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Yoga is many things to many people, but in its full potential the practice of yoga can provide the means to transform suffering into happiness and Suzanne Bryant's film YOGA IS shows us this path.

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Sharon Gannon
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: July 4
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Farm animals, like dairy cows - who by nature are vegans - are routinely force-fed fish to increase their weight and milk production.
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Whatever you want to have happen to you make it happen for others now and eventually but inevitably you will reap the seeds you have sown.
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If we weren't so dirt-conscious, we would obtain adequate vitamin B12 from soil, air, water, and bacteria, but we meticulously wash and peel our vegetables now - and with good reason, as we can't be sure our soil is not contaminated with pesticides and herbicides.
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One's knowledge of karma should not be used to judge others. You should ask yourself: Do I like where I am going, or do I want to change my direction?
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What we see in the world around us is just a reflection of what is inside of us.
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The fact is that eating meat and dairy is bad for your health, the health of the animals eaten, as well as the health of the planet.
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What you eat should not just be good for you but it should contribute to your happiness it should make you a happier person.
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You cannot do yoga. Yoga is your natural state.
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We create the world we live in. If we want to change what we don't like in the world, we must start by changing what we don't like about ourselves.
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Don't try to do this by yourself: to become a good yogi you need a teacher. Find a teacher you can bow to, who can teach you how to be kind - how to serve others - because the key to enlightenment lies in that. Be humble, work hard, study and practice. Chant the Name of God, do japa and meditate, every day.
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You cannot do yoga. Yoga is your natural state. What you can do are yoga exercises, which may reveal to you where you are resisting your natural state.
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If we ourselves want to be free and happy then by enslaving and harming animals we will not be able to achieve our goal.
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One of the definitions for mad is wild I'm certainly all for wild as opposed to domesticated.
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Human beings have been waging war and destroying the environment for long time. Just because it has been going on for a long time and become an unquestioned habit, does that mean it should be allowed to continue.
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Fishing is taking a huge toll on the planet's ecosystem.
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It is a fact that the ecological devastation of the planet can be traced to the consumption of meat and dairy, which contributes to water, soil, and air pollution as well as global warming and the mass extinction of many species of plant and animal forms.
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Is it really that much better to make friends with animals before you kill them than to treat them as nameless, faceless objects before you kill them? From a yogic point of view, one must weigh the karmic consequences of perceiving others as mere objects to be used and the consequences of profiting from the suffering of others.
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Life begins with an inhale and ends with an exhale. ln between that inhale and that exhale is our life.
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Animals are not ours to eat, wear, experiment on, use for entertainment or for any exploitative purpose.
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