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		<title>Health Benefits of Yoga</title>
		<link>http://mergeyoga.wordpress.com/2009/10/07/health-benefits-of-yoga/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:00:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tasha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I came upon this article (below) on the website for National Yoga Month and had to share it in full! If you&#8217;re interested in Yoga&#8217;s benefits for the listed or other ailments/injuries, get in touch!  We&#8217;ll talk about how Yoga can help you, and/or we&#8217;ll develop a routine that&#8217;s ideal for your body and situation. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mergeyoga.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6060274&amp;post=558&amp;subd=mergeyoga&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Some research suggests yoga can reduce depression symptoms.</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Yoga could help lower some heart disease risk factors.</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Women who do yoga during treatment experience less stress.</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Studies find that yoga can help menopausal women.</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Studies find that yoga can help menopausal women.</media:title>
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		<title>Injuries &amp; (im)Patience (Part 2)</title>
		<link>http://mergeyoga.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/injuries-impatience-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://mergeyoga.wordpress.com/2009/10/05/injuries-impatience-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tasha</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Holistic Health]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(Continued from Oct 1) I often encourage beginning students to imagine that the breath is massaging their tight muscles. Perhaps they can&#8217;t stretch their muscles quite yet, but the breath can &#8212; at least on a subtle level. I do this imagining in my own practice from time to time, when muscles are cold and stiff, and when [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mergeyoga.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6060274&amp;post=548&amp;subd=mergeyoga&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Injuries &amp; (im)Patience, Part 1</title>
		<link>http://mergeyoga.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/injuries-impatience-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://mergeyoga.wordpress.com/2009/10/01/injuries-impatience-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:19:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tasha</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Holistic Health]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been so excited about re-upping my commitment to a daily Yoga practice&#8230; In fact, in the midst of a chaotic tour I began The Daily Mat blog and started tweeting pics every day on Twitter.  (Join in!!) So there&#8217;s a lovely bit of irony in the back injury that came to visit in September, right [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mergeyoga.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6060274&amp;post=545&amp;subd=mergeyoga&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Um... PAIN!</media:title>
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		<title>August, Depression, and Homecoming: Part 3</title>
		<link>http://mergeyoga.wordpress.com/2009/09/15/august-depression-and-homecoming-part-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tasha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[:: Continued from Tuesday September 8 :: Though I took in the practice&#8217;s significance that July morning, I was on a course.  I had designed a strict fitness regimen for our month away, and I confess that the idea of altering it to include more Yoga didn&#8217;t even cross my mind.a In mid-August, for no [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mergeyoga.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6060274&amp;post=521&amp;subd=mergeyoga&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>August, Depression, and Homecoming: Part 2</title>
		<link>http://mergeyoga.wordpress.com/2009/09/12/august-depression-and-homecoming-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://mergeyoga.wordpress.com/2009/09/12/august-depression-and-homecoming-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 14:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tasha</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fatigue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gratitude]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[spirit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Spiritual-meets-Physical]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weight loss]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Yoga for Musicians]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[badass]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Primary Series]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[running]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sun salutations]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[:: Continued from Monday September 7 :: There are few certainties in my life.  A very, very, few.  And I confess that it strikes me as odd that Yoga is one of them.  (It&#8217;s had a nearly absurd longevity considering my background and random inclinations&#8230; But it keeps proving itself, so I keep listening.) As [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mergeyoga.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6060274&amp;post=520&amp;subd=mergeyoga&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Daily Mat.</title>
		<link>http://mergeyoga.wordpress.com/2009/09/09/the-daily-mat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:00:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tasha</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Holistic Health]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As a celebration of rediscovering a daily Yoga practice, I&#8217;m taking a daily picture of my Yoga mat &#8211; wherever my travels (and my practice) find it. As a touring musician my practice is squeezed in wherever I can make it work: Someone&#8217;s living room, a hotel room, outdoors, in the van.  Sometimes our schedule [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mergeyoga.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6060274&amp;post=512&amp;subd=mergeyoga&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Yoga at home, Sept 6</media:title>
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		<title>August, Depression, and Homecoming: Part 1</title>
		<link>http://mergeyoga.wordpress.com/2009/09/07/august-depression-and-homecoming-part-1/</link>
		<comments>http://mergeyoga.wordpress.com/2009/09/07/august-depression-and-homecoming-part-1/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2009 21:46:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tasha</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[allergies]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Music]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The last many months have swelled by, demanding a return to the MergeYoga-sphere with a blog in three parts. So here we are friends, and here we go: This Spring we toured and wrote for a new Ellery record; in the Summer we recorded it.  The month of August was then a strange gestation period: [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mergeyoga.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6060274&amp;post=510&amp;subd=mergeyoga&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Critics, Trust, and Relief</title>
