From the category archives:
Meet Yasmin F. Gow. She just completed what could be a World Record for the longest yoga marathon! (pending Guinness approval). A serial marathon-er this one, before taking on the 32-hour non-stop yogathon she had already been well on her way through 108 sun salutations, for 108 consecutive days.
Yas explained the mission on her blog:
‘To [...]
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Tao Porchon-Lynch the 92-year-old yoga dynamo came to town last week for a workshop. While this yogadork was partaking in YTT subtle bodiliciousness, and therefore couldn’t attend, we were lucky enough to have a fellow yogi reporter Jenn Pesce on the inside. This is her account:
Picture the sweetest old lady you know and now picture [...]
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Yesterday was Guru Purnima, the day in Indian tradition where Gurus, teachers, those who bring us from darkness to light, are acknowledged and honored. Today is the birth date of Yoga Hero Sri K Pattabhi Jois, who was born in 1915, which would make him 95 years old. Jois left his earthly body in May [...]
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File this under “Yay for Yoga!”
Sure yoga news seems to be taking over the world, but when just about every single media outlet picks up a story about yoga helping cancer patients, we say bring it on! A study at the University of Rochester has found that a 75 minute yoga practice twice a week [...]
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This week in YD Heroes…
Thank you Frank Iszak for inspiring so many “silver-aged” yogis! And for helping us coin the term for some of our favorite YD heroes, the SilverYogis! We’ve been blown away by 92-years young Tao Porchon-Lynch, dazzled by octogenarian Bette “Bakasana” and we couldn’t be more thrilled to hear about whole communities [...]
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Shout out to the late Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, who left his earthliness one year ago. He would be proud to know we are all still practicing practicing practicing…
In Memorium: Paying Tribute to Sri K. Pattabhi Jois
This Too Shall Pass: Sri K. Pattabhi Jois Dead at 93
Mysore, India: Images from Sri K. Pattabhi Jois Memorial
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This is Tao Porchon-Lynch, the 91-year-old* yoga master and inspiration to us all! Watch the video via CNN Money (they did a story on America’s oldest workers).
“There is nothing you cannot do” These words are emblazoned across Lady Tao’s website.
From www.taoporchon-lynch.com:
Tao Porchon-Lynch, Master Yoga teacher, 91 years young, synthesizes the most [...]
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Pepsi is generally known around these parts as the big megalomaniacal sugar-smacked corporate monster trying to rot our teeth and give us health problems, but every once in a while they do something to make us happy that even a portion of the gazillions of dollars of profit they make every year is put towards [...]
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Is donating your yoga mat really helping the people of Haiti? This image popped up on James Follows blog over at The Atlantic yesterday and has since been splashed across the web with the likes of Gawker, Boing Boing and HuffPo all having a crack at it, inciting references to Alicia Silverstone’s character in Clueless [...]
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It’s truly amazing what people can accomplish when they join together and act. The call to support Haiti in this crisis has been resonating around the world, and we’re hoping the outpouring of assistance will keep flowing from caring communities to those in need. We’re especially proud of the way the yoga community has been [...]
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