Yoga is an evolving practice. As we notice changes in our bodies and/or our life situation, it might be necessary to change the kind of yoga we do, too. So how do you know if you would benefit from changing your routine/teacher/studio/style?
Last October, yoga teacher Lisa Rueff headed to Haiti to help out after the earthquake. "Haiti has truly captivated my heart," she told Buzz. "The Haitian people exemplify gratitude, strength, and perseverance. Amidst so much heartache, the Haitians choose to...
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In the age of YouTube, it's fun to sit back and watch a video of twins talking or a cat using the potty. But KarmaTube wants videos to do more than entertain: they view video as a medium to inspire...
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Hunger. Reincarnation. Yoga. Cooking. Prayer. Restraint. Family. Fasting for Ramadan: Notes from a Spiritual Practice, a new book of insights and meditations by yoga instructor and Oberlin College creative writing professor, Kazim Ali, touches on these parts of the human...
Anusura Yoga founder John Friend has announced the fall opening of an worldwide center for Anusara Yoga in Encinitas, California. Friend told Buzz that the center will include an 8,500-square-foot state-of-the-art studio, a soundstage for talks and concerts, and plenty...
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It isn't often that your doctor takes off his coat, puts on shorts, and leads a yoga class. Unless your doctor is Loren Fishman, MD. Fishman is the medical director of Manhattan Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in New York City,...
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Soothe and refresh your body, mind, and spirit with this rejuvenating sequence.
Does yoga steady your heartrate? A new study out of The University of Kansas shows that yoga decreases episodes of cardiac arrhythmia, an irregular heartbeat whose symptoms can include chest pains, dizziness, heart palpitations, and shortness of breath. The research...
People around the globe jumped into action to support relief efforts and aid to the victims of Japan's devastating March 11 earthquake and tsunami, and those efforts continue. Yogis have been helping in their own unique ways, with donation classes,...
The Wall Street Journal recently reported on the growing trend of yoga for kids. Not only does it improve their flexibility, but it also helps them focus better on schoolwork: In January, Paul Ecke Central Elementary School in Southern California...
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"You go into any yoga class in the West, and it's filled with women. And it's so ironic, women were never part of the yoga tradition at all," says author Linda Sparrowe in YogaWoman, a new documentary film by sisters...
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Designer Donna Karan has long ties with the yoga world. But the latest connection is a plea from yoga master B.K.S. Iyengar to change the way she does business. The animal activists at PETA report that Iyengar recently wrote Ms....
Every few years, stories about possible regulation of yoga teachers and studios surface. This time, it comes from the Great State of Texas. Recently, the Texas Workforce Commission sent out letters to various studios, asking them to become state-licensed career...
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In today's world of breakneck technology, I've noticed that everyone is talking about "integration:" How do you get your Facebook Page and Twitter account to work together? How can you sync up your iPhone with your computer address book? How...
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As yogis, we wish for all people to be happy, safe, and healthy. A touching story from Nashville Public Radio talks about how yoga helps wounded soldiers coming back from Iraq and Afganistan piece their bodies and their lives back...
Yoga was a hot topic at the 7th annual Integrative Healthcare Symposium. From yoga in the military to a planned teacher training in Haiti to an explosion of web applications for medical professionals to introduce yoga to patients, the practice...
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Balancing the business and spiritual sides of yoga has always been a delicate one. An article in Business Week broaches the scramble for yoga teachers to trademark their yoga styles, citing that "out of the 2,213 trademark applications containing the word...
Larry Schultz, founder of It's Yoga studio and developer of the signature practice known as Rocket Yoga, has died. He was 60. Schultz founded It's Yoga in San Francisco in 1989, creating a vibrant hub for a growing yoga community...
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In our culture, we associate one day of year with love, Valentine's Day. We most often direct this love toward another person. But us yogis like to practice Bhakti Yoga--known as the yoga of love and devotion--every day of the...
Yogis are pretty much infamous go-getters. But how do you know when you're trying too hard?
Science has spoken. A new study published in Psychiatry Research: Neuroimaging shows that subjects who meditated 30 minutes a day for eight weeks had measurable changes in parts of the brain associated with memory, sense of self, empathy and stress....
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Last week, I started walking through the door of my Pilates class. Just as the door almost shut behind me, I heard the sound of funky world music coming from another room. I gave the teacher an apologetic glance, backed...
I love tracking the ongoing debate about who is teaching the "right" kind of yoga--and who isn't. And that's exactly what I found when I opened the weekend The New York Times and read the article "Rebel Yoga" about Tara...
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(Please pass this on to you the women in your life who think yoga isn't for them.)
How many of us have struggled with weight and eating? In Ravenous: A Food Lover's Journey from Obsession to Freedom, YJ staffer Dayna Macy offers us the searingly honest story of her battles with compulsive eating. To discover the root...
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Ever since Albert Mohler, president of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, spoke out against Christians doing yoga, the blogosphere has gone wild. If you haven't heard about it yet, the story revolves around an article on Mohler's website, where he...
Learn why taking a yogic approach to goals may help you reach them faster. Then forgive yourself if you fall a little short.
At age six, most kids are taught by some kind of teacher. But in an unusual role reversal, an Indian six-year old IS a teacher. A yoga teacher, that is. The Daily Mail calls Shruti Pandey the world's youngest yoga teacher:...
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Sometimes we humans make things harder than they have to be. I truly understand this while putting my kids to bed. If they are having trouble, the evening can go downhill, rapidly. I struggle to find a solution: Cry it out?...
Aadil Palkhivala, former student of BKS Iyengar and founder of Purna Yoga, always manages to distill the essence of yoga eloquently and passionately. Recently, I asked this master teacher a few questions about his new book, Fire of Love: For...
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Before you buy another mug or pair of salad tongs, remember it's not too late for a meaningful gift that someone could actually use. The right book can inspire, teach, or just add a little humor. Here's a few ideas:...
Here are just a few of the most common misconceptions I've heard–and why I don't buy them!
I love the energy and buzz of urban life. But I've notice that sometimes after a day out in my beloved city, I feel more drained than when I take a vigorous two hour hike in the mountains. So I...
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As I make my holiday list, I am reminded that the most meaningful gifts I've received were lessons that reveal something about ourselves and where we come from.
It's starting. The creeping feeling of holiday time, where everything speeds up, whipping up into a final frenzy. As if things weren't going fast enough already. During my meditation yesterday, I heard a voice loud and clear. A question, really....
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Sure, it's nice to visit with friends and family in the spirit of giving and all of that, but sometimes it gets so busy it's easy to get lost in all the madness and forget about the things that keep you sane. I'm not going to let it happen to me this year--and neither should you!
No matter how hard we try, we can't escape the cycle of life and death. In Hinduism, this eternal cycle is called Samsara. This continuing loop of life, death, and rebirth is at the heart of everyday living. Lately I've...
Yogis have known for centuries that a yoga practice makes us feel calm and centered. But science is finally catching up with what we've all experienced on the mat and the cushion: yoga changes our brain chemistry, which in turn...
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Here are a few ways yoga can help us all cope with change.
It's easy to make your yoga teacher into a minor deity. Some teachers seem to have that indescribable "thing" that we so desperately want--poise, calm, a knowing. Not to mention great abs and a perfect Handstand. That's why we turn...
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You can be present doing any task as long as you make an effort to be aware. Here are a few of my favorite everyday moments that I try to savor the present moment.
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