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Many viewers of the reality series "Survivor: Exile Island" became fascinated with Aras Baskauskas and his apparent love of yoga. Aras junkies are in luck: on November 30, his 90-minute yoga DVD, "Yoga for Health and Wellness," will be released. Aras, who lives in Southern California, currently teaches yoga at Shaktis Elements and Power Yoga in Santa Monica, and Maha Yoga in Brentwood. For more info on Aras's practice, visit www.yogawitharas.com. For more info on his new DVD, visit www.trpyoga.com. Anyone already study with Baskauskas or plan to buy the DVD?
Now you can receive a weekly installment of Nischala Joy Devi's interpretation of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, via email. Based on her book, The Secret Power of Yoga (Random House, 2007), the free service begins November 1 and will highlight 111 sutras then start again from the beginning. It's available to anyone who signs up at www.abundantwellbeing.com. Anyone read the book or planning on signing up for the service?
The Yoga Health Foundation, has announced "Yoga Month 092008," a grassroots, community-based global campaign to educate people about the health benefits of yoga. The organization has planned a year-round program that will peak September 2008 with millions of health and social conscious individuals practicing yoga at thousands of yoga studios, parks and homes around the globe. For more information, visit www.yogamonth.org. Do you think this will gain momentum?
Lucid dreaming, also known as dream yoga, has been used for centuries by Tibetan Buddhists and Taoists to reach enlightenment. The practice begins with recognizing that you are dreaming and then sustaining that awareness. Next, you learn to control the content of your dreams. Dream yoga has been shown to help with addiction, phobias and more. The Lucidity Institute is holding a nine-day workshop in Kalani, Hawaii called Lucid Dreaming, Consciousness and Dream Yoga, October 1-10. For more information, visit www.lucidity.com/DAA/index.html. Does anyone practice dream yoga?
When was the last time you wore a pair of jeans to yoga class? I'm guessing never. Montreal's Second Denim (secondclothing.com) would like to change that. The company's Yoga Jeans ($120), designed to stretch as you move into Downward-Facing Dog and more, are 97 percent cotton and three percent Elasthane. When Second Denim owner and designer Eric Wazana was asked if he actually expected people to wear them to yoga, he responded, "Absolutely." Anyone game?
Last weekend, nearly 50 people gathered in Savannah's Forsyth Park for a Yoga for Peace event. Yoga instructor Ann Carroll, director of Yoga for Peace in Savannah, said the annual event began in New York City in 2002, the year after the terrorist attacks. Participants practiced 108 Sun Salutations, or chants, and several other exercises to send their wish for peace into the world. Savannah-area yogis were joined by their counterparts in 19 other cities, from Tokyo to Reykjavik to Dili, in East Timor. Did anyone do anything special on 9/11 this year?
The Global Mala Project will be spearheading worldwide events in support of United Nations International Day of Peace, September 21-23. The project's mission is to raise awareness of and funds for the world's most pressing issues, such as global warming, AIDS and children refugees of war.
The Los Angeles Convention Center will serve as the international epicenter and locale of a 14- hour event on September 22. Other U.S. events will be happening in New York at Jivamukti, in Chicago on Michigan Avenue, and in Texas at Arlington Stadium. Participating countries include Australia, Israel, Tibet, India and Japan. For more information on how to get involved, visit www.globalmala.org.
A study conducted by the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, found women being treated for early-stage breast cancer who participated in a yoga program experienced a smaller decline in social well-being than women who did not do yoga. In addition, among the women who were not currently receiving chemotherapy, yoga improved overall quality of life and mood. The findings were reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. If you are a cancer survivor who benefited from yoga, please let us know.
No, that's not my new alias. It's the name of a one-woman show in London. In Yoga Bitch, Suzanne Morrison tells the story of her two-month stint in Bali training to be a yoga teacher. Have your heard of any other yoga-related theatre pieces?
A Mommy and Me yoga class has been banned from two church halls in England. Louise Woodcock, who was looking for a new home for her Yum Yum Yoga class, was turned away by vicars who described yoga as a sham and un-Christian. In the U.S., some Christians believe yoga, especially meditation, "can be spiritually damaging" while others have created something called "Christian Yoga." Do you think yoga is a Hindu or Buddhist practice and has no place in a Christian church, or a synagogue, for that matter?
Having a hard time getting your little ones interested in yoga? Check out www.aikido-reading.co.uk/micro_site/stretching/15_stretches.htm. You'll find Kermit the Frog demonstrating 15 "stretches," including Child's Pose and a Spinal Twist. Fun for kids of all ages.
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