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After last week’s turn of yogic bedlam, we’ve been operating on a cocktail of exhaustion fumes and settling dust, but we must march on! If you’ve ever heard the story of Virabhadra you know he is one mean battling machine. Though really it doesn’t take a scholar to recognize that the yoga poses named after [...]

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And now for your YD sports update! The big story here? YES, there is YOGA in FOOTBALL! And these guys aren’t afraid of pastel mats and farts.  As far as sports go, and really any kind of athletic activity, especially where your body is tossed around like a pinata, it’s not just post-injury rehab, but [...]

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What’s better than the World Cup? The World Cup with cats! Admittedly, we haven’t been keeping up with the “football” hoopla, what with all the sun celebrations and rain salutations, but one thing’s for sure, we could watch these kitties play footie for hours! Somebody get us a pint! Where’s our vuvuzela?

In related yoganess: Ryan [...]

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Yoga Sells: Yoga’s Best TV Commercials

by admin on February 8, 2010

in News, Yoga Pop

Howdy sportsfans, did you watch the Super Bowl? Wow, those football players sure know how to play football! OK, so we’re not fanatics – we’d rather be in downdog! – but every so often we’ll catch a little of the American roughhousing run, kick, tackle, repeat pastime on the tube. Of course, that’s typically just [...]

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If this is true call us Dirty Harry and make our day! Rumor has it, or as he admits in the new GQ, notorious tough guy Clint Eastwood enjoys himself some yoga! (UPDATE: Rumors are true. Here’s the GQ article, Clint is Man(ly yogi) of the Year. scroll to bottom of this post for the [...]

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These days you don’t have to dig too deep to find news about how yoga has positively benefited yet another group of individuals, whether they be high school jocks, yuppies, troops in Iraq, cancer survivors, or addiction recoverees. We’ve been a bit snippy snap with the news crew over at TIME mag, (they had it [...]

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(possible *spoiler* alert) In last night’s episode of Glee, Mr. Shue was enlisted to teach the HS football team how to dance. What? Young QB and Glee member, Finn, read about NFL legend Walter Payton’s dance history, and concluded that that was exactly what the team needed to improve their moves on the field. And [...]

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In our next installment of ‘Yoga is not too wussy for HS or football‘, come the Santa Monica Vikings! Let’s hear it for the boys! And Yoga. And coach Jason Battung who pushed through the snickers and giggles to help improve the team! Taking a page from the playbook of a handsome handful of pro-athlete [...]

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Now here’s something to cheer about!

By now we’ve heard lots of great news about pro sports teams adding yoga to their training regimens (LA Dodgers, Cleveland Cavaliers, Ireland’s Connacht Rugby team) and how some stars like Lebron James are inspiring kids by bringing yoga to schools. Elementary aged kids are even getting yoga in the [...]

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Holy cannoli!

We’re not going to say this guy is nuts.. but ah, whoo boy that is some crazy stuff.
Seriously, just looking at these photos is scaring the bejeebers out of us. Khiv Raj Gurjar has been a student of yoga since the age of 13, but he’s always had a thirst for the extreme – [...]

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