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March 2009

“So you’re saying maybe it went that way? Oh, you’re telling me I should go to yoga class because it’s obviously not working yet.” Seriously girl, stand up straight. You’re doing irreparable damage to the Celebriyogi image (narf). Shenae Grimes, of 90210 reloaded fame, on her way to power yoga at Mark Blanchard’s this past [...]

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somewhere over the rainbow… ‘Moron’ the real yoga discussion: Are you a Yog-Gay? Are you ready to get into a heated bunched-panties discussion about the moral implications of Yoga and Homosexuality? Elephant Journal’s ringmaster Waylon Lewis takes on the debate with great form. So which are you, hedonistic heathen or forbidding puritan? Clearly it’s cut [...]

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Boy, these days there’s no scarcity of yoga blowhards lurking around very corner of the yogasphere. ahem. We love all our pedagogy yogi brethren. However, it just makes it even harder to say goodbye to a longstanding publication that has upheld such high standards in the world of yoga journalism. This month marks the last [...]

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Sharon Gannon of Jivamukti has a new book (sorta, it dropped Nov 1, 2008). It’s called Yoga and Vegetarianism: The Diet of Enlightenment, and Ecorazzi has an exclusive interview on the mesmerizing capacity of words, why she chose the subject, and everyone’s favorite Celebriyogi pal Russell Simmons. Oh and the pending Apocalypse. Our favorite bits… [...]

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NY Gov. Elliot Spitzer’s  scandalous call girl, Ashley Dupre, was charging the obscene sum of $4,000 an hour for services at the height of her prostitution career. But those hard-living street days are long gone, thanks to yoga, and Celebriyogi mentoring from Russell Simmons! “The past year has obviously been very difficult for me,” Dupre [...]

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Today is the final hurrah for the week-long Bali Yoga Festival in Indonesia. (cheers from the YD gallery). Did you go? Why didn’t you take us?? Anyway, Fest organizers set their sites on raising awareness and promoting “spiritual tourism” in the face of a looming fatwa, and overall it proved to be a success – [...]

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UTC Quarterback Edges Out Competition with Yoga Junior quarterback, Tony Pastore, is vying against four other dudes for the starting position at University of Tennessee at Chatanooga, so basically he’s willing to try anything to give him an edge, even yoga. Since he lunged into his 4-class a week practice the man has lost 25 [...]

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We don’t watch this show (it’s on MTV, does anyone watch MTV any more?) but this video is worth some eyeball time for giggles. You have to watch on YouTube cause the punks won’t let us embed. Watch here Now that is some handy prop usage. thanks to elephant journal for the link.

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Meditations on Mutations… With stress raised to level Orange these days folks have been seeking yoga in droves as a means to relief and sanctity on this rocky road of life. But why has yoga really done so well in the past few years? 16 Million Americans, $6 billion spent on yoga in 2008. That’s [...]

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Hey! We made it through the first week of March! Only 2 more weeks until the official start of spring. Let’s see if we can make it without more snow (we’re typing in purpley pink for good luck). This is what happened this week in yoga… First off…we learned today that FitYoga empress Beth Shaw [...]

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