		<link>http://mergeyoga.wordpress.com/2009/03/28/critics-trust-and-relief/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2009 02:17:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tasha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lately, this yogini has been wandering through the fog of an eventful season.  The Spring has unfolded with the promise of a new record for Ellery (my singer/songwriter life), and that promise has brought with it an immense amount of excitement, anticipation, intimidation, and stress.   (This emotional cocktail is par for the course in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mergeyoga.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6060274&amp;post=491&amp;subd=mergeyoga&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Yeah, pretty much like that.</media:title>
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		<media:content url="http://mergeyoga.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/ls016023.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Yes.  Exactly like that.</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Mm.  Pretty much not - at all - like this.</media:title>
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		<media:content url="http://mergeyoga.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/bxp27154.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Ew.  Let's hope it doesn't get this bad.</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">(Teenager.)</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Yes.  Like that.</media:title>
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		<title>Go with Winter.</title>
		<link>http://mergeyoga.wordpress.com/2009/02/24/go-with-winter/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 20:43:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tasha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[     Last night, in the Astanga class I attend, we spent some extra time on backbends, which is fabulous.  After all, in the Astanga Primary Series, there&#8217;s a lot of forward folding &#8212; which means that back-bending can provide a very welcome counterbalance.        But here&#8217;s the thing.  My body clearly thinks I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mergeyoga.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6060274&amp;post=478&amp;subd=mergeyoga&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">It looks so lovely from indoors!   :)</media:title>
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		<media:content url="http://mergeyoga.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/cobra.jpeg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Cobra. For a milder version, just don't come up as far. Keep back of neck long.</media:title>
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		<media:content url="http://mergeyoga.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/updog.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Upward-Facing Dog. The difference from Cobra is that the pelvis comes off the ground. Keep shoulders broad; gently look up.</media:title>
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		<media:content url="http://mergeyoga.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/is185-008.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Getting things done!</media:title>
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		<media:content url="http://mergeyoga.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/px233s065.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">*sigh* </media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Upward Bow, or Wheel.  Attempt only with an experienced teacher!  :)</media:title>
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		<title>Frustration &amp; the Broken Record.</title>
		<link>http://mergeyoga.wordpress.com/2009/02/15/frustration-the-broken-record/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Feb 2009 23:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tasha</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So.  It&#8217;s been a difficult couple weeks, and as one might expect I&#8217;ve been seeing the hardship translate onto my Yoga mat. Since I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;m not the only one who faces difficult and/or frustrating circumstances, I&#8217;m just going to go for the topic.  Yoga + Frustration.   This season is a weird one for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mergeyoga.wordpress.com&amp;blog=6060274&amp;post=454&amp;subd=mergeyoga&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<media:content url="http://mergeyoga.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/broken-record.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Ah, vinyl.  We miss you.</media:title>
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		<media:content url="http://mergeyoga.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/cloudy-february.jpeg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Cloudy.  February.  Mleh.</media:title>
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		<media:content url="http://mergeyoga.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/revolved-triangle-pose.jpeg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Revolved Triangle Pose.  Oh the hip alignment!</media:title>
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		<media:content url="http://mergeyoga.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/ext-side-angle-pose.jpeg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Extended Side Angle Pose. Outside of foot all the way up to fingertips! Nice long line...</media:title>
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		<media:content url="http://mergeyoga.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/childs-pose.jpeg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Child's Pose.  Aaahhh.</media:title>
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		<media:content url="http://mergeyoga.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/standing-on-scale.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Ummm.</media:title>
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		<media:content url="http://mergeyoga.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/bratty-child1.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Yes.  That's EXACTLY what it feels like.</media:title>
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		<media:content url="http://mergeyoga.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/shoulderstand.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Shoulder Stand.  Brings blood to the head &#38; heart, elongates the neck.</media:title>
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		<media:content url="http://mergeyoga.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/headstand.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Headstand.</media:title>
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		<media:content url="http://mergeyoga.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/running1.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">Did I mention that it's Feb?  We miss hitting the pavement!</media:title>
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		<media:content url="http://mergeyoga.files.wordpress.com/2009/02/lab.jpg" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">*sigh* Another picture of a lab. What else is there?</media:title>
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