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		<title>Interview with Laura Sygrove on New Leaf Yoga Foundation&#8217;s Yoga for At-Risk Youth</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:55:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What does it take to build a successful yoga non-profit organization committed to creating positive change in the lives of youth? Relationships and support, says Laura Sygrove, New Leaf Yoga Foundation‘s Executive Director and co-founder. In this video interview, Laura and I talk about the roots of New Leaf’s work, their Warriors for Peace fundraising campaign, the challenges and rewards of engaged yoga service work, and the importance of supportive networks.]]></description>
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		<title>Three Awesome Dudes Inspire Baltimore Youth With Yoga</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 19:28:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Meet the A Team! Ali, Atman and Andres, three pals from West Baltimore bringing yoga to inner city schools, inspiring social change and being overall awesome]]></description>
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		<title>World&#8217;s Oldest Yoga Teacher, Bernice Bates, Stretches it Out (video)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 21:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA["It gives you a good outlook. It involves your mind," says Bernice Bates, 91 year old yogi, and recent recipient World's Oldest Yoga Teacher title, ]]></description>
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		<title>Happy 93rd Birthday B.K.S. Iyengar, &#8216;Light on Life&#8217; Giveaway</title>
		<link>http://www.yogadork.com/news/happy-93rd-birthday-b-k-s-iyengar-light-on-lif-giveaway/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 05:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy 93rd Birthday B.K.S. Iyengar, 'Light on Yoga' Giveaway. Happy 93rd Birthday to Sri B. K. S. Iyengar! Also known as the 'Lion of Pune' and the man with the snazziestly bushy eyebrows this side of the rope wall. Born in 1918, the 11th of 13 children, Iyengar grew up battling multiple diseases]]></description>
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		<title>Stephen Colbert Warns of Lululemon&#8217;s Ayn Rand Influence on Yoga, Hilariously</title>
		<link>http://www.yogadork.com/news/stephen-colbert-warns-of-lululemons-ayn-rand-influence-on-yoga-hilariously/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogadork.com/news/stephen-colbert-warns-of-lululemons-ayn-rand-influence-on-yoga-hilariously/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 06:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Stephen Colbert, on &#8216;The Colbert Report&#8217; gives a tip of the hat to Lululemon over the Ayn Rand predic-ridic-ament. This is pretty priceless if you appreciate a bit of poking fun. Nation, with Lululemon&#8217;s endorsement it won&#8217;t be long before Ayn Rand&#8217;s philosophy makes its way into yoga classes across the country and we start [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World&#8217;s Oldest Yoga Teacher Still Teaches Yoga, Sets World Record</title>
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		<comments>http://www.yogadork.com/news/worlds-oldest-yoga-teacher-still-teaches-yoga-sets-world-record/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 17:53:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bernice Mary Bates of FL now holds the World Record for being the oldest yoga teacher, according to the World Records Academy. Oh there have been other contenders, and Bernice herself quipped to Huff Po, &#8220;I&#8217;m sure there&#8217;s a 100-year-old guy in India who can probably beat me,&#8221; says the 91-year-old. Frankly, we&#8217;re not going [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Donna Karan Launches Zen Therapy, Holistic Care, Yoga at UCLA Hospital</title>
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		<comments>http://www.yogadork.com/news/donna-karan-launches-zen-therapy-holistic-care-yoga-at-ucla-hospital/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 20:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fashionista and longtime yogi, Donna Karan, has made it her mission for over a decade to help usher in holistic wellness to the medical world. When she lost her husband in 2001 to lung cancer DK was inspired to build a program that fostered support and care for patients not just with technology, but with something [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Help I AM. Become a Reality: Conscious Commerce for Sustainable Social Solutions</title>
		<link>http://www.yogadork.com/news/help-i-am-become-a-reality-conscious-commerce-for-sustainable-social-solutions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogadork.com/news/help-i-am-become-a-reality-conscious-commerce-for-sustainable-social-solutions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 19:02:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Yoga Brings Peace, Self-Esteem to Homeless, Addicts, Survivors of Abuse</title>
		<link>http://www.yogadork.com/news/yoga-brings-peace-self-esteem-to-homeless-addicts-survivors-of-abuse/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogadork.com/news/yoga-brings-peace-self-esteem-to-homeless-addicts-survivors-of-abuse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2011 19:36:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now for another edition of Yoga Heroes: To read and watch over again for shining inspiration. Down at the Lower East Side Harm Reduction Center in New York City, volunteer yoga teachers Sylvia Rascon and Jocelyn Stern guide their students &#8211; people struggling with drug addiction, homelessness, unemployment or all three and more &#8211; in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Birthday, Sri K. Pattabhi Jois!</title>
		<link>http://www.yogadork.com/news/happy-birthday-sri-k-pattabhi-jois/</link>
		<comments>http://www.yogadork.com/news/happy-birthday-sri-k-pattabhi-jois/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 12:15:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happiest of happy birthdays to a legend of modern yoga, Sri K Pattabhi Jois. The student of T. Krishnamacharya and founder of Ashtanga yoga, the vigorous vinyasa practice we know today (and Madonna&#8216;s fave), would have turned 96 this year.  Guruji passed away in May 2009, but his legacy lives on on the mat, and in his famous words, &#8220;Practice, practice, [...]]]></description>
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