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	<description>योग Yóga &#38; Lifestyle from Jonathan (Certified Yoga Instructor)</description>
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		<title>Yoga and the Bear in the Forest</title>
		<link>http://88proof.com/yoga/archives/115</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 16:20:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JonathanCline</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is an old joke:
Two campers see a bear, and one immediately puts on his running shoes.
“You can’t outrun the bear,” the other says.
The first one replies, “I don’t have to outrun the bear. I just have to outrun you.”
Is there competition in yoga?  I invite you to ask this question now.
In yoga, do we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BBC news: Heart Disease Patients who Practice Meditation have Nearly 50% Lower Rates of Heart Attack, Stroke, and Death</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 02:50:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JonathanCline</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am positive that most forms of meditation will do the same work, including those performed as part of regular yoga practice.



Meditation &#8216;eases heart disease&#8217; (BBC News)

 





Heart patients saw a big risk reduction from practising meditation





 Heart disease patients who practise Transcendental Meditation have reduced death rates, US researchers have said.
At a meeting of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gāyatrī Mantra: The &#8220;Great Mystical Phrase&#8221; Song, bhūr bhuvaḥ svaḥ</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JonathanCline</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gāyatrī Mantra

ॐ भूर्भुवः स्वः ।
तत् सवितुर्वरेण्यं ।
भर्गो देवस्य धीमहि ।
धियो यो नः प्रचोदयात् ॥
We meditate on the glory of that Being who has produced this universe; may He enlighten our minds.
—Swami Vivekananda
May we attain that excellent glory of Savitar the god:
So may he stimulate our prayers.
—The Hymns of the Rigveda (1896), Ralph T.H. Griffith
oṃ bhūr [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prayer mantra, commonly sung by students prior to study</title>
		<link>http://88proof.com/yoga/archives/83</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JonathanCline</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ॐ सह नाववतु &#124;
सह नौ भुनक्तु &#124;
सह वीर्यं करवावहै &#124;
तेजस्विनावधीतमस्तु मा विद्विषावहै &#124;&#124;
ॐ शान्तिः शान्तिः शान्तिः &#124;&#124;
OM Let both of us protect each other together
May both of us enjoy together
May both of us work together
Let our study become radiant, unite us
OM Peace, Peace, Peace.
oṃ saha nāvavatu
saha nau bhunaktu
saha vīryaṃ karavāvahai
tejasvināvadhītamastu mā vidviṣāvahai
oṃ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ śāntiḥ
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		<title>Anusara Mantra &#8211; Beginning of Practice</title>
		<link>http://88proof.com/yoga/archives/28</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 00:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JonathanCline</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Om Namah Shivaya Gurave
Saccidanda Murtaye
Nisprapancaya Shantaya
Niralambaya Tejase
I offer myself to the Light, The Auspicious One who is the True Teacher within and without.
Who assumes the forms of Reality, Consciousness and Bliss
Who is ever present and is full of peace
Independent in existence, the vital essence of illumination
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		<title>धारणा dhāraṇā</title>
		<link>http://88proof.com/yoga/archives/23</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Dec 2008 19:44:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JonathanCline</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[8 Limbs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dhāraṇā is the sixth stage, step or limb of eight elucidated by Patanjali&#8217;s Ashtanga Yoga or Raja Yoga: &#8220;holding&#8221;, &#8220;holding steady&#8221;, &#8220;concentration&#8221; or &#8220;single focus&#8221;.  Dhāraṇā is the initial step of deep concentrative meditation, where the object being focused upon is held in the mind without consciousness wavering from it; the object of meditation, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ashtanga Asana Practice &#8211; Beginning Mantra</title>
		<link>http://88proof.com/yoga/archives/7</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Sep 2008 02:02:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>JonathanCline</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[vande gurūṇāṁ caraṇāravinde saṁdarśitasvātmasukhāvabodhe
niḥ śreyase jāṅ̇galikāyamāne saṁsāra hālāhala mohaśāntyai
ābāhu puruṣākāraṁ śaṅ̇khacakrāsi dhāriṇam
sahasra śirasaṁ śvetam praṇamāmi patañjalim
I bow to the lotus feet of the gurus,
The awakening happiness of ones own self revealed,
Beyond better, acting like the jungle physician,
Pacifying delusion, the poison of samsara.
Taking the form of a man to the shoulders,
Holding a conch, a discus, and [...]]]></description>
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