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My bad ass yogi friend/teacher Carrie from Thank Yoga. I had to post this, such a beautiful moment captured.
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One of the best pieces of philosophy:
The dog is waiting at the door, tail wagging, because he knows his master is getting home.
The dog’s master is the President of the United States.
The dog does not know that the President of the United States is home.

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it’s play
buzzing, tingling, glowing, shining
play

sensing without naming
becoming without being
say no to words

rather than one object
looking out on the multitude
the multitude contained in one object

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melvinandco:

by Mark Borthwick
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yogibabe:

Pose inspired by @laurasykora and @masumi_g who was inspired by @nightmaretales ! Another one of those yogic chain reaction! Love them! 😊 #yoga #yogawithlaura #yogaeverydamnday #yogi #inspiration
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migas:

(via Yoga on the Lake | Annie Vranizan)
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Yogini Tara: i thank You God for most this amazingday:for the leaping greenly...

yoginitara:

i thank You God for most this amazing
day:for the leaping greenly spirits of trees
and a blue true dream of sky; and for everything
which is natural which is infinite which is yes

(i who have died am alive again today,
and this is the sun’s birthday; this is the birth
day of life and of…

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animalsandtrees:

WHY SHOULD YOU GO WOOL-FREE?“The wool industry involves a lot of cruelty, and sheep raised for wool endure a lifetime of horror. Sheep are gentle, peaceful individuals who, just like us, feel pain, fear and loneliness but because there is a market for their fleece and skins, they are treated as nothing more than wool-producing machines. If they were left alone and not genetically manipulated, sheep would grow just enough wool to protect themselves from temperature extremes as the fleece provides effective insulation against both cold and heat but sheep exploited for their wool have been bred to produce more wool than is natural.Every year, using tools resembling gardening shears, industrial wool farmers in Australia (the largest producer and exporter of wool in the world) routinely mutilate OVER 20 MILLION helpless lambs on wool farms by cutting large swaths of skin and flesh from the area around the anus and, for females, around the vulva, as well. This barbaric, gruesome procedure is called “mulesing” and is typically performed without any painkillers.During mulesing, again without any pain killers, most sheep have their tails cut off, ears hole-punched and, if male, are castrated (“marked”). The purpose of mulesing is to produce wool free of any scars, faecal/urine stains and skin wrinkles. After mulesing, many sheep die a slow, agonizing death.The practice of mulesing is defended as an effective means of combating a blowfly infestation called “flystrike.” Industry beneficiaries and spokespersons would have you believe that mulesing is a carefully performed surgical procedure that is simply meant to benefit the sheep from a distressing and possibly deadly pest; however, that is not the case at all.To maximize the profit, the wool industry has engineered the sheep to have ever-increasing amounts of wool-bearing skin. This unnaturally high skin surface creates very high densities of skin folds, which lead to an extreme overabundance of heat, moisture and excrement trapping that attracts flies. The flies lay their eggs in the skin fold, and resulting maggots begin to consume the sheep’s skin in the extremely painful condition known as “flystrike.” Basically, wool producers are the ones who created the flystrike problem for profit and now use it as an excuse to justify mulesing. For the industry, the only thing that really matters is:More skin folds → More skin area per sheep → More wool per sheep = Higher profit marginsShearers are usually paid by volume, not by the hour, which encourages fast work without regard for the welfare of the sheep. One eyewitness says, “the shearing shed must be one of the worst places in the world for cruelty to animals … I have seen shearers punch sheep with their shears or their fists until the sheep’s nose bled. I have seen sheep with half their faces shorn off …”When their wool production begins to decline, most sheep, without access to any food or water for days/weeks, are sent on a long journey in a severely crowded, multitiered ship to other countries. These sheep - millions every year from Australia - are often slaughtered by having their throats cut while they’re still conscious.WHAT CAN YOU DO?1) Acknowledge and spread the fact that animals are NOT here for us but with us. Animals are not commodities to be used, abused and discarded. Although they might look the same, every animal is an irreplaceable individual with a unique personality.2) Not purchase anything wool. The only reason why the wool industry exists is because we demand its existence by purchasing wool products. As wool alternatives, there are plenty of cruelty-free fabrics such as faux wool, cotton, cotton flannel, polyester fleece, synthetic shearling and many others. Remember: you have options; they do not.3) Share this post to raise awareness and save lives.4) However unbelievable this might sound, what you have read here is only the tip of the iceberg as far as the cruelty animal-based industries are built upon. Albeit unknowingly, you’re funding and demanding unimaginable pain. To be fully informed, please watch the multi-award winning documentary, Earthlings, and encourage others to do the same; Earthlings is free: www.earthlings.com Together, we CAN stop all suffering.For more info:www.theethicalman.com/wool.htmlwww.vegsource.com/jo/qa/qawool.htmwww.suite101.com/article/vegan-clothing-and-accessories-alternatives-to-animal-products-a344270Image source: www.animalsaustralia.org ”

i grew up on a sheep ranch and I’m seeing only one discrepancy with this article. most of the information is factual, aside from tail docking, banding and tagging. this is done to ALL sheep in the US, whether domestic pets or meat breeds, not just wool breeds. tail docking is done by using a metal instrument to stretch an extremely thick and extremely tiny surgical rubber band around a lamb’s tail at the second vertebrae down from the separation of spine and tail; this is done at about three or four weeks and is extremely painful, often times done at the same time as castration which can either be done by cutting off the testicles with a knife (never with pain killers, mind you. i never once gave an animal a painkiller during any excruciating procedure like this) or by using the same method as tail docking and placing a very tiny rubber band around the testicles until the tissue dies and the tail and testicles fall off. ear tagging consists of using a utility sized piercing gun and inserting a plastic tag through the ear of the lamb with identification markers; flock number, state, birth year of the lamb and lamb/ ewe ID number. this procedure essentially stamps a hole the size of a dime through extremely thick tissue, about the thickness of a human pinky. these almost always get infected and take weeks or months to heal. the sheep industry rarely gets called out and it’s the one i happen to have the most experience with. despite all this bullshit you can put an animal through, sheep are some of the most caring, gentle and playful creatures you can encounter.
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