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...they are working on scholarship programs for factory workers, bringing in midwives to educate young mothers about breast feeding, providing better health care and starting yoga classes. ?The idea is to be an example to the other employers on the island,? she says. ?Like we are with our organic farming,? says John. And then he pauses. ?What if we could turn all of Bali organic? What would it take? Imagine what would happen to the health of our children, our environment, if we just took this little island and made it Organic Experiment...
Sprawl plagues once sleepy hamlets, as development follows highways and then builds new housing right to the edge of town. So Cambridge (pop. 7,000) drafted Warren Hanson, a former yoga teacher turned urban planner who champions livable, affordable neighborhoods, to fight back. In St. Peter, Minn., dubious officials watched Hanson on the council-chamber floor maneuvering toy cars and Styrofoam houses on a gigantic paper plan of a neighborhood. "That was when their light turned on that this could work," says city administrator Todd Prafke. "It's like the neighborhoods where they grew...
Rashad said she found an answer to her career confusion in Siddha yoga, a form of meditation focused on creating stillness and peace within the mind...
...Truthfully speaking, my entire career and life is based on [Siddha yoga],” she said. “My greatest moments on stage or before camera are times during which the mind isn’t thinking, but everything around me is still taking place...
Athletes may not be turning in their rackets and oars for spandex and yoga mats just yet, but an increasing number of Harvard athletes are doing yoga to sharpen their physical and mental game. The nation’s largest Division I program with 41 varsity sports, Harvard has more than 1500 student-athletes juggling athletic and academic commitments. According to the National College Health Assessment 2004, 33.7 percent of Harvard undergraduates indicate stress as an impediment to performance, both academic and otherwise. From the varsity men and women’s squash team to the varsity men and women?...