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What to wear for your Yoga practice?
A couple of weeks ago, I got an interesting email in my inbox: “to be part of a new yoga movement and community”; the offer was to try their product, a new yoga wear. As any fellow blogger will relate,… Read More ›
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My apologies! I have been out of touch.
Dear readers, Greetings after a year! Yes, I am guilty of neglecting my blog, but let me fill you in: After my last blog post in July, I got busy with academic research. I worked with an amazing colleague and… Read More ›
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Can you give up your wants and live peacefully with needs?
Four months since I blogged. I apologize for not being in touch. I was working on a huge project at home… a project of evaluating needs vs. wants, a project fuelled by my Yoga practice. It started with a simple… Read More ›
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Do you evaluate your needs vs. wants?
How often do you evaluate your needs vs. wants? This question is not to a person who is evaluating survival vs. living but to a person who is managing to live life reasonably well. We may never admit it openly,… Read More ›
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What’s so celebratory about the New Year?
Another year-end. Another New Year. What’s so celebratory about a date in a paper (or digital) calendar that gets millions of us around the world to cheer, drink, revel and make merry? Don’t get me wrong: this is not a… Read More ›
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Should you turn off your Internet to take a break?
By: Anupreet Sandhu Bhamra Should you? The short answer is: yes. The long: Last month, I unplugged our home Internet cable for a break. For three weeks. Three weeks of no virtual connectivity. No news updates. No blogging, no Facebook… Read More ›
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Why am I unplugging the Internet cable for three weeks?
By: Anupreet Sandhu Bhamra It has been a busy summer. I’ve had some projects to work on – consulting on diversity issues, production work, and a few writing assignments (will share about an exciting writing project soon). Also, read some… Read More ›
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Is Karma stupid?
By: Anupreet Sandhu Bhamra This morning, I saw a tweet on “karma” from Connie Jakab, a dear friend. It had just three words: “Karma is stupid” with a link to her latest blog post. I immensely respect Connie. She is… Read More ›
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Stop cultural appropriation of Yoga: Yoga is all about Hinduism, albeit without the ism
By: Anupreet Sandhu Bhamra Yoga is not teaching religion. Or is it? A California judge has ruled that Yoga in a public school’s fitness program does not amount to teaching children religion because it is rooted in American culture. To me, the whole… Read More ›
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What is family time? Events? B’days? Beach? My story of the past month
By: Anupreet Sandhu Bhamra It has been more than a month since I updated my blog. Excuse me for that. June was a whirlwind of activities, starting with events at my daughter’s school. Her last month of kindergarten, it was… Read More ›
