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		<title>All Manner of Mindfulness: How I Spent My Day with Thich Nhat Hanh</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Hanley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kate Hanley's first-hand account of the power of meditating and practicing mindful eating, walking and, ahem, snoring in the company of others at Thich Nhat Hanh's recent workshop in New York. ]]></description>
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		<title>Thoughts on Stillness — From One Who&#8217;s Rarely Still</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 20:31:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leslie Garrett</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is your mind always racing, even when you try to slow down? Leslie Garrett — who was always on-the-go and could never calm her mind — found stillness from an ordinary but surprising place: an everyday chore. ]]></description>
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		<title>Top 10 Stress-Busting Benefits of Exercise</title>
		<link>http://blog.gaiam.com/blog/top-10-stress-busting-benefits-of-exercise/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.gaiam.com/blog/top-10-stress-busting-benefits-of-exercise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 13:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris Freytag</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Family Health]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Post these on your fridge for incredible workout motivation: 10 specific ways physical activity relieves stress and keeps you happy and healthy. ]]></description>
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		<title>5 Yoga Poses to Do with a Bolster for Extra-Strength Stress Relief</title>
		<link>http://blog.gaiam.com/blog/5-yoga-poses-to-do-with-a-bolster-for-extra-strength-stress-relief/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.gaiam.com/blog/5-yoga-poses-to-do-with-a-bolster-for-extra-strength-stress-relief/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate Hanley</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health & Wellness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yoga]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[child's pose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[downward dog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[heart opening pose]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[relaxation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[stress-relief]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[supported twist]]></category>
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One of the great things about yoga is that you don’t need to invest in a bunch of equipment to reap its benefits. As long as you have a yoga mat and some stretchy clothes, and you’re good to go. And yet there is one yoga prop I wish I could magically disperse to every [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Go Upside Down to Lighten Up! Stress Less with Inversions</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 03:29:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jill Miller</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Watch a how-to video clip for a yoga handstand and learn the health benefits of inversion poses including downward dog and forward bend as well as headstand, handstand, shoulderstand and plow. ]]></description>
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		<title>Savasana (Relaxation Pose) How-To Video</title>
		<link>http://blog.gaiam.com/blog/savasana-relaxation-pose-how-to-video/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.gaiam.com/blog/savasana-relaxation-pose-how-to-video/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Feb 2009 16:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rodney Yee</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Relationships]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yoga]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[breathing-exercises]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[relaxation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[savasana]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[yoga poses]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are an infinite number of exercises we can do with the breath, but the fundamental one that we yogis all come back to time and time again is to lie down in savasana (relaxation or corpse pose) and observe the breath with as little manipulation as possible. In this video from our Gaiam Yoga [...]]]></description>
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