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	<title>Djuna Mascall~ Illuminating Yoga</title>
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		<title>Supporting the Life Force: Yoga for Immunity</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 18:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Djuna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The immune system has been called the &#8220;floating brain&#8221;; it has memory, re-activity  and informs our being regarding where our boundaries lie. Thus, it is essential in sustaining our deepest life force. Maintaining a vibrant immune system is a central aim of the yogic practice. In the yogic system the subtle channels in the body, nadis or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Power of Inversions</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2012 04:11:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Djuna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Inversions are powerful medicine for the body and mind. This sequence explores headstand, shoulder stand and their variations to cultivate understanding of safe practice.  The sequence aims to open the upper back, strengthen the shoulder girdle and release the neck. Opening the thoracic cavity through inversions prepares for the practice of pranayama. We opened the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Sacred Sacrum: A sequence for sacral ease and stability.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 17:08:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Djuna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The sacrum is the key bone of the pelvis and forms the foundation of the spine. Postural balance and centering occurs at the sacral level in the svadhisthana or second chakra and the sacrum initiates the strong centering movement of the tailbone, which is mulabandha. In hatha yoga the center of the body is the pelvic floor, mula or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yoga for Computer Burn Out</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 18:21:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Djuna</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asana]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever find yourself realizing too many of your sacred moments have been devoured by time spent online? Maybe you get up from an extended spell on the computer wondering what exactly you have accomplished. The computer and internet are necessary and arguably beneficial tools to create connections and thrive in our careers and personal lives. However, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Learning to see: Yoga and the eyes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 22:20:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Djuna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ “I am learning to see. I don’t know why it is, but everything enters me more deeply and doesn’t stop where it once used to. I have an interior that I never knew of…” Rainer Maria Rilke, The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge Yoga is the process of moving beyond our habitual view, clouded with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Courage to Teach</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 04:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Djuna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently heard the quote &#8220;be kind, everyone you meet is fighting a great battle.&#8221; This has suddenly become clear for me as life puts up it&#8217;s challenges and I find myself feeling a bit wounded as well as deeply compassionate for the wounds others sustain. Having just moved to the Bay area, I&#8217;m subbing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Deep Life Force of the Legs</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 21:42:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Djuna</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Yoga Sutras]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;At the still point of the turning world. Neither flesh nor fleshless; Neither from nor towards; at the still point, there the dance is, But neither arrest nor movement. And do not call it fixity, Where past and future are gathered. Neither movement from nor towards, Neither ascent nor decline. Except for the point, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Essential Asana: Salamba Sarvangasana</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 04:47:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Djuna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shoulder stand is an essential asana. It is considered the queen mother of all poses because of it&#8217;s range of health benefits including improved circulation and vital immune, digestive, and endocrine systems. Shoulder stand brings blood to the brain stem which controls our deep life sustaining rhythms.  It is considered a &#8220;cooling pose&#8221; because of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>taking in less&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Dec 2011 02:51:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Djuna</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Yoga in Everyday Life]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This time of year food becomes a social activity and often I find myself eating at odd times, without intention. Today I decided to eat very simply, only greens and avocado, a little fruit. This is cleansing of course, but the true value for me was biting into piece of cucumber and tasting its prana [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mudita: Cultivating Joy</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 22:49:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Djuna</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Asana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Yoga Sutras]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I.33 Maitri-karuna-mudita-upeksanam sukha-duhka-punya-apunya-visayanam bhavanatas-chitta-prasadanam. The cultivation of loving kindness, compassion, joy and equanimity toward all situations positive or painful, successful or failures, serve to quiet the mind. (Translation by Nicholai Bachman) “In daily life we see people around who are happier than we are, people who are less happy. Some may be doing praiseworthy things [...]]]></description>
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