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Right, so this week happened. You were all here to witness it! But did you miss out on yoga news listening to all the deplorably explicit Mel Gibson rage tapes? Good grief. We won’t even get into how much that man needs a good slap of the pranayama stick. Anyway, we hope you’ve had a chance [...]
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CELEBRIYOGI SCOOP! Lady G Does the Y O G A!
There she is, the Gag after the yog! Just taking time out from her grueling tour schedule to get in a little down time, like literally DOWN off those milk crates she calls shoes.
Photo fresh in from Ms. Sandy Gross (left), founder/director of [...]
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No weapons? That’s funny, we always bring our guns to yoga class! *ba-dum tish*
‘The Office’ star Rainn Wilson, aka Dwight Schrute, learns the hard way and lives to twitter about it. We could imagine the goof getting carried away with Warrior poses…please say it was a samurai sword! (thanks to @johansigurdson for [...]
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With all these world record yoga events and baited sun breaths waiting for the Eat, Pray, Love merchandising avalanche, have we really forgotten about the Fatwa? The wha? Hey, watch your language! No, really, at the end of 2008 and early ‘09 we had fatwas flying out from every direction. OK, mostly the east. To [...]
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Today is the final hurrah for the week-long Bali Yoga Festival in Indonesia. (cheers from the YD gallery). Did you go? Why didn’t you take us?? Anyway, Fest organizers set their sites on raising awareness and promoting “spiritual tourism” in the face of a looming fatwa, and overall it proved to be a success – [...]
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Ok so which one of you misanthropes thought Indonesia wasn’t serious about yoga? Cause they are SO serious. And now they have the obligatory foundation to prove it! The Bali Yoga Festival has been a success so far and a highlight to yesterday’s festivities was the announcement of the inception of their first yoga association. [...]
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According to an article in today’s TIME, the Indonesia yoga ban doesn’t seem to be flustering too many yogis in the country as classes continue without much of a hitch.
Indeed, women like Evita Dwiandiya, another student at Jakartadogyoga, say they will continue to attend their weekly yoga classes. “This is not a mass movement or [...]
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The outcome of the big fatwa meeting this past weekend basically echoed the conclusions drawn from the Malaysian ban last November: Yoga is OK as long as it is strictly for exercise. So, no chanting. Needless to say, yoga teachers in the region are not thrilled, although considering the circumstances we see this as somewhat [...]
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The last we heard of the looming Indonesian yoga ban was in early December 2008. And now it seems the top Islamic body in the country will be meeting this weekend at the National Edict Commission meeting, to debate the corruptibility of yoga on the world’s largest Muslim population (approx. 85 percent of the 226 [...]
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And so, just like that, 2008 comes to an end. Anyone else feel like this year flew by faster than normal? Whether you’re sad to see it go or thrilled to bid it good riddance ‘08 sure was a year for the history books! And to honor the year that was we’ve put together a [...]
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