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","url":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/the-peaceful-dove-and-the-rising-lion","title":"The Peaceful Dove and the Rising Lion","date_modified":"2025-09-05T02:20:29Z"},{"id":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/shalom-namaste-peace","html_content":"

https://youtube.com/shorts/oH4g3WgayI4?feature=share

","url":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/shalom-namaste-peace","title":"Shalom Namaste Peace","summary":"https://youtube.com/shorts/oH4g3WgayI4?feature=share","date_modified":"2025-08-21T04:35:05Z"},{"id":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/peaceful-presence-%E2%80%93-jerusalem","html_content":"

Peaceful Presence – Jerusalem

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Both are worth fighting for.

","url":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/israel-and-america-more-than-places-they-are-dreams-and-visions","title":"Israel and America: More than places they are dreams and visions.","summary":"Both are worth fighting for.","date_modified":"2025-07-21T02:08:37Z"},{"id":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/turning-terms-around-for-today","html_content":"

Transforming hateful or distorted language into messages that promote coexistence and lead to peace—rather than more hate, violence, and death.

","url":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/turning-terms-around-for-today","title":"Turning Terms Around for Today ","summary":"Transforming hateful or distorted language into messages that promote coexistence and lead to peace—rather than more hate, violence, and death.","date_modified":"2025-07-15T09:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/the-true-reason-behind-antisemitism","html_content":"

Why the Hatred?

","url":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/the-true-reason-behind-antisemitism","title":"The True Reason Behind Antisemitism","summary":"Why the Hatred?","date_modified":"2025-07-15T08:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/america-is-worth-fighting-for","html_content":"

Change is natural and good, but just as we are commanded to \"honor our parents,\" we must also honor those who have given their lives so that we can enjoy freedom. Freedom has a cost.

","url":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/america-is-worth-fighting-for","title":"America is Worth Fighting For","summary":"Change is natural and good, but just as we are commanded to \"honor our parents,\" we must also honor those who have given their lives so that we can enjoy freedom. Freedom has a cost.","date_modified":"2025-07-15T08:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/less-hate-and-more-understanding-please","html_content":"

Present thoughts on creating a more tolerant, kind, loving, and peaceful world and moving away from the polarization that makes it hard to speak to, work with, and co-exist with others in America.

","url":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/less-hate-and-more-understanding-please","title":"Less hate and more understanding, please","summary":"Present thoughts on creating a more tolerant, kind, loving, and peaceful world and moving away from the polarization that makes it hard to speak to, work with, and co-exist with others in America.","date_modified":"2025-06-10T08:13:10Z"},{"id":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/even-during-war-it-is-necessary-for-some-to-dream-of-peace","html_content":"

https://conta.cc/4eQspTG

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1. I want people who want to be led by me. I'm also willing to be a team player and at times be led. If you would, please let me know that \"we are on the same team.\"

","url":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/thoughts-in-the-middle-of-the-night-and-possible-action-steps","title":"Thoughts in the middle of the night and possible action steps. ","summary":"1. I want people who want to be led by me. I'm also willing to be a team player and at times be led. If you would, please let me know that \"we are on the same team.\"","date_modified":"2024-07-30T06:47:03Z"},{"id":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/open-journal-on-7302024","html_content":"

My open journal continues. Sharing these thoughts that have not had a final edit is another way that I can try to connect with people with like minds and hearts. You'll need to forgive me too as when I write it may be ne...

","url":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/open-journal-on-7302024","title":"Open Journal on 7/30/2024 toward Peace with Divine Love","summary":"My open journal continues. Sharing these thoughts that have not had a final edit is another way that I can try to connect with people with like minds and hearts. You'll need to forgive me too as when I write it may be ne...","date_modified":"2024-07-30T06:01:23Z"},{"id":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/i-hope-to-turn-this-into-a-video-format-soon","html_content":"

The writing below needs work but it is a necessary starting point from a concerned person.

","url":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/i-hope-to-turn-this-into-a-video-format-soon","title":"I hope to turn this into a video format soon. ","summary":"The writing below needs work but it is a necessary starting point from a concerned person. ","date_modified":"2024-02-08T03:04:19Z"},{"id":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/open-journaling-1212024","html_content":"

Despair was palpable in the room as the men discussed our plight. Yet, hope remains our anthem and must always be kept alive. For me, both gratitude and hope are crucial. Writing, once confined to private journals in box...

