Christmas Is For Everyone...At Least It Should Be

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq7kx4vg__v6Mrg5ONrHZeqn7TtFT7hYc-deEbzk_3TAzkzFzfpXCGVSfIAAIVGskWtk1ZhWGQ09b9hYyNQXrVnyBxLQsGe-_XkZPTD9BOiICRs-62EUUksuuxqobw_oRYHUi9aY7Su9Y/s1600/Kate+Middleton+Pregnany+Sexy+Nude.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq7kx4vg__v6Mrg5ONrHZeqn7TtFT7hYc-deEbzk_3TAzkzFzfpXCGVSfIAAIVGskWtk1ZhWGQ09b9hYyNQXrVnyBxLQsGe-_XkZPTD9BOiICRs-62EUUksuuxqobw_oRYHUi9aY7Su9Y/s320/Kate+Middleton+Pregnany+Sexy+Nude.jpg" width="240" /></a>Cheers, Merry Christmas Eve, and here’s hoping that all y’all have a most wonderful Christmas celebration tomorrow should you be one of the Christian faith, but then again…<br /><br />Does one really have to be a Christian to celebrate Christmas?<br /><br />My answer is no…and please, if  you will, allow me a moment of your time to ‘splain.<br /><br />Not too long ago, Bill O’Reilly was interviewing an Atheist, and Bill-O remarked that Christianity was not a religion, but rather a philosophy.<br /><br />Much humorous scorn was cast upon The O’Reilly of The Mighty Ego for saying that, but you know what? <br /><br />O’Reilly was right.  Well…er…half-right.<br /><br />Philosophical schools of thought attempt to boil down what is best (or not so good) for humankind in regards to conduct behavior, and the greater good, through the use of <i>critical</i> thought.<br /><br />Religions do the same, however; religions oft times invoke a person and/or deity as a symbol of their philosophical teachings, and let loose the free radical of anti-philosophy known as, “faith.”<br /><br />In order to set the record straight for Bill O’Reilly and host of other religious fanatics, the <i>teachings</i> of Jesus are a philosophy.<br /><br />The <i>worshiping</i> of Jesus, is a religion…and in my opinion, one can celebrate, and have a very fine Christmas regardless of whether they believe in Jesus as the Son of God or not.<br /><br />And that is where Bill O’Not-Einstein misses the point.<br /><br />Ol’ pointy head Bill in all his bullying, bluster, and War on Christmas, doesn’t realize that Jesus isn’t the reason for the Season, the reason for the Season is that Roman Christians were morphing the birth of Christ into a replacement for all of the Pagan festivals that transpired around the Winter Solstice.<br /><br />And ya know?  Here’s what people like O’Reilly will never understand…<br /><br />Does it really matter if one is a Christian or not and believes that Christ was born on December 25th?  Does it even matter if one believes in Jesus Christ at all?<br /><br />Of course it doesn’t.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtT0dNfdiQk0FlB_N0UD_yDMHswPa3uehWBViW2bbVgvRLgFXAZ9Hb7k52nf_M7_KrL6wNkV2hPzQpPOuJlyBTDxGxCgFcHM1HhAhlohYkqOtdbvRu_77DJKQQ6OkaiiKsdwBZaKhzVT0/s1600/Sermon+on+the+Mount+Matthew+Beatitudes.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtT0dNfdiQk0FlB_N0UD_yDMHswPa3uehWBViW2bbVgvRLgFXAZ9Hb7k52nf_M7_KrL6wNkV2hPzQpPOuJlyBTDxGxCgFcHM1HhAhlohYkqOtdbvRu_77DJKQQ6OkaiiKsdwBZaKhzVT0/s320/Sermon+on+the+Mount+Matthew+Beatitudes.jpeg" width="320" /></a>Hell…In my book, I would appreciate people more if they treated Christmas Day less as a day to celebrate the birth of a savior who wasn't born on this day nor would he want you to celebrate it anyway, if they would take the time to honor his teachings.