July 30, 2008
A $20 million yoga and Ayurveda center, modeled after Swami Ramdev’s Patanjali Yog Peeth in Haridwar, India, is being built in Rosenberg, Texas, reports Rediff India Abroad. “As many as 30 percent people in the U.S. cannot afford medical treatment…
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July 28, 2008
According to Gawker.com, an editor at the the Wall Street Journal owns a yoga studio, and in a piece on the business of yoga, one of her employees was quoted. “Tina Gaudoin was brought over to the WSJ from the…
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July 25, 2008
One of the most powerful ways you can affect change is by carefully choosing how you spend (or don’t spend) your money, right? Imagine if everyone bought organic! One way to learn more about investing is www.ethicalmarkets.com. You can watch…
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July 23, 2008
Yoga clubs and classes are providing stress relief for high-pressure MBA students, reports Business Week magazine. Yoga is growing in popularity among MBA candidates at University of Chicago, MIT, Harvard, and Northwestern. Business students “tend to be extremely self-driven and…
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July 21, 2008
On August 24 and 25, during the Democratic National Convention in Denver, the Yoga Health Foundation and OmPass will produce the Yoga Month Denver Health Festival at the Minsuk Cho Architectural Pavilion for Public Discourse. The yoga festival, which will…
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July 18, 2008
Swami Ramdev just finished conducting two “camps” in New York and New Jersey, yet, unlike B.K.S. Iyengar and others, he is not a household name in America. He is particularly well-known for his efforts in popularizing pranayama and yoga (which…
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July 16, 2008
Maybe you’ve quit caffeine because you think it undermines the peace and balance that comes from your yoga practice. But, in addition to its cancer-preventing properties, here’s another reason to drink green tea: A study published in the European Journal…
Posted in Science & Research
July 14, 2008
Sherry Zak Morris, who co-owns The Yoga Vista Studio in Vista, Calif., and Gayna Scott have created a simple way to learn about health, nutrition, yoga, meditation, and more. The website www.take5moment.com is a library of five-minute informative videos. Let…
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July 11, 2008
Researchers have discovered how meditation and yoga improve health, reports The Washington Post. “It’s not all in your head,” said Dr. Herbert Benson, president emeritus of the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind/Body Medicine at Massachusetts General Hospital and an associate professor…
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July 9, 2008
Some New Yorkers are bringing their phones to the mat. Why? Because a group of yoga instructors are now offering “one-on-one phone yoga sessions for clients who are out of town but in need of a holistic workout,” reports the…
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