by YD on February 11, 2011
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Impromptu Yoga Dude Week continues! From our resident Yoga Dude himself, Neal Pollack, a response to Bikram Choudhury: Cult Rock Star, Yogapreneur, Magic Genie Sex Machine, and the media’s overt obsession with yoga-as-sex-orgy scandalocity. “The author manages to combine the sex and the Stupid Body Tricks into a pungent men’s magazine dream-stew of yoga quasi-libel. [...]
THIS WEEKEND at The Iyengar Institute of NY. “Your body is the child of the soul. You must nourish and train your child.” B.K.S. Iyengar said that. “You must take class with one of the most highly regarded Iyengar teachers in the country coming to the Institute this weekend.” One of our favorite and most [...]
by YD on February 10, 2011
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Because it’s impromptu dude week after all! There are some spirited stirrings over a MAN on the cover of Yoga Journal March ’11. One commenter went so far as to declare “There is a guy on the cover! The times, they are a changing…” Well. Meet LA yoga teacher and George Clooney’s cousin’s doppelganger, Matt [...]
Hear ye! Hear ye! It’s basketball and yoga! Together at last, like PowerBars and Gatorade. And churning out headlines like: NBA players love yoga without growing ponytails. Thanks YAHOO! Sports! – extra exclamation ours. Turns out yoga is becoming more acceptable for regular dudes, but it’s still helpful to keep the fluff talk and granola-munchers [...]
We know dudes do yoga! We’re happy to see them, they’re happy to see us, and we’ve seen the pics! But are guys still under-served in the yoga world? Today on MPR, that’s Minnesota Public Radio, commentator Peter Smith lamented the ‘rigid “guy” mindset’ and offered some suggestions for dude-friendly yoga postures, like “searching for [...]
Got a minute? Check out this 60 second rap from uber cute Canadian actress and dedicated yogi Ingrid Nilson. When you’ve got “Fuck Yoga” leading the pack in yoga raps, here’s a refreshing coco water pallet cleanser. We hereby deem Ingrid an honorary member of the #365yoga journey. “Let’s live and love and breathe this [...]
Oh what a week of great unrest, cities in turmoil and imminent revolution! Yes, Super Bowl mania is crazy! Seriously though, we have witnessed the power of the human spirit this week and are astounded by the number of people uniting to bring about change in Egypt. Blessings and peace to the east. While we [...]
So on Wednesday’s show, Jennifer Aniston gave Oprah a yoga mat with her puppies on it. aww. Happy Birthday Lady O! While we find the exchange quite sweet, albeit somewhat awkward (see video), Oprah and her staff of 378 were on a vegan challenge this week – one liberal hippie thing at a time eh? [...]
We made it to February! How are all the #365yoga folks doing? New to the journey? No worries, you can hop on this train at any time. In fact, we’re here to help get you on board: a little giveaway can’t hurt to get your engines revving, right? So here we go, thanks to meSheeky [...]