","url":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/open-journaling-1212024","title":"Open Journaling 1/21/2024","summary":"Despair was palpable in the room as the men discussed our plight. Yet, hope remains our anthem and must always be kept alive. For me, both gratitude and hope are crucial. Writing, once confined to private journals in box...","date_modified":"2024-01-21T20:45:19Z"},{"id":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/topics-i-am-interested-in-writing-about-in-the-near-future","html_content":"

Polarization in America and the danger it poses (divide and conquer)

","url":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/topics-i-am-interested-in-writing-about-in-the-near-future","title":"Topics I am interested in writing about in the near future: ","summary":"Polarization in America and the danger it poses (divide and conquer)","date_modified":"2024-01-11T20:02:48Z"},{"id":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/love-not-hate","html_content":"

I pray now for peaceful wings to spread over Jerusalem, Israel, and the entire world. 

","url":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/love-not-hate","title":"Love not hate. I prefer growing love to fighting hate.","summary":"I pray now for peaceful wings to spread over Jerusalem, Israel, and the entire world. ","date_modified":"2023-12-07T03:54:14Z"},{"id":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/shifting-my-perspective","html_content":"

I must say no to defeated thinking. This is a way forward.

","url":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/shifting-my-perspective","title":"Shifting my perspective","summary":"I must say no to defeated thinking. This is a way forward.","date_modified":"2023-11-28T04:08:51Z"},{"id":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/roadmap-toward-civility","html_content":"

Please forgive me. I like to share my thoughts even when they are still evolving, not all ironed out, and when I am tired (as I am now).

","url":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/roadmap-toward-civility","title":"Roadmap toward civility from a concerned Jewish yogi 11/22","summary":"Please forgive me. I like to share my thoughts even when they are still evolving, not all ironed out, and when I am tired (as I am now).","date_modified":"2023-11-23T04:09:55Z"},{"id":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/lets-talk-about-god","html_content":"

I am very tired but I won't let that stop me from blogging my thoughts tonight. My common sense seems reasonably in tact. I also don't claim to have any monopoly on truth. I just have my beliefs which I feel are worth sh...

","url":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/lets-talk-about-god","title":"Let's talk about God","summary":"I am very tired but I won't let that stop me from blogging my thoughts tonight. My common sense seems reasonably in tact. I also don't claim to have any monopoly on truth. I just have my beliefs which I feel are worth sh...","date_modified":"2023-11-10T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/may-this-circle-this-unity-of-goodness-grow-stronger-now","html_content":"

Today while war in Israel is sadly necessary, we must never lose sight of our eternal vision of peace. Against polarization, hostility, dangerous hate, and violence, we stand for a growing unity of goodness: caring, love...

","url":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/may-this-circle-this-unity-of-goodness-grow-stronger-now","title":"May this circle, this unity of goodness grow stronger now!","summary":"Today while war in Israel is sadly necessary, we must never lose sight of our eternal vision of peace. Against polarization, hostility, dangerous hate, and violence, we stand for a growing unity of goodness: caring, love...","date_modified":"2023-11-09T23:10:44Z"},{"id":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/social-workers-can-be-part-of-the-unity-of-goodness","html_content":"

Let's make a world of peace and unity happen. Many good people want a world of kindness, caring, cooperation, and love. As social workers, we can stand strong for these ideals and when we see individuals or groups that ...

","url":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/social-workers-can-be-part-of-the-unity-of-goodness","title":"Social Workers can be part of the unity of goodness","summary":"Let's make a world of peace and unity happen. Many good people want a world of kindness, caring, cooperation, and love. As social workers, we can stand strong for these ideals and when we see individuals or groups that ...","date_modified":"2023-11-07T02:04:39Z"},{"id":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/i-never-want-to-let-the-hope-of-peace-and-harmony-die","html_content":"

(I hope the way I'm approaching this course on cultural diversity is appropriate. It sure feels necessary at this time.)

","url":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/i-never-want-to-let-the-hope-of-peace-and-harmony-die","title":"I never want to let the hope of peace and harmony die.","summary":"(I hope the way I'm approaching this course on cultural diversity is appropriate. It sure feels necessary at this time.)","date_modified":"2023-11-01T14:13:45Z"},{"id":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/no-more-fomenting-anger-and-hate","html_content":"

1. I'd like to see a clear distinction between good and evil and people standing with what is good.

","url":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/no-more-fomenting-anger-and-hate","title":"No more fomenting anger, hate, and rage which leads to violence. ","summary":"1. I'd like to see a clear distinction between good and evil and people standing with what is good. ","date_modified":"2023-10-30T04:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/cut-short-voices-from-a-peace-and-love-festival-in-israel","html_content":"

God, please help us now. Bring those who love life and peace together! May Your peaceful wings spread over Jerusalem, Israel, and the entire world, sooner than we can imagine.

