From the category archives:
The Washington Post has joined in on the ‘Yoga Wars’ debate (who named it this anyway?) It’s been said the battles began when sweaty star Bikram Choudhury moved to patent his sequence of 26 poses back in ‘04. Since then we’ve been hearing more and more about India reclaiming their ancient heritage by documenting yoga, [...]
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Not too long ago we saw Indian prisoners rewarded with early release for a regular incarcerated yoga practice. But now taxpayers in The UK are getting quite infuriated over footing the bill for life-sentence serving outlaws and criminals to find their inner chi. Naturally, families of victims are even more aghast at the idea.
“You have [...]
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Look everyone, celebs! Recording music for yoga! A new cd series volume 1 is about to drop, and profits will go towards supporting yoga and fitness programs for underserved youth. It’s The Yoga Revolution! And who are these charitable (superstar) citizens contributing their gift of music? Why none other than the peace-loving likes of Sheryl [...]
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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 in science…
Talk about high-tech awesomeness, pilot Andre Borschberg just made history with the first overnight flight in a solar-powered airplane. Congrats! Because he had to stay wide awake for 24 hours, Mr B. was fitted with a special suit with vibrating sleeves that would alert him if he nodded off or strayed off course. (note: [...]
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And for today’s download of random yoga news:
4-year-old Yogi Ronak Vitha from India Sets National Pushup record – 1,500 in 40 minutes!
“When he was 2 years old, we used to practice yoga at home, stretching exercises, and he used to perform yoga on his own, something that was very difficult for us [...]
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Hey India, shake what your mama gave you! Or as a Wall Street Journal article points out, at least start by taking a big bite of this gazillion dollar yoga sandwich, eh? After all, you started it, right? And everyone else is eating the cookies out of your jar. (is it lunchtime?) Lindsay Clinton takes [...]
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While many Western yogis perish the thought of locking down an absolute definition of yoga – why pigeon hole the practice as physical, spiritual, or religious? And discount all the crazy hybrids and spin-offs with rollerblades and 105 degree heat franchise opportunities? Not a chance! Also, that government licensing issue gets pretty sticky when we [...]
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No, not Ravi Shankar, the sitar superstar, but Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, the 54-year-old spiritual leader and yogapreneur behind the Art of Living Foundation. Contrary to earlier reports that Sri Sri had been the victim of a gun attack, it turns out they (the police, etc.) don’t really where the firing came from or who [...]
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Wow, we’ve seen it all now. Literally! As reported in the Daily Mail, an unnamed 30s-ish woman, and glaring fan of ‘yoga not war’, decided to bring her peaceful protest to Parliament, in the nude! Proceeding to strip naked and assuming a bare-bottomed lotus position on top of a cab, Lady YoGodiva conducted a 5-minute [...]
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