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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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    baby watch

    Thursday, August 4th, 2011

    Draft post from April 2010 – never published: It’s happening.  The other day I was watching a girl feed her baby the same kind of organic baby food that I used to feed Em and I got a sweep of nostalgia.  Today as I looked through my list of categories over there I realized that [...]

    stretching vs. yoga

    Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

    I’m often asked what yoga will do for someone. Usually I’ll try to get some context – is this a quiz? A test to see what I know? You’re interested but you need some extra motivation to get you to take a class? I’m finding myself lately not really very interested in answering that question.  [...]