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<title>Blog Feed</title><link>http://www.lagunayogashala.com/index.html</link><description>Yoga and Shala blog with news and information</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:creator>lagunayoga@me.com</dc:creator><dc:rights>Copyright 2011 Laguna Yoga</dc:rights><dc:date>2012-05-03T13:32:35-07:00</dc:date><admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://www.realmacsoftware.com/" />
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<lastBuildDate>Thu, 3 May 2012 13:33:19 -0700</lastBuildDate><item><title>Full moon of May</title><dc:creator>lagunayoga@me.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>BLOG</dc:subject><dc:date>2012-05-03T13:32:35-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/bd51c9e7533c16c201638b176c55e37b-32.html#unique-entry-id-32</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/bd51c9e7533c16c201638b176c55e37b-32.html#unique-entry-id-32</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[For these next two weeks we get to experience just how stable we are on our own two feet when we're faced with disagreements, wounded feelings, and differences of opinion as we engage in teamwork. 

...This Saturday, Mercury and Saturn are in opposition to one another symbolizing the possibility of tense communications - possibly even arguments as we try to coordinate our movements with others. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Marga&#x27;s Cosmic Almanac</title><dc:creator>lagunayoga@me.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>BLOG</dc:subject><dc:date>2012-04-26T05:57:38-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/fde6653c21d904846bf41b75f9c00ef8-30.html#unique-entry-id-30</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/fde6653c21d904846bf41b75f9c00ef8-30.html#unique-entry-id-30</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[As promising as this new moon is, all this forward-bursting energy is being kept very much in check by the Sun's and Moon's opposition with Saturn. 


...So while we've got big visions bursting forth in our collective psyche, Saturn will be there with his clipboard, making sure the plans are coming from our heart of hearts. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Shala news</title><dc:creator>lagunayoga@me.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>BLOG</dc:subject><dc:date>2012-04-19T16:59:47-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/e7de04cdaac42f2daf63765477ab7577-29.html#unique-entry-id-29</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/e7de04cdaac42f2daf63765477ab7577-29.html#unique-entry-id-29</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[We have a moon day coming up this Saturday, April 21st (new moon) and our shala will be closed.


...We are not held back by the love we didn't receive in the past, but by the love we're not extending in the present.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Timea&#x27;s Yoga</title><dc:creator>lagunayoga@me.com</dc:creator><category>yoga</category><category>Ashtanga</category><category>poses</category><category>laguna yoga shala</category><dc:date>2012-03-12T10:27:02-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/4ff5f7b94059be0ed86c4d325ce95f43-28.html#unique-entry-id-28</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/4ff5f7b94059be0ed86c4d325ce95f43-28.html#unique-entry-id-28</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[(null)]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Remember the ultimate goal of Yoga</title><dc:creator>lagunayoga@me.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>BLOG</dc:subject><dc:date>2012-02-26T05:03:56-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/ee39b6398c6e2f4dff385cc715f9b333-27.html#unique-entry-id-27</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/ee39b6398c6e2f4dff385cc715f9b333-27.html#unique-entry-id-27</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Look at it as a sacred dance that existed in its eternal perfection long before the ancient seer Vamana saw it in samadhi. ...  This means expressing gratitude to the Supreme Being for having taught yoga; It means practicing with an attitude of giving and service rather than of personal gain. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Desiderata</title><dc:creator>lagunayoga@me.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>BLOG</dc:subject><dc:date>2012-02-09T07:10:34-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/7d95a86e6b11fffa8d5ad2cb48d37626-26.html#unique-entry-id-26</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/7d95a86e6b11fffa8d5ad2cb48d37626-26.html#unique-entry-id-26</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[for always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.


