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- The Disturbances/Distractions are... | The Yoga Sutras | Book I 30-32
I.30 These disturbances are disease, apathy, doubt, carelessness, laziness, over-attachment, misperception, inability to concentrate, and mental unbalance. These are distractions. 31 Physical expressions of these disturbances are suffering, dejection, trembling of the limbs, trembling during inhalation and exhalation. 32 Practice eliminating these distractions by fixing the mind on a single object. Liveology Yoga Studios creates uplifting content for your whole life. Join us on the journey of seeking God, self-study, healing, and awakening as we draw from spiritual traditions across the world. Subscribe for access to our exclusive library of articles and videos and other special benefits. Make sure to follow us on Instagram and YouTube! Thank you for your continued and growing support. Peace & Pineapples!
- In the Beginning, there is Sweating | Hatha Yoga Pradipika 2:12-18
Early on in practice, take milk and ghee. Chapter 2 In the Beginning, there is Sweating II.12 In the beginning, there is sweating, in the middle, trembling, and in the highest, the body becomes grounded and transcendent like a tree. Therefore, one should practice restraining the breath. 13 Any perspiration that arises from pranayama should be massaged back into the skin, causing the body to become strong and light. 14 Early on in practice, take milk and ghee. Once the practitioner becomes more advanced, this is not necessary. 15 Just as a wild animal like a lion or tiger is tamed gradually, the same applies to the breath. Slowly bring it under control or it can cause injury or even kill the practitioner. 16 Through correct practice of pranayama, one gains freedom from all diseases. Incorrect practice manifests disease. 17 Incorrect practice of pranayama can lead to hiccups, asthma, bronchial disease, ear and eye pain, and other diseases. 18 Exhale slowly and attentively. Inhale slowly and attentively. Only then can a practitioner restrain the breath and receive the benefits of practice. Liveology Yoga Studios creates uplifting content for your whole life. Join us on the journey of seeking God, self-study, healing, and awakening as we draw from spiritual traditions across the world. Subscribe for access to our exclusive library of articles and videos and other special benefits. Make sure to follow us on Instagram and YouTube! Thank you for your continued and growing support. Peace & Pineapples!
- How to Align Your Own Sacrum | Testosterone Nation
Some movements that may help with lower back pain.
- Yoga Wheel Workshop | SukhaMat
Have a yoga wheel laying around somewhere? Here are some great ways to use it.
- Nadab and Abihu | Leviticus 10
You are to distinguish between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean. The Books of the Bible Nadab and Abihu 1 Now Aaron’s sons, Nadab and Abihu, each took his censer, put fire in it, and laid incense on it; and they offered unholy fire before the LORD, such as he had not commanded them. 2 And fire came out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them, and they died before the LORD. 3 Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the LORD meant when he said, ‘Through those who are near me I will show myself holy, and before all the people I will be glorified.’” And Aaron was silent. 4 Moses summoned Mishael and Elzaphan, sons of Uzziel the uncle of Aaron, and said to them, “Come forward, and carry your kinsmen away from the front of the sanctuary to a place outside the camp.” 5 They came forward and carried them by their tunics out of the camp, as Moses had ordered. 6 And Moses said to Aaron and to his sons Eleazar and Ithamar, “Do not dishevel your hair, and do not tear your vestments, or you will die and wrath will strike all the congregation; but your kindred, the whole house of Israel, may mourn the burning that the LORD has sent. 7 You shall not go outside the entrance of the tent of meeting, or you will die; for the anointing oil of the LORD is on you.” And they did as Moses had ordered. 8 And the LORD spoke to Aaron: 9 Drink no wine or strong drink, neither you nor your sons, when you enter the tent of meeting, that you may not die; it is a statute forever throughout your generations. 10 You are to distinguish between the holy and the common, and between the unclean and the clean; 11 and you are to teach the people of Israel all the statutes that the LORD has spoken to them through Moses. 12 Moses spoke to Aaron and to his remaining sons, Eleazar and Ithamar: Take the grain offering that is left from the LORD’S offerings by fire, and eat it unleavened beside the altar, for it is most holy; 13 you shall eat it in a holy place, because it is your due and your sons’ due, from the offerings by fire to the LORD; for so I am commanded. 14 But the breast that is elevated and the thigh that is raised, you and your sons and daughters as well may eat in any clean place; for they have been assigned to you and your children from the sacrifices of the offerings of well-being of the people of Israel. 15 The thigh that is raised and the breast that is elevated they shall bring, together with the offerings by fire of the fat, to raise for an elevation offering before the LORD; they are to be your due and that of your children forever, as the LORD has commanded. 16 Then Moses made inquiry about the goat of the sin offering, and—it had already been burned! He was angry with Eleazar and Ithamar, Aaron’s remaining sons, and said, 17 “Why did you not eat the sin offering in the sacred area? For it is most holy, and God has given it to you that you may remove the guilt of the congregation, to make atonement on their behalf before the LORD. 18 Its blood was not brought into the inner part of the sanctuary. You should certainly have eaten it in the sanctuary, as I commanded.” 19 And Aaron spoke to Moses, “See, today they offered their sin offering and their burnt offering before the LORD; and yet such things as these have befallen me! If I had eaten the sin offering today, would it have been agreeable to the LORD?” 20 And when Moses heard that, he agreed. New Revised Standard Version Liveology Yoga Studios creates uplifting content for your whole life. Join us on the journey of seeking God, self-study, healing, and awakening as we draw from spiritual traditions across the world. Subscribe for access to our exclusive library of articles and videos and other special benefits. Make sure to follow us on Instagram and YouTube! Thank you for your continued and growing support. Peace & Pineapples!
