Posted in Uncategorized, tagged health, interesting facts, vegetarian diet on November 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »
On October 12 I stopped eating all refined sugar and flour. I went cold turkey, which for me is usually pretty easy. I just set my mind and say ‘from this day forward’… and then I do it. But I was not prepared for how difficult this would be.
What precipitated my decision was the evening [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged quotes, swami sivananda, yoga on November 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
In yoga, a limiting adjunct is something that limits the mind. In sanskrit it is called an Upadhi.
In Swami Sivananda’s Yoga Vedanta Dictionary he defines it as:
A superimposed thing or attribute that veils and gives a coloured view of the substance beneath it; limiting adjunct; instrument; vehicle; body; a technical term used in Vedanta philosophy [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged recipes, vegetarian diet on November 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This recipe has graced the table at many AYA events. It is super simple and we use fresh ingredients as much as possible. Hope you like it as much as we do:
1 lb cheese tortellinis, cooked and cooled
2 cups artichoke hearts
1 tblsp lemon juice
1 cup pitted olives, chopped, sliced or whole
1/2 cup parsley
5-6 roma tomatoes [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged tie dye shirts on September 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
My daughter started her own tie dye tshirt business on Etsy.com.They are the best tie-dye shirts ever, not kidding. She does each one by hand with professional dye with the original method of actually tying the shirt.
The web address is
DyeAndGoToHeaven.etsy.com
Here’s some examples, but you can see them all at her website:
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged quotes, yoga on September 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a quote from “Yoga and Kriya” by Swami Satyananda on the yogic meaning of awareness:
When you do asanas and pranayama, as well as meditational techniques … the emphasis should be on awareness. This awareness implies that your attention is directed to a specific function or activity. It means that your attention is on [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged games, humor on August 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The other day I was looking out the window at my fence and I had the nonsequitous idea that I bet I could go the rest of my life and never buy another writing pen or pencil. The reason being there must be billions of them floating around out there and if I tried I [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged health, news on August 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Recently I discovered Roger Ebert’s blog. I think most people know who he is, but in case you don’t, he used to have a TV show where he and his partner Siskel rated movies. Roger Ebert got cancer and got to where he couldn’t talk. Now he types. His blog is really good.
On August 20 [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged environment, food, health, interesting facts, movies, news, vegetarian diet on August 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
One of my favorite TV shows when I was little was Flipper. It was about a wild dolphin who befriended this family and did amazing dolphin stunts for them while enforcing the law, rescuing people at sea and taking care of Sandy and Bud, the two main characters in the show.
Here’s Flipper, actually Flipper was [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged environment, food, health, interesting facts, movies, news, vegetarian diet on August 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Yesterday we went to see the movie Food, Inc. It’s not exactly a fun light-hearted movie, but on the other hand, if you eat food and live in America you should try to see this movie as soon as possible.
The movie exposes the industrialized food system in America and the effect it has on the [...]
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged videos, yoga on July 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Here is a nice and very rare video of Ramana Maharshi:
