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    The Atman or Atma (IAST: Ātmā, sanskrit: आत्म‍ ) is a philosophical term used within Hinduism and Vedanta to identify the soul. It is one's true self (hence generally translated into English as 'Self') beyond identification with the phenomenal reality of worldly existence.
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    re-wired

    Thursday, March 18th, 2010

    For the first two weeks after finishing my yoga teacher training, I couldn’t understand why I was so touchy.  Everything irritated me, I wasn’t sleeping well, I was run down – even my skin looked blah.  Having the stomach flu was part of it, but more than that it was work – all of a [...]

    more food talk

    Friday, March 12th, 2010

    If you were at all interested in the post I wrote yesterday on food, purely coincidentally Oprah did a show on it today that is a must watch.  Also the documentary Food Inc. is on my to-watch list (trailer here).  The takeaways are:  do your own research, form your own opinions, and practice what you’re [...]

    milestones

    Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

    My yoga teacher training concluded this weekend.  It went by so fast that I can’t even believe it.  The biggest change to my teaching has been my comfort level with using Sanskrit names for poses, and I’ve been working to incorporate that into my classes.  The biggest change to my personal practice has been learning [...]

    finding out about food

    Wednesday, March 10th, 2010

    For a while now, one of the topics on my mind has been food.  Not recipes or yummy-delicious treats, but what actually goes in our food and how it affects us.  I’ve written before about my disgust with Splenda, so I’m not sure why I’m continually surprised by the research and  reading I’ve been doing [...]