Ahoy! Celebriyogi spotted on the lawn. Can you guess who? It’s DK of NY! We were waiting for the celeb sightings to surface from the ginormous media yoga event that was Yoga at the Great Lawn. While the class may have been a wash out, it sure did draw a record-breaking crowd. Thousands of yogadorks [...]
Would you pay $5,000 for a private yoga class? How bout if it’s for charity, and hiphopyogi Russell Simmons were the teacher? If you’ve ever dreamed of such a scenario, today’s your lucky day! Mr. Simmons himself has ponied up his yoga skillz to support Farm Sanctuary’s “Peace for the Animals” Holiday Auction, and will [...]
Oh sure it’s the first day of Autumn, but bet you didn’t know this was pseudo-celebriyogi awareness day!
Some may remember Ashley Dupre and her scandalous business dealings with ex-NYC gov Elliot Spitzer, but that’s all in the past. Ms. Dupre is living in the PRESENT, now that she’s found yoga salvation with help from none [...]
Jay-Z is a yoga fool! Well, sorta…we flipped out over the J-man mentioning yoga on his new album. Turns out he’s still a little mat shy, BUT tip-toeing ever so close to attempting the downward facing dog thanks to social activist songster and Mr. Gwynnie Paltrow, Chris Martin! You may have heard Jiggaman was just [...]
Hey Jay-Z’s new album leaked! Don’t care? How bout when we tell you he gives yoga a shout out? Uh huh. And celebriyogi Russell Simmons. In his song entitled “Hate (ft Kanye West)” the Jiggaman sings about haters always raggin’ on him, further explaining why he’s no poser, and then why he IS! ..er.. just [...]
Many might remember talented rapster Eminem as a pale-skinned misanthropic, oft homophobic, misogynistic, Moby-bashing grump*. Well, lovelies, that was the old Marshall Mathers, before Rehab. Before he found Yoga, on his path to ‘Relapse‘… er something like that.
Yes the very same 8-Miler who’s been known for his keen habit of slinging some other choice four-letter [...]
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 [...]
Dining with the Yoga Stars: If you’re a yogi (or not too, we guess) in Detroit, you could win a chance to dine with the city’s yoga stars! Er…really? “Yoga Stars“? Gimme a break, we thought, it’s not even Russell Simmons! Then we saw the dinner is hosted by Buddy’s Pizza, whose owner found yoga [...]
by admin on March 11, 2009
in News
Sharon Gannon of Jivamukti has a new book (sorta, it dropped Nov 1, 2008). It’s called Yoga and Vegetarianism: The Diet of Enlightenment, and Ecorazzi has an exclusive interview on the mesmerizing capacity of words, why she chose the subject, and everyone’s favorite Celebriyogi pal Russell Simmons. Oh and the pending Apocalypse.
Our favorite bits…
On her [...]