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Don’t forget to BYOM—Bring Your Own Mat—for the all-day Newtown Yoga Festival fundraiser.

YogaPop, a new event in Charleston, SC is sure to inspire your inner yogi and music lover. Here are the details.

Yogis head to Ecuador to raise awareness of the impacts of oil exploration in the region.

New York yoga studios and teachers gear up to fight proposed tax and regulatory changes.

What do you get when Shiva Rea, six kirtan chanters, and their bands get together on the eve of an historic presidential inauguration in the nation's capital? Chant4Change. Think praise band meets dance club/mosh pit in a church. Last night...

World Vegan Day (Nov. 1) was created in 1994 to, in part, celebrate the founding of The Vegan Society in 1944. For more information, visit www.worldveganday.org. In addition, there is something called World Go Vegan Days (Oct. 26-28). According to...

We live in a universe of infinite possibility. That’s why last night, along with 80,000 other enthusiasts, I did the wave in a football stadium and swished an American flag through the air for the first time since the...

DNC Yoginis Strike a Pose with Katie Couric As a yogi, the question is no longer, “What advanced pose can I do?”, but “Can I walk my talk?” In other words, can you live your yoga? This is the...

Yoga in the Oasis Greetings from Denver, where life is hot, busy, and good. The city is teeming with visitors from all over the world; and if there is anywhere that needs yoga right now, this is certainly it!...

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will hold its first annual Yoga Week from May 19 to May 23 at its headquarters in Bethesda, Maryland. This five-day event is for NIH employees but also open to the public—and free! Participants...

This man should have died within five minutes, reports the U.K. paper the Mirror. "I knew the air wouldn't last..."

Poet-yogis Kazim Ali, Susan Brennan, and Jeff Davis will discuss how yoga has influenced their poetry and informed their practice of conscious activism during the Split This Rock Poetry Festival in Washington, D.C. on March 20-23. For more information on...

Yogis Jason Magness, Sam Salwei, and Paul Cassedy of Team YogaSlackers have begun their attempt to cross the entire state of North Dakota using only the wind. In 21 days, the three will snowkite more than 390 miles to promote...

Feeling the mid-winter blues? Here are a few events to get you off the couch. (Not that you've been on the couch. You've been hanging on your yoga mat, right?) Anne Lamott, author of the bestsellers Traveling Mercies, Operating Instructions,...

A university student center that incorporates both ancient design principles of Vedic architecture and environmentally friendly features will open its doors at Maharishi University of Management in Fairfield, Iowa, on February 1. The $7.5 million Argiro Student Center boasts two...

. . . 2008 Bishnu Ghosh Cup, the Bikram yoga championship. This annual event will take place in Los Angeles at the LAX Westin on February 1-3. Regional finishers will compete for the U.S. title, and there will be an...

January 26, Yoga Day USA, is a good day to celebrate your practice. It's also a great day to get a friend more interested in yoga. Yoga Alliance created Yoga Day USA in 1999 to raise awareness about yoga's benefits...

His Holiness the Dalai Lama is scheduled to speak about "Engaging Wisdom and Compassion" at the University of Michigan on April 19th and 20th. The two-day educational program will be held in conjunction with a public talk on environmental issues...

The Yoga Health Foundation, has announced "Yoga Month 092008," a grassroots, community-based global campaign to educate people about the health benefits of yoga. The organization has planned a year-round program that will peak September 2008 with millions of health and...

Christy Turlington, Russell Simmons, Sting and Donna Karan are participating in the Global Mala Project, an international effort that uses yogic events to raise awareness and funds for global causes on the United Nations' International Day of Peace (Sept. 21),...

Swami Ramdev, who has a large following in India and is best known for teaching pranayama, is holding six-day "yoga camp" at the Alexandra Palace in London from July 27 to August 1. More than 4,000 people are scheduled to...

If you missed celebrating last week's summer solstice with a 108 sun salutations, here's a second chance. On June 30, Project 108 will bring together participating studios, yogis, and online donors to help raise money for Iraqi children who have...

Today there will be a free yoga fest in New York's Times Square to celebrate the summer solstice. Sessions started at 7:30 a.m. and continue until 8:30 p.m. For more information, visit www.timessquarenyc.org/about_us/events_solstice.html. Here's a glimpse: Photo Credit: Alan Zucker...