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Whoa, Bikram gets friendly with CA politico top dog Jerry Brown - pays him the big bucks! From LATimesblogs:
Brown’s gubernatorial campaign exploratory committee received a $25,900 donation from the L.A-based Bikram’s Yoga College of India earlier this month — the maximum allowable donation under California law.
The LA Times cites an interview with yogi Brown from [...]

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Oh, doncha know, it is on!

–Alaskan Governer Sarah Palin Panders to America’s Yoga-bama Supporters–
We never expected it, though we had hoped for it, and some had already pretty much decided to pretend anyway… but a presidential yogi? Ah, too good to be true! That’s why we have no doubt in our minds that Sarah Palin, [...]

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Like this woman’s fanny hasn’t already been planted on the hot coals, what with Illinois ex-Gov. Papa Blagojevich’s scandalous federal fraud allegations. It’s simply not enough media attention! Patti Blago has turned to reality TV and will sacrifice her sweat glands for NBC’s “I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out of Here” set down in the [...]

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First Grandma Brings Yoga To White House: First Lady Michelle’s Mama, the grand Marian Robinson, has finally made the move to White House living, but not without a fight! And lament for her Chi-town yoga class.
[President Obama's Mother-in-law] moved into the White House “kicking and screaming,” said her son, Craig Robinson. She had never lived [...]

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We all know Russell Simmons, right? Our favorite Celebriyogi! A hippity-hopper to the stars, you may have noticed Russell is of the political activism persuasion as well. Yoga Journal’s Buzz Blog alerted us to Mr. Simmons’ latest freedom of speech demonstration on a politico.com podcast, where he makes up suggests that “[Obama]’s an inspiration to [...]

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Now for your Canadian political news!
Are you a Canuck who cares about politics AND yoga?
Oh, we know, as if! But yogi lobes might perk up upon hearing news that liberal party leader and potential winner in the running for Canada’s Next Top Prime Minister just announced his vote for the Yog. Yep, Mister Michael “Iggy” [...]

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OK, we know we’ve been on the Lululemon beat quite a bit this week, but we are a yoga blog afterall, (and dorks!) so here we go…
A window display in the Oak Brook Center, a mall in the suburb of Chicago, is turning some heads and drawing customer comments in the form of praise AND [...]

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