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To relieve stress, schools in tough neighborhoods turn to yoga.
Mercury News ^
| 11 /30 /09
| Sharon Noghuci
Posted on 11/30/2009 6:57:42 PM PST by GSP.FAN
Luis Gutierrez is sounding like a human kazoo, demonstrating what he calls the "evilbuster breath." As the speaker's hands tent his nose and he exhales in a loud hum, few of the two dozen freshmen at Overfelt High in San Jose are smirking or rolling their eyes.
After the students try this newest yoga technique and report vibrations in their noses, throats and brains, Gutierrez explains the breathing will help calm their nerves
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TOPICS: Education; Humor; Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: clinton; hippies; midnightbasketball
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posted on
11/30/2009 6:57:43 PM PST
by
GSP.FAN
To: GSP.FAN
Why not self-defense courses and a semester or two at the gun range?
Problem solved. :)
2
posted on
11/30/2009 6:58:56 PM PST
by
Diana in Wisconsin
( "When you subsidize poverty and failure, you get more of both." - James Davidson)
To: GSP.FAN
3
posted on
11/30/2009 7:00:44 PM PST
by
Texas Eagle
(If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. -- Texas Eagle)
To: GSP.FAN
It is good exercise and can reduce injuries in other sports. (makes joints more flexible)
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posted on
11/30/2009 7:02:16 PM PST
by
mnehring
To: GSP.FAN
Midnight basketball is annoyed.
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posted on
11/30/2009 7:02:53 PM PST
by
Drango
(A liberal's compassion is limited only by the size of someone else's wallet.)
To: Texas Eagle
The midnight basketball did not work out to well..
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posted on
11/30/2009 7:03:00 PM PST
by
GSP.FAN
(These are the times that try men's souls.)
To: Drango
Yeah no s*it covered that in post six.
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posted on
11/30/2009 7:07:40 PM PST
by
GSP.FAN
(These are the times that try men's souls.)
To: GSP.FAN
Yoga is closely tied with religions, where is the ACLU....oh that is right they only harass Christians.
To: GSP.FAN
Yoga is closely tied with religions, where is the ACLU....oh that is right they only harass Christians.
To: Diana in Wisconsin
I agree. Why not martial arts?
Oh wait, how silly of me, that would be empowering.
Empowering people is bad, pacifying people, now that’s the progressive way.
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posted on
11/30/2009 7:38:56 PM PST
by
TruthBeforeAll
(To liberals, if something is a complete and utter disaster, it's because there's not enough of it.)
To: GSP.FAN
How about trying Math, English, or failure?
Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
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posted on
11/30/2009 8:07:13 PM PST
by
The Comedian
(Evil can only succeed if good men don't point at it and laugh.)
To: TruthBeforeAll
Why not marksmanship training?
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