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Friday, April 06, 2012 by Tosca Braun
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NYC To Tax Yoga Studios?
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New York yoga studios breathed a
collective
sigh of relief in 2010 when the “Yoga Bill” was passed,
which exempts yoga (including teacher training programs) and martial
arts studios from state educational certification requirements. But
they’re gearing
up for another battle, as the state has recently
audited them under the premise that they should be subject to same
kind of tax (4.5%) as fitness studios.
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Tuesday, April 03, 2012 by Timothy Burgin
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Namastegg Starter Kit Giveaway!
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Are you curious about the Three Minute Egg yoga blocks? One lucky person will receive Namastegg Starter Kit (color of your choice)! The kit contains 2 Namast-eggs, Special Edition Alignment & Flow DVD, and the Signature Backpack.To enter this contest, simply leave a comment to this post and we will randomly select one comment author in two weeks time.
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While there are many excellent male
yogis in the US, a large portion of our society still views asana
as an activity mostly practiced by women. Thankfully, the imposition
of this gender-bias on yoga is breaking
down in many sectors of our culture, perhaps
most notably in the highly male-dominated armed forces. As the
therapeutic use of yoga has slowly gained acceptance from the
military over the past several years, it has repeatedly been shown
to help both active soldiers and veterans deal with the affects and
stresses of their profession.
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The smallest victories are often the
most profound—like learning to walk or blowing out your first
birthday candle all on your own. Accomplishments like these can
change a person’s entire outlook on life, yet many of us let
moments like these slip by without even noticing. We would notice if
they didn’t happen, as their absence would change the direction of
our lives. For children with special needs it may take years of
concerted effort to achieve these goals, so you can bet the moment
doesn’t go unnoticed. Thanks to a growing number of yoga teachers
dedicated to working with people who have special needs, more
and more of these moments being celebrated.
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Caregivers for Alzheimer’s patients
typically experience greater levels of loneliness, exhaustion,
stress, and depression. A new
study from the University of California, Los Angeles, finds that
just 12 minutes of daily yoga practice (Kirtan Kriya meditation) over
eight weeks appears to improve mental health and telomerase activity,
a marker of cellular aging, among family dementia caregivers.
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Wednesday, March 21, 2012 by Tosca Braun
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Ashtanga Yoga Branding Stirs Controversy
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Ashtanga Yoga, founded by the late and
esteemed Sri Krishna Pattabhi Jois, affectionately called Guruji by his students, is famed for its intensity and
rigidity. A
simmering conflict between an affluent sponsor of Jois’s acclaimed
legacy, his successor and grandson Sharath, and longstanding Ashtanga teachers has
the community tied in some knots.
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