...in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Laugh with the little ones</title><dc:creator>lagunayoga@me.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>BLOG</dc:subject><dc:date>2012-01-22T09:04:19-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/e864ed141cba34242beba8e901a1f200-25.html#unique-entry-id-25</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/e864ed141cba34242beba8e901a1f200-25.html#unique-entry-id-25</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[For their laughter is joy and hope for the new light shining on planet Earth--the planet of free choice, the planet of laughter.&nbsp; ...  Laughter is necessary for the planet to continue to vibrate with love, joy, and peace.&nbsp; ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>We are one</title><dc:creator>lagunayoga@me.com</dc:creator><category>yoga</category><category>kabbala</category><category>buddha</category><dc:date>2012-01-04T15:27:23-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/9063ddf63eab8f0d8c87661361bd4a9a-24.html#unique-entry-id-24</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/9063ddf63eab8f0d8c87661361bd4a9a-24.html#unique-entry-id-24</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[We are, in the words of Kabbalist Luria, &ldquo;cut from the same cloth and hewn from the same quarry, even as we each have an utterly unique soul expression and soul destiny.&rdquo; ...  &ldquo;If you could see what I see from up here,&rdquo; said the large wave to the small wave, &ldquo;you would not be so happy.&rdquo; ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Happy New Year</title><dc:creator>lagunayoga@me.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>BLOG</dc:subject><dc:date>2012-01-02T11:36:46-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/2c2d11feb7b1604099e80481abdad243-23.html#unique-entry-id-23</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/2c2d11feb7b1604099e80481abdad243-23.html#unique-entry-id-23</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Starting in February, on the second Sunday of each month I will teach a 2 1/2 hour workshop on Ashtanga fundamentals.


On the last Sunday of each month we will  have a variety of workshops with different teachers starting with a backbend workshop on Sunday, February, 26th 1 - 4PM that I will teach.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Hanuman Chalisa</title><dc:creator>lagunayoga@me.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>BLOG</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-12-31T08:48:22-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/dbab5b5a1c3277ac710891493582e0c9-22.html#unique-entry-id-22</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/dbab5b5a1c3277ac710891493582e0c9-22.html#unique-entry-id-22</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Ultimately we want to do these practices in a heart-felt way. ...  We have enough understanding that these practices help us be better human beings. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Jacinthe in B&#x26;W</title><dc:creator>lagunayoga@me.com</dc:creator><category>yoga</category><category>Ashtanga</category><dc:date>2011-12-29T09:07:38-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/d993bb7189c8c2093e6aa7bb260e0c83-20.html#unique-entry-id-20</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/d993bb7189c8c2093e6aa7bb260e0c83-20.html#unique-entry-id-20</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[(null)]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Rumi: The Big Red Book</title><dc:creator>lagunayoga@me.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>BLOG</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-12-09T15:24:56-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/60fadf2062de07c1dc2499d10bbd261f-19.html#unique-entry-id-19</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/60fadf2062de07c1dc2499d10bbd261f-19.html#unique-entry-id-19</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I once asked my teacher, Bawa Mujaiyaddeen. if what I saw in his eyes would ever come up inside me, behind my eyes, and look out through me.   He said that if you want something hard enough, you will get it. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Got to see my Brother.</title><dc:creator>lagunayoga@me.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>BLOG</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-12-04T23:06:50-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/92d66dfee3632e1ba1ad5cd602e9a1d1-18.html#unique-entry-id-18</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/92d66dfee3632e1ba1ad5cd602e9a1d1-18.html#unique-entry-id-18</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[You dance inside my chest, where no one sees you,


but sometimes I do, and that sight becomes this art.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>TT with Tim Miller</title><dc:creator>lagunayoga@me.com</dc:creator><category>yoga</category><dc:date>2011-11-28T16:28:11-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/9588fe25e17c995ccf7d27557723d10f-16.html#unique-entry-id-16</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/9588fe25e17c995ccf7d27557723d10f-16.html#unique-entry-id-16</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I just came across some vintage pictures from my first Teacher Training course with Tim Miller.


