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        <title>Introductions -- Why You Came to Yoga</title>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Just wanted to say hello ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Hi all,
<br>
I have been viewing these forums off and on for about a year now, and I finally decided to make myself known.
<br>
I have been practicing yoga for about a year and a half.  I absolutely love the changes yoga has caused in my life: spiritually, mentally, and physically.  In
fact, I have been training to become a yoga instructor and hopefully this Friday I will have my first certification.
<br>
I don&#39;t have a profound story about how yoga changed my life in a huge way like some... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:19:41 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ New... ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Hi,
<br>
<br>
I am new to this site. I was introduced to it by my first yoga teacher Ma data. Since then I moved to Alabama and I do miss her. She inspired me to become
certified. I have much to learn but the feedback I get is very positive. Sharing my love for yoga has truly been a blessing. I am looking forward to getting to
know many of you and learning from you so that I can grow.
<br>
<br>
Namaste, Agape ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 14:39:40 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Hello from Michelle ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Hi Everyone
<br>
<br>
After posting a few questions, I suddenly find this topic and realise I should have posted an introduction to myself.  Sorry!
<br>
<br>
Okay, here is a little bit about me.....
<br>
<br>
I&#39;m 38 years old and came to yoga ten years ago.  I initially became interested in it because of all the interest it was receiving when Madonna started
practising.  That was why I decided to seek out a video and before long I had gone past the point of just being interested and... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 02 Aug 2008 03:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ a little bit about me! ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Hi all <img height="20" src="http://www.movingintostillness.com/smilies/action-smiley-069.gif" width="30" alt="image">
<br>
<br>
I&#39;ve suffered with ME for 8 years now and when I first got ill I had to defer my last year at uni to go home and recharge.  I can&#39;t quite remember how
I found out about yoga, but somehow I did and was told of it&#39;s amazing healing benefits.  I started to go to a local class, where I met the most amazing
teacher and another lovely lady who turned out to be... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 11:43:15 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Hello! ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Wow!  After practicing with Erich at Feathered Pipe last week I was so motivated, I abandoned my &quot;anti technology&quot; mindset.  I&#39;d always resisted
invites to join other message boards.  You&#39;re reading my very first message board posting!  Hopefully, my forays into the &quot;internet of the big
mind&quot; will be as easy.
<br>
<br> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 19:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Live From Hills of South Dakota ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ After a little push from erich and a few others here I am, on-line and in touch.  Yes, I will find a good picture to add to my profile.
<br>
<br>
So I figure I&#39;ll just give you a peak into my world.
<br>
<br>
I&#39;m married, currently on 29 years and counting to my high school sweetheart.  I live outside of Rapid City South Dakota in the Black Hills.  Together we
own The Yoga Studio in Rapid City (I know real creative name, but we didn&#39;t do it, just bought it.)  I&#39;ve been... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 18:32:38 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Hi my name is Jesse..... ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I found yoga about three years ago (wow, has it been that long?). I have always been into exercise and after injuring my lower back yoga was about all I could
do. Yoga was always something I wanted to try but had never gotten around to. I guess my injury was a gift in disguise. It&#39;s funny....among most of my
fellow male friends around my age (31) yoga isn&#39;t the coolest thing in the world, and that&#39;s ok! I am truly thankful for finding it. Although I enjoy
taking classes from time... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 19:28:57 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Hello! ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Hi!
<br>
So, my introduction to Yoga came as a child, when I would find myself stretching and moving the body quite spontaneously.  Later on, I took classes and have
not stopped since.  Along the way, Yoga offered many practical solutions to my difficulties and now, I teach Yoga and deeply love Yoga.  The philosophy that
points us to ourself, our innate nature is just irresistible to me <img src="http://www.ezboard.com/images/emoticons/smile.gif" alt="image"> I love the B. Gita
and all that... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jun 2008 08:20:40 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ New to this message board, here is my introduction... ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Hey all, how is it going?  My name is Steve, I&#39;m 25 and live in Pittsburgh.  I&#39;ve been practicing yoga for a year now here in the city and I grow more
interested in it everyday.  A Google search brought me to this community and I am eager to read the insight offered and post when I can.  Yoga has always been
interesting to me, and after a girl I was seeing showed me some of the basics, I went to my first class with her and things have never been the same.  I quit
smoking cigarettes... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 09:53:40 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ ...Like a rubber band... ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I haven&#39;t been in here for ages but thought I&#39;d pop in and say hello.
<br>
<br>
Recently turned my back on a 17 year career in IT and now work voluntary for a Drug/Alcohol Service as a trainee Counsellor - must be mad <img height="20" src="http://www.ezboard.com/image/posticons/pi_freak.gif" width="20" alt="image">

<p>Anyway, don&#39;t suppose anyone remembers me LOL, just thought I&#39;d say hello!
<br>
<br>
Tony...</p> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 12:40:49 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ I have returned! *rawr!* ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Hello hello, MIS! 
<br>
<br>
Patrick here, and it&#39;s been HOW LONG since I showed up regularly here?  Six months or more, I think, but I had to do crazy things like start teaching yoga
classes all over the city (cool, for the most part) and diving head-first into the academic job market to see if anyone wants to hire me to teach college
classes (not, repeat, NOT cool; good life experience, but not high on fun and joy, you know?). 
