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Sexy Witch January Course Still Open.

Lasára Allen — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 15:56:19 +0000

Sorry for the false alarm! The January Sexy Witch class series is still open. The page that showed up on my news feed and front page was supposed to be a private link for redirect for paypal payment for class. It’s designed so that the class cannot overfill, should anyone try to register after the

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Book review: The Face Behind the Veil

Lasára Allen — Sun, 03 Oct 2010 18:01:14 +0000

The Face Behind The Veil: The Extraordinary Lives of Muslim Women in America by Donna Gehrke-White

Great read on American Musalimahs. Amazing bios on Muslim women from all walks of life by a highly qualified journalist who is also a very fluid and engaging author.

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Ska-P – Ska-Core band take on the Intifada in Palestine

Lasára Allen — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 14:47:01 +0000

‎”Who would ever imagine…that David turned out to be Goliath?”

AWESOME, high-quality ska-core with some really relevant lyrics.

Want more on the topic? Read my article, What Middle East Peace Talks, over at elephantjournal.com.

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What Middle East Peace Talks? (My latest at elephantjournal.com.)

Lasára Allen — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 17:26:56 +0000

My latest at elephantjournal.com — please click the link below to read.

(Author note: This is an opinion piece. I am posting it in response to a lack of awareness around the Middle East Peace talks. I respectfully request that you click through the links included in this article before commenting. The links offer

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My latest at Elephant Journal, The New Anti-Muslim Wave, Eid al Fitr, and 9/11 – What Will YOU Do?

Lasára Allen — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 19:32:31 +0000

My latest at Elephant Journal, The New Anti-Muslim Wave, Eid al Fitr, and 9/11 – What Will YOU Do?

“Four news stories from the CURRENT wave:

UPDATE: Holley teens charged with targeting mosque

CARLTON — A Holley teen-ager was charged with a felony count of criminal possession of a weapon after allegedly firing a shotgun outside

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My Latest at Elephant Journal – 7 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Islam, In Honor of Ramadan

Lasára Allen — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 02:30:42 +0000

My latest at elephant journal: 7 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Islam, In Honor of Ramadan.

“In honor of Ramadan, the most holy month in Islam, I hope we can all take a moment to honor the diversity of faiths that hold the world together, as much as they might tear it apart.”

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The Lost Art of Masculinity – My Latest at Elephant Journal

Lasára Allen — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 17:05:15 +0000

Read my latest at elephantjournal.com. Link at bottom of excerpt:

The Lost Art of Masculinity

In the heart of the divorce boom (starting in the ‘60s, peaking in the ‘70s) a generation of women ended up parenting (mostly) solo, and a generation of boys ended up being raised (mostly) without a positive father figure,

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Community Yoga Experience – Summer Solstice through Autumnal Equinox

Lasára Allen — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:53:42 +0000

Commit to doing asana (posture) yoga daily from now until September 23 — with all of US! Come to this page daily and use the comments feature to share your practice.

Let this be your forum to share your practice, ask for support, offer encouragement, and track your own practice.

Consider this an experiment in collaboration –

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215800; Community Event STARTS TOMORROW, June 8.

Lasára Allen — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 22:04:52 +0000

21*5*800; 21 days, yoga five days a week, writing 800 words a day. STARTS TOMORROW, June 8.Perfect timing for me!

Join in a community endeavor designed for the writing yogi/ni, the writer who wants to do more yoga, or the yogi who wants to do more writing.

It’ll be easier than you think. Here’s the low down

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My latest at Elephant Journal: Where are the Plus-Size Yoga Clothes?

Lasára Allen — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 23:39:45 +0000

My latest at Elephant Journal: Where are the Plus-Size Yoga Clothes? Click here to read!

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Sheikh Bukhari, man of peace, laid to rest in Jerusalem at age of 61

Lasára Allen — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 01:44:59 +0000

“Sufi sheikh who preached nonviolence laid to rest”…may his spirit guide us still.

One of the sweetest men I have ever met, a man I am grateful to have had the occasion to learn from and work with (for far too short a time), a man of peace and true heart, has passed on.

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REVIEW: Art, Visual and Written, Aman Mojadidi

Lasára Allen — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:02:34 +0000

The visual and written work of Aman Mojadidi is head and heart provoking. A bold vision and voice that brings conflict, global and personal, back home to the “I” through the transpersonal and interpersonal. May it break hearts open. Perhaps life will find hold in the fissures left behind.

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My 39th Birthday!

Lasára Allen — Mon, 24 May 2010 06:09:24 +0000

A year is a measure of time between two points. The day that anniversary marks is by nature both an ending and beginning.

Birthdays have had gravity for me for many years. My own personal “new year” – I take inventory, whether I want to or not. What have I done to better myself? What have

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Thank You Constance McMillen; A Victory for One is a Victory for All!

Lasára Allen — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 15:40:58 +0000

The good news of the week; Constance McMillen, the young woman whose request to wear a tuxedo and take her girlfriend to her senior prom was denied, has won a hearing about the violation of her First Amendment rights; the right to freedom of speech.

McMillen’s family has been amongst some of her strongest supports in

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Winners of the Good Medicine Bath and Beauty Products Contest/Giveaway!

Lasára Allen — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 15:01:57 +0000

Claim your prize by posting here, and then writing a personal e-mail with your contact info to: ms.allen@lasaraallen.com. (Your contact info will be used only for shipping purposes and then discarded.) Remember; if you do not come back to claim your prize by midnight pacific time on March 24th to claim your prize it will

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