YogaTuning: Where the genius of passionate songwriting meets the sanctum of our yoga mats. Om Nama Mariah. —— “Free your mind and the rest will follow” En Vogue-ing the Yoga —— Earlier… Jennifer Aniston Vows to Do Yoga and Stay Hot Forever Swami Ramdev, India’s Corruption Fighting Yoga Super Hero Will Fast Til Death This [...]
“[I will] keep downward dogging until the fat lady sings.” Celebriyogi, doggie mat gifter, and favorite sexy “girl next door” Jennifer Aniston, using probably the most malapropos/apropos analogy for the audience, credited yoga during her acceptance speech for Decade of Hotness award at the Spike TV’s 2011 Guys Choice Awards on Saturday night, June 4. [...]
Oh, now all of a sudden everyone wants to talk about Baba Ramdev. Yes, the same Swamster Ramdev, yogevangelist who owns a piece of Scotland, has a 24/7 yoga TV channel with millions of viewers, has announced his desire to “shoot dead” corrupt politicians and has declared yoga the cure for everything, including cancer and [...]
Oh my, did we imbibe a toxic cocktail or is it June already? If you’re a Northern Hemispherer like us you’re staring down the beginnings of a unofficial sum sum summertime, when Bikram classes and egg scrambling parties can be held simultaneously on the sidewalk. When watermelon juice and coconut water are craved intravenously and [...]
Now that Oprah has left the building, the vast chasm remaining on daytime television is being felt. Wholeheartedly. We know you are pining away, wondering who will bring your attention to life’s quandaries, like how in the world did Jennifer Aniston put those doggies on a yoga mat? While we’re still holding our dorky breath [...]
Come one, come all! There are some teachers who are so truly gifted that their words and lessons transcend the classroom and leave a lasting impact on their students for many years to come. Mary Dunn was one such teacher, and her students who span the highest caliber of Iyengar yogadom would all agree. Mary [...]
Welcome back to our fun new series! This week in Yoga Time Machine: On the 41st anniversary of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967) we join the ghosts of yoga’s past and travel one more year ahead to 1968, to Beatles era rock n’ roll and yogi flunking! The Fab Four made their infamous [...]
“I used to spin every day like a lunatic. You know, I have a stressful enough schedule without being on some bicycle going 150 miles an hour. Yoga makes me feel better. Plus, you can do it in a hotel room or at home. The Plank position is an amazing ab exercise!” Bethenny Frankel, impossibly [...]
This just in! NYC yoga gosssssip… The perfect makings for a blind item!: This acting brother in his 50s is now calling NYC 20-something yoga teacher his life ‘Rock’. Yes, the rumor mill is achurning with news that 53-year-old actor Alec Baldwin is sharing straws with Yoga Vida studio director Hilaria Thomas, 28. They were [...]
Hello and happy June! Ah, summer. Time to don less clothing and shvitz even more, no matter how many stores you duck into for AC refuge. It’s also time for sweaty outdoor yoga! The number of options for saluting the sun seems to multiply each year – and a lot of it free! Luckily this [...]