<br /><br />Namely, The Sermon on the Mount….The Beatitudes, from the <i>Book of Matthew</i>…<br /><br /><i>the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (5:3)</i><br /><i>those who mourn: for they will be comforted. (5:4)</i><br /><i>the meek: for they shall inherit the earth. (5:5)</i><br /><i>they who hunger and thirst for righteousness: for they will be satisfied. (5:6)</i><br /><i>the merciful: for they will be shown mercy. (5:7)</i><br /><i>the pure in heart: for they shall see God. (5:8)</i><br /><i>the peacemakers: for they shall be called children of God. (5:9)</i><br /><i>those who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. (5:10)</i><br /><br />If we all took the time to make sure that the Beatitudes were followed, every day would be Christmas Day regardless of what “righteous” being one follows and believes.<br /><br />Many religions profess to hold the same ideals, but many followers of organized religions get caught up in the,<i> “my dogma is better than yours”</i> crap.<br /><br />While Bill O’Reilly doesn’t truly believe it, he was right when he said Christianity is a philosophy, and if we were to all adhere to the aforementioned words of Christ, the world would be better off.<br /><br />I don’t say that matter of factly…I am experiencing that very fact this Christmas.<br /><br />And to those of you who have helped us out and know what I am saying…God Bless You.<br /><br />And to all, Have a Very Merry Christmas be it religious, secular, or just good-willed.<br /><br /><i>Cheers!!</i><br />Matt-Man<br /><a href="mailto:mattmaniws@yahoo.com">mattmaniws@yahoo.com</a><br /><a href="https://twitter.com/MattMan_IWS" target="_blank"><i><span style="color: blue;">@MattMan_IWS</span></i></a><br /><br />Annnnnnnd...To make your Christmas happier, give a listen to Jay and I yukking it up Yuletide style with Dianne from Saturday night...it was a Christmas miracle!!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.adobe.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=9,0,0,0" height="105" id="143577" name="143577" width="210"><param name="movie" value="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/btrplayer.swf?file=http://www.blogtalkradio.com%2Fplaylist.aspx%3Fshow_id%3D4171493&autostart=false&bufferlength=5&volume=80&corner=rounded&callback=http://www.blogtalkradio.com/flashplayercallback.aspx" /><param name="quality" value="high" /><param name="wmode" value="transparent" /><param name="menu" value="false" /><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /><embed src="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/btrplayer.swf" flashvars="file=http://www.blogtalkradio.com%2Fplaylist.aspx%3Fshow_id%3D4171493&autostart=false&shuffle=false&callback=http://www.blogtalkradio.com/FlashPlayerCallback.aspx&width=210&height=105&volume=80&corner=rounded" width="210" height="105" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" quality="high" wmode="transparent" menu="false" name="143577" id="143577" allowScriptAccess="always"></embed></object></div><div style="font-size: 10px; text-align: center; width: 220px;"><br /></div></div>

