In 1966, His Holiness Sri Swami Satchidanandaji Maharaj created the practice of Integral Yoga, a branch of yoga with a significant spiritual emphasis.
Thanks to President Obama’s stimulas package, researchers at 
Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C., have received $294,958.00 to study whether Integral Yoga “can be an effective method to reduce the frequency and/or severity of hot flashes” in menopausal women. “The goal of Integral Yoga, and the birthright of every individual, is to realize the spiritual unity behind all the diversities in the entire creation and to live harmoniously as members of one universal family.” A total of 60 post-menopausal women who experience more than seven hot flashes a day are being recruited to participate.
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And while I’m writing about women’s physiological make-up, according to Sen. Coburn’s Pork Report for July 28, 2011, part of the $2.7 million given to the National Science Foundation funded research which concluded that prejudice was linked to a women’s menstrual cycle.
How does any of this spending help anyone?
