There are some companies that make money capitalizing on the thirst-buds of sweaty yogadorks to become mega-million dollar corporations. Then there are companies that dig deeper, starting from the ground up, initiating change by creating fair commerce in countries that need it the most. Meet IAM. a collective of the latter sort. The idea? A [...]
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But of course! It was meditation all along that will bring peace to the Middle East, not war! Alas, a kooky possibility? Yes we said it. But it’s only because of this article from yesterday’s Wall Street Journal about the Sola Yoga Project, started by Amandine Roche, a French aid worker who was briefly detained [...]
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As it turns out the maven of mass yoga, Elena Brower, can draw a crowd anywhere! Oui oui. Approximately 2,000-3,000 yogis showed up all dressed in white to practice yoga under the Eiffel Tower in Paris on Sunday October 2nd. It was France’s largest ever yoga session led by the “célèbre yogi New Yorkaise” in [...]
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(above: BKS Iyengar hanging loose) And then Iyengar says to Ramdev “knock it off with the kapalbhati peddling, compadre. Capice?!” Actually, that’s not true. What BKS Iyengar did say on Tuesday, speaking to a group of Chinese yoga enthusiasts (in China), was that those who ”sell programmes like kapalbhati” are basically corrupting Patanjali’s yoga. The 93-year-old Guruji [...]
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Yogi bear exists! Again! Yet another yoga-ing bear, Mikhail, performs his poses for the admiring crowd at the Kaliningrad Zoo in Russia. According to zoo-goers, grizzly Mikhail eats up the energy from his audience and will often hold the poses for 5 minutes. And he does it all with a grin! (of a bear who [...]
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Oh, now all of a sudden everyone wants to talk about Baba Ramdev. Yes, the same Swamster Ramdev, yogevangelist who owns a piece of Scotland, has a 24/7 yoga TV channel with millions of viewers, has announced his desire to “shoot dead” corrupt politicians and has declared yoga the cure for everything, including cancer and [...]
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This is obviously horrid and despicable, and frankly embarrassing. When we posted about the “yoga response” to the news of Osama bin Laden’s death and the subsequent aftermath we couldn’t have anticipated such a disgraceful showing. As Carol Horton points out at elephantjournal.com, Gaiam has a deal with cafepress.com which evidently doesn’t place restrictions on [...]
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While many celebrate the death of the world’s most notorious terrorist, Osama Bin Laden, we can’t help notice the hesitance in rejoicing amongst the yoga community. This could have to do with a variety of variables, but, without generalizing, do yogis respond differently? We took part in a Yoga Sutra discussion recently and we offer [...]
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At 6 years old, Shruti Pandey is known as the world’s youngest yoga teacher. She rises early each day to bring the yog to sometimes 30 adults, for 5:30am classes at the Swami Brahmachand Saraswati Kaivalya Dham Ashram in Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh in India. One of Shruti’s fans, 90-year-old Swami Bhanu, a retired teacher, said: [...]
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Shiva Rea speaks up in response to last week’s media tour of Trance Dance slam fest. Choosing facebook to publicly, semi-unofficially respond, Shiva gives her take on her experience at Rishikesh and thoughts on the definition of “skimpy”. We’re glad she took the time and believe it’s fair to hear from the Shakti goddess herself. [...]
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