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Yoga on The Huffington Post
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Philip Goldberg: Julia the Hindu, and the Pray in Eat Pray Love
It may surprise some people, the young in particular, but Julia Roberts is not the first big-time celeb to embrace elements of Hinduism and, as a result, inadvertently educate vast numbers of people about the tradition. And Elizabeth Gilbert is not the first author to write about a personal transformation resulting from time in an ashram and the practice of yogic disciplines. Nor is Eat Pray Love the first film to depict India's primary religious tradition in a positive way (a group that does not include The Love Guru).
The list of famous folks...
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Andrew Harvey and Karuna Erickson: A Response to Today's Challenges: Sacred Activism and Heart Yoga
It seems like every day we're faced with more disturbing news about what is happening in the world. In these stressful and challenging times, our personal lives can also feel overwhelming. It can be difficult to see how to respond skillfully, and how to act effectively without becoming exhausted and burned out. Many of us are longing to find more peace and balance in our lives, and to feel more strength and courage to continue to work for healing, social justice, environmental balance, etc., in the world.
In the busyness of daily life, we can find...
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Beyond Hatha Yoga At Omega Institute's 'Being Yoga' Retreat
Being yoga isn't just doing yoga; it goes beyond hatha, the physical practice. It entails living day to day what "yoga" actually means. In a word: union. But the definition of yoga is loaded in the way the definition of love is loaded. It's powerful, complicated, and described in as many different ways as there are different people.
So what is yoga, and how can you "be" it? The Omega Institute's annual Being Yoga conference retreat August 20-22 sought to answer that question. Held at Omega's remote, wooded Rhinebeck campus three hours north of New York City,...
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Eva Norlyk Smith, Ph.D.: Slow Motion Miracles - Or: Why You Too Should Be On Oprah
Do you believe in miracles?
Oprah does.
On the website for her new Oprah Winfrey Network, Oprah is looking for people who have experienced a miracle.
Wanna be on Oprah? Just write up your miracle story and send it in to Oprah's "Miracle Detectives." It's that simple.
And, who doesn't wanna be on Oprah? Even in my small-town community where few people have any claim to fame, I have yet to run into someone who doesn't harbor a secret dream to be--well, on Oprah. Next to realizing the elusive American Dream or making...
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