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Tuesday, April 21, 2009
by Kelly Golden
The Growing Field of Yoga Therapy
As yoga increases in popularity and validity, its therapeutic applications are also growing. In addition to being a practice for the physical body, yoga is evolving as a way to address individual aspects of healing physically, emotionally, psychologically, and mentally. The field of Yoga Therapy has grown exponentially and is evolving to address all types of physical, mental and emotional imbalances.
 
Friday, April 10, 2009
by Kelly Golden
Yoga Therapy for the Hospital
The multitudes of practitioners who know what a powerful healing tool yoga can be have been working for decades to include it in health and healing modalities both mentally and physically. Now, fashion mogul Donna Karen is forging a path for yoga within traditional medical settings. Through an $850,000 grant to Beth Israel Medical Center in New York, the Urban Zen Initiative will incorporate yoga therapy into the healing regimens of cancer patients.
 
Tuesday, April 07, 2009
by Kelly Golden
Yoga for Wii
In the land of virtual fitness, no longer does yoga share the spotlight with other sports performed on the balance board in the land of the Nintendo Wii.  Now, yoga has a “game” of its own.  Like the earlier version of yoga on the Wii, but with the distinction of standing on its own feet, Yoga for Wii is storming the markets just in time for Mother’s Day.
 
Friday, March 27, 2009
by Kelly Golden
Lifting Off with Aerial Yoga
For decades the props used in yoga asana practice have been evolving from their humble beginnings. From simple “bricks” like the ones of stone first used by B.K.S. Iyengar, to walls that resemble a torture chamber with ropes and pulleys, the art of the prop can be sometimes be more complex than the asana that it is designed to enhance.  Now throw anti-gravity yoga and aerial yoga into the mix, and you have a whole new approach to the experience of asana.  These “slings” that hang from the ceiling, suspend the practitioner in mid-air for what becomes an acrobatic approach to asana.
 
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
by Kelly Golden
The Colors of Holi
Photo by Diganta TalukdarOn March 11th, Hindus all over the globe celebrated the holy day of Holi with vibrant and colorful festivities. Known as the festival of colors, Holi symbolizes the triumph of good over evil and welcomes the coming of Spring. It begins on the eve of the full moon day in the month of Phalguna (in March or April) with a ritualistic bonfire, and culminates with a celebration of color by showering each other with colorful paint, powder, and water.
 
Friday, March 13, 2009
by Kelly Golden
Yoga Helps Older Adults
As we age, our bodies change. The older we get, the farther away from optimal functioning we move. Things that we used to do with ease can become more difficult and things that we could rebound from quickly have more lasting effects. But, for those who practice Hatha yoga, this shift can happen differently. Though the voice of our body still changes as we age, the practice of yoga allows us to continue the conversation of mobility and activity with less fear and an increased quality of life. Now, this knowledge that yoga practitioners have touted for ages is being validated by western medical science in a recent study at Indiana University.
 
Friday, February 27, 2009
by Kelly Golden
Obamacise Your Yoga Mat?
Many are finding the words of our newest national leader inspiring and motivational, and now a company in California has found a way to bring this inspiration to your yoga mat. Yogamatic.com, a custom yoga mat company, has created a limited edition “Words of Hope” Inaugural Speech Mat. The company specializes in full color mat-sized reproductions of unique designs to personalize and “inspire” your hatha yoga practice.
 
Thursday, February 19, 2009
by Kelly Golden
A Marathon of Compassion
If you have ever participated in any type of marathon, you know about the commitment that it takes. Training your body and mind, changing your lifestyle, managing your time, and ultimately the commitment of finishing what you started. Not always the most compassionate approach to commitment. Now, the traditional marathon has a new approach. On Saturdays in February and March you can participate in a virtual Compassion Marathon in hopes of cultivating a more compassionate mind and a more compassionate world.
 
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
by Kelly Golden
Yoga with the Whales
There is something to be said for the space in which we practice. Different spaces yield different experiences. We’ve all noticed the difference between an asana class in a loud gym and a class at a quite studio. We feel differently when we practice outside than we do when we are inside. So how about when you practice in a completely different space, say the Beluga whale exhibit at the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta?
 
