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yoga and weight loss

May 9th, 2008 · 3 Comments

ok ok, if you know me at all you’d know that I’m really the last person to address yoga for weight loss, buuuuut when my editor at Bangkok Post suggested this title I figured I would make a go at it. After all, it’s a legitimate and worthy goal. This should probably appear in […]

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Tags: dieting · food · weight loss

How dogs concentrate their minds

January 30th, 2008 · 3 Comments

How my dog friend taught me to be a better yogi
Without concentration there is no meditation. Without the ability to concentrate yoga simply won’t happen. That doesn’t make concentration some special skill however. Nor is it sacred.
My favorite teacher of concentration is my friend Todd’s dog named Buster. Buster is totally obsessed with food, to […]

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