Have you felt baffled by the Bhagavad Gita? Perplexed by the ancient texts? Join the club! Or as it so happens, a book group led by the virtual yoga community’s own demystifier, Mr. Bob Weisenberg. You may recognize his name as a frequenter commenter here on YD and across many other yoga blogs offering thoughtful [...]
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Review by Nancy Alder When YogaDork asked me to review “Once Upon a Pose: A Guide to Yoga Adventure Stories for Children” by Donna Freeman I of course said “yes.” Despite the fact that I teach yoga to adults, I was intrigued about how an instructional yoga book for children would be laid out and [...]
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And the dialogue continues! If you’re following along at home wellness superstar Deepak Chopra and Professor Aseem Shuklah have had some words about the origin/”theft” of yoga and its ties to Hinduism. Check out the earlier discussion to catch up. Well, with Deepak all “Yoga isn’t Hindusim, and therefore not in bed with religion” etc [...]
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Good grief! What a ruckus over camels and crotches eh? Yesterday we posted about Lululemon’s new ad featuring the familiar ustrasana juxtaposed with provoking tagline, “Say No to Camel Toe”. Eek! All these questions erupted like: ‘Have they gone too far? Was it all in good humor? Are the lulus just providing a service to [...]
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WARNING: Exploitation of womanly parts to sell yoga pants! ED: Perhaps the title of this post should be: Lululemon Makes Us Feel Overly Conscious About Our Crotches. Has lululemon lost their sweat-wicking grip? The below ad “Say No To Camel Toe” is supposed to be “edgy” with a wink and a nod to a familiar, [...]
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Now this is the kind of yoga news that makes all the beefers look like chopped liver. Meet Larry Sherman. Just a few years ago he weighed half a ton! 540 pounds to be exact. It took him 3 1/2 years to drop 365 pounds and credits a huge portion of it to his yoga [...]
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Uh oh, it’s a rumble! Here’s the yoga beef: – Professor Aseem Shukla says: Yoga is Hindu, and it’s a total sham Western fools don’t recognize! – Deepak Chopra says: What you talkin’ bout, Shukla? Yoga did not originate in Hinduism, it’s so way older than that. If you haven’t read the comments over at [...]
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Calling all yogadorks! We need your help…Vote for YD! It was last night, we were enjoying ourselves a rare YD outing to indulge on pomegranate-flavored coconut water, raw chocolate and organic merlot (spoiled! this will never happen again) when we got this in our inbox: Congratulations, You Have Been Nominated For The 2010 Intent Web [...]
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“Consider again that dot. That’s here. That’s home. That’s us.” Earth Day can get pretty gimmicky…everyone from the FOX Network to Ford is jumping full throttle on the “let’s be green!” bandwagon. Not to discount the corporate efforts, because heaven knows if it amounts to good then we’re all for it. But when you clear [...]
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And then sometimes celebrities plucking grey hairs from their priceless little heads is news! It happens to be one of those days. And the age(defy)ing celeb happens to be none other than Mrs. Ashton Kutcher, the forever young Demi Moore. She’s 47 years old and, eh, she gets a few grey hairs every now and [...]
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