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February 2009

Yoga Day Canada, Feb 28: Well it doesn’t quite have the ring of Yoga Day USA, but yogadorks of the great white north can still have their own day of yoga awareness and free studio marketing too. Indeed, Yoga Day Canada 2009 is set for this Saturday February 28. Hadn’t heard about it? No worries, [...]

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Huzzah! Fellow yogadork and steadfast yogi blogger, Erica Rodefer, showed us some love on Yoga Journal‘s  ‘Yoga Buzz’ blog yesterday. Big thanks to Ms. Rodefer for the shout out! Read more about our new tee Yoga Is My Bailout. From YJ Yoga Buzz…

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Evidently, it’s Gwyneth Paltrow Day in the yogasphere. New York Magazine was also at the fundraising event last night and caught up with the Goop-y one on how being an uber celebrity is so stressful, why she speaks the word of yoga and her blase position on future plans as a lifestyle guru. “I think [...]

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Mrs. Chris Martin herself was the host of a big charity event in the West Village last night, where yogi celebs united to raise money for Bent On Learning, an NYC yoga organization. Talk about yoga in schools, Bent On Learning tends specifically to NY inner city public schools and youth centers, reaching out to [...]

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There are tons of strategies floating around to keep students in their chairs, with some teachers pushing the boundaries of child abuse in their harriedness to keep the kids still. But what if fidgeters were allowed to reign free? Amazingly, The NY Times has a story about new “adjustable-height” desks that allow kids to stand [...]

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Basketball Superstar LeBron James does yoga with Elementary Kids

Students at Holy Cross Elementary School must’ve been praying extra hard! This past Monday basketball superstar LeBron James made a special visit to the school, for yoga class! Yep, 26 lucky kiddles got to practice with the b-baller as part of the Cleveland Cavaliers’ Fit as a Pro program. And they even got to use [...]

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Yoga Is My Bailout, the T-Shirt

by YD on February 24, 2009

in YogaDork Shop

The banks got billions, but where’s your bailout? A stimulus we need indeed, and at the risk of sounding hokey, it occurred to us in a moment of clarity…Yoga is our bailout. We’re so excited to present our first YogaDork offspring, the “Yoga Is My Bailout” t-shirt.  Read More… or order one now at the [...]

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Because of the swift slope of the economy, it’s no surprise profits are down, even Lululemon’s, but the yoga/activewear market still seems to be sprouting. With more people super stressing out in a recession, it appears yoga is the soother of choice.  But it’s a funny thing, “activewear” retailers don’t really have to depend on [...]

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India Wins Big at the Oscars! Winning top awards in Best Director, Best Original Score AND Song, and the coveted Best Picture category, a total of 8 statues for the fantastic flick Slumdog Millionaire. In his acceptance speech for Best Sound Mixing, Resul Pookutty gave thanks, “I come from a country and a civilization that [...]

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India says no more of this patenting yoga rubbish. D’ya hear that Bikram? We reported at the beginning of the year India was already headlong into an effort to “preserve” their history of yoga, and even going so far as to open a Yoga Museum in Mumbai. To further the efforts, a team of 200 [...]

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