Building Internet Dating Relationships: Personal Safety First
Internet dating can be fun. But while establishing internet dating relationships, you can only ignore safety and common sense at your peril. Always keep in mind that you are dealing with strangers and at minimum, take caution in the following areas. Protect Your Computer Your personal safety comes first. But when dating online, there is a chance of someone grabbing you by the neck through your computer. How? Well, spy-ware, Trojan horses and other malicious software can (and do) sneak into ...Read the rest of this post »
June 5, 2010
Posted in: Relationships
Yoga Retreats And Golf - Strange Bedmates Or Not?
In the same way that golf is becoming more open to women players, yoga is beginning to be more appealing and acceptable for men. The discovery that certain yoga postures are an excellent way to improve your golf swing, has led to the formation of retreats that combine yoga classes with access to a high quality golf course, to create the perfect relaxing holiday. So can yoga really help your game? Top golfers such as Jesper Parnevick certainly believe so, and he should know as he uses yoga as ...Read the rest of this post »
June 4, 2010
Posted in: Sports and Fitness
Family Tree Worksheet
One of the quickest ways to get your family tree started is with a family tree worksheet. These handy aids to helping you start your family tree are widely available, inexpensive, and can help you understand how family trees are created and organized. The family tree worksheet usually takes the form of a predesigned family tree that will allow you to fill in the names of family members in the requisite locations, helping you construct your family tree. Beginning with you, it works up to your ...Read the rest of this post »
June 3, 2010
Posted in: Home and Family
Discover how a commitment to yoga can change your life forever
While it's true that you'll get out of your yoga practice only as much as you're willing or able to put into it, a committed approach to your practice can help you in ways that you've never expected. Indeed practicing yoga could be the platform and motivation you need to completely transform your life. The basic benefits of yoga are widely documented and have been extensively researched. Research into the more controversial benefits of yoga continue - at the time of writing, pubmed.org (a ...Read the rest of this post »
June 2, 2010
Posted in: Self Improvement
National Peace Academy
Yippee! At long last, I am not a lone voice crying in the wilderness. There are others who take peace seriously'seriously enough to call for a National Peace Academy. It will be a place to investigate peace, to study peace, to learn to practice peace. And do we need it! Here's just a taste from their website. Their prose is below, my additions are in blue. The Academy founders recognize that peace is serious business, requiring rigorous study and discipline. If done right, it will save ...Read the rest of this post »
June 1, 2010
Posted in: Spirituality
The Spiritual Side - Yoga as a Religion and Philosophy
Yoga is an excellent vehicle for slowing the mind and getting in touch with the true nature of things. Yoga is a family of ancient spiritual practices originating in India. It is one of the six schools of Hindu philosophy. In India and across the World, Yoga is seen as a means to both physical health and spiritual mastery. Outside India, Yoga has become primarily associated with the practice of asanas or postures of Hatha Yoga. In the United States the American Fitness Professionals & ...Read the rest of this post »
May 31, 2010
Posted in: Spirituality
The Wake of Peace
Patrick Ireland is dead! Long live the Irish Peace! A Thursday, May 22, 2008 article in the Art & Design section of The New York Times tells the story of Patrick Ireland's funeral. He was 36. Patrick Ireland was the brainchild of Irish artist Brian O'Doherty. In 1972, Mr. O'Doherty wanted to do something to protest the events of Bloody Sunday, January 30, 1972, when British soldiers killed fourteen unarmed Irish citizens in Londonderry, Northern Ireland. What Mr. O'Doherty did was create ...Read the rest of this post »
May 30, 2010
Posted in: Spirituality
Trees for Peace
I am a tree person because a Giant Sequoia saved my life. Twenty years ago I was pregnant'delightedly so'and in my heart of hearts, I knew something was dreadfully wrong with my child. It was one of the hardest times of my life. On a cross country trip wherein we stopped at almost every single rest stop, pregnancy being what it is, we stayed in Eureka, California and communed with the redwoods. There, despite my certainty that something was wrong, one of the mother trees made something right ...Read the rest of this post »
May 29, 2010
Posted in: Spirituality
Yoga Equipment - The Right Gear for Your Practice
Yoga is an excellent vehicle for slowing the mind and getting in touch with the true nature of things. While you can achieve these benefits with no accessories, sometimes having the right equipment can aid in your comfort and enjoyment of your Yoga practice. Yoga is a family of ancient spiritual practices originating in India. It is one of the six schools of Hindu philosophy. In India and across the World, Yoga is seen as a means to both physical health and spiritual mastery. Outside India, ...Read the rest of this post »
May 28, 2010
Posted in: Sports and Fitness
The Mind Body Link - Yoga and Meditation
Yoga is a family of ancient spiritual practices originating in India. It is one of the six schools of Hindu philosophy. In India and across the World, Yoga is seen as a means to both physical health and spiritual mastery. Outside India, Yoga has become primarily associated with the practice of asanas or postures of Hatha Yoga. In the United States the American Fitness Professionals & Associates offers Yoga Certification for intructors. Yoga developed as a worldview, as a lifestyle. It ...Read the rest of this post »
May 27, 2010
Posted in: Sports and Fitness