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How yoga supercedes the need for political correctness

November 24, 2009 by Kara-Leah Grant  
Filed under Hot topics, Musings from the Mat

How yoga supercedes the need for political correctness

OK. Here’s what we need to do to shift this whole PC thing that has infected our culture. Let’s start by getting a few things straight. If someone calls me a bitch, does that make me a bitch? According to their world view, it does. But I don’t have to believe them. And more importantly, [...]

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How practicing yoga can pierce the veil of Maya

November 6, 2008 by Kara-Leah Grant  
Filed under Musings from the Mat

How practicing yoga can pierce the veil of Maya

Maya is a Hindu, or Vedic concept – the word refers to the illusion of physical and mental reality that we operate under. Piercing the veil refers to seeing or perceiving past this illusion to glimpse the transcendent truth. It means waking up, becoming enlightened, becoming conscious. So what does this have to do with [...]

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