- NYC Care
Mayor Bill Deblasio is devoting $100 million to NYC Care, Universal Healthcare for everyone in New York City, including undocumented immigrants. The United States is lagging behind every other developed country in healthcare. Americans as a whole have less healthcare and more expensive healthcare costs than any other developed country in the world. With 44 million Americans without health insurance and another 38 million with inadequate coverage, 20 percent of our country is exposed in times of . That's 20 percent of the country. Even with health insurance, often they can't afford their prescriptions or copays on emergency procedures. Even receiving an organ transplant in this country is more dependent on your ability to pay than the urgency of your condition. This is inhumane. The Republican Party has turned healthcare into a political leveraging point, when it's not. This is a human rights issue. President Trump and Congressional Republicans have decreased funding for the ACA, and the number of insured Americans has decreased by millions since Trump came into office. We can no longer wait for Congress to do the right thing and protect Americans. Mayor DeBlasio is building an example that mayors across the nation should follow. While congress continues to argue and shut down the government, every mayor in every major city should create a feasibility study immediately and figure out a way to provide healthcare for their residents - there is no choice about whether we can do it- it's a matter of when. Let's try it in Atlanta and Los Angeles. In Portland, and Denver. Today, call, tweet, email your mayors and city councils and demand your city figure out a way to provide healthcare. There is always a way. Let's prove that Universal Healthcare is possible.
- Samadhi can also Come from Devotion to God | The Yoga Sutras | Book I 23-29
I.23 This state can also come from devotion to God. 24 The Lord is a unique soul, untouched by the kleshas, karma, and the fruits of karmic action. 25 The seed of God's omniscience is unsurpassed. 26 And was the original guru to the ancients because The Lord is not limited by time. 27 The Lord's name is the mystical syllable Om. 28 Repeat this and contemplate its meaning. 29 From this comes the recognition of the inner consciousness and freedom from all disturbances. Liveology Yoga Studios creates uplifting content for your whole life. Join us on the journey of seeking God, self-study, healing, and awakening as we draw from spiritual traditions across the world. Subscribe for access to our exclusive library of articles and videos and other special benefits. Make sure to follow us on Instagram and YouTube! Thank you for your continued and growing support. Peace & Pineapples!
- Tea Consent | Blue Seat Studios
In case consent is still confusing to anyone, here's an example.
- Be Stronger
Becoming strong is a journey. Ashtanga teacher, Kino MacGregor shares a frustrating learning moment as her teacher, Pattabhi Jois, urged her to “be stronger.” This video has been inspiring our me for years. Here’s to getting stronger together.
