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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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We were just discussing the merits of doctors suggesting yoga to their patients. Granted, that was in TV-land, so let’s change that dial to something we like to call real life. It’s harder than it looks, and it’s even harder when this living thing involves coping with an often debilitating disease like cancer. Not only [...]
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Is there a yogi in the house? heh.
If we had to guess the next TV star to utter the word “yoga”, Hugh Laurie’s name would be on about the 127th page of the celebriyogi list, single-spaced. Have you seen ‘House‘? The bloke plays the epitome of a sharp-tongued curmudgeon medical genius! But a very non-yoga-like [...]
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Dave Mustaine might just be the most charming heavy metal thrasher we’ve ever known (granted we don’t know many but he’s up there!) Gearing up for release Megadeth’s 12th album tomorrow, leading metal man Dave issued a statement on the band’s official message board (full text) announcing the new video for song “Head Crusher”. Oh [...]
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In case you were, oh we don’t know busy back-to-working/schooling this week, here are some news bits you may have missed… followed by a moment of silence (don’t worry we can’t hold it for too long).
Back Pain Eased With Yoga (scientific proof!)
There’s been a study, a scientific one with real researchers and everything, published in [...]
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We’ve heard the connection and success yoga has had in improving the lives of people with addictions. This is the first time we can say we’ve seen it.
‘Addiction, Recovery and Yoga’ is a documentary film that takes a realistic approach to telling the stories of recovered addicts, through 12 steps and other outreach programs and [...]
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We’re going to preface this by saying HEY READ THIS! The Washington Post’s story on ‘Yoga Accessibility‘ is probably one of the most important articles we’ve seen about yoga in a while. And we recommend that you clip and save, or interweby bookmark this one for future reference as well as pass around to your [...]
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There’s all this talk making the usual media rounds of alternative therapies vs. conventional, traditional, board-certified yadda yadda, but the conversation just seems to go round in circles. Today we aim to stop the insanity with one simple word, INTEGRATIVE, meaning complementary, meaning there isn’t a cure-all so quit it!
An article in yesterday’s Washington Post [...]
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It’s a fine, fine week for Yoga Heroes, and especially poignant for those in the military. We’ll tell you why…
First! Let’s all meet the self-described Kung-Fu Panda! or as we’d like to refer to him, Special Officer Cares-A Lot! He may not rank high in the armed forces, but he’s aces in our book!
A native [...]
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We’re going to close the work week with one more story of love, compassion and ooey gooeyness. If you just can’t handle any more, please, we warn you, look away now and live in your joy.
Still with us? OK, phew.
As rumor has it, Philadelphia’s come to be known as the city of brotherly love. That’s [...]
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