Christmas Is For Everyone...At Least It Should Be

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Leaving on a jet plane

Just finishing up our packing for our Christmas trip to Key West, Florida.<div><br /></div><div>I dropped our dog off to my parents and changed some euros into dollars earlier on so looks like we are all set to go!</div>

Leaving on a jet plane

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Teach This! Teaching with lesson plans and ideas that rock 12/23/2012

<ul class="diigo-linkroll"> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="http://lisamyers.org/2012/12/17/to-america-from-a-teacher/">To America from a Teacher « lisamyers.org</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">In this must-read post, Lisa Myers says so many things right. So many of us teachers have shocked that people have seen into the heart of who we are but why did some teachers have to die for people to see it? "No, for most of us, our all does not include a sacrificial death, but it does include a sacrificial life. It means working a full day at school then continuing that work at home well into the evening as we grade papers and prepare materials that will lead to authentic learning in the classroom. That’s our surface work. At a deeper level, however, we also do the following:”"</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/inspiration">inspiration</a></p> </li> <li> <p class="diigo-link"> <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/5056066832/efblike">TeachMeet @BETT 2013 - Eventbrite</a> </p> <p class="diigo-description">Teachmeets around the world are great opportunities for teachers to get together and share ideas. In the UK, they are having a teachmeet as well - sadly the tickets are already "sold out" which shows how many teachers really love these events. Informal ways for teachers to talk to teachers - these are great. There's one in Georgia in January - I'm working on my schedule to be there. Look for a teachmeet in your area.</p> <p class="diigo-tags"> <span>tags:</span> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/news">news</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teachmeet">teachmeet</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/unconference">unconference</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/teaching">teaching</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/uk">uk</a> <a href="http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher/ukedchat">ukedchat</a></p> </li> </ul><p class="diigo-ps">Posted from <a href='http://www.diigo.com'>Diigo</a>. The rest of my favorite links are <a href='http://www.diigo.com/user/coolcatteacher'>here</a>.</p>

Teach This! Teaching with lesson plans and ideas that rock 12/23/2012

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The Perils of Yoga for Men - NYTimes.com

