Eckhart Tolle is a best-selling author and spiritual teacher and is currently being featured on Oprah.com in a first ever worldwide web classroom. Together, each Monday night, Eckhart and Oprah go through each chapter of his new book- A New Earth: Awakening to Your Life’s Purpose.

For the first time ever, you can join Oprah and Eckhart Tolle “live” on the web via a worldwide classroom . If you missed any of the classes, you can simply follow my link to the New Earth downloads on Oprah.com. and can download webcast videos, audio files or transcripts and take them with you wherever you go.

You can even subscribe to iTunes and have them automatically download each week.

Eckhart’s last book The Power of Now, is also truly a must read.

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I purchased two Sucawear yoga tops at a Yoga Conference about two years ago. I had the pleasure of meeting the designer Susan Cappa, who was an inspiration as well.  And since then, I have not come across another yoga top that I love as much. Both of my tops have the message “Ashima” on it ( which means non-harming in Sanskirt) –one styled by Sean Corn and the other by Baron Baptiste. A portion of the proceeds go to non profit charities.

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I came across this eco-friendly clothing line Moral Fervor and wanted to share it with my fellow yogi’s who are always looking for products that fit their values and lifestyle.

Moral Fervor is a great example of an ecological clothing company using only bio-based fabrics that are organic and sustainable. The designers Emily Stantmore and Melissa Sack conceived Moral Fervor in their dorm room at Tyler Art School in 1998.  You go girls!

Each collection is inspired by an environmental or social topic, giving each collection a level of depth and meaning that the designers feel is an important part of life.

Moral Fervor is associated with several non-profits, both local and international. You can buy their styles at an online retailer econscious.org  or organicbug.com and save the gas money. Or walk to Jivamuti Yoga Studio and check the selection.

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The Sanctuary is a beautiful, simple solution to getting all of your plug in devices under control. The simply chic white box hides a universal charger compatible with over 1500 electronic devices from most major brands and a USB port allowing hundreds more electronic devices to be charged using just The Sanctuary. You can charge your cell phone, PDA, Blackberry, iPod, MP3 player, and bluetooth headset simultaneously in one location.

The Sanctuary by Blue Lounge

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Springtime is here. The birds are chirping and my feet are screaming. For me, spring means that maybe it is time to take off my Ugg boots . Thankfully, I have my Havaianas Flip Flops to switch into. There is a new style that I have my eye on-The Buddah Flip Flop-which is not yet available on the Havaianas website. But to each his/her own, there are hundreds of great looking flip flops to choose from on their site. By far, Havaianas are the greatest looking, best feeling flip flops I have put on my yogi feet.

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If you are a yogi and want to paint your studio, design a website, select a new yoga mat, here is a helpful resource in deciding what colors might work best for you and be “on trend”. Check out an interactive presentation on the Color Association website that kindly offers up this year’s trends in color and provides great direction. Notice how many colors are inspired by nature, with rich but muted tones.

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Finally, after two years it was time for a new mat. Switching mats is really an emotional moment for me. I have been looking and looking and finally found my new mat by JADE at the Kripalu gift shop. It is a luscious purple and has a a great grip and perfect thickness. When I was holding it while walking through Kripalu, I got a  “nice mat”  and  a ” wow what a great color” comment! If there are any other Jade Mat fans , click on the article title and post a reply!

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Are you looking for a really beautifully designed yoga mat? A really pretty mat is available in two colors- serene sky blue and natural light plum, embossed with the word “love”. You will certainly beautify your practice with this tres chic yoga mat. Celebrities Selma Hayek and Kate Walsh are fans of this gorgeous yoga mat! www.beinjoy.com

Also check out the Daily Obsession Blog, where the mats are highlighted.
http://thedailyobsession.net/category/fitness-health

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This yoga top is made from the same material as yoga pants and can be customized to your size. The top was spotted on Esty.com an online community made of thousands of Etsy members with a love for handmade items. Thanks to Sid Shah for sending this to me!
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=10643373

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The trend in yoga mats, just like fashion is all about layering. Checking around for a recommendation, I discovered Yogitoes. Not only will this added layer, prevent slipping while practicing yoga-it’s super absorbent, and puts a hygienic layer between you and your yoga mat. Available in great colors or select an “Altruistic option” –in pink, with $5 of each mat purchase going toward Breast Cancer Research. The company has a wonderful website, with great links and information as well as a great array of products for the fashion forward yogi.

http://www.yogitoes.com

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An excerpt from the book—
“the practice of asana alone poses a danger, ” Maehle writes, citing Jois’s warning that partial yoga methods, out of line with their internal purpose, can build up the ’six enemies’ ( desire, anger, greed, illusion, infatuation, and envy) around the heart.” In contrast to gymnastic ability,” he writes, “true posture is about the ability to focus deeply within.”

www.newworldlibrary.com

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This book was recommended by Cyndi Lee, founder of Om Yoga Center in New York.  http://www.omyoga.com/.

