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Yoga Broke the Pain-Depression Cycle in New Study
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Yoga Broke the Pain-Depression Cycle in New Study

A 2020 study found that yoga significantly improved pain levels, mood, and functional capacity in people living with both chronic pain and depression.

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Stating the Obvious
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Stating the Obvious

A blogger handed himself a permission slip I needed: blogging can just be stating the obvious.

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A Mood Is Not a Practice
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A Mood Is Not a Practice

Thirteen six-week courses, seventy-eight guided sessions, eleven real techniques — the eighth limb engineered as a practice you can actually operate.

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Regenerating Trust in Local Communities After Toxicity
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Regenerating Trust in Local Communities After Toxicity

What happens when charismatic teachers extract value from communities and leave?

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Your Context Is Your Destiny
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Your Context Is Your Destiny

We love a genetic excuse. “Tight hips run in my family.” “I’m just not flexible.” It feels final, which is comforting, because final means off the hook.

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Meditation Changed DNA: Mindfulness and Cellular Aging
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Meditation Changed DNA: Mindfulness and Cellular Aging

A 2014 study found that meditation practice produced measurable changes in gene expression related to cellular aging and inflammation.

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The Courage to Be Vulnerable
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The Courage to Be Vulnerable

Embracing Fear: The True Meaning of Courage
Courage isn’t about being fearless.

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The Free Thing You Skip
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The Free Thing You Skip

Todd Hargrove wrote a love letter to walking, and it made me a little defensive, which usually means it’s true.

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The Whole Method, No Gurus Required
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The Whole Method, No Gurus Required

The entire Ashtanga method — 81 lessons — built into one self-owned course library you operate. Not a playlist. A platform.

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The Impossible Scroll
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The Impossible Scroll

For two thousand years, the Herculaneum scrolls were unreadable. Carbonized by Vesuvius in 79 AD. Touch one and it crumbles. Unroll it and you destroy the only copy. So they sat there — full of text, completely sealed.

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