Michelle Indianer

On Abiding in Truth

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When I started my private practice in the mid-80s, many patients were coming forward with tales of incest and severe abuse, wanting to confront their families and violators, and demanding to have the truth accepted by these people. Many families fractured and there were thousands of wounded and confused patients wondering what went wrong with [...]

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Misuses of Power

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Dear John, Thank you for your letter yesterday. I hear your general apology for your sexual indiscretions and believe it is sincere. Good luck to you in maintaining your resolve to no longer have sexual relationships with married women and no longer have multiple girlfriends at the same time. Should the temptation occur in the [...]

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A Yoga for Moving on, Integrating and Healing

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In the classic Tantric text The Heart of Recognition, Lord Kshemaraja quotes a lost text saying, ”The awareness of knower and known is common to all embodied beings: but for yogis there is this difference: they pay careful attention to the connection.” As I understand it, the act of knowing is colored by our life [...]

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The Asana of Emotional Healing: Anusara and the Dark Night of the Soul

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When I was 19, the Watergate scandal broke out in the news. During the process, the depth of the cover-up was disclosed. The members of ex-President Nixon’s staff were on the whole a group of well-educated, brilliant, and talented people who were willing to go to any lengths to cover up the illegal actions approved [...]

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Further Reflections on Opening to Grace

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Last summer, when I was traveling in Morocco in the midst of the Arab Spring uprisings, there was a Constitutional Election. Many women were excited because on the ballot was a provision that the new congress be composed of 50% women. It seemed real change was about to happen. After the Constitution passed, I had [...]

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The Path To Our Inner Guru

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At the beginning of each Anusara yoga class we bow to our Inner Guru. When I first was introduced to this idea I was relieved. No outer guru for me! I felt that bowing to someone outside of myself was fraught with danger. As I Jew, the idea of bowing to any person seemed sacrilegious. [...]

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