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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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    we can do better

    Monday, February 8th, 2010

    I have the kind of job where people are compelled to ask me what my major was in college. For the record, my degree is in Advertising and Public Relations with a minor in Business Administration and has absolutely NOTHING to do with my job. My engineering-major husband liked to joke that to earn my degree [...]

    teacher training

    Thursday, February 4th, 2010

    I’ve been teaching yoga for nine years now. When I first started practicing yoga I was a fairly hardcore group fitness instructor, teaching 9 classes a week on average.  Step, kickboxing, boot camps – as long as I could sweat and exhaust my students I did it.  Yoga bored me, because it was hard for [...]

    tradeoff

    Thursday, November 20th, 2008

    Last week, I taught an awesome yoga class.  I say this because when a class just works – sequencing, music, students – it’s almost as if the molecules in the air re-arrange themselves and you can feel the positive energy in the air.  Everyone leaves feeling good. I’ve always taught my classes – whether step or yoga or [...]

    i heart hot yoga

    Thursday, November 6th, 2008

    There hasn’t been very much yoga talk on the blog lately ever…a quick perusal of entries in the yoga category reveals an anemic 7 entries.  What a poseur I am.  So let me tell you about hot yoga. A year ago, a hot yoga studio opened right down the street from me.  Although the idea of [...]

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