The LA Times reports that yoga is necessary in order to stay sane in LA. Er, I thought that applied everywhere...
But since we're on the topic, check out Joni's super cool map of where she's practiced yoga in LA. She's a trooper yogini with a cool blog, The Accidental Yogist. Check it out.
Highly respected, foundational, inspirational yoga teacher Mary Dunn, died of cancer at age 66 in her daughter's house in Westchester, NY.
Read the obits:
Mary Dunn's blog. This inspiring blog follows Mary's thoughts during the course of her illness, up to a few days before her death
It's true--some yogis--mostly men-- like to practice in their birthday suits. The studio in New York (Hot Nude Yoga) has been open for 7 years, making this niche hardly a new one. But still, who knew?
Gawker's take might be more along the lines of what you're *really* thinking (like, naked? wtf?)
After San Francisco lawyer, Mark Webb's, successful "total yoga makeover" in which he lost 30 pounds and regained mental clarity, sponsored by (and profiled in) Yoga Journal, he is organizing a yoga course for the legal world. His mission statement says [all caps his!], "WE HAVE GATHERED SEVERAL OF THE FINEST YOGA INSTRUCTORS IN SAN FRANCISCO, WHO ARE DESIGNING A COURSE TAILORED FOR LAWYERS, LAW STUDENTS, & LEGAL SUPPORT STAFF, TO BE GIVEN IN MID-JULY 2007. JUDGES ARE ALSO WELCOME."
Bravo, Mark (but what's the deal with judges?) (and the capital letters?) and long live Yoga Lawyers.com. May we all have a less litigious world.
Arnie Herz of the blog Legal Sanity seconds the motion. Herz has also written about the benefits to the legal profession of yoga and meditation.
http://news.asianweek.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=3c7d683aabc0ae1493787e8f862e5f4a
I took some classes with him at Jivamukti years ago. He was tough and kind of great. Interesting to read about his new studio and new life in Shanghai, China.
I just love this headline from exposay.com, a celebrity gossip site.
http://www.exposay.com/does-courtney-love-yoga-more-than-surgery/v/10053/
I'm always happy to see them doing yoga. Especially in the news.
The Decatur Daily reports on growing trend in Georgia.
http://www.decaturdaily.com/decaturdaily/livingtoday/070408/yoga.shtml
According to CNNMoney.com. Number one in their survey of satisfying job switches is from lawyer to yoga teacher/studio owner.
Witness Susan Rubin at Seasonal Yoga, Armonk, NY.
http://www.seasonalyoga.com/
As covered at http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2007/moneymag/0703/gallery.bestjobs_profiles.moneymag/
Gossip, gossip, gossip. Read the fluff on Naomi Campbell's bad behavior on The Sun.
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007120145,00.html
This from Taiwan. A woman who had her breasts enlarged from an A to a C cup felt her right implant pop in yoga class. Her surgeon is skeptical that yoga is the cause. She is adamant that it is.
Strange days...
http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2007/03/12/2003351920
Enigmatic guru, Swami Ramdev got into touble with Indian health authorities recently for claiming that yoga can cure diseases including cancer. They asked him to stop making false claims.
In July he will visit Scotland to instruct people in how to help themselves, the Sunday Herald reports.
Sunit Poddar, a yoga teacher who organized his visit says, ""Before I met him I was sceptical," she said. "But I have become a complete believer. I lost more than five stones in five months and I had several different health problems, such as hypertension, for which I had to take 12 tablets a day. Now I am not on a single tablet."
http://www.sundayherald.com/news/heraldnews/display.var.1251042.0.0.php
This just for the novelty of it: Dunja Lingwood, 56, of Anacortes, WA, is walking from the far, far west coast to New York on a cause for peace.
According to the article on GoAnacortes.com, "She said “Retirement should mean, not a cessation of activity, but a change of activity with a more complete giving of your life to service.”
"dunja plans to walk 12 miles a day, making her way down Whidbey Island first and eventually getting to the Pacific Coast and Highway 101.
By word of mouth, she has lined up people to stay with in Oak Harbor, Port Townsend, Seattle and other cities in the Northwest."
Visit her blog about her journey at peaceishealthy.blogspot.com
Go Dunja!
http://www.goanacortes.com/articles/2007/03/07/news/news04.txt
A few--just a very few--thoughts on what yoga is from the Web site and blog, yoga-abode.com. As the editor, London writer Lucia Crockcroft notes, no one can agree on a snug definition.
She says, "Perhaps it's sensible to follow the lead of yoga teacher Jo Stewart, and give up the pigeon-hole approach. "Yoga defies a rigid definition and is not practiced dogmatically", she says."
http://www.yoga-abode.com/node/399
Here's another think piece on myyogahealth blog: http://myyogahealth.blogspot.com/2007/03/yoga-explained.html
What is yoga to you? I'm curious.
To ease tension and stress while taking public transit, some Israelis get yoga instruction on board.http://media.www.dailycollegian.com/media/storage/paper874/news/2007/02/22/News/Israeli.Travelers.Learn.Yoga.During.Bus.Ride-2735091.shtml
http://blackstarnews.com/?c=135&a=3019
A thoughtful and informed piece on the practical health benefits of yoga. Nice to hear from Black Star News.
Fertility Yoga in Wichita
"Welch says the program de-stresses your mind and relaxes the body, specifically the reproductive organs. She says the techniques she teaches also help couples deal with the anxiety of infertility and the disappointment it can bring."
http://www.kake.com/news/headlines/5903621.html
We all know that traders do yoga too--in the very small slivers of time they have away from their desks. Here's evidence, with interesting chatter about investments.
Proof that yoga is profitable, right here folks.
http://www.wallstrip.com/howard/?p=1434
London's most popular yoga center, TriYoga, disturbs the neighbours with its chanting and drumming. Chief offenders are the lunch time Mommy and Baby classes, and the Prenatal classes. Wooo noisy mamas!!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2004267,00.html#article_continue
From the Guardian:
"The complaints focus on a mother and baby yoga session in which the women sing nursery rhymes while stretching their babies' limbs in yoga-inspired movements, and a pregnancy class in which music by George Harrison, Bob Marley and Aretha Franklin is played. Camden council has issued an enforcement notice which could result in a fine."
...but not enough, says BlogHer (http://blogher.org/node/15006). Yoga is a great way to work with PTSD, but the Veteran's Administration isn't wholeheartedly behind it yet. Only two classes in the country are specifically designed for returning vets.
In Boston: http://www.socialweb.net/Events/52675.lasso
In Santa Cruz: http://www.vetshall.org/classes.htm
Forgive me, regular customers, but since I don't go to McDonald's anymore (loved it as a kid, but as an adult it makes me ill), I didn't realize they'd added Asian chicken salad to the menu, and were offering yoga DVDs to customers.May 2006 issue of Fortune Magazine says the "Asian salad [is] made of orange-glazed chicken, snow peas, red peppers, mandarin oranges, almonds and green soybeans known as edamame. People who buy the salad as part of a "Go Active! Happy Meal" for adults are given one of four 15-minute exercise DVDS, including one that teaches yoga. "Yoga is being roped into helping McDonald's dodge the obesity charges levelled at it. So yoga and Super Size Me are on opposite sides of the obesity debate now?Actually, maybe yoga is on both sides.
http://money.cnn.com/2006/05/17/news/companies/pluggedin_fortune/index.htm