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If you experience anxiety you are not alone. Statistics show that 18% of Americans report anxiety and it’s predicted that 31% of adults, will experience anxiety at some point in their lives. For many of us, it is our struggles with anxiety that led us to our yogic and spiritual practices in the first place. If you have been seeking solutions like I was and are still dealing with limiting beliefs, uncertainty, anxious thoughts, worry, or fear, it doesn’t mean you’re doing anything wrong, or that anything is wrong with you. MORE
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In this interview, Avi Gordon (director of Integral Yoga Teachers Assoc) and Tom Callahan (IYTA communications administrator) discuss what brought them to Yoga (and Yogaville) and the questions that led to the recognition that seeking contentment in the external just doesn't last. They both discovered, in their own way, that the pathway to peace is in finding meaning and meaningful ways to contribute to the world.
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We live in challenging times and don't need more confusion in our lives by misunderstanding spiritual precepts and teachings. While it is true that in the time of Sri Patanjali most of those studying classical Yoga were forest dwelling renunciates and not householders living in the regular world. I don't think we, as yogis today, can really afford the "luxury" of living in a cave! If we are not able to apply the Yoga teachings and practices to our daily lives—every aspect of them—then how do they remain vital and most meaningful in a modern world? MORE
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Join 5 master teachers who will unpack Yoga's timeless teachings in this special online event hosted by the Yoga Life Society as a benefit for the Give Back Yoga Foundation (which provides Yoga to the military, veterans, the incarcerated, cancer survivors and those dealing with addiction). The teachers include Integral Yoga ministers Rev. Jaganath Carrera and Rev. Paraman, Beryl Bender Birth, Rima Rabbath and Rev. Amba Wallace. More info here. Order Rev. Jaganath's new book Inside Patanjali's Words here.
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Kristi Nelson (director of A Network for Grateful Living) was diagnosed with Stage IV cancer when she was 33 years old. In the 27 years since, she has lived into all that is possible when we take nothing for granted. In this beautiful short film by award-winning photographer and filmmaker Doug Menuez, Kristi shares her personal story of grateful living – a moving account of what she offers in more detail in her book Wake Up Grateful (foreword by Br. David Steindl-Rast).
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In Ep. 3 of the Two Old Fogey Yogis podcast, our two yogis began a discussion of the “Big E,” or enlightenment. Now, in Ep. 11, they dig deeper unveiling an even more profound understanding of what it’s like to be fully awake to one's pure essence-nature. A discussion of consciousness, the relationship between Bhakti and Jnana Yogas, and the pitfalls of spiritual bypassing is also included. Listen on Soundcloud, iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeart Radio, Pandora etc.
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Inspirational Meme of the Week
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