Shiva was certainly testing me as I made my way to India this time, and as I later found out, also as I made my way to Africa. It literally took 80 hours for my feet to hit the ground in Chennai. Due to plane problems, instead of flying American to Brussels, then Jet Airways (an Indian airline that partners with American) to Chennai, I was put on the direct flight from Chicago to Delhi.
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from sadhus to zebras, part 1
Actress Chloe Sevigny must really love yoga because she is talking it up all over the place! We aren’t sure what style she practices or where she places her mat. But this winner of a Golden Globe award for best supporting actress in a TV series graces the April cover of Elle UK and talks about her new three-times-a-week yoga practice, which makes her feel “strong” and “limber.” (She also credits yoga with boosting her libido.) In a recent interview with NPR , Sevigny talks about how yoga helps her with her scoliosis so she feels straightened out. Check it out: Our friends at YogaDork found some morsels of the interview here .
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Chloe Sevigny Loves Yoga
A few weeks ago, the YJ staff got a special treat when MC Yogi and Amanda Giacomini stopped by our offices to teach our daily staff yoga class. We don’t usually practice with music here in the offices–mostly because our yoga room is also our conference room and isn’t really set up with a sound system–so I’m always grateful when we have a teacher come in with her own iPod docking station. Of course, we would expect no less from the infamous, self procraimed yoga “unrapper”
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If you’ve ever flipped through an issue of Yoga Journal , and thought, “I wish someone would read this to me so I could get on my mat and practice along,” you’re going to be really excited about our newest feature. LiveMag will be your destination for multimedia versions of your favorite magazine columns and features. In the first edition (which corresponds to the March 2010 issue of the magazine), you can practice along with the video versions of the popular Home Practice and Master Class columns and watch a demo of a few of the Sun Salutation variations highlighted in the feature story “Shine on Me.” Give it a try, and make sure to comment below and let us know what you think! By the way, the new issue of Yoga Journal will be out on newsstands February 16
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Yoga Journal: It’s Alive!
I loved this post from Chicagonow.com’s BrokeAss Blog about how to get your yoga in without emptying your wallet. Of course, the suggestions are specifically for the Chicago area, but I think we can take their ideas and make them work no matter where you live. Yoga is expensive if you’re willing to pay the fancy studio prices, but if you’re a little creative you can get all (or at least most) of the studio benefits for a fraction of the cost
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BrokeAsana Yoga
Today, The New York Times City Room blog posted that Bryn Chrisman, a vinyasa flow yoga teacher in New York City, will be responding to readers’ questions “about her path to yoga, her current job, her practice, kirtan and other matters of interest.” I think anything like this that gives yoga teachers exposure and lets them explain their story is great. But when I scrolled down to look at the questions that were asked I was a little surprised to see questions seeking answers to serious medical questions (how to lower high blood pressure?), spiritual guidance, and how much meditation practice is required to be “be a good yoga practitioner.” (Check the City Room blog again on Wednesday to see her answers to some of these questions.) I’m sure Ms. Chrisman is very knowledgeable–but surely she doesn’t have the answers to all of those questions! Who does!?
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This weekend, there is no reason not to get your asana to a yoga class! Saturday, January 23rd is Yoga Day USA , which means there will be lots of opportunities to practice yoga for free or at reduced prices.Yoga Day gives people new to the practice an incentive to give it a try, but we can all take advantage of a free class.
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It’s (Almost) Yoga Day! How Will You Celebrate?
Today, the BBC reported that inmates in the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh will be released from 15 days early for every three months they spend practicing yoga. “The authorities say the lessons help to improve the prisoners’ self-control and reduce aggression,” according to the article.4,000 inmates are taking advantage of the program, and many of the prisoners go on to become yoga instructors after they are released. That sounds like a good deal to me
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More Yoga = Less Jail Time
The following clip, featuring yoga teacher Rainbeau Mars, recently aired on a San Francisco news station. Not only does it share yoga’s immunity boosting benefits with a wide audience, but it also shows that you can do yoga any time (even when you’re at work and wearing a tie!)
