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...With so many people overweight or obese, the last thing we need is an anti-yoga article. Any form of exercise is better than nothing at all. Many people have found that not only does yoga offer great benefit to their health, it's one of the few forms of exercise they can enjoy and stick to. Running, weight-lifting and calisthenics are not for everyone. And while it's true that yoga alone does not improve cardiovascular health, many practitioners are trim and have increased strength, flexibility and reduced stress. It requires great strength and a little sweat...
...FORM AND SUBSTANCE...
...tyrants doom their tools of guilt to die; / ‘Tis yours this night to bid the reign commence / Of rescu’d Nature, and reviving Sense; / To chase the charms of Sound, the pomp of Show, / For useful Mirth, and salutary Woe / Bid scenic Virtue form the rising age, / And Truth diffuse her radiance from the stage...
...Zoetrope: All-Story.” “People who are used to being on the bottom shelf are now on the front table in Barnes and Noble,” he said proudly. Russell said that short fiction is the most natural form of literature to her and described her relationship with stories as being very unlike the marriage of writing a novel. “Stories are like little flings. No matter how bad things go, you get out of there pretty quickly,” she said. The authors also discussed the reasons behind the increasing...
...assembly of countless voices,” and here, each poem expands the significance of otherwise mundane things. In the final third of the book, Pinksy moves further into the abstract, addressing a myriad of ideas as unconnected as Inman Square and allusion. Dominated by simple sentences and minimal form, Pinsky’s poems are austere; their free verse structure mirrors that lack of order and refinement in the world to which Pinsky is reacting. His diction is carefully designed to extract maximum emotion with minimal effort, and allusions to current events permeate the pages. Most poems are composed...