The Buddha (ca. 560-480 B.C), born Siddhatta Gotama, left his wife, his young child, and his prominent social caste in his late twenties and embarked upon a new life of spiritual enlightenment. He went into the woods to begin years of profound contemplation and teachings that became the basis for the Buddhist philosophy.

World-renowned religious thinker Karen Armstrong provides a fascinating portrait of the Buddha and analyzes what made him pursue a life of spirituality. She assesses his enduring influence and considers Buddhism in the context of various world religions today.

Ms. Armstrong, a former Roman Catholic nun, is the author of the bestselling The Battle for God and A History of God. This lecture was given at the Smithsonian in March of 2001.

http://smithsonianassociates.org/programs/Armstrong/armstrong.asp

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Dharma Mittra is the man who did all the poses for the Master Yoga Chart in 1984- offering it first to his Guru, Swami Kailashananda and then to all Yoga aspirants. He meticulously photographed himself in 908 Yoga Postures, then cut and pasted all the pictures (before the computer age) and designed this truly one of a kind masterpiece. Students at his center in 1983 recall the process as the Chart gradually grew and grew. They tell of the time, energy and enthusiasm Yogi Dharma devoted to its completion. It hangs in the most prestigious ashrams and centers worldwide, as a teaching tool and inspiration for all Yoga sadahkas (seekers of truth). It contains many postures rarely seen, and many secretly created by Dharma. Over the years, so many people have told us how important it has been to their practice of learning Hatha Yoga.

To buy or see the poster: http://www.dharmayogacenter.com/shop/posters.php

More about Sri Dharma Mittra–the following text is exactly from his website:

“Sri Dharma Mittra has spent most of his life in service to humanity, disseminating the ancient knowledge of how to achieve radiant health and spiritual development. Dharma was born in the late 1930’s, and has studied Yoga since 1958. After meeting his teacher guru, Sri Swami Kalaishananda, he immersed himself in intense study and practice of the classical eight limbs of Yoga, and nine years of dedication full time practice of Karma Yoga. He was accepted and initiated as a sannyasi (one who renounces the world in order to realize God). During these years Dharma had the esteemed honor of being the personal assistant to the Guru attending to all his needs. Sri Swami Kailashanada is known as the first Guru to bring the practice of Hatha Yoga to the west in the early 1950’s.

http://www.dharmayogacenter.com/dharma/press.php

Dharma taught only for his Guru with selfless expectation, after years as a full-time yogi and bramachari, a celibate religious student who lives with his teacher and devotes himself to the practice of spiritual disciplines. He was the main demonstrator for the Yoga asanas at the many lectures the Guru gave to the public in the 60’s and 70’s. After being a celebrated teacher for many years at his guru’s Ashram, he left in 1974 and founded the Yoga Asana Center, currently known as Dharma Mittra Yoga New York Center.

Dharma is the first main independent Yoga teacher on the East Coast, initiating hundreds of thousands on the path of Yogic practice and teaching. Dharma began disseminating this knowledge before “styles” of Yoga became popular, and has remained truthful to the original classical practice. Students from all walks and styles of Yoga love his teachings. Dharma has literally been teaching classes continuously everyday since he started in 1967. To this day he still makes himself available regularly to anyone who walks thru the doors of Dharma Mittra Yoga in need of help and direction. For his dedication and fortitude, he is known as “the Rock of Yoga”, and for his experience and knowledge the “Teacher’s Teacher”. Sri Dharma continues to inspire, enlighten, and reveal to Yoga teachers and practitioners today, the real meaning of Yoga. “It is my greatest joy to share with students this knowledge that I have acquired in the past 50 years of practice and study. Yoga practice will give one’s body the power and strength to have resistance to common illnesses and diseases. With proper encouragement and increased faith in the Guru, as one can improve his physical body and mental attitude rapidly, thereby igniting the higher motives of making ones self useful to himself and all mankind”.

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Are you looking for the perfect, cool, totally hip yoga mat? I looked and looked and found finally discovered yoga mats by  Plank. Check out their site, you get an immediate sense of the planksters and their design sensibility along with their very  inspiring philosophy.

Plank sends out a refreshing message: feel free to embellish, camp it up and bring humor into the studio. It is a collection that embodies originality and hums with understated chic and irony.

Inhale…Exhale…Enjoy…!
http://www.plankdesigns.com/plank_the_story.php?nav=10

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A great kids book all about Yoga written by Baron Baptiste. http://www.kidsyogabook.com/

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