In our Yoga Blog we will report on yoga news, trends and happenings throughout the world.
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Monday, May 17, 2010 by Kelly Golden
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Donation Yoga Classes on the Rise
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As with most things in our culture, as popularity increase so does the estimated value of the popular thing, item, or person. This market trend in no different in the Yoga world, be it in the states or abroad. The more popular yoga becomes, the higher the prices of all things yoga rise. But, not everyone in the yoga communities is hopping on that train of increasing price, some teachers and studio owners are stepping out against the rising cost and often inaccessibility of yoga classes like Greg Gumucio who has opened Yoga to the People studios in New York and expanding across the country.
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Tuesday, April 13, 2010 by Kelly Golden
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Hot Nude Yoga?
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From time to time there is news in the yoga world that begs attention, and I begrudgingly submit, and formulate a response. The new trend of “Hot Nude Yoga” which is a growing phenomenon in some urban Gay communities is receiving attention from the “news” wires at the moment. The classes, which are comprised of mostly male students with a heavy emphasis on physical connection, are falling under scrutiny in both the gay and yoga communities.
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Monday, February 08, 2010 by Kelly Golden
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Mixing Yoga and Food Stirs Up Trouble
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Yogic diet is a hotly debated topic in the yoga community. Many ancient texts of yoga stress the necessity of a meatless diet, and one that is free from alcohol or stimulants. From the Hatha Yoga Pradipika which clearly directs the practitioner toward a sattvic (balanced) diet of nuts, grains, milk, and ghee, to the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali that emphasize the importance of non-harming through the practice of ahimsa, the bulk of the yogic compendium advocate vegetarianism and purity. But, a new trend in chic New York studio, Exhale Spa, not only defies this definition, but goes as far as bringing food onto the mat in the context of practice, which is stirring up lots of debate.
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Best known for his hot Power Vinyasa style, super-star Yogi, Baron Baptiste has teamed up with a leading authority on Multiple Sclerosis, Dr. Elliot Frohman to develop a yoga program for people living with MS. The video called My MS Yoga is an at home practice designed to address the specific needs of MS patients as they change from day to day.
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Tuesday, January 19, 2010 by Kelly Golden
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Yoga Conferences Go Virtual
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The desire to deepen our understanding and knowledge is a vein that runs deep in the tradition of yoga. Students seek teachers, texts and communities that support the growing aspiration of gaining more wisdom through experience and exposure to those who have it. Students often gain this experience of study through retreats and trainings that can sometimes be timely and costly, though always well worth the time and money, but now there are opportunities to study with experienced, knowledgeable teachers without ever leaving the comfort of your own home as virtual trainings and conferences become more popular.
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Thursday, January 07, 2010 by Kelly Golden
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College Students Meditating to Lower Stress
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Ask any college student, present or former, about the stress of Higher Education, and you will be met with a unanimous response. College is stressful. Even though my college experience is well in my past, I can remember feeling overwhelming stress during the process, to the point that I was experiencing chronic neck and shoulder pain. It was during this very stressful point in my life that I discovered yoga and meditation to help me deal with the mounting expectations of student life. Now a study of D.C. college students shows that meditation can go a long way in helping students deal with the stresses of college.
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Sunday, January 03, 2010 by Kelly Golden
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Empowering Your Intention in 2010
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One of the most common occurrences as one year fades into the next is the creation of a resolution (or a list of them), in hopes of starting the New Year fresh. It is a noble idea delineated by dates on a calendar, but all too often those things that we vow to do, become, achieve, or create end up in the left in the dust, or filed away to come back to sometime in the unnamed future. Yoga often ends up on the list of resolutions with the hope of increasing our health or our balance. But something that is less as well known, is that the practice of yoga itself can add power to resolutions and to your efforts to honor them. Some of the more subtle practices of yoga, like pranayama and meditation, are designed do just that, to make our resolve our reality.
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Thursday, December 17, 2009 by Kelly Golden
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Swami Satyananda Saraswati Passes Away
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Revered Indian Swami Satyananda Saraswati died at midnight on Decmeber 5th. Swami Satyananda Saraswati was the founder of the Bihar School of Yoga and a respected teacher of Tantra Yoga.
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Wednesday, December 09, 2009 by Kelly Golden
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Yoga Teachers Fight Regulations
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Yoga teachers in Virginia are fighting back against planned state regulations of Yoga schools. Three yoga instructors filed a lawsuit in federal court to stop a state mandate which would regulate yoga schools like vocational classes. The officials seeking to impose regulations see it as a way to protect the investments of the students who participate in teacher training programs. Regulations are implemented on vocational classes that prepare students for a job.
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Wednesday, December 02, 2009 by Kelly Golden
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Do we Really Need a Yoga Champ?
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According to the wife of Bikram Choudry, Rajashree Choudry, competition and yoga go hand in hand. To support this she has created two non-profit organizations that sponsor and stage yoga competitions in the U.S. and abroad. The most recent of these was in October at a Bikram studio on the Lower East Side, The New York Regional Yoga Championship.
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