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Peace on earth even if earth is going down in flames

By Kristin Kaminski There is just nothing, I mean NOTHING that puts me in better holiday spirits than when I walk out of the grocery store after working all day and taking a neurotic spin class only to...

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I really don’t care, at all, what you eat

By Kimberly Johnson I hate being bored. It’s a struggle since, life does include a lot of repetitive necessities — like brushing your teeth twice a day, for instance. But I have to say there is nothing...

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Who cares if you’re a vegetarian, if you’re a judgmental prick?

 By Sachié Alessio Heath The subject of vegetarianism is a heated topic in the yoga community. Many people believe it’s a requirement to being a “real” yogi, stating ahimsa (one of the yamas) as proof....

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Yoga teachers are psychos

By Kirk Hensler As much as I hate yoga, I love yoga.  As much as yoga people creep me out, they creep me out much less than normal people.  That being said, I spend a lot of time practicing yoga and...

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Sick of cleanse and detox bullshit, yes I am

By Shana Sturtz My roots are in Oregon, where the commonalities of my childhood were marijuana growing in my neighbors’ backyards, Rice Dream, and attempts at making tofu as delicious as dead flesh....

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Dear John Friend

By Patrice Riley Dear John Friend, I attended a weekend workshop of yours in San Francisco in the fall of 2007. You were at the height of your popularity; the workshop was full, and you had hundreds of...

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How we are hungry. (And broke.)

By Kate Stone It started with a sweeping generalization and inherently racist comment about produce consumption in Chicago. “Well, they don’t care about buying organic,” my terrible roommate said about...

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Let’s get together and touch each other

By Kirk Hensler This crazy yoga chick pulled one out of her ass yesterday. She’s a serious vegan and refers to Earth as her “mother creature.” She constantly talks about receiving downloads from the...

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You may have your food dogma back

By Danielle Stimpson Over the past few years, I’ve made an Olympic sport of excusing myself from local yoga community  happenings that I know will involve mandatory chit-chat about what I eat....

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Could you lend me your constitution?

By Shana Sturtz I recently learned that someone very important to me was upset by my choice to air my writing (and ranting) on Recovering Yogi, a site billing itself as “a refuge for the spiritually...

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Yoga rehab can’t cure my Lulu cravings

By Shawn Radcliffe It’s been over six months since I left Portland — the Holy Land of yoga teachers — for self-imposed isolation among the wilds of Canada. For recovering yogis like myself, Canada is...

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The rise of the yoga butt

By Stewart Lawrence There’s an old saying: “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” In theory, that same dictum should apply to the treatment of our bodies. But in today’s “do-it-yourself” yoga culture, many...

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Knocking on heaven’s door

By Louis Cortese We are all knocking on heaven’s door—most of us, anyway. In hordes we rush up to it and knock on it loudly and expectedly, hoping that it will open up wide to let us in. I’m not using...

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The goddess complex

By Maynard De la Paz Humankind throughout history has devised various methods and ideologies to help make sense of our existence. Philosophy, religion, politics… all have played roles in our...

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Another shot at the age-old question

By Louis Cortese There lies out there that which is not graspable. Yet, paradoxically, there are infinite descriptions of it. Some are quite definitive and detailed in their accounts, while others...

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You’re so vain, I bet you think spirituality’s about you

By Jade Doherty Not to be contentious or anything, but my god, spiritual people are a vain bunch. It’s all “me, me, me, me, me.” But with a spiritual twist. I’ll have my egotistical self-absorption,...

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A guided meditation for any and all people, creatures and/or other...

By Vanessa Fiola Take a comfortable, seated position and begin to deepen your breath.  Close your eyes gently — or not, in the event you are recently Botoxed and can’t easily close your eyes. Lengthen...

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Confessions of an Acupuncture school dropout

By Lee Davis I was meant to be a healer. It was obvious. Why would life have given me a chronic illness if not to learn from it? And what else could I learn from it but how to heal?  I could see it all...

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The Yoga Sutras won’t fix you

By Kirk Hensler I get it; I see why you’re shying away.  The posts that used to make you roll over with fits of laughter are now making you feel judgmental and irritated.  It’s that time of year when...

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Socks on his hands

By Rebecca Butler I have a stalker. Ok, he’s not really a stalker. He’s more like a disgruntled student gone mad. One recent day, “Donald” showed up to class and announced that he was no longer smoking...

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