Day: December 16, 2018

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NEUROSCIENCE AND THE TRUE PURPOSE OF YOGA

Fernando Kaskais

by Jonathan Davis, Uplift Waking Times For some time, whenever I went to a yoga class, I’d get that feeling you get when you come in part way through a television series. I got the gist of the story and was able to go along with with what was happening but it wasn’t until yoga teacher and human movement specialist Simon Thakur explained some details around what I’m choosing to see as ‘the beginning’ of the story that things really started to make sense. The Foundations Of Yoga The foundation stone I discovered I had been missing was the purpose behind all of the postures. Simon … Continue reading NEUROSCIENCE AND THE TRUE PURPOSE OF YOGA

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Is Silent Retreat Good for Everyone?

Fernando Kaskais

Extended contemplative practice can activate buried trauma. By Josh Korda “I was uneasy by the first night, couldn’t sleep a wink, so when the morning bell woke us I could barely function, and it grew worse from then on . . . day after day of sitting, standing, sitting, anxious, lonely . . . my stomach was in knots, while it seemed everyone else was relaxed, enjoying themselves . . . I was constantly thinking, Why can’t I do this? Should I leave? I’ve never felt so alone and miserable.” John (not his real name) sits across from me in my office, talking … Continue reading Is Silent Retreat Good for Everyone?

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WHY SOME MEN CAN’T STOP COMPULSIVELY SPENDING MONEY ON WOMEN

Fernando Kaskais

by Eddie Kim The need to spoil a partner has a lot to do with the way men view their role in modern culture — even as it inevitably changes I was all of 14 years old when I first felt the immediate, glowing rush of delivering a gift to someone I was endlessly infatuated with. I’d spent weeks grinding extra chores around the house and taking shifts in the prep kitchen of my parents’ restaurant after school, chopping cucumbers from a stack of 10-pound boxes for five bucks an hour. Now, in my hand, was the fruit of that labor: a … Continue reading WHY SOME MEN CAN’T STOP COMPULSIVELY SPENDING MONEY ON WOMEN