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expertise | Disparate
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Terrain ethnographique en Afrique : théorie et pratique. September 28, 2014. For my Happiness Anniversary. This year, I got myself a brand new job. Ok, it was two days late and a job isn’t really a gift. But it’s the thought that counts. We’ll see how things go, but the position (Learning Technology Advisor) is right in line with things I already enjoy doing. Such as enabling technological appropriation. In learning contexts. And holding thoughtful group discussions. Though the job is fulltime, it’s base...
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Education | Disparate
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Terrain ethnographique en Afrique : théorie et pratique. September 28, 2014. For my Happiness Anniversary. This year, I got myself a brand new job. Ok, it was two days late and a job isn’t really a gift. But it’s the thought that counts. We’ll see how things go, but the position (Learning Technology Advisor) is right in line with things I already enjoy doing. Such as enabling technological appropriation. In learning contexts. And holding thoughtful group discussions. Though the job is fulltime, it’s base...
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Melanie Klein | SheSource
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SheSource is an online braintrust of female experts on diverse topics designed to serve journalists, producers and bookers who need female guests and sources. Find an expert now. Santa Monica College / Women, Action Media LA / Feminist Fatale. Associate Faculty / Founder and Co-Coordinator / Founder and Blogger / writer / speaker. Santa Monica, CA. Huff Post Live, KPFK Feminist Magazine, Daily Femme, Intent.com, Yogaglo, Tweeting Feminists, Print, Radio, Online. Contact this Expert ». She attributes femi...
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Think Body Electric: The Real Trojan Horse in Encinitas Isn't Hinduism - It's Christian Extremism
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Yoga and Meditation * Psychology and Spirituality * Democracy and Culture. Thursday, February 28, 2013. The Real Trojan Horse in Encinitas Isn't Hinduism - It's Christian Extremism. In my previous post. On the recently filed lawsuit. To prohibit yoga classes in the Encinitas public schools, I promised this one would elaborate a reasonable counter-position. I'm sorry to report, however, that this project - which I still want to do! Lawsuit, I got hit by a stunning avalanche of information. In other words:...
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Think Body Electric: If You're Such a Good Yoga Teacher, Why are You So Famous?
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Yoga and Meditation * Psychology and Spirituality * Democracy and Culture. Thursday, June 14, 2012. If You're Such a Good Yoga Teacher, Why are You So Famous? Given the enormous influence that yoga teachers can have on their students, I think that this makes it an opportune time to reflect on the qualities that can vault a yoga teacher to prominence today. What Does It Take? What does it take for a yoga teacher to become a famous today? Our society places a huge premium on physical attractiveness. Pa...
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Think Body Electric: Kripalu's Reincarnation and the Anusara Scandal
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Yoga and Meditation * Psychology and Spirituality * Democracy and Culture. Wednesday, February 8, 2012. Kripalu's Reincarnation and the Anusara Scandal. This isn't the first time that a sex scandal has hit an American yoga community hard. Regardless of how the current Anusara controversy. Plays out, it's a good time to go back and re-read Chapter 16 of Stephen Cope's classic, Yoga and the Quest for the True Self. 1999) (Or, if you've never read it, buy it and read it cover-to-cover! When the guru was exp...
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Think Body Electric: Sweet Delight and Endless Night: Teaching Yoga in Jail - Year 2
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Yoga and Meditation * Psychology and Spirituality * Democracy and Culture. Friday, February 8, 2013. Sweet Delight and Endless Night: Teaching Yoga in Jail - Year 2. Cook County Jail, Chicago, IL, USA. The first few times. The students are good. Each of the three classes that the group I'm working with, Yoga for Recovery. Runs on Friday (one for incarcerated women, one for parolees on a mandatory day program (the “ankle bracelets”), and one for pregnant women) has space for 12 students. I...Compared to t...
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Think Body Electric: Reconnecting with Real Yoga: Teaching in Cook County Jail
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Yoga and Meditation * Psychology and Spirituality * Democracy and Culture. Sunday, September 29, 2013. Reconnecting with Real Yoga: Teaching in Cook County Jail. Cook County Jail, Chicago, Illinois. I waited around an extra 15 minutes before they got it together to let me into the gym. I took in what felt like a higher level of agitation in the air than I'd experienced in the past. Several women stopped laying out mats, turned around, and looked at me quite intently. Gazing straight into my eyes, a y...
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Think Body Electric: July 2013
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Yoga and Meditation * Psychology and Spirituality * Democracy and Culture. Monday, July 29, 2013. Integrating Science, Service, Spirituality, and Healing: The Second Annual Yoga Service Council Conference. Omega cabins (photo via SJ Times. Leaving the leafy green grounds of the Omega Institute to catch the train to New York after Yoga Service Council. Conference, I couldn’t help thinking that I’d just participated in the most promising new wave of yoga in our time. 8220;From Inspired to Effective”. We...
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Think Body Electric: Yoga, Hinduism, and Contemporary American Culture
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Yoga and Meditation * Psychology and Spirituality * Democracy and Culture. Thursday, December 2, 2010. Yoga, Hinduism, and Contemporary American Culture. I’ve been ruminating on the Hindu American Foundation’s. HAF) “Take Back Yoga” campaign ever since the New York Times. The question at stake is whether the American yoga community is (in the words of the HAF) “disassociating Yoga from its Hindu roots” – and, if so, whether this is problematic. Not to get that. And yes, I do think that this is problemati...