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Perfect Yoga Body? Not a Chance

Alanna Kaivalya | Posted 03.26.2012 | Healthy Living
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Alanna Kaivalya

Yoga challenges us to see what's right about our bodies rather than what is wrong. It asks us to be happy with what is rather than what needs to be changed.

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Bethlehem, 'Perfection' and Our Birthmark: Why Perfect Is the Enemy of Good!

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 02.24.2012 | Healthy Living
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David Katz, M.D.

As a new year looms, we might consider abandoning the quest for superficial perfection -- and embrace the pursuit of humbler, but deeper good. The particular advantage of good over perfect is... We could actually get there from here.

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Exercise For You, Not For Your Looks

Sara Gaynes | Posted 10.30.2011 | Healthy Living
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Sara Gaynes

Last week, the Los Angeles Times published a column about the benefits of vanity in exercising, and it left a bad taste in my mouth. Bad enough that I couldn't stop myself from writing up a response.

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Manorexic Mannequins?

Dr. Susan Albers | Posted 05.25.2011 | Style
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Dr. Susan Albers

Do we see pressure for men to have an "ideal body type" in other ways besides mannequins? Sure. Men are now being subjected to airbrushing in the media to give them the perfect body.

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