I can't believe its been ten years already.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Steve Jobs 1955 - 2011</title><dc:creator>lagunayoga@me.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>BLOG</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-10-06T06:42:13-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/db3c0a042e0a546bab41d43228330967-15.html#unique-entry-id-15</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/db3c0a042e0a546bab41d43228330967-15.html#unique-entry-id-15</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[&ldquo;When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like: &ldquo;If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you&rsquo;ll most certainly be right.&rdquo;   It made an impression on me, and since then, for the past 33 years, I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself: &ldquo;If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I am about to do today?&rdquo; ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Taoist story</title><dc:creator>lagunayoga@me.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>BLOG</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-09-09T13:38:33-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/ae08c75764829cf5f1853f8e06da9b82-14.html#unique-entry-id-14</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/ae08c75764829cf5f1853f8e06da9b82-14.html#unique-entry-id-14</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[There is a Taoist story of an old farmer who had worked his crops for many years. ...  The following day, his son tried to ride one of the untamed horses, was thrown, and broke his leg. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The new Moon: Sun&#x2c; Aug 28 at 8:04 Pacific Time</title><dc:creator>lagunayoga@me.com</dc:creator><category>Magha</category><category>new moon</category><category>Jupiter retrograde</category><category>gita</category><dc:date>2011-08-22T10:34:20-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/d4e4e8ba04a0991f0f313262d6aec5e9-13.html#unique-entry-id-13</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/d4e4e8ba04a0991f0f313262d6aec5e9-13.html#unique-entry-id-13</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Before Mercury goes direct on Aug. 26, (he's retrograde right now and in a tight opposition with Neptune,) he will dip back into the sign of Cancer, crossing over a very sensitive point in the heavens called a gandanta point - a liminal space in the heavens with a Bermuda-Triangle-like reputation. 

...Jupiter goes retrograde on Aug. 30 for almost four months, retracing his steps through sidereal Aries, giving us all time to integrate his encouragement to go boldly forward with full confidence toward the new lives we are creating, even as the tides turn. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Wolf we feed.</title><dc:creator>lagunayoga@me.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>BLOG</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-07-15T18:12:03-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/1f87832e1e50824e414b3233ef5312ab-12.html#unique-entry-id-12</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/1f87832e1e50824e414b3233ef5312ab-12.html#unique-entry-id-12</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[As you begin to discover the parameters of your new, true self, you may find that some old behaviors or thoughts or desires or fears simply aren't there anymore, or that new skills, new confidence, or new understanding, is.   


...As the inspirational planet to artists, Neptune can bring profound creativity if you'll just engage your pen, your brush, your musical instrument, your body, to call in a new reality.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Independence Day</title><dc:creator>lagunayoga@me.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>BLOG</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-06-29T14:47:21-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/c400ac3b0ec3cd2db35c228343fe915d-11.html#unique-entry-id-11</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/c400ac3b0ec3cd2db35c228343fe915d-11.html#unique-entry-id-11</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[&ldquo;We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.&rdquo; ...  It has taken some time to work out some of the kinks in the interpretation of &ldquo;all men are created equal&rdquo;, to get people to realize that this should apply to people who are black, brown, red, yellow, female, homosexual, Muslim, Jewish, etc. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Viridian Revolution</title><dc:creator>lagunayoga@me.com</dc:creator><dc:subject>BLOG</dc:subject><dc:date>2011-06-02T15:06:03-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/0577e1b35db996a726f13a07cbfa8dd8-10.html#unique-entry-id-10</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/0577e1b35db996a726f13a07cbfa8dd8-10.html#unique-entry-id-10</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[The use of this word pushes buttons but nevertheless I think that it is appropriate to describe our acceleration of the destruction of nature to provide the raw materials for exponential economic growth.


...We are so deeply in love with our economic growth that I fear that only a planetary emergency on a vast scale will be able to slap us awake and make us see the insanity of our present hell bent destruction of nature to power exponential economic growth. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The Granthis</title><dc:creator>lagunayoga@me.com</dc:creator><category>yoga</category><dc:date>2011-04-30T08:52:00-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/0f8667bfcbe302640b550ac597489676-9.html#unique-entry-id-9</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/0f8667bfcbe302640b550ac597489676-9.html#unique-entry-id-9</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[&ldquo;If you can be focused on where your body is located in space, you&rsquo;re working toward releasing the brahma granthi, the creator&rsquo;s knot, there at the sacrum. 