<br>
<br>
So far it looks like I&#39;m in Indianapolis... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 26 Apr 2008 10:37:14 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ to get out of gym ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I was in an alternative High School and it was the 70s.  We were allowed to take an evening yoga class to get out of taking HS gym.  The teacher had just
visited India in the Ram Das days and was teaching a basic hatha flow. 
<br>
<br>
Later, I practiced TM in college and practiced a little yoga as taught at health clubs along with my regular work out.  This went on for many years until 911. 
Ii was so shaken that I left work in the middle of the day to go to my first yoga class at a... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 20:03:56 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ yoga and oppression...how can spirit deal with injustice ]]></title>
			<link>http://movingintostillness.yuku.com/topic/6161/t/yoga-and-oppression-how-can-spirit-deal-with-injustice.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ My attempt here to start a new topic
<br>
maybe a better title could be developed
<br>
maybe it should be moved to another part of this forum
<br>
<br>
its late...tired...just wanted to put out a feeler...a start...open to any feedback ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:51:11 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Hi ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ This is Colleen, from Oak Park, Bill&#39;s wife.
<br>
<br>
I&#39;m so excited to be a member of this community. My avatar is a photo of my meeting with Erich at the Yoga Crib in Ojai last fall.
<br>
<br>
It was fantastic. I&#39;ve been doing his tape (Ali McGraw) for 15 years on Sundays. I call him my Sunday Yoga. And we met on a Sunday, the last day of the
Crib.
<br>
<br>
Cannot wait to see Erich in Chicago!
<br>
<br>
Colleen
<br> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:12:51 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Hello, everybody ]]></title>
			<link>http://movingintostillness.yuku.com/topic/6154/t/Hello-everybody.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Greetings from chilly Chicago, where we are waiting ever so patiently (trying to be present in the now) for true spring to arrive. Midweek, we think.
<br>
<br>
Very happy to be part of this community. My wife, Colleen, and I met Erich at the Yoga Crib in Ojai last fall. We have signed up for his late May workshop at
Yogaview studio in Chicago, and look forward to learning more from him at that time.
<br>
<br>
Namaste.
<br>
<br>
Bill
<br>
<br>
<br> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 09:27:49 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ You Must Be Joking ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ OK guys...what is the deal here?  It&#39;s the end of another real hard day for me here in Hawaii...and if you think that is impossible then you don&#39;t know
anything about how capitalism can just about ruin everything.  It&#39;s done a hell of a job at that here.
<br>
<br>
So what&#39;s up with me?  I was hoping that this yoga community would be different then the pseudo-yoga groups I have unfortunately had to visit during the
past ten or so years.  I say &quot;had&quot; to because that is... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 20:56:36 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ anger yoga and the problem of silence ]]></title>
			<link>http://movingintostillness.yuku.com/topic/6143/t/anger-yoga-and-the-problem-of-silence.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ OK...so I am new here and so far so good...I have made a few posts and been well received.  And this is good. I mean I believe people when they say they really
appreciate what I have to say.  It&#39;s just that I did write one post that nobody replied to...not one person. And I do not know if this means the topic is
of no interest to anybody or because it was put in some small corner of this yoga community world and nobody has really seen it. 
<br>
<br>
The post was entitled emotional yoga... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:40:47 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ new to yoga community/old to yoga practice ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Hi everyone.  So I first started doing yoga asana practice in 1988 at the East West Bookstore in NYC.  I had just graduated from college and was on my path.  I
was 24 then, I am 43 now. Long time ago.  I am more in love with my body/mind/spirit now then ever before and I move with an awareness that I never thought I
could achieve.  That is all good.  It&#39;s the &quot;community&quot; stuff...that&#39;s where the problem is.  I grew up in Harlem NYC...I am a white Jewish
man but have spent... ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 11:01:20 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Greetings from Austria ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Hello! My Name is Mondfalke, which is German and means &quot;Moon Falcon&quot;.
<br>
I&#39;m from Austria and I love living here.
<br>
<br>
I came to do Yoga a few years ago. I&#39;ve read many books and created Yoga Programm for myself, which I am going to post later. Though I have to confess that
I did more theory than practice.
<br>
I&#39;ve read a lot about Hatha Yoga and Raja Yoga.
<br>
<br>
I&#39;ve had some times when I did Yoga for about 2 or 3 weeks on a daily basis but I always got... ]]></description>

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			<author>feeds@yuku.com (Mondfalke)</author>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 22 Mar 2008 00:29:47 GMT</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Greetings ]]></title>
			<link>http://movingintostillness.yuku.com/topic/6099/t/Greetings.html</link>
			<description><![CDATA[ Hi, I have been practicing Yoga for 5 years and just recently became certified to teach. I know certification is not the end of it. I also know that there are
a lot of great yoga teachers who do not have a certification. I felt I needed to learn from other experienced yoga teachers, and a teachers&#39; training
program helped me a lot. For this reason, I am happy to be in this site. I am looking forward to learn from all of you. Namaste ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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