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Scandal, Controversy, And The Future Of Yoga

Tara Stiles | Posted 05.03.2012

Read More: Future of Yoga, Yoga, Leadership, Yoga Spirit, Controversy, Yoga Rebel, William Broad, Gps-Soul, Tara Stiles, Yoga-Cures, New York Times, Gurus, Yoga Health, Healthy Living News

Millions of people are waking up, stepping away from harsh teachers, false gurus, and beginning to realizing yoga is not about the pose and the shape you can make with your body.

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Scandal in Yogaland: Let's Not Draw the Wrong Conclusions

Philip Goldberg | Posted 05.05.2012

Read More: Yoga, Gurus, Anusara Yoga, John Friend, Sex Scandal, William Broad, John Friend Scandal, John Friend Anusara, Anusara, Culture News

While Anusara is not an ordinary business, it is also not a traditional guru-led organization; and John Friend is not an ordinary teacher or boss, but he's not a swami or a guru either. This illustrates the ambiguous position of modern yoga in general.

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Living in Shades of Grey: Anusara, John Friend and the Guru Syndrome

Eva Norlyk Smith, Ph.D. | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: John Friend Scandal, Yoga, Anusara Yoga, John Friend, Yoga Guru, Yoga Gurus, John Friend Anusara, Anusara, Gurus, John Friend Yoga, Health and Fitness News

It's hard to read any yoga blog these days without coming across the lengthy, messy break-up currently unfolding in the Anusara yoga community following the disclosure of Anusara founder John Friend's, well, rather philandering ways.

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De-mystifying the Guru: The Case of John Friend and Anusara Yoga

Lauren Jacobs | Posted 04.24.2012

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Do these leaders misuse their power because they have risen to such great heights that they have lost touch with reality, or have they risen to power because their egos knew no bounds in the first place?

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Bhakti - The Yoga of Valentine's Day

Sara Elizabeth Ivanhoe | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Yoga, Self-Worth, Bhakti Yoga, Valentine's Day, Unconditional Love, Gurus, Self-Esteem, Benefits of Yoga, Self Love, Los Angeles News

Westerners have one day, Valentine's Day, dedicated to love. For the Bhaktas -- every day is Valentine's Day. Bhakti is the practice -- and it does take practice -- of unconditional love.

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George Harrison: Quiet Beatle, Vocal Guru

Philip Goldberg | Posted 12.07.2011

Read More: Hinduism, Beatles, Gurus, Martin Scorsese, George Harrison: Living in the Material World, George Harrison, George Harrison Religion, George Harrison Hindu, Sacred Sounds, Religion News

In the 200 years that Eastern spiritual traditions have been filtering into American life, no artist has ever done more for this cross-cultural pollination than George Harrison.

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If They're Helping People, Does It Really Matter If They Don't Practice What They Preach?

Holly Sidell | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Gurus, The Self Help World, Self Help, Spiritual Practice, Self-Help, Hypocrisy, Los Angeles News

I got forwarded an email this morning from a friend of mine who was excited to share a daily email of self-help/spiritual inspiration he gets. The sec...

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Reflections On The Death Of Sathya Sai Baba: Discernment Is A Lifelong Process

Mariana Caplan, Ph.D. | Posted 07.04.2011

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I wish his families and followers ease in their grieving, all of us spaciousness and forgiveness around any of his weaknesses, and most of all, integrity to those charged with the responsibility of spiritual leadership.

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We Are All Great Gurus

Holly Sidell | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gurus, Self Growth, Self Help, Self-Help, Los Angeles News

I remember when Gwyneth Paltrow won the best actress Oscar for Shakespeare in Love many years ago. I was still an actress at the time, and I hung on ...

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In His New Book, Ram Dass Says: 'Love Everybody.' I Wish I Could.

Jesse Kornbluth | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Gurus, Kirtan, Krishna Das, Ram Dass, Maharaj-Ji, Hunuism, Be Love Now, Be Here Now, Video, Books News

"How good it is when brothers and sisters dwell together in harmony." That was the huge banner hanging on the back wall of the church. Picture it: friendly people eager for a group experience of divine love. I wasn't feeling it.

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Zen Strategies For Getting 'Unstuck'

Mark Eckhardt | Posted 11.17.2011

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Being stuck can be extremely challenging. Zazen is a Zen meditation that helps you open the "Gateless Gate."

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Is Guru a Four-Letter Word?: The Need for Discernment on the Spiritual Path

Mariana Caplan, Ph.D. | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Yoga, Religion, Gurus, Psychology, Spirituality, Happiness, Leadership, Spiritual, Spiritual Power, Healthy Living News

Spiritual convictions -- which if we observe closely and honestly within ourselves over many years -- do in fact change no matter how certain we were of what we believed.