...Work to get the front femur bone parallel to the floor, but if the back foot lifts, you lose the foundation, so don&rsquo;t go beyond the point where you begin to lose the outer edge of the foot.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Neptune in Pisces</title><dc:creator>lagunayoga@me.com</dc:creator><category>Astrology</category><category>yoga</category><category>planets</category><category>neptune</category><category>pisces</category><dc:date>2011-04-05T20:49:26-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/6e2d820e625721f69e6bdf29cd303d64-8.html#unique-entry-id-8</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/6e2d820e625721f69e6bdf29cd303d64-8.html#unique-entry-id-8</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Quite likely there will be some extreme political polarization during this time between humanitarian inclined liberals and right wing conservatives determined to hang on  to what they have, regardless of the cost to Planet Earth and its inhabitants.


Great strides will be made in the area of healing during this time as our intuitive faculties are activated by Neptune's transit of Pisces, and we begin to understand at a much deeper level what really makes us tick.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Yoga calms heart pace&#x2c; cuts anxiety</title><dc:creator>lagunayoga@me.com</dc:creator><category>yoga</category><category>health</category><dc:date>2011-04-03T08:01:12-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/2c7650a8bb427ac5af4052ac039e8542-7.html#unique-entry-id-7</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/2c7650a8bb427ac5af4052ac039e8542-7.html#unique-entry-id-7</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Doing yoga three times a week also reduced depression and anxiety while boosting people's opinion of their own social and mental well-being, said the research presented at a New Orleans cardiology conference on Saturday.


"It appears yoga has a significant impact on helping to regulate patients' heart beat and improves their overall quality of life," said lead study author Dhanunjaya Lakkireddy, associate professor of medicine at the University of Kansas Hospital.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Peace be with you</title><dc:creator>lagunayoga@me.com</dc:creator><category>yoga</category><category>peace</category><category>laotzu</category><dc:date>2011-03-01T07:38:24-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/peace_be_with_you.html#unique-entry-id-6</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/peace_be_with_you.html#unique-entry-id-6</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[He does this not by elevating himself, but by lowering


...Because he is a living divinity, when he acts, the
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Symbols</title><dc:creator>lagunayoga@me.com</dc:creator><category>freedom</category><category>labels</category><category>yoga</category><dc:date>2011-02-14T05:50:43-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/symbols.html#unique-entry-id-2</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/symbols.html#unique-entry-id-2</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[We want to find out first if there is something immeasurable (beyond all reach of thought, above all measurement) a thing that cannot possibly be touched by words, that has no symbol. ...  Those who are casual, flippant, have their own reward, their own way of life, but there is always a small minority who are really earnest, who come upon this endless, measureless thing. ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>A good story</title><dc:creator>lagunayoga@me.com</dc:creator><category>story</category><category>compassion</category><category>yoga</category><category>kids</category><dc:date>2011-02-13T21:43:20-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/a_good_story.html#unique-entry-id-1</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/a_good_story.html#unique-entry-id-1</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[I knew that most of the boys would not want someone like Shay on their team, but as a father I also understood that if my son were allowed to play, it would give him a much-needed sense of belonging and some confidence to be accepted by others in spite of his handicaps.


...Plate, the pitcher, recognizing that the other team was putting winning aside for this moment in Shay's life, moved in a few steps to lob the ball in softly so Shay could at least make contact.
]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>The cause of suffering</title><dc:creator>lagunayoga@me.com</dc:creator><category>yoga</category><category>sutras</category><dc:date>2011-02-13T19:09:31-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/the_cause_of_suffering.html#unique-entry-id-0</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.lagunayogashala.com/blog_files/the_cause_of_suffering.html#unique-entry-id-0</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Avidya and asmita are connected with the conscious front brain, and the top brain is considered the seat of the 'I' consciousness. ...  Abhinivesa is connected with the 'old' brain or back brain which is also known as the unconscious brain, as it retains past subliminal impressions (samskaras).
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