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And here comes the bad news: BEWARE yoga can hurt you! While any physical activity, like say walking for example, can sometimes put you at risk of hurting yourself, yoga has the special added bonus of some semi-awkward poses and an onslaught of enthusiastic yoga teachers who may or may not be thoroughly trained [...]
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Burning Q from the interweb pipeline: Should parents bring small children into Bikram class??
A blogger at MomLogic had a WTF moment this past weekend when much to her shock there was a pint-sized yogi practicing on the mats in Bikram class. Apparently a mom had brought along her 4-year-old daughter to sweat her little [...]
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Boy, people are really exerting their creative muscle to get dudes to try yoga! For some reason breathing and stretching has the stigma of stripping men of their masculinity, so we all have to bone up working overtime to think of clever ploys to convince the male sex they won’t lose the use of their [...]
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From the celebriyogi rumor mill: Jessica Biel kicked out of yoga class for etiquette taboo #9,0210 – verboten blackberry offense!
Drat! And we just got done talking up her yogadorkiness and JB goes and pulls the contraband smuggler maneuver. Everyone knows cell phone use in class makes for frowny yogis, even in Hollywood, where smiles are [...]
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“I can handle B.O.,” the Dork said, “but there is nothing worse than stinky feet…”
Yes that’s YogaDork in the NYTimes! Being classy as ever and making mama YD proud! We were asked to comment for the latest article on yoga class no no’s and what not to do’s, and we came out with that gem [...]
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Genius! There’s no scarcity of yoga iPhone apps, heck Deepak Chopra has one, but why hasn’t there been something like this before?? Yoga quiz cards to help you study asana names? Yes, please! The fun and creative team at Drishti Yoga came up with the brilliant idea of what is essentially yoga flashcards for the [...]
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“1-2-3-4 chaturanga to the floor! 5-6-7-8 Shut your mouth and meditate!” Introducing the Yoga Drill Sergeant: Prepared to whip those vrttis into submission! It’s the second coming of The Yoganator! No really, according to the New York Post, America’s new pop yoga rag, Otto Cedeño, is not afraid to unleash his Vishuddha chakra to bend [...]
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Neal Pollack is an author, a blogger and a dedicated dad. He’s also a self-proclaimed yogadork. We know, because that was almost the title of his new book, STRETCH: The Unlikely Making of a Yoga Dude, due out this fall ‘10. With a subtitle like that, and if you’re familiar at all with Neal’s regular [...]
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If you’re in NYC this weekend, which sadly, we are not, check out this awesome and creative Drawing Yoga Workshop, hosted by one of our favorite sites YogaCityNYC, and featuring the shared knowledge of one of our most revered yoga instructors, Bobby Clennell.
one of a kind workshop
more info at http://yogacitynycspecialevents.com/
Saturday, January 16, 2010
1:30 – 4:00pm
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Have you heard about the Sirsasana Challenge 2010? It’s on! Read this post featuring impromptu-Sirsa queen Cora Wen, and view the first photos on the YD facebook page to get an idea!
So speaking of Cora, and headstands, how bout a little how-to video featuring both? For this one there are lots of fun props, but [...]
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