On July 19th The New York Times published an article in the Sunday Magazine entitled “The Yogul Mogul”, an in-depth look at Anusara, Inc., it’s leader (the mogul) John Friend, and essentially framing the overall big picture of the thriving state of this modern day yoga industry. It was not a fluff piece, and many [...]
There’s been plenty of outcry and response on the interwebs over the less than lovey-dovey ‘Yoga Mogul’ NYTimes article. Yet, John Friend himself has remained commentless, er mostly. JF is a bona fide twitterbug dispatching tweets from the road; the road being all over the planet as he spreads the Anusara seed. We know he’s [...]
Just minutes after announcing the official new World’s Record (urdb.org) for largest registered yoga class, cheers! Down came the rain and washed the yogis out!* Elena took the stage around 7:30 accompanied by the one and only Dharma Mittra and fellow yogi demo-ers (including Sadie Nardini and Alison West). There was a wave of “om’s” [...]
OMG..it’s on! Just as we had predicted, Central Park is gearing up for the biggest spirited gathering since Simon & Garfunkel! June 22 could very well go down in the history books as the largest gathering of hippies, yippies and yogadorks of all shapes and sizes the world has ever seen! Hosted by flavorpill (who [...]
Hey New York earthlings, got Earth Day plans? The yoga fans at flavorpill (folks behind MoMA YoGA and GYDO) have sprung on us a great event once again. This time it’s yoga with Elena Brower followed by yummy treats and an “Earth bar”… ? keep reading.
The deets:
On April 22nd, The Standard, New York and Flavorpill [...]
Not to be confused with World Yoga Day (Jan 31), Yoga Day USA is the happy baby of mama org, Yoga Alliance, and was created “to raise awareness and change lives through the proven mental and physical benefits of Yoga.” And it’s just around the corner! This Saturday January 23 to be exact. Hadn’t heard [...]
Couldn’t make it to Wanderlust Fest this year? YD’s got you covered!
In fact the winners of the Wanderlust ticket giveaway are soaking in all the yoga and music they can handle and steadfastly reporting from the field!
Twitter: We hope you had a chance to keep up with @mrscabeen and @ossumniss for yoga and music play [...]
7online’s a little late to the Yoga boom in Recession party, but we’ll forgive them, if only because they dug deep and did the hard reporting. What’s the news? Employment down, yoga UP! (remember, though kiddles, this is NYC). (video)
Elena Brower of Virayoga (in Soho) says classes are brimming upwards of 70 students in each [...]