<base href="data:"><div style="font-family: Helvetica; color: black; text-align: left; font-size: 14px; "><nyt_text style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div id="articleBody"><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">Men are famous for ignoring aches and pains. It's macho. Men get physical exams less often than women. They tend to remain silent if worried about their health. When hurt, their impulse is to shun doctors and rely on home remedies, like avoiding heavy lifting to ease backaches. Male athletes play through injuries. It's all about virility and manliness.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">The stereotype has exceptions, of course. But denial of injury and ill health — from the relatively inconsequential to the grave — is common enough that physicians seek ways to encourage men to be more forthcoming.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">So it pays to listen carefully when guys start talking about intolerable pain and upended lives. Doing so led me to an unexpected finding that I have confirmed in a trove of federal data. It suggests that<a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/y/yoga/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="More articles about yoga." class="meta-classifier" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">yoga</a> can be remarkably dangerous — for men.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">Guys who bend, stretch and contort their bodies are relatively few in number, perhaps one in five out of an estimated 20 million practitioners in the United States and 250 million around the globe. But proportionally, they are reporting damage more frequently than women, and their doctors are diagnosing more serious injuries — strokes and fractures, dead nerves and shattered backs. In comparison, women tell mainly of minor upsets.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">Men who are breaking the code of silence are doing so with physicians in hospital emergency rooms, who in turn report their findings to the federal government.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">Their outspokenness reveals much about modern yoga and suggests ways it can be made safer. As a practitioner since 1970, I know some of the guy hazards personally and have learned through painful experience how to live with my inflexible body.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">The male disclosures help explain one of the central mysteries of modern yoga — why it is largely a feminine pursuit. As Yoga Journal, the field's top magazine, put the question: "<a href="http://www.yogajournal.com/lifestyle/2585" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">Where Are All the Men?</a>"</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">Science has long viewed the female body as relatively elastic. Now the new disclosures suggest that women who tie themselves in knots also enjoy a lower risk of damage. It seems like common sense.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">Surprisingly, evidence of the male danger has, to my knowledge, never before been made public. Nor has its flip side — that women seem less vulnerable. The subject of male risk merits discussion if only because the booming yoga industry has long targeted men as a smart way to expand its franchise.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">Informal observations hint at possible explanations. Yoga experts say women tend to see classes as refuges while men see challenges — their goal at times to impress the opposite sex.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">Women say men push themselves too far, too fast. Men admit to liking the intensity but say the problem is pushy teachers who force them into advanced poses while urging them to ignore pain.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">I stumbled on the issue after my book, published in February, laid out a century and a half of science and, in its <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/08/magazine/how-yoga-can-wreck-your-body.html?_r=0" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">chapter on injuries</a>, contradicted the usual image of yoga as completely safe. The yoga establishment makes billions of dollars by selling itself as a path to healthy perfection. Predictably, it responded with sharp denials.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">I also received a surprising number of moving replies from injured yogis — male and female — including <a href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/stroke/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="In-depth reference and news articles about strokes." class="meta-classifier" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">stroke</a> victims.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">A letter initiated my inquiry. In April, a man told how an agonizing back injury had turned his life into "a living hell." Too many instructors, he wrote, are "pushing us too hard and having us do dangerous poses."</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">The "us" resonated.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">Suddenly, I realized his cry sounded familiar.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">I raced through a correspondence file and saw that many of the letters about serious damage had come from men.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">Tara Stiles, a yoga teacher who runs a popular studio in Manhattan, told me that guys have more muscle (one reason for their relative inflexibility) and can thus force themselves into challenging poses they might otherwise find impossible. It seemed a plausible explanation for blinding pain.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">Other teachers echoed her analysis and cited supporting anecdotes.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">Yoga poses are unisex. But in my research, I found a world of poorly known information on gender disparity.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">"Science of Flexibility," by Michael J. Alter, explained how the pelvic regions of women are shaped in a way that permits an unusually large range of motion and joint play. In yoga, the pelvis is the central pivot for extreme bending of the legs, spine and torso.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">In June, I turned to the <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/organizations/c/consumer_product_safety_commission/index.html?inline=nyt-org" title="More articles about Consumer Product Safety Commission" class="meta-org" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">Consumer Product Safety Commission</a> and its <a href="http://www.cpsc.gov/library/neiss.html" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">National Electronic Injury Surveillance System</a>, which monitors hospital emergency rooms. In July, officials sent me 18 years of annual survey data that summarized the admission records for yoga practitioners hurt between 1994 and 2011, the maximum available span.