- Turquoise
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- First Step Act
Criminal Justice Reform is long overdue in the United States, and the First Step Act, which will likely go to a vote in the Senate on Thursday, claims to be a move in the right direction for federal prisoners. The criminal justice system in America has been disproportionately incarcerating black, brown, and poor people for generations. And often, with strict mandatory minimum sentencing guidelines and laws like "three strikes you're out," these individuals are incarcerated for longer sentences than their white counterparts. Most notable of them all is the mass incarceration of black men for drug offenses related to crack cocaine. Today, 46% of inmates in federal prisons are incarcerated for drug crimes. The biggest problem is that despite incarcerating huge numbers of people, it's not decreasing crime. At the end of the day the recidivism rate for federal inmates is a whopping 45%, meaning that almost 1 out of 2 people leave prison without the tools necessary to get a job and integrate back into their communities. So many end up committing other crimes and wind end up going right back to prison. Thousands of people each year are released from prison in a worse state than when they came in. So if the point of putting people in prison is just to babysit them in poor conditions at at great expense, we're doing a great job. But if we want to actually make our communities safer it's not working. Because our communities are not safe as long as we are sending people back home without the proper resources to succeed. And we are doing a human rights injustice if we are using the criminal justice system to simply ruin people's lives. That should not be the point. The First Step Act, as it looks today, offers solutions to decrease mandatory minimum sentences, improve recidivism, expand training and education programs, and improve quality of life for federal inmates. If passed, judges would have the ability to diverge from strict mandatory minimum sentencing laws for nonviolent drug offenders. The bill would also eliminate the possibility of life in prison without parole for drug offenders punished under the infamous three strikes rule, capping mandatory minimum sentences for them at 25 years. Another major provision makes the Fair Sentencing Act of 2010, which decreased penalties for possession of crack cocaine retroactive, meaning that it would reduce the sentences of thousands of people already in prison. If this bill passes, thousands of federal prisoners incarcerated for nonviolent drug offenses like possession would be eligible for early release, some immediately. Convicted murderers, sex offenders, terrorists, spies, and undocumented immigrants would not be eligible. Other parts of the bill help to improve the quality of life of inmates. Provisions such as no longer shackling female inmates during childbirth and the postpartum period as well as ensuring inmates are placed in facilities within 500 driving miles from their families help to provide a more humane experience. Even though many on both sides of the aisle are still split on whether to support this Republican driven bill, it has widespread bipartisan support from organizations such as the ACLU and the Fraternal Order of Police, Congressmen Corey Booker, John Lewis, Speaker Paul Ryan, and even President Trump. The original version of the bill passed by a wide margin in the House this past May, despite hesitancy from liberals that the bill didn't go nearly far enough. After all, this bill only affects federal inmates, who account for less than 9% of the total 2.1 million people incarcerated in our country. Even though this is not the groundbreaking bill that many Democrats dreamed of, this is an important step in the right direction to more just sentencing for federal drug offenses and more humane treatment for thousands of Americans in federal prison.
- Trump Shutdown
President Trump said he's Proud to Shutdown stating yesterday, "If we don’t get what we want one way or the other, whether it’s through you, through military, through anything you want to call — I will shut down the government. I am proud to shut down the government. I will take the mantle.” President Trump's infamous border wall promised during his presidential campaign in 2016 is becoming a public farce. In an attempt to prevent a government shutdown on Dec. 21, Democrats offered $1.3 billion in exchange for a deal on DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. He declined that offer, unwilling to compromise. Trump wants $5 billion with no restrictions. Unfortunately, for President Trump, this battle doesn't seem to be over the wall at all since the Department of Homeland Security estimates it will cost $70 billion, far more than the President is asking for. To be clear, the $5 billion that President Trump is willing to shut the government down over is only 7% of the cost to actually build a wall. Not to mention this does not include the cost of acquiring the land from American citizens who currently own the majority of the land. So why is President Trump proud to shut down the government over an amount of funding that will barely cover the southern border of California alone? What is this really about? Clearly, our current President is not looking out for the best interest of the American people. Trump, supposedly the master dealmaker, has no intention of making a deal. He literally stormed out of his own office during the meeting with House Leader Pelosi and Chuck Schumer. President Trump has already backed down from his campaign promise that he would make Mexico pay for the wall. That's not happening, so now, he had pinned it on the American people. Rather than focusing on running the country, President trump is using this embarrassing spectacle as an attempt to drum up support amongst his base for the upcoming 2020 election. Clearly, the President is willing to shut down the government simply for a small win in the eyes of his base. Most extraordinary of all of this is the President's willingness to bring the military in if he does not get his way. I would like to know exactly how the President intends to do this. What kind of country are we becoming that the President of the United States is proud to hold his country hostage and is willing to use military force to do it? It looks like he may actually be considering using his position as Commander in Chief to try to unilaterally order the Department of Defense to build the wall if he doesn't get the votes needed in Congress. Is this a dictatorship or is it a democracy? Fortunately, Democrats take over a majority in the House of Representatives in January, having gained 40 seats in the November midterm elections - which I believe was American's response to Trump and his continued shenanigans with our country. As far as Democrats are concerned, we don't negotiate with terrorists, and this is one of many examples of President Trump attempting to bully the American people like a petulant child rather than running this great country as the dignified leader of the free world. Even if the President attempts to use the military budget and resources to build the wall, the would still need congressional approval. And that's simply not going to happen once the new Representatives are sworn in in 2019. The Republicans, including the President, simply need to stop shutting down the government as a political leverage point and do their jobs. The President and Congress have until Dec. 21 to fix this situation to keep the government functional for the American people. This is exactly why Americans are losing faith in the federal government. What do you think Trump is up to here? #Trump #Democrats #Republicans #Government