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May 2011

This Week In Science! “But those studies will probably take a few years, so for now I guess you’ll just have to stick to your current sadness-reducing fall-backs, yoga and bourbon.” Gawker newsy commentating person Lauri Apple cheekily retorts in response to news that a drug could spare us all from pesky negative memories once [...]

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“Mentally, all I’m projecting is positive. All I can see is being healthy and happy, and an amazing show,” says brit poptastic Robbie Williams, about to set out on a reunion tour with 90s band Take That. Remember them? Maybe this time they’re “back for good”! (surely, we’re the first to crack that one) Taking [...]

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Speaking of overly briefness, here’s a 5-minute video on the story of modern Hatha yoga. Sure it’s not the most in-depth chronicling, nor the most thrilling recount (especially when it gets all A Current Affair reenactment) but we kind of dig these historical pop in your back pocket nuggets. Can you guess who the guru [...]

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We were impressed by this ‘overly brief and incomplete history of yoga’ chart before, but creator Alison Hinks has made some updates. Enjoy the little less-brief, tad more completeness!* Click the image to enlarge or click here for pdf Originally at Alison Hinks Yoga. Yes you may bug her for the poster size. *this is [...]

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Guest Post From Christa in New York: Curating a Creative Life “Figure out your service on this planet. Figure out how that service nourishes the Earth and go do that.” ~ Elena Brower On Monday night, through a tip from the always-in-the-know Yogadork and by the grace of Mike Kim, I was able to attend [...]

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Screw Union With the Divine

by YD on May 25, 2011

in YogOpinions

by J. Brown I have this tendency to be overly provocative, sometimes to a fault. I have managed to temper this but, as discussed last month, changing old patterns requires continued attention. The title of this post is a perfect example. You see, I really wanted to call it “F*** Union with the Divine” but [...]

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Happy Birthday Bob Dylan! The forever on tour, traveling folk troubadour turns 70 today and we wanted to honor our favorite Minnesotan songwriter with a little Dylan-inspired yoga sequence. Is he a yogadork? Oh, he is in our hearts for sure! How else wold he stay “forever young”? Heh. Your Bob Dylan Yoga Sequence House [...]

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In honor of Judgment Day and the world ending and all we’re doing the recap a wee bit early. Ya know, just in case. Gotta get your yoga news in time! Whether you’re reading this pre or post rapture, we hope you’ve at least taken the time to enjoy a jolly belly laugh-asana at this [...]

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Welcome to the Yoga Time Machine! Featuring yoga news stories from yester years on subjects from the nifty to the bizarre. Today we travel back to the year 1908: “President Winthrop Ellsworth Stone of Purdue University confirmed last night a report that his wife withdrawn from the world, including her husband and family, to pursue [...]

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7 Rejected Yoga DVD Titles

by YD on May 20, 2011

in News,Yoga ha ha

Like many yogis, you probably have a shelf full of dusty yoga DVDs — the well-worn favorites and the ‘What was I thinking?!’s. We understand. Everybody loves a down home practice, but sadly these rejected titles will never make it to grace the bottom of the DVD clearance bin (can’t imagine why). Alas, some truly [...]

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