en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/957072 Comments by Brooks_Hall http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/07/proud-to-be-vaginamerican/#IDComment398015475 YogaforCynics, I value your input here! Sun, 8 Jul 2012 18:41:03 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/07/proud-to-be-vaginamerican/#IDComment398015475 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/07/proud-to-be-vaginamerican/#IDComment397984923 Thanks for taking time to offer words of response here. I'm all for equality. ...just don't see that we are there at this point. Sun, 8 Jul 2012 17:26:43 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/07/proud-to-be-vaginamerican/#IDComment397984923 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/07/proud-to-be-vaginamerican/#IDComment397983582 Thanks for the info. I might have some seaweed chips, too. Sun, 8 Jul 2012 17:23:45 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/07/proud-to-be-vaginamerican/#IDComment397983582 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/07/proud-to-be-vaginamerican/#IDComment397982886 Thanks for your informative comment, MikeG! Sun, 8 Jul 2012 17:21:52 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/07/proud-to-be-vaginamerican/#IDComment397982886 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/06/a-vagina-manifesto-for-males-females/#IDComment388024993 Thanks for sharing you thoughts! It means so much! I think that women might be used to giving agency of their vaginas and uteri to husbands and medical professionals, and we need to take action to break the cycle of giving away our power! The government cannot make these personal choices for female-bodied people: no! Sat, 23 Jun 2012 17:00:50 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/06/a-vagina-manifesto-for-males-females/#IDComment388024993 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/03/sexy-cultish-power-yoga-healing/#IDComment313626137 Thanks, I'm glad that you like this article! It sounds like you don't think that yoga can ride the wave of capitalistic attention, and at the same time it is monetary support that has helped to fuel a veritable explosion of yogic interest. So I think it might be complicated, and I have hope that minds and actions can be applied in ways that can help. That's why I wrote this! Sun, 11 Mar 2012 15:07:44 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/03/sexy-cultish-power-yoga-healing/#IDComment313626137 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/03/sexy-cultish-power-yoga-healing/#IDComment313622831 Thank you! I'm glad that you like it! Sun, 11 Mar 2012 15:01:25 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/03/sexy-cultish-power-yoga-healing/#IDComment313622831 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/03/sexy-cultish-power-yoga-healing/#IDComment313622334 Thanks, Carlos! I wish it was required reading for people involved in yoga. Our yoga might be so much better, and the attendant relationships so much more consciously lived. It can just be so easy to love the "love" without healthy discernment or sucked into the seduction of ones own adoration, if my stumbling path can serve as an example. Sun, 11 Mar 2012 15:00:25 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/03/sexy-cultish-power-yoga-healing/#IDComment313622334 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/03/sexy-cultish-power-yoga-healing/#IDComment313618052 Thanks, Robbie! 'The Guru Papers' definitely helped to define power mechanics that previously just "didn't feel right." It's amazing how much defining something can speed healing. Sun, 11 Mar 2012 14:52:31 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/03/sexy-cultish-power-yoga-healing/#IDComment313618052 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/03/sexy-cultish-power-yoga-healing/#IDComment309894998 Thanks, Pam! Tue, 6 Mar 2012 21:40:36 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/03/sexy-cultish-power-yoga-healing/#IDComment309894998 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/03/sexy-cultish-power-yoga-healing/#IDComment309888320 I like this: "It's hard enough sometimes sorting out the truth of what we tell ourselves in our own heads." It's true, and I think it's important to do that work! Thanks for your comment! Tue, 6 Mar 2012 21:32:15 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/03/sexy-cultish-power-yoga-healing/#IDComment309888320 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/03/sexy-cultish-power-yoga-healing/#IDComment309884450 Thanks, YogiJulian! I do hope that people will read this great book! Tue, 6 Mar 2012 21:26:49 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/03/sexy-cultish-power-yoga-healing/#IDComment309884450 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/03/sexy-cultish-power-yoga-healing/#IDComment309883803 Thanks, Janice! I appreciate your comment. It sounds like the student had assigned a special status to the studio owner. Tue, 6 Mar 2012 21:25:47 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/03/sexy-cultish-power-yoga-healing/#IDComment309883803 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/03/sexy-cultish-power-yoga-healing/#IDComment309881754 Idunknow, chills... I think that different individuals are processing their pain differently. Sometimes that means denial. And other times it can mean different responses... Tue, 6 Mar 2012 21:22:20 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/03/sexy-cultish-power-yoga-healing/#IDComment309881754 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/03/sexy-cultish-power-yoga-healing/#IDComment309879005 Ha! Thank you! Tue, 6 Mar 2012 21:17:47 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/03/sexy-cultish-power-yoga-healing/#IDComment309879005 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/03/sexy-cultish-power-yoga-healing/#IDComment309878296 Thanks, Shivani! 'The Guru Papers' does a good job of explaining how intelligent people can give authority to a guru. And you've offered some of the control methods in your comment!. Thanks for the resources. I wish you well! Tue, 6 Mar 2012 21:16:39 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/03/sexy-cultish-power-yoga-healing/#IDComment309878296 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/03/sexy-cultish-power-yoga-healing/#IDComment309876194 Thank you, Val! Tue, 6 Mar 2012 21:13:15 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/03/sexy-cultish-power-yoga-healing/#IDComment309876194 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/03/sexy-cultish-power-yoga-healing/#IDComment309875936 Thanks, Kitty! Yes, nobody is alone in this challenge. Wish you well in Eugene! Tue, 6 Mar 2012 21:12:50 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/03/sexy-cultish-power-yoga-healing/#IDComment309875936 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/03/sexy-cultish-power-yoga-healing/#IDComment309874886 Yes, we should not over-simplify the situation! And don't obey any dictums! Thanks, Hilary! Tue, 6 Mar 2012 21:10:52 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/03/sexy-cultish-power-yoga-healing/#IDComment309874886 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/03/sexy-cultish-power-yoga-healing/#IDComment309873614 Glad you like it! Tue, 6 Mar 2012 21:08:53 +0000 http://www.elephantjournal.com/2012/03/sexy-cultish-power-yoga-healing/#IDComment309873614