","url":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/cut-short-voices-from-a-peace-and-love-festival-in-israel","title":"Cut-short voices from a peace and love festival in Israel","summary":"God, please help us now. Bring those who love life and peace together! May Your peaceful wings spread over Jerusalem, Israel, and the entire world, sooner than we can imagine.","date_modified":"2023-10-29T00:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/moving-toward-long-term-mission-even-in-the-heat-of-the-moment","html_content":"

Let's hope for cooler heads to prevail and for our long-term peaceful mission on Earth not to be obscured. Israel's response in this war is vital and must preserve our people's great dream and hope: the IDF must maintain...

","url":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/moving-toward-long-term-mission-even-in-the-heat-of-the-moment","title":"Moving toward long-term mission even in the heat of the moment","summary":"Let's hope for cooler heads to prevail and for our long-term peaceful mission on Earth not to be obscured. Israel's response in this war is vital and must preserve our people's great dream and hope: the IDF must maintain...","date_modified":"2023-10-23T10:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/growing-peace-in-our-world","html_content":"

God, grant us wisdom. May those blessed with this vision of peace and hope lead us: Life is sacred and precious. All lovers of peace, Israel, and friends: Be cautious, but kind and merciful with all who sincerely wish to...

","url":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/growing-peace-in-our-world","title":"Growing Peace in Our World","summary":"God, grant us wisdom. May those blessed with this vision of peace and hope lead us: Life is sacred and precious. All lovers of peace, Israel, and friends: Be cautious, but kind and merciful with all who sincerely wish to...","date_modified":"2023-10-21T20:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/2-my-way-forward","html_content":"

I need to write somewhere to process my emotions and keep hope alive. I hope it will not negatively affect my business as yoga instructor, massage therapist, or social worker. Many social workers work in grassroots effor...

","url":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/2-my-way-forward","title":"My way forward (It is my public journal)","summary":"I need to write somewhere to process my emotions and keep hope alive. I hope it will not negatively affect my business as yoga instructor, massage therapist, or social worker. Many social workers work in grassroots effor...","date_modified":"2023-10-15T18:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/a-peaceful-way-forward-some-thoughts-on-10222023","html_content":"

The way forward is a combination of mercy and kindness on the one hand and strength on the other. May we have wisdom in each moment and in each decision and know when to exercise one and when the other.

","url":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/a-peaceful-way-forward-some-thoughts-on-10222023","title":"A peaceful way forward (some thoughts on 10/22/2023)","summary":"The way forward is a combination of mercy and kindness on the one hand and strength on the other. May we have wisdom in each moment and in each decision and know when to exercise one and when the other. ","date_modified":"2023-10-12T02:50:06Z"},{"id":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/holistic-health-counseling","html_content":"

","url":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/holistic-health-counseling","title":"Holistic Health Counseling @","date_modified":"2023-03-28T18:03:05Z"},{"id":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/close-to-my-heart","html_content":"

Life is sacred. In my view each person is a spark of the Divine. In India and in yoga circles there is  the salutation \"Namaste\" which means that \"the Divine in me recognizes and honors the Divine in you.\" The Hebrew wor...

","url":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/close-to-my-heart","title":"Close to my heart","summary":"Life is sacred. In my view each person is a spark of the Divine. In India and in yoga circles there is  the salutation \"Namaste\" which means that \"the Divine in me recognizes and honors the Divine in you.\" The Hebrew wor...","date_modified":"2021-07-14T04:08:16Z"},{"id":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/heart-3-1","html_content":"

I agree. I think this fits in beautifully with social work values. 

","url":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/heart-3-1","title":"Heart (3)","summary":"I agree. I think this fits in beautifully with social work values. ","date_modified":"2021-07-14T03:58:32Z"},{"id":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/the-golden-rule","html_content":"

Norman Rockwell\n(c) 1961 SEPS: Licensing by Curtis Licensing, Indianapolis, IN\nAll rights reserved\nwww.saturdayeveningpost.com

","url":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/the-golden-rule","title":"The Golden Rule: DO UNTO OTHERS AS YOU WOULD HAVE THEM DO ","summary":"Norman Rockwell\n(c) 1961 SEPS: Licensing by Curtis Licensing, Indianapolis, IN\nAll rights reserved\nwww.saturdayeveningpost.com","date_modified":"2021-07-14T03:51:12Z"},{"id":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/close-to-my-heart-2","html_content":"

Re: Doing no harm as social workers, researchers and beyond. 

