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My Yoga Journal July 1, 2003 -- Issue 56
Your weekly dose of yoga tips, information, and advice.
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Something Lost or Something Gained?
As more Westerners continue to embrace yoga, how has it transformed
the ancient practice? Does yoga have the power to become a movement
and a vehicle for positive change in the world? Or is it just another
fitness fad that most Americans will eventually discard? Will it become
commodified like so many other things in Western culture? I find myself
asking these questions all the time as I see the range of ways that yoga
is now present in my everyday life. I smile instinctively as my neigbhors
walk by me in the morning with their yoga mats, ready for class at a
local studio. A few hours later I may feel a knot in my stomach as I see
yoga being used in an advertisement for a bank or a car company.
With the coming of the July 4th holiday, we reflect on yoga's coming to
America and examine the state of yoga today. Tell us what you think about yoga
in the West by responding to our Talk mailbox below.
Namaste,
Andrea Ferretti
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In this Issue:
Salamba Sirsasana (Headstand)
Standing on your head in proper alignment calms the brain
and strengthens the body.
Yoga's Trip to America
Yoga Journal looks back in gratitude to America's yoga pioneers.
Walt Baptiste
This early yoga pioneer and former "Mr. America" left a family
legacy to carry on the yoga tradition.
Out of India
American yogis have enthusiastically embraced all things
Indian. But what do people of Indian descent think of
Americans "borrowing" their culture?
Culture Shock
How yoga's popularity in the West is changing the way
Indians approach a practice created in their country
thousands of years ago.
Yoga, Inc.
Is the bustling business of yoga—a practice rooted
in renunciation and greedlessness—good karma?
Yoga, or Something Like It
Yoga hybrids such as Aqua Yoga and Disco Yoga have sprung up
across the country. YJ editor Nora Isaacs heads to the epicenter
of yoga experimentation, Manhattan, to see what is gained—and
what is lost—as a result of yoga's diversification.
Weekly Poll
Is yoga just another fad or is it here to stay?
Cast your vote on our homepage!
http://www.yogajournal.com/
Last week's tally:
Do you find balancing poses difficult?
Always 20%
Sometimes 74%
Never 6%
3093 votes cast.
Talk To Us
Yoga teachers and scholars from Georg Feurstein to
Max Strom have called the increased participation and interest in
yoga a "revolution." Do you think this is true? Can yoga be used
as a vehicle to create change in the United States and the world?
What have we lost and gained as we integrate yoga into our modern life and culture?
Tell us what you think at mailto:talk@yogajournal.com.
SANSKRIT TRIVIA: ABHINIVESHA ("will to live"), one of the five
causes of afflication (klesha), according to classical yoga. Ultimately,
abhinivesha springs from spiritual ignorance (avidya), whereby a person
wrongly identifies with the body and becomes subject to the survival
instinct.
Source: The Shambhala Encyclopedia of Yoga (Shambhala
Publications, Inc., 1997)
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CURRENT ISSUE: JULY/AUGUST 2003
GET TO THE ROOT OF NECK PROBLEMS
Learn how to hold your head in a neutral position to ease neck
aches, increase mobility in the shoulders, and dramatically
improve your posture.
By Richard Rosen
PUMPING IRON, PRACTICING YOGA
Three-quarters of the health clubs in America offer yoga classes.
But are you getting your money's worth from gym yoga?
By Nora Isaacs
IT'S COOL TO BE GROUNDED
Teenagers are discovering that yoga has the power to transform
adolescence from a period of struggle and alienation into a time
of spiritual awakening.
By Colleen Morton Busch
INSIDE-OUT BODYWORK
Instead of releasing unhealthy patterns in the body for you,
Feldenkrais and Ortho-Bionomy practitioners teach you how to
do it yourself.
By Linda Knittel
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