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Pentagon investigating alternative therapies

October 8, 2008

The Pentagon is spending $5 million to study how acupuncture, meditation, and yoga might help treat military personnel suffering from combat stress or brain damage, reports USA Today. “This new theme is a big departure for our cautious culture,” said…

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Yogic “trickle-down effect”

October 6, 2008

Pamela Newton wrote an article for the September 30 Huffington Post entitled Do Yoga, Get Rich?: High Rollers Are Hitting The Mat. She explains that “a surprising number of moguls and high rollers” now do yoga. Perhaps this isn’t news,…

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Yoga in schools under fire… again

October 3, 2008

A Massena, New York, high school is putting its classroom yoga program on hold after a group of parents raised concerns about the separation of church and state, saying that the school should not expose their kids to Hindu rituals,…

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Need an affirmation? How about a mantra?

October 1, 2008

Economy getting you down? Need a kickstart to your day? Visit New Yoga Books’ AFFIRMATION GENERATOR . With the click of a button, a positive affirmation will appear that can help lift your spirits. There is also a handy mantra…

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