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Boost Your Immunity with Yoga
Kelly McGonigal, PhD, a yoga teacher, health psychologist at Stanford University, editor in chief of the International Journal of Yoga Therapy , once suffered from debilitating headaches that made her wonder what it would be like to live one day without pain. Now, as the author of the new book, Yoga for Pain Relief , McGonigal is sharing her tips for dealing with chronic pain through yoga and meditation.
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Yoga for Pain Relief
“The obligation to go to “the place which the Lord your God will choose” (Deut. 16:16)”"In religion and spirituality, a pilgrimage is a long journey or search of great moral significance.”"Journey to a shrine or other sacred place undertaken to gain divine aid, as an act of thanksgiving or penance, or to demonstrate devotion.”Five years ago the seeds of my teaching in Africa were planted when a
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The Yoga Journey Boutique”We only use clothing from North America, produced to be washed and worn for years. With regard to print quality, we use flex and flock leading technology and water-based ink. You will not wearing a low quality printed T-shirt!Wordans uses only trusted brands such as American Apparel, Hanes and Bella
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T-shirts to help you remember, moment to moment
photo ©Loba Landscapes, 2009An oldie but a goodie that I think is appropriate for this time of the year….Making Room for New GrowthWhenever I talk on mindfulness meditation (or mindfulness training as I call it now) I always throw out these questions: how many of you are working on automatic pilot? are you so comfortable that you have become numb to the present moment? “How much pruning do
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pruning out the deadwood
This is all that any of us really need.Merry ChristmasHappy Holidayspeaceshantiasalaam ‘alaykumMAY ALL BEINGS HAVE HAPPINESS AND THE CAUSES OF HAPPINESSMAY ALL BEINGS BE FREE FROM SUFFERING AND THE CAUSES OF SUFFERINGMAY ALL BEINGS NEVER BE PARTED FROM FREEDOM’S TRUE JOYMAY ALL BEINGS DWELL IN EQUANIMITY, FREE FROM ATTACHMENT AND AVERSIONThat is my wish for you.
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peace on earth
(originally uploaded by http://www.flickr.com/photos/macchick1/)I’m leaving the country for eight weeks in 15 days so I’ve been feeling a bit scattered, making my lists and checking them twice. I have to sit down soon and concentrate on writing my dharma talks for Africa — one is an introduction to mindfulness meditation and the other is “Buddha’s Four Foundations of Mindfulness and how they
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If your choice to be vegetarian or vegan has anything to do with the yogic principle of ahimsa , or non-harming, you probably think you’re doing less harm to living things and the environment by choosing to eat plants instead of animals. But how often do you consider the harm you’re doing to the plants–also living beings–when you eat your vegetables? “Just because we humans can’t hear them doesn’t mean plants don’t howl,” writes Natalie Angier in a recent NYTimes article about the ways plants fight off their predators.
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Do Plants Have Feelings, Too?
Yoga Teachers Training Rishikesh India Patanjali International Yoga Foundation (PIYF) Dr Jitendra Das, Tapovan Luxmanjhula Rishikesh Himalaya India www.patanjaliyogafoundation.com www.yogatoday.ru piyft@yahoo.com Thebasic principal of Foundation is truth to the original source. Master follows the Ancient Yoga Style taken from Sanskrit books.
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Yoga Teachers Training Rishikesh India
Did you know that two-thirds of the 45 million blind people in the world are female, yet women receive less than half of eye care services?The Kilimanjaro Center for Community Ophthalmology in Moshi, Tanzania (KCCO), supported by the Seva Foundation, was to be the recipient of the money I was going to collect from each western participant in my Yoga Adventure in Africa in February. KCCO’s
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’tis the season for giving and karma yoga
Americans are taking a pick-and-choose approach to religion these days, according to a recent Pew Reseach Center study. The study found that “more Americans nearly six in 10 Americans from all religions mix their faith with New Age and Eastern beliefs, like astrology, reincarnation, and the spiritual – not just physical – benefits of yoga,” reported ABC news .
Yoga has been proven to be an effective tool to enhance a weight loss plan. Even when the practice is gentle and doesn’t burn tons of calories, practitioners are less stressed and more mindful which contributes to reaching a healthy weight. The mind connection is what three yoga instructors and hypnotherapists were hoping to enhance when they combined yoga with hypnosis to create Hyp-Yoga .
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Yoga + Hypnosis = Weight Loss?