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Do We Need Spiritual Teachers or Can We Learn On Our Own?

Arjuna Ardagh | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Eastern Spiritual Teachers, Eastern Gurus, Spiritual Teachers, Gurus, Eastern Spirituality, Guru, Spirituality, Religion News

There is the possibility that we can be teachers to each other, stepping into being the guide when it's called for, but also having the humility and the honesty to be guided, as well.

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Post Adverpocalypse: Agents & Facilitators in a New Era

Chauncey Zalkin | Posted 05.25.2011

People are afraid to agree that ad agencies are no longer necessary, but what we're doing now cannot be stuffed under the umbrella of ad agency. We're managers of development, story and communication.

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James Ray Was Warned

Grant Cardone | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vision-Quest, Gurus, Larry King, Sedona Sweat Lodge, Sweat Lodges, James Ray, Self-Help, Media News

Guys like James Ray will take pieces and parts from anything and everything, relabel it, refuse to invest in any research or studies to validate its workability, and never give credit to the source.

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Sweat Lodges Are Sitting Bull

E. Jean Carroll | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Gurus, James Arthur Ray, Arizona, Sweat Lodge, Spirituality, Beverley Bunn, Sweat Lodge Deaths, Healthy Living News

Anyone who tells you that vomiting is "good for you, that you are purging what your body doesn't want, what it doesn't need," is a sadist. Anyone who ever refers to you as a "spiritual warrior" is a crook.

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The "New You" in the New Year

Yogi Cameron Alborzian | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Change, Mental Health, Dieting, New Year's Resolution, Meditation, Gurus, Weight Loss, Spirituality, Happiness, Healthy Living News

Creating change in your life, however, has nothing to do with the time of year, the season, or if it is Monday or Thursday.

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Canceling Your Subscription to Enlightenment

Arjuna Ardagh | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Peter Makena, Consciousness, Collective, Waking Up, Seeking, Andrew Cohen, Evolution, Gurus, Lama Surya Das, Enlightenment, What Is Enlightenment, Spirituality, Aneeta Makena, Shantimayi, Translucents, Healthy Living News

Spiritual seeking may have a defining end; the process of embodiment, on the other hand, is endless. It is a relaxing, the allowing of more love, more presence, more creativity to flow.

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Yoga Levels: Daily Silence

Olivia Rosewood | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Meditation, Yoga, Eckhart Tolle, Gurus, Mindfulness, Healthy Living News

On a superficial level, losing my voice was inconvenient. On a deeper, yogic level, losing my voice was a deep lesson in life, listening, and seeing the precious gift of every moment.

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Evolution Devolution

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011

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Evolution isn't something you choose to believe in, like Jesus or your Little League coach. It's a hypothesis with so much evidence to support it, we call it a "fact."

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Why Have The Beatles Returned to Maharishi?

Steve Posner | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Beatles, Happiness, Ringo Starr, Enlightenment, Self-Realization, Paul McCartney, Spiritual Awakening, Transcendental Meditation, Suffering, Rishikesh, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Gurus, David Lynch, Entertainment News

Four decades after their Himalayan sojourn, the surviving Beatles' public return to Maharishi was easy because his teachings had never left them.

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Gratitude, or Platitudes?

Michael Sigman | Posted 05.25.2011

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I often recall my conversation with a Jewish woman who worshipped an Indian guru. She was on the path to universal forgiveness and gratitude, she told me, there was one obstacle left: she was still working on forgiving Hitler.

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Neel Kashkari's Stock Plummeting Like the Dow Jones

Disgrasian | Posted 05.25.2011

Last week, Neel Kashkari appeared before Congress, where he was called a "chump" by Maryland Dem Elijah Cummings.

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Ram Dass, I've Got Your Number: Musings Of A New Age Neurotic

Kay Goldstein | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Humor, Inner Life, Keywords:Ram Dass, Spiritual Satire, New Age, Omega Institute, Gurus, Spiritual Path, Living, Spirituality, The Inner Life, Healthy Living News

I've got Ram Dass' phone number. I was researching an article and a longtime student of his casually gave me his number and told me the best time to ...

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Step XI Of My Spiritual Journey: In Which I Seek A Guru

Verena von Pfetten | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Eat Pray Love, Elizabeth Gilbert, The Inner Life, Oprah, Gurus, Oprah Elizabeth Gilbert, Oprah Guru, Healthy Living News

At this point in my spiritual journey, and following my previous post on Britney Spears - and the abstinence there from - I have decided to head in th...

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