offering up free and donation-based classes, live drumming, and community events. Here are a few other ways you can thank the Earth:
1. Become a Yoga Energy Activist. Shiva Rea invites you to respond to the ongoing energy crisis by commit yourself to becoming an Energy Activist Watch the video here.
2. Practice Yoga Outside. Feel your feet connect with the ground, the wind in your hair, and give gratitude to Mother Nature.
3. Unplug. Forsake television, turn off the lights, cell phone and computers, and spend time with your friends or family instead.
4. Reduce Water Consumption. Think before you flush and cut five minutes from your shower.
5. Dedicate Your Practice. Set an intention for your practice, and send lovingkindness to the Earth.
To read these ideas and more, visit Shiva Rea’s Yoga Energy Activism, Green Yoga, and Global Green
We want to know: How will you celebrate Earth Day?
Read the whole story on:http://blogs.yogajournal.com/yogabuzz/
Posted in Event, Personal Stories, Relaxation Techniques Tags: energy-activist, green, green-yoga, love, news, planet, practice, practice-yoga Comments Off March 9th, 2011 levis25 
Yoga was a hot topic at the 7th annual Integrative Healthcare Symposium. From yoga in the military to a planned teacher training in Haiti to an explosion of web applications for medical professionals to introduce yoga to patients, the practice is reaching deep into America’s most venerable institutions and professions.
Posted in Personal Stories, Relaxation Techniques Tags: academic, america, anthony-fisher, chairman, considerations, devastating, director, haiti, health, military, practice, such-as-guided, symposium, training Comments Off October 20th, 2010 levis25
Fame. Fortune. Commercialization. Is this where’s modern yoga headed? Or what it’s already become? This is the big question tackled by a Boston article called What’s Happened to Yoga?
The article opens with a scene from a yoga class, where two students are busy texting away to the dismay of their teacher, Natasha Rizopoulos. Then it touches on the serious issues keeping modern yogis up at night–mainly monetization and commercialization.
For this reason, among others, Rizopoulos is aligning herself with some of the country’s foremost yoga teachers who are trying to take back yoga from the masses who they believe are running afoul of the traditions of a 5,000-year-old spiritual, intellectual, and physical discipline.
The underlying idea of this “movement” is a studio called Down Under Yoga, which held a summit last weekend to discuss modern yoga, including ways yogis can stay aligned with yoga’s roots in modern times.
We want to know:
Is modern yoga too big to generalize about?
What aspects of modern yoga enhance the practice?
And what aspects diminish it?
Nora Isaacs is a Bay Area-based health writer and editor.
Read the whole story on:http://blogs.yogajournal.com/yogabuzz/
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