Monday, January 26, 2009
by Kelly Golden
Yoga Shanti Studio Not Practicing Peace
This morning, as I was sitting at my kitchen table contemplating the complexities of this path we call yoga, my Yogi Tea tag echoed my internal dialogue, “we are spiritual beings having a human experience.” This truth reminds us that we are not perfect, and our lives will not always be effortless, but we can work hard to remember the beauty and potential that thrives within us in each moment. On occasion, this paradox of human imperfection surfaces in a big way in the yoga world, as it has done recently in the split of business partners and fellow yoga teachers Colleen Saidman and Jessica Bellofatto and the North Hampton yoga studio, Yoga Shanti.
 
Friday, January 23, 2009
by Kelly Golden
En-lighten Up
In the season of the New Year/New You, yoga classes are packed with nervous first timers side-by-side with disciplined practitioners. It’s a time where the energy can easily slip into a somber, serious mix of “what am I doing” with “here is what you are supposed to do.” When the tone of yoga class shifts into one of seriousness and gravity, many teachers work harder to share the lightness of the practice. Hatha yoga is balance between the weightiness of discipline and the lightness of expansion, after all the ultimate goal of all this work is to “enlighten.” The important component of deep inner contemplation should not be under valued, but when that is the exclusive approach, many can get bogged down in the heaviness of the philosophy and the physical challenge of the practice, and forget that our inherent nature is joy. But as the New York times reports, many yoga teachers are making humor and lightness a necessary part of the experience.
 
Monday, January 19, 2009
by Kelly Golden
Chant 4 Change!
On the eve of the Presidential Inauguration, the world seems to be buzzing with anticipation. Students, neighbors and friends are all packing up and heading to D.C. to be a part of this moment in history, and many are heading to the Church of the Holy City on 16th St. NW in Washington to breathe, chant, move, and dance at Chant 4 Change, an Inaugural Kirtan Festival.
 
Monday, January 05, 2009
by Kelly Golden
Creating Yogic Intentions for 2009
Here we are again, crossing the threshold into a new year. We are collectively drawn, not by astrological phenomenon, but by the collective intention, to review the past year and make plans for the new one. New Year’s resolutions are a popular way of easing this time of reflection and transition, and often a commitment to a practice is high on the list. Yoga classes begin to grow in the rising tide of self-improvement, but gradually, the momentum wanes and we find ourselves back where we started, settling into habits and behaviors that we had high hopes of leaving behind. What if we didn’t approach our resolutions reactively, focusing on our personal shortcomings, but instead created a more proactive resolve?
 
Monday, December 29, 2008
by Kelly Golden
Yoga Calms Tsunami Survivors
We as yogis often wonder how we can share this practice, which has impacted our lives so profoundly, with others. So, we become teachers, we talk about yoga to everyone, we share asanas and insights with such exuberance that we sometimes get sideways glances. But, for any dedicated practitioner, we know without a shadow of a doubt that the power of yoga is unparalleled. It heals, it strengthens, it cures, it releases, it supports, and it is a panacea for all that ails you. Now yogis from varied backgrounds are taking this knowledge into the laboratory and into the world, working to bring yoga to those who are struggling and proof to those who are skeptical. One large undertaking of this kind is spearheaded by a professor of psychiatry at New York Medical College, Patricia Gerbarg, who is working to bring yoga to the survivors of the 2004 Tsunami in Southeast Asia.
 
Monday, December 22, 2008
by Kelly Golden
Iyengar Adopts a Tiger for His Birthday
’Tis the season of giving and receiving, and one icon of yoga has done both in honor of his birthday. B.K.S. Iyengar who turns 90 this week as gifted himself with the purchase of a tiger in the Mysore Zoo. Now, it’s not as strange as it sounds. As part of the Mysore Zoo’s adoption program, benefactors “purchase” zoo animals, which provides the necessary income to care for and house almost 1000 residents in this 118-year-old zoo. Nearly half of the animals in the zoo have been purchased.
 
Thursday, December 11, 2008
by Timothy Burgin
YogaBasics Holiday Gift Guide '08
Looking for a special gift for your yoga loving friends? Or something to put on your own wishlist for the holidays? Below is our highest rated and most popular yoga books, DVDs, and CDs of the year. Feel free to share your own favorites in the comments!
 
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