Yoga for good! This event is happening next week, so we need your help! Come out for 108 Sun Salutations with Elena Brower, yummy snacks, raffles, live performances and other fun stuff! YD is joining forces with Jenn Pesce of yogadeals for the Yoga Blogger Team. Join us! Or if you’d prefer, please donate what [...]
Meet the Yo Yoga bros! They’ll teach you asana, yo. Did we not mention this yoga hip hop phenomenon? So it isn’t the most technical instruction we’ve ever seen, but these dudes make yoga look approachable and fun. We totally want to go do plow pose on a farm! (the scenery changes may be our [...]
And then yoga took over hip hop! OK, not quite. But we’ve seen the likes of Common Jay-Z and 50 Cent give shout outs, and even Eminem dabbled for Recovery. So rappers aren’t exactly traipsing around in Om bling and gold studded mat slings. Not yet! But check out this new single “Yoga” from emcee [...]
by YD on September 27, 2010
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Thirsty? Riddle us this, what’s the best accompaniment to a pretzel-y bending yoga class? Why this 64 calorie beer-colored yoga mat that can be yours for just $32! Precisely the motivation you need mid-chaturanga. We’ve discussed weed and yoga class before, but put on your goggles, it’s beer-asana time! Miller Genuine Draft has really fallen [...]
This week in yoga has been brought to you by the letters Y for Yoguidette, O for ‘Oh sh%*, is that a parking ticket?’ , G for yoga in gym class!, and A for are we really at the last Friday of September already? Wherever you lay your mat, we’re glad we all survived the [...]
Too many kids dropping out of gym class? Change the game! In England, schools are cutting more traditional team sports like rugby and hockey in favor of activities like yoga to get kids moving. And it’s working! A study published by the Department for Education shows that participation in PE is rising. Via BBC News [...]
Oh look, it’s Snooki doing yoga! We know you were waiting for this one, ever since JWoww exposed her fondness just a little while back. ‘Jersey Shore’ Italian princess Snooki joins her yoguidette lady friend in the ancient practice of yoga. Just a regular, casual NJ park practice with sneakers and a photo crew. Oh [...]
by YD on September 21, 2010
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Mad about your parking ticket? Don’t flip your sh%*, flip your ticket and relax, with yoga! Cambridge, Mass. traffic patrol is now handing out parking tickets with yoga instructions on the back. Ha! The initiative is part of a public art project by artist-in-residence Daniel Peltz, and some 40,000 have been printed up with yoga [...]
by YD on September 21, 2010
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Uh oh. Is yoga threatening Christian faith? And the debate marches on! This time Dr. Albert Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, faces off with Stefanie Syman, author of The Subtle Body: The Story of Yoga in America, on his online talk show. The interview (listen here) is actually a very civil and [...]