Cruelty Free Cosmetics and Skin Care
There is this lovely cosmetic company from California called 100% Pure and they make vegan, cruelty free cosmetics. They color their makeup with fruit pigments so it is all natural (= no carcinogenic chemical dyes). None of their final products or basic ingredients are tested on animals -- so their products are truly cruelty free. Now available at Duane Reade !!
Check out their website : http://www.100percentpure.com/

Read the background on the company. Very cool stuff. Their mission is to help as many animals as possible and a portion of the company's money goes directly to helping animals in need.

You don't have to use natural fur makeup brushes since there are other lovely synthetic/vegan alternatives now. 100% Pure has their own brand of synthetic hair make up brushes. I buy my synthetic hair makeup brushes at Sephora and they're great. My point is, these vegan brushes are easily available and a painless way for you to be a conscious consumer.

My purpose is not to promote any particular cosmetic line -- my intention is to alert you to the idea that there are animal friendly and chemical free alternatives to traditional cosmetics /body products and that they are easily available. And the products are GOOD ! Just some small conscious changes in your life can make a huge difference.

Show your respect for animals. Namaste.

More affordable yoga
Here is an article from the NYT about how some studios are fighting back (at last !!!) against the commercialization of yoga. There are more yoga studios now that operate on a donation basis -- and they are spreading. They usually have a suggested donation of about $8-$10 per class-- but you can give more or less, depending on what you can afford. Some places let you buy unlimited yoga classes for a reasonable fee of about $100/month.
Also, check out the iPhone yoga or meditation apps. You Tube has yoga instruction too if you scroll around and some of the teachers are great.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/25/fashion/25yoga.html?pagewanted=1&ref=homepage&src=me

Veggie Restaurant
I went to a lovely Korean veggie restaurant with my accupuncturist friend, Melina Bilic. It's a wonderful place and the food is clean, healing and delicious !! You feel so good after eating here. It's also nice enough to go to on a date. I loved this restaurant!
Their website shows how gorgeous the place is: http://www.hangawirestaurant.com/

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Yoga Online and on your iPhone !
There are lots of ways to get your yoga at home or on the road !! Here is just one of the internet sites to get you going ! You can even download to your iPhone , iPad or iPod. (and a lot of it is FREE!)
http://www.myyogaonline.com/

Free Guided Meditations Online
Try this website for many FREE guided audio visual meditations.

http://www.metacafe.com/watch/2078126/stress_relief_guided_meditation/