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Robert Downey Jr, The Comeback Yogi

Robert Downey Jr, the Comeback Yogi

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September 2011

And so we’ve arrived at the new era of enlightenment, through the pixels on your TV/computer/gadget screen. All your phantasmagorical blissotry dreams have come true! And you don’t even have to take any drugs or wear tie-dye, cause it’s already animated right in front of you. Feast your senses on none other than Deepak Chopra‘s [...]

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It’s September, back-to-school, Yoga Month, a time for reflections, a time for evaluations, a time to cast away stones, a time to gather stones together. Turn, Turn Turn. To everything there is a season! For the Byrds. Well, perhaps this is your season for a taste of detox. Eek! That word brings both a shudder [...]

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This weekend marks the 10th Anniversary of 9/11. Amidst all the other fascinating, terrifying, unifying stories shared, and the gatherings planned to mark the event this Sunday, we give you the legendary news anchor Tom Brokaw’s recount of what he was doing that fateful morning, thanks to intrepid reporter and patriot, Stephen Colbert and The [...]

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Welcome to YD Deals, where Jenn, the yogadealer, helps you save your yoga dough one penny at a time. —— Satya Jewlery NYC Giveaways Known for many pretty things, Satya Jewelry, has gone ‘local’ partnering up with NYC yoga studios to offer some freebies: Sept 6 – 13:  $150 worth of Satya Jewelry + a 3-class card [...]

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Black Folk Don’t Do Yoga

by YD on September 8, 2011

in News

My name is Angela Tucker and I am the director/producer of a web series called Black Folk Don’t. First, I am black. You might not know that so let me begin my introduction that way. It might matter to you. It might not. But I thought I’d begin there. Now, before the tongue and cheek [...]

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Now here’s a yogamentary we dig! If you enjoy the lighter side of yoga culture, and rather, taking the piss out of this practice (which is why we love you) then you might want to help these dudes make The Yogi™, a mockumentary style yoga film. Their premise? “A 3,000 year-old practice is commodified.  Cool?  [...]

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Abercrombie & Fitch joins the yoga clothing game, and $31 billion womens active wear market, with a less than human, Syms-like Pixar pixie with toothpicks for legs. Alas, their yoga pants will give you the “perfect butt” no matter where you’re going. Like the mall or a bar mitzvah. Sigh.Nevermind that they only come in [...]

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Make Me One With Everything

by YD on September 7, 2011

in YogOpinions

by J. Brown Ever heard the one about the Dalai Lama and the hot dog vendor? Make me one with everything. This has always been my favorite joke. Recently, I was made aware of how, like a lot of effective humor, the punchline is based on a not so funny premise. As an astute Shakespearean [...]

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Goodness. Oh dear. Pardon us, uh…we’re just trying to clear something up here. Oh, is that right? Hm, is that a fact? Well, then. We suppose it’s true, September is here! And the summer, sadly, unofficially over. Aw, don’t get all misty-eyed and hissy now. Who doesn’t love crisp sweaters, crisper air, and hot apple [...]

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The YogaDork has landed! As promised, the Springer-esque Final Thoughts. The Long and Winding Road…Life in the Fast Lane…Life is a Highway…you get the picture. YD has been ramblin’, man! So YD went on a roadtrip, a crazy tour over the course of 13 days visiting Yoga Americana West Coast style. It was a fantastic [...]

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