Read what LiYana Silver has put into written word!

Making An Asana of Myself
New York Spirit Magazine, December/January 2007

As I get ready for Yoga class, I begin mentally picking out what I am going to wear: are my favorite pants clean?  It's a chilly day, maybe I'll need any extra layer for warmth?  And then I remember, where I am going, I won't be needing clothes.

I am off to naked yoga class, having decided if I am going to write a column on the burgeoning phenomenon, I sure better experience it firsthand.  I have no idea what to expect, but I know for sure my bag is lighter than usual.

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The Happy Woman Quotient
New York Spirit Magazine, October/November 2007

Since I write this grandly titled column, I figure it couldn’t hurt to start by trying to pin down this slippery eel, “enlightenment.”  The term for me is a bit like “carbs,” which includes equally a piece of Wonder Bread or a fresh peach, two very different animals indeed.  As I see it, on one hand, enlightenment is a realization of one’s Self with a capital “S”, being awake to one’s nature, or an abiding realization of what does not die when mind and body does.  From this place, an “enlightened” one often exudes happiness, fulfillment and loving kindness.  On the other hand, I hear enlightenment referring to a cultural and moral standard for behavior and comportment in life; as in it is more enlightened behavior to tell the truth, less enlightened to lie, cheat or steal.

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Meditating On Desire
New York Spirit Magazine, August/September 2007

I am in a 10-day silent meditation retreat, and for 10 hours each day I am learning the practice

of Dhamma, which is what the Buddha taught after becoming enlightened.  I have a couple

hours a day that aren’t dedicated to meditating, and my thoughts run clear and fluid.  I think

about a lot of things (including my business marketing plan and ice cream), but mostly about

the nexus of spirituality and sexuality.  Under the microscope of my research and experience,

these two seemingly opposing paths actually run along the same groove, until one sticky rut:

desire.  How many times have we heard that the cessation of desire is the way to alleviate

suffering and reach enlightenment?

A few days after returning home, I share my thoughts and questions with Nicole Daedone,

founder of One Taste in San Francisco:  are spiritual enlightenment and desire compatible?

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Enlightened Sex in the City
New York Spirit Magazine, June/July 2007

Whether or not you consider yourself a spiritual seeker, there exists in all of us a part that longs - through the unique song of our human lives – for some aspect of divinity or enlightenment.  But that exalted term “enlightened” covers a wide range: a spiritual state of union with the divine; acting intentionally and mindfully; being insightful, aware, informed and cultivated; or the capacity to live from gratitude, openness and joy, regardless of circumstance.

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Modern Romance: Redefining Relationship
New York Spirit Magazine, February/March 2007

As the traditional boundaries of life and love seem less and less applicable to our current lives, navigating sex and relationship in the quickly-evolving landscape of 21st century life calls for nothing short of a revolution of relationship re-definition.

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Monogamy: Love It Or Leave It?
February 2007

LiYana tackles two timely questions posed by ReDefining Monogamy readers:

"Does Monogamy need to be re-defined for today's couples to have any chance at longevity?"

“Is the desire for monogamy a concept that is culturally inbred
and encouraged, or it truly a primal urge innate in most of us?”

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The Joyful Work of Becoming Attentive and Inventive
January 2007

LiYana tackles two timely questions posed by ReDefining Monogamy readers:

“My boyfriend and I work together, creating and teaching partner yoga workshops. We always manage to get things organized for our events but generally wait until the last minute because when we get together we get off track, in a good way.  How can we establish a "working space" with a different energy than our personal space?”

“I love to have prolonged sex with my partner and nothing gives me more pleasure than when she reaches climax.  The problem is that as she's about to, the energy gets so strong that I ejaculate moments before her and cannot continue to bring her to completion. What can I do so that I am not so affected by her energy and able to focus more on her than me?”

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Read archived issues of Re-Defining Monogamy's E-Newsletter,
"Bare With Me."

Read articles, interviews, and musings from LiYana Silver...

August 2007
A Self-Designed Obstacle Course

Addresses the questions, What makes women happy and radiant? What has men become kings?
What are the two ways to win and one way to lose?  To read the August E-Newsletter, click here.


July 2007
Flirting With Enlightenment

What a 10-day silent meditation retreat and flirting have to say to each other.  To read the July E-Newsletter, click here.

June 2007
Mosquitoes and Happiness

Read how my  month in Thailand inspired this issue’s title!  To read the June E-Newsletter, click here.