YogaBasics.com News
Tuesday, August 03, 2010
by Timothy Burgin
YogaBasics Giveaway Month!
Our two sister companies are having giveaway contests on Facebook to win a t-shirt and a mala.  To enter visit the Facebook contest pages for JapaMalaBeads and YogaBasicsRetreats, read the rules and leave your comment! 


On YogaBasics.com we have 4 copies of Donna DeLory’s Sactuary CD to giveaway too! To enter the CD giveaway contest, simply leave a comment to this post and we will randomly select 4 comment authors on August 20th.
 
Saturday, July 10, 2010
by Timothy Burgin
18th Scholarship Awarded
The YogaBasics.com's yoga teacher training scholarship has been awarded to Amelia Edelman. Our next scholarship will be awarded in July 2011. View complete details on our Yoga Scholarship page.
 
Sunday, June 06, 2010
by Timothy Burgin
Our First Yoga Retreat!
Come join YogaBasics.com on a 8-day yoga retreat at the Finca Luna Nueva Eco-Lodge in Costa Rica January 1-8th, 2011. Enjoy morning and afternoon yoga practices led by YogaBasics' authors Timothy Burgin and Kelly Golden, while having plenty of free time to relax and explore the surrounding Rainforest, get a massage, or go on an amazing adventure excursion.  To read all the details and to register please visit our new retreat website at: www.YogaBasicsRetreats.com.
 
Thursday, October 01, 2009
by Timothy Burgin
17th Scholarship Awarded
The YogaBasics.com's yoga teacher training scholarship has been awarded to Rosalie Hamilton. Our next scholarship will be awarded in July 2010. View complete details on our Yoga Scholarship page.
 
Monday, May 18, 2009
by Timothy Burgin
Errors on Login
We are unfortunately experiencing errors after logging into the site, and are working to pinpoint the issue and correct it. In the meantime, premium members can login to the old membership site at: http://www.yogabasics.com/members/

UPDATE: It seems we have fixed the problem.  Please contact us if you are still having issues.
 
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
by Timothy Burgin
Yoga on the iPhone
I would have never of guessed when I started this website that I would be reviewing computer programs that only work on a cell phone. But I’ve been checking out yoga related iPhone/iTouch apps and there are several ones that are impressive enough to review and share with you. Look for our first iPhone/iTouch app review to be posted in the next couple of days, and come back for regular reviews from us on this emerging new media.
 
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
by Timothy Burgin
16th Scholarship Awarded
The YogaBasics.com's yoga teacher training scholarship has been awarded to Rosalie Hamilton. Our next scholarship will be awarded in October 2009. View complete details on our Yoga Scholarship page.
 
Monday, October 27, 2008
by Timothy Burgin
New Writer on Board: Marlysa Sullivan
Marlysa SullivanI am proud to announce and welcome Marlysa Sullivan to the YogaBasics.com team. Marlysa is a physical therapist, yoga instructor and yoga therapist working in Atlanta, Ga. She will share her extensive knowledge of the neuromusculoskeletal system with the philosophy and practice of yoga. For more info on Marlysa’s work, you can visit her website at www.anatomyofyoga.com.
 
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
by Timothy Burgin
15th Scholarship Awarded
The YogaBasics.com's yoga teacher training scholarship has been awarded to Anh Chi Pham. Our next scholarship will be awarded in May 2009. View complete details on our Yoga Scholarship page.
 
Monday, September 01, 2008
by Timothy Burgin
New Writer on Board: Maya Koenig
Kelly GoldenI am proud to announce and welcome Maya Koenig to the YogaBasics.com team. Maya is a recent recipient of our Yoga Scholarship program and will be sharing her journey of going through a yoga teacher training program, and her experiences of becoming a new yoga teacher in the world. Currently Maya is a Sophomore at Brandeis University in Massachusetts.
 
Monday, May 12, 2008
by Timothy Burgin
14th Scholarship Awarded
The YogaBasics.com's yoga teacher training scholarship has been awarded to Maya Koenig. Our next scholarship will be awarded in October 2008. View complete details on our Yoga Scholarships page.
 
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
by Timothy Burgin
Yoga Sequences completed
Just a quick update on our continuing work to transfer the premium yoga content to the new site. We have completed the transfer of the entire Yoga Sequences section and have made some improvements and refinements while transferring the contents over.
 
Saturday, October 13, 2007
by Timothy Burgin
The Big Switch
Please have patience with us as we launch our brand new site. Switching from our old site to the new one is already presenting a few problems, but we should have all the hiccups resolved soon.

Update:
It looks like we have everything running again, but if you do encounter any errors or problems please report it on our message board or send us an email.
 
Monday, October 08, 2007
by Timothy Burgin
New Writer on Board!
Kelly GoldenI am proud to announce and welcome Kelly Golden to the YogaBasics.com team. Kelly will be helping out on our new Yoga Blog, as well as fielding messages in our Yoga Forums and responding to comments throughout the site. Kelly has been a student and practitioner of yoga for over a decade, and through the exploration of the physical and philosophical practices, yoga has touched every aspect of her life in a positive way. In her sharing of yoga, she strives to inspire in others the peace, well being, balance, harmony, and understanding that yoga has brought to her own life. Kelly graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1998 with a degree in Creative Writing. Following college she did freelance writing and editing before turning her focus more completely toward yoga and rearing a family. Kelly is also the facilitator of Neighborhood Yoga Teacher Training and is currently working toward her 500 hour Para Yoga teaching certification. Please welcome Kelly and look for her first Yoga Blog post in the next few days.
 
Wednesday, August 22, 2007
by Timothy Burgin
Sneak Preview
Welcome to the sneak preview of the new YogaBasics.com.  This is a work in progress, but we feel most of the elements are in place to be able to begin to let our valued members a chance to check it out and have a look around. 

We are working on adding more functionality as well as transferring over all of the content from the current website, so we apologize for some of the huge gaps in content.  Please continue to access the current website for all of your information needs, but feel free to login and check out the new message board and to leave comments on any of the content that is currently live.

If you do encounter any errors or bugs please let us know and we will make sure these are fixed before the official launch.  You can post a message on the message board or drop us an This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it to let us know.  Please include the page URL and the exact error or problem encountered.

We are grateful for any feedback you can give us, and as always we are thankful for all of our premium members support.
 
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