Magazine: Yoga Journal
Issue: March/April 1997
Title: Table of Contents

Features

Earth Wisdom A life-threatening illness led Maya Tiwari to reclaim ancient healing techniques that resonate with nature's rhythms.
By Lynda McDaniel

Tomato Blessings and Radish Wisdom A master chef and Zen teacher tells us how to use our time in the kitchen as a means for healing, meditation, and nourishment.
By Edward Espe Brown

A Clown for Our Time A fund-raiser, hell-raiser, ice cream flavor, and champion of the young and foolish, Wavy Gravy still exemplifies the best of the '60s spirit.
By Derk Richardson

Sing the Body Ecstatic! Anthropologist Felicitas Goodman discovered postures depicted in the art of ancient cultures that can open the door to the spirit world.
By Kristin Barendsen

Departments
>From the Editor

>From Our Readers

Spectrum
Wet Clean Your Clothes; Insurance Goes Alternative; Buddha's Lost Scrolls; Great American Meatout; Readers' Forum

For Beginners
Parsvakonasana (Lateral Angle Pose)
Through this simple standing posture we can explore the play between expansion and contraction, and between strength and surrender.
By John Friend

World of Yoga Yoga Research Center; Yoga at the Ritz; Elvis Work; Olympic Yoga; Swami Rama: In Memorium; Yoga Diary: A Surgical Alternative; Headstand at the North Pole

Practice Blue Collar Yoga
For those who do physical labor, yoga can keep the body fit, prevent injuries, and bring a new vitality to the work.
By Brian Hassett

Open Forum
All Gurus Great and Small
A scholar-practitioner muses on the nature of spiritual teachers-and why we need to have them.
By David Frawley

Self-care
Low-Fat Yoga
Despite years of special diets and aerobic exercise, millions of Americans struggle with their weight. Yoga can help.
By Gretchen Rose Newmark

First Person
Blaming the Patient
A doctor who has also been a patient prescribes honesty and humility in the face of the great mystery of healing.
By Steven Bratman

Asana
Good Vibrations
Like a coiling spring, the sequence of Staff, Downward Dog, and Upward Dog poses gathers and releases energy.
By Richard Freeman

Meditation
A Close Shave
Zen monks shave their heads as a symbol of renunciation. But how do you trim the false beliefs on the inside?
By Mel Ash

Mixed Media
The Healing Power of Mind; Loving Ganesha; Chinese Music; YJ's Yoga for Meditation Video; and more.

Centering
Measuring Up
Success in yoga, as in life, may have more to do with opening our hearts than with opening our hips.
By Donna Farhi

Book & Tape Source

Great Getaways 1997 Vacation & Retreat Guide

Catalogs

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