Robert Downey Jr. for Men’s Fitness, January/February 2012
Robert Downey Jr: a man, an actor and apparently a warrior, two.
There was a time not too long ago when movie star Robert Downey Jr. ventured way too far down the rabbit hole of drugs and addiction, until he miraculously bounced back to be all funny and serious and sexy (Tropic Thunder, Iron Man, Sherlock Holmes). There once was a time when native New Yorker Vinnie Marino took that trip as well, but climbed has way back up to become one of LA’s most beloved yoga teachers. Then there was that other time when the New York Times was causing a yoga “wreck”us and crowning Yoga Kings. Remember when?
Downey Jr is the latest celebriyogi to talk about his yoga and have photos printed of his practice. This time via Mens Fitness and the following quote from TIME Mag:
He’s fit, mellow and reflective after a morning of power-flow yoga with his teacher Vinnie Marino, part of what could be called Team New Downey, a large coterie that includes yogis, massage therapists, martial-arts instructors and people who know about herbs. “I need a lot of support,” Downey says, “like Lance Armstrong. Life is really hard, and I don’t see some active benevolent force out there. I see it as basically a really cool survival game. You get on the right side of the tracks, and you now are actually working with what some people would call magic. It’s not. It’s just you’re not in the f___ing dark anymore, so you know how to get along a little better, you know?”
Oh we know. We go to magic class a few times a week. Come into the light, Robert! (ps. nice form.)
Thanks to MindBodyGreen for the heads up.
More info on yoga and addictions: Addiction, Recovery and Yoga: A Film Everyone Should See
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Earlier…
- Complete and Exhaustive Guide: Yoga Community Responds to NYT ‘How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body’
- NYT Crowns Vinnie Marino ‘The Yoga King’! Proceeds in Making Yoga Gimmicky
- Yoga Bitch the Music Video – Response to ‘Yoga Girl’?
- Shit New Age Girls Say (video)
- YogaDork Ed: How To Get Out of That Yoga Rut
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Yes,
Nice form indeed, Robert Downey, Jr. !
Way to go !
…except he’d better get some decent yoga instruction because that padmasana is going to lead to terribly injured knees…
“Robert Downey Jr: a man, an actor and apparently a warrior, two.”
Nice play on words for the Warrior Two photo caption
nice warior II. your legs are a little to splayed in your bow pose, but looks like you have a good practice going. Namaste
If the 5000-year-old Hindu science of Yoga could help Robert Downey Jr. straighten up his act, it could probably help Charlie Sheen too !
And now that 2.5 men is anyway Sheen-less, it wouldn’t hurt the show any, if Charlie were to go from being a total bad-ass to a mellow Yogi. Plus, he could be the star of his own new Reality-TV-Show, ” Charlie-Yogi”.
so great to have some postive press on yoga… one word of advice, pay attention to alignment, it’s so very important. squeeze those legs as if you had a block between them for danurasana (bow) pose and loose the fingertips (and come to flat hand) for lifting in lotus. welcome to yogaville. namaste
I agree, it looks like a lovely practice. I’m so glad that he’s on the mend from the addictions and doing so well. And, I’m glad he has a team.
And his alignment is really lovely. Which is also good job, Vinnie.
Robert Downey Jr. rockin’ Warrior 2. How old is too old to have a poster above your bed?
God is he HOT. I’m so glad he’s done with the drugs. He’s one of my favorite actors and seems happy in his space on this planet.
Wow, tolasana on fingertips and he doesn’t even look strained. Go RDJ!
I love him. ’nuff said.
Love him, and his story.
My cup runneth over :swoon:
There’s only one thing missing -
the smile.
Nice article. Yay to RDjr for his yoga practice!
Interesting that some of the comments I’m reading here come with what can be interpreted as criticism about the man’s form. Some people just can’t help themselves. I thought (one of the many benefits of) yoga was about shutting down the judge-y thinking of the ego…
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