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For better or for worse Sadie Nardini remains true to herself. Here she speaks candidly with Nancy Alder about her signing on to the YAMA (Yoga Artist Management Agency), her rise to the national stage/yogi stardom, and why she thinks being “unyogic” is just plain ridiculous. Enormous thanks to Nancy for a great job well [...]
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We just got word… Yoga bill has passed through the Senate just moments ago! Developing…
Via Yoga For NY’s facebook page:
HOORAY!!! Our bill passed the Senate just minutes ago! A huge thank you to all of our helpers. One more step to go…
UPDATE 5:30pm: full article via nysenate.gov…
Senate Passes Bill To Protect Yoga Studios From Burdensome [...]
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Hear ye! Hear ye! We just got word from Suzanne Leitner-Wise…the Senate bill has passed! Based on the constitutional right to freedom of speech VA yoga teachers beat the gov for exemption from regulation and from falling under the terms of “vocation” in VA State. In the same way NY yogis have been fighting to [...]
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They call it “ambush” marketing… dun dun dunnn. With the 2010 Winter Olympics about kick off in Vancouver, naturally one would imagine the entire city is eagerly hoping to bank off all the surrounding hoopla. So exciting! But one biz in particular has caught major flack from pushing their “cheer” a bit too far. Yes, [...]
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And now for another installment of Good idea/Bad idea? We mentioned the newly founded YAMA (Yoga Artist Management Agency) back when it was just a murmur, a side note on a press release. Well, the babe has been birthed! With a fancy new website and full roster of yogis, yoginis, and yogapreneurs alike, YAMA a [...]
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Room service! Would you like a side of vasithasana with your vichyssois?
Last week we cracked up at the idea of in-room bed warmers - live people in special suits?! So would it really be so bizarre for hotels to offer in-room private yoga as a standard amenity? We say no! And may we also be [...]
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The mission is underway and you can help! Haven’t been keeping up? Read about it here and here.
In short, NY State is in the process of shaking down yoga studios for cash and control over teacher training programs. Yoga for NY is an organization of teachers and studios across the state rallying together to protect [...]
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Uh oh. Trouble at the Inn! Richard Gere’s not just a studly actor gentleman, he’s also a devout Buddhist, recent receiver of Dalai Lama blessings and a Bed and Breakfast/Yoga Studio proprietor. Great! Is he also a super shady tyrannical business owner who doesn’t pay his employees? Rumor is the yoga studio at the Bedford [...]
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Yoga’s busting out all over. We’ve broached, and bemoaned the topic many times here on YD, yoga-ing in a country that has YT talent agencies, money-nabbing licensing debacles, and mats you can snap up at Best Buy. But is this boom of yoga all bad? John Philp may have a few things to say about [...]
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MO: [LATimes] “The state, which views the discipline as strictly recreational, has levied a 4% tax on studio owners and instructors. But yogis say their pastime should be exempt as a spiritual pursuit.”
Earlier…Missouri Taxes Studios, Texas to Join in Licensing Battle, Everyone Tries to Define Yoga
VA: Yesterday there was a Washington Post editorial on the [...]
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