","url":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/close-to-my-heart-2","title":"Close to my heart (2)","summary":"Re: Doing no harm as social workers, researchers and beyond. ","date_modified":"2021-07-14T03:45:44Z"},{"id":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/recent-writings-that-are-close-to-my-heart","html_content":"

Dear Esther,

","url":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/recent-writings-that-are-close-to-my-heart","title":"Recent writings that are close to my heart (1)","summary":"Dear Esther,","date_modified":"2021-07-14T03:37:12Z"},{"id":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/thoughts-for-today-here-i-say-the-things-that-i-need-to-hear","html_content":"

On the topic of recovery from compulsive overeating and other addictions it is important to take things \"one day at a time.\" With time things that seem so urgent loose there power. Ultimately, self control leads to self ...

","url":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/thoughts-for-today-here-i-say-the-things-that-i-need-to-hear","title":"Thoughts for today: Here I say the things that I need to hear. ","summary":"On the topic of recovery from compulsive overeating and other addictions it is important to take things \"one day at a time.\" With time things that seem so urgent loose there power. Ultimately, self control leads to self ...","date_modified":"2020-12-15T19:11:18Z"},{"id":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/new-and-maybe-for-you","html_content":"

Things have changed and I want to continue to be and feel useful by doing some writing. I will write about whatever I think will be most useful and appropriate to the populations I am currently serving and trying to serv...

","url":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/new-and-maybe-for-you","title":"New and maybe for you? ","summary":"Things have changed and I want to continue to be and feel useful by doing some writing. I will write about whatever I think will be most useful and appropriate to the populations I am currently serving and trying to serv...","date_modified":"2020-12-15T00:25:17Z"},{"id":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/universal-principles-found-in-yoga-the-10-commandments","html_content":"

Did you know that in the yogic system we have some \"don't do's\" and \"do's\" that come even before the practice of poses (aka asanas).

","url":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/universal-principles-found-in-yoga-the-10-commandments","title":"Universal Principles found in Yoga & the 10 commandments","summary":"Did you know that in the yogic system we have some \"don't do's\" and \"do's\" that come even before the practice of poses (aka asanas).","date_modified":"2020-06-08T02:12:08Z"},{"id":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/a-prayer-for-peace-a-45-minute-easy-yoga-class-with-andrew-kahn","html_content":"

See this link https://conta.cc/3042VP4

","url":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/a-prayer-for-peace-a-45-minute-easy-yoga-class-with-andrew-kahn","title":"A Prayer for Peace & a 45 minute easy yoga class with Andrew Kahn","summary":"See this link https://conta.cc/3042VP4","date_modified":"2020-06-03T15:39:21Z"},{"id":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/can-yoga-teachers-be-taught-without-references-hinduism","html_content":"

A recent Q and A:

","url":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/can-yoga-teachers-be-taught-without-references-hinduism","title":"Can yoga teachers be taught without references Hinduism?","summary":"A recent Q and A:","date_modified":"2020-06-01T00:20:49Z"},{"id":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/offense-in-pandemic","html_content":"

For individuals and society as a whole. Here are some words of wisdom for charting a new course forward together: Please help spread this message around in whatever way you can. Change is necessary. I welcome any constru...

","url":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/offense-in-pandemic","title":"Offense in Pandemic","summary":"For individuals and society as a whole. Here are some words of wisdom for charting a new course forward together: Please help spread this message around in whatever way you can. Change is necessary. I welcome any constru...","date_modified":"2020-05-28T14:47:08Z"},{"id":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/test-123","html_content":"

Let's share guidance and inspiration to help us all reach our goals of health, vitality, and peace. Let's share what works and what does not to help us progress on our journey toward greater physical, mental, emotional, ...

","url":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/test-123","title":"Guidance and Inspiration with Andrew Kahn, staff, and students","summary":"Let's share guidance and inspiration to help us all reach our goals of health, vitality, and peace. Let's share what works and what does not to help us progress on our journey toward greater physical, mental, emotional, ...","date_modified":"2019-05-28T14:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/how-can-we-serve-you-better-at-the-ppys-studio-in-cedarhurst","html_content":"

Is there anything that would make your experience at our Cedarhurst studio even better?

","url":"https://peacefulpresenceyogaandmassage.godaddysites.com/blog/f/how-can-we-serve-you-better-at-the-ppys-studio-in-cedarhurst","title":"Clean facility, flexible schedule, how can we serve you better?","summary":" Is there anything that would make your experience at our Cedarhurst studio even better? ","date_modified":"2019-05-20T19:11:33Z"}]}