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">First, I needed a baseline that would let me compare the guy admissions to males doing yoga in the United States. Figures in the yoga literature described men as making up some <a href="http://www.iayt.org/site_vx2/publications/Bibliographies_Members/stats.pdf" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">10 percent</a> of practitioners at the beginning of the period and <a href="http://www.yogajournal.com/practice/2804" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">23 percent</a> at the end. So the middle ground seemed to be roughly 16 percent.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">Then I dug into the medical data. The analysis took weeks, but the results spoke volumes.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">If men were getting hurt in proportion to their numbers, the rate of injury would have been about 16 percent — my estimate for the fraction of practitioners who were male. But the rate was higher. Over all, I found that men accounted for slightly more than 24 percent of the admissions to hospital emergency rooms.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">To deepen my analysis, I focused on specific injuries, especially ones inside the body. Guys, it turned out, accounted for 20 percent of the torn muscles and damaged ligaments, which result in swollen joints. Dislocations of the knee, shoulder and other joints came in at 24 percent.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">The figure for broken bones and fractures was 30 percent. The injury sites ranged from the toe to the tibia, the bigger of the two bones in the lower leg.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">For nerve damage, which can result in pain and lost muscle control, the male figure jumped to more than 70 percent. The cases included <a href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/disease/sciatica/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="In-depth reference and news articles about Sciatica." class="meta-classifier" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">sciatica</a>, where compression of a spinal nerve in the lower back can result in pains that race down the back, hip and leg.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">I found the trend in women's admissions to be just the opposite. The major injuries were few proportionately, and the minor traumas quite abundant. Women, for instance, accounted for a vast majority of the <a href="http://health.nytimes.com/health/guides/symptoms/fainting/overview.html?inline=nyt-classifier" title="In-depth reference and news articles about Fainting." class="meta-classifier" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 153); text-decoration: none; ">fainting</a> episodes.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">None of this means that women go unharmed, as my letter files and the admission records show. But men seem to get it worse.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">In August, I shared my analysis with Loren M. Fishman, a doctor in Manhattan who uses yoga in his rehabilitation practice and whom I profile in my book. "It's men's strength turning against them," he remarked.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">Some yoga practitioners will surely see my analysis as unconvincing. That's O.K. It's the kind of topic that can only benefit from thorough discussion — as well as rigorous new studies that can rule out the possibility of false clues.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">Skeptics may argue that the injured guys are simply wimps who are inflating the male-injury figures.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">That seems unlikely. A new book, "Hell-Bent," by Benjamin Lorr, evokes the contrary ethos in its subtitle: "Obsession, Pain, and the Search for Something Like Transcendence in Competitive Yoga."</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">Happily, the field is evolving in ways that may enhance safety.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">All-male classes, by definition, avoid the flexibility gap between women and men and instead play to masculine strengths. The classes tend to emphasize muscle building and fitness moves like squats, as well as poses. Their developers tend to avoid talk of injuries, a marketing no-no.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">The styles include YoGuy ("be comfortable") and Broga (as in bro yoga, "where it's O.K. if you can't touch your toes"). A number of studios offer what they call yoga for dudes.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">I'm a yoga enthusiast, not a basher. I do my routine every day and want the practice to thrive — but to do so honestly, with public candor about its real strengths and weaknesses.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">From reader mail, I know that many yogis are working hard to make the practice safer. The male risk factor seems an important consideration in the redesign of poses and routines. And I'm sure instructors of mixed classes will find many ways of reducing any danger. A first step would be frank discussions with students.</p><p itemprop="articleBody" style="color: black; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 0px 0px 1em; line-height: 24px; ">In time, it seems likely that the myth of perfection will give way to the reality of better yoga — for everyone, including guys.</p><nyt_author_id><div class="authorIdentification" style="margin-bottom: 2.8em; "><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 15px !important; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 24px; font-style: italic; ">William J. Broad is a science reporter for The New York Times and the author of "The Science of Yoga: The Risks and the Rewards."</div><div><br></div></div></nyt_author_id><nyt_correction_bottom><div class="articleCorrection" style="margin-bottom: 2.8em; "></div></nyt_correction_bottom><nyt_update_bottom></nyt_update_bottom></div></nyt_text><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); display: inline !important; float: none; "></span></div><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/23/sunday-review/the-perils-of-yoga-for-men.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20121223&pagewanted=print">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/23/sunday-review/the-perils-of-yoga-for-men.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20121223&pagewanted=print</a><div style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; color: black; text-align: left; "><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>

