October 31, 2011
If a yoga company approached you to make your dream mat, what changes would you make to the standard mat design? John Friend, the founder of Anusara Yoga dubbed by a July NY Times article as “the yoga mogul” for…
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October 27, 2011
The news is everywhere, from USA Today to ABC: A study published on Monday shows that yoga helps with chronic back pain. Published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, the study showed that yoga and stretching equally help people with…
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October 24, 2011
While people everywhere are struggling to make ends meet yoga businesses continue to thrive, according to a recent report by CNNMoney. Low operating costs and growing demand are fueling the success of yoga studios, many of which are mom-and-pop…
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October 19, 2011
The little pink ribbons are everywhere this month. It’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and yogis around the world are honoring the month with fundraisers, events, and campaigns. It makes sense: Studies show that yoga helps with lymphatic flow, breaks down…
Posted in News | Tagged breast cancer awareness month, Dr. Sara Gottfried, Jade Pink Yoga Mat
October 17, 2011
“What if you could be more virile than Hugh Hefner, more motivated than Tony Robbins, calmer than Buddha and cooler than James Bond?” Got your attention? That’s the hook for a new yoga conference just for men. Activation: Yoga…
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October 12, 2011
An organization doing some amazing work helping wounded veterans has just added another warrior to its ranks. From Nov. 4-6, Ana Forrest will hold public workshops in Tampa, Florida, to benefit the Exalted Warrior Foundation (EWF), a non-profit that has…
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October 10, 2011
photo: J.T. Liss (Photography for Social Change) More people are taking their yoga off the mat and onto the street–Wall Street, that is. Since the beginning of the Occupy Wall Street movement on Sept. 17, yogis Russell Simmons, Deepak Chopra…
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October 5, 2011
This past Sunday, The New York Times dedicated real estate in its Opinion Pages to reflect upon what Vivekananda meant to yoga in the West, as the 150th anniversary of his birth approaches. Author Ann Louise Bardach reflects on how…
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October 3, 2011
Photo credit: Jasper Johal for ToeSox From the wide cultural misunderstanding of tantra yoga to controversial ads by some yoga-product companies, sex and yoga is a hot-button topic. The fire was stoked again last week in a series of…
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