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Beatles Guru Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Dies

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, a guru to the Beatles who introduced the West to transcendental meditation, died Tuesday at his home in the Dutch town of Vlodrop, a spokesman said. He was thought to be 91 years old.

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Benefits of Fasting
Source: Serendip

Fasting. Sounds like something for Buddhist monks, crazy Yogis, or weird long-haired hippie type fellows doesn't it? As gnarly as it may seem, a properly conducted fast can yield many health benefits, and, for many people, increase energy and awareness!

Less is More: Voluntary Simplicity
Source: Yoga Journal

Judy Davis never buys anything new if she can help it. A 58-year-old freelance marketing consultant who lives in Red Bluff, California, she favors thrift store clothing and secondhand furniture.

Yogi, Take Me to a Higher Place
Source: The New York Times

WHEN Raquel Prieto moved from Northampton, Mass., to Boston in January, there was one thing she sought as urgently as an affordable living situation and a job: an advanced yoga class.

Mystic who inspired the Beatles: the town that lost its guru - This Britain, UK - Independent.co.uk
Source: Independent.co.uk

The death of the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, champion of transcendental meditation, has robbed the world of one of its most appealing figures. But in one small town in Lancashire they are feeling his loss particularly keenly. Mark Hughes reports

Yogi's herbal cures contain human bones
Source: The Times

Brinda Karat, a senior Indian Communist Party MP, went public on an investigation she had ordered into the multimillion-pound herbal medicine empire owned by Swami Ramdev. She accused the guru of using human bones and animal parts in Ayurvedic drugs produced by his pharmacy.

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