The Perils of Yoga for Men - NYTimes.com

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What do employers think about overeducated job seekers?

<br /><div class="ArticleHeadline" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; margin-top: -30px; text-align: left;"><div class="hdr_org_bld" style="color: #ff6600; font: normal normal bold 18px/normal arial, helvetica;"><h1 id="articleHeadline" style="color: #000066; font-size: 18px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><span id="cbArticle_lblHeadline">What do employers think about overeducated job seekers?</span></h1></div><div class="group_share_top clearfix" style="height: 25px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 5px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 5px;"><div class="share_icons"><ul style="list-style-type: none; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; width: auto;"><li class="cb_share_button share_top" style="background-color: #e3eff7; border-bottom-color: rgb(166, 205, 231); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(166, 205, 231); border-left-style: solid; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(166, 205, 231); border-right-style: solid; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(166, 205, 231); border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px; color: #333333; cursor: pointer; font-size: 13px; height: 18px; line-height: 18px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 5px; padding-top: 0px; text-decoration: none; width: 110px;"><b><br /></b></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="ArticleContent" style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; text-align: left;"><div style="clear: left; color: #444444; float: left; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13.433333396911621px; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" class="media-image" src="http://artstg.icbdr.com/sites/all/files/styles/large/public/Overeducated_0.jpg" typeof="foaf:Image" /></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13.433333396911621px;">Job seekers rarely consider the commitment a company makes when hiring somebody. Training, health benefits, salary, office space, technology, equipment -- these are investments companies make in a new hire, along with the hope that their newest employee will be a return on their investment.</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13.433333396911621px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13.433333396911621px;">Hiring managers often see a red flag when an overeducated job seeker applies for a position. While the job seeker sees this as an advantage -- surely he is more qualified than most applicants -- hiring managers see him as a flight risk, or somebody who won't stay at the company long before finding a better opportunity.</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13.433333396911621px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13.433333396911621px;">If you're overqualified, how can you combat this stereotype and land the job?</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13.433333396911621px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13.433333396911621px;"><strong>Why it's a problem</strong></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13.433333396911621px;"><b><br /></b>A certain liability comes along with overeducated job seekers, which weighs against the education advantages they have over other job seekers. "The problem may not be the over-education," says Marcia LaReau, president of career-services company <a href="http://www.forwardmotioncareers.com/index.php" style="background-color: transparent; color: #07519a; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;">Forward Motion LLC</a>. "The question that generally comes up is, 'Is this person looking for something better, and will they leave if/when it comes along?'"</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13.433333396911621px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13.433333396911621px;">Helen Cortez, human resources manager for <a href="http://www.nextdayflyers.com/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #07519a; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;">Next Day Flyers</a>, agrees. "Often when I read through résumés, I come across candidates who at first glance appear to be overqualified and overeducated for the openings. As a company, we may be a bit hesitant to bring in these individuals. The concern is longevity. There is an expense tied with bringing new team members on board, and there is also an adjustment by the team they work with. That's not to say we don't bring in overqualified candidates, because we have, and we feel very fortunate to have these individuals on our team."</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13.433333396911621px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13.433333396911621px;"><strong>Why it might not be a problem</strong></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13.433333396911621px;"><b><br /></b>Employers are just as aware of the tough economy as job seekers. They know that many overqualified people are willing to take any to get a paycheck, but they still need to make smart business decisions. Make the choice easy by marketing your qualifications as an added perk.</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13.433333396911621px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13.433333396911621px;">"The company wants the best employees but also wants assurance that these workers will stick around," says Amber Dixon, marketing director of <a href="http://www.intermountainfinancialgroup.com/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #07519a; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;">Intermountain Financial Group LLC</a>. "They are aware that the individual may not stay with the company once the economy improves, but they can benefit from the knowledge of the educated employee until that happens. And, they hope that the individual and the company will create a strong working relationship that will persuade the employee to stay, but maybe in a higher capacity."</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13.433333396911621px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13.433333396911621px;">If you're an overeducated job seeker, make your intentions and your career goals clear in your cover letter and during interviews. "We've found [that] a discussion on the topic can be very enlightening," Cortez says. "Candidates may be at a stage in their life where they don't want to travel or where they want to be a part of a smaller organization that's in a growth cycle rather than a Fortune 500 company. The right circumstances can lead it to being a win/win situation."</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13.433333396911621px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13.433333396911621px;">Also, stress the benefits of your education and training. "I know that we care more about being educated than overeducated," Dixon says. "In my circle of networks, many employers have mentioned that they would rather hire someone with a higher degree than someone without one in this economy."</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13.433333396911621px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13.433333396911621px;">Ideally, you'll find a job where there's room to grow. "What's more productive is to apply for higher jobs where the candidate gets to grow into the position," LaReau says. "HR professionals know that the best jobs are the ones with the right balance between experience and growth." Whether you're over- or under-educated, or somewhere in-between, explain why you and this job are a good match and what each side will get out of the relationship.</div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13.433333396911621px;"><br /></div><div style="color: #444444; font-family: tahoma; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13.433333396911621px;"><em>Susan Ricker is a writer and blogger for </em><a href="http://www.careerbuilder.com/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #07519a; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;"><em>CareerBuilder.com</em></a><em> and its job blog, </em><a href="http://www.theworkbuzz.com/" style="background-color: transparent; color: #07519a; font-family: Arial; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><em>The Work Buzz</em></a><em>. She researches and writes about job search strategy, career management, hiring trends and workplace issues.</em></div></div>

What do employers think about overeducated job seekers?

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