Archive for February, 2012

Yoga Girl Looks at Herself. | elephant journal

Wednesday, February 29th, 2012

She'd left 'em in San Fran at the Yoga Journal conference. That boy she'd slept with, the hairy one who stank like the hippie he wished he was, the aging hipster boy with the too big wannabe-Tom Selleck brown mustache, …

Star Wars Yoga Poses | By Rob Osborne | FreshnessMag.com

Wednesday, February 29th, 2012

To achieve galactic enlightenment and universal shanti, illustrator Rob Osborne drew upon his inner “geekery” to concoct his masterpiece, the Galaxy Yoga . With help from Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker, RD-D2, C-3PO, …

The Santa Barbara Independent 'Om' Em Gee: I Did Naked Yoga

Wednesday, February 29th, 2012

Were my unbelievably cute yoga top and super-flattering yoga pants a moisture-wicking but zen-preventing barrier to yogic understanding?

The STAR WARS Galaxy Yoga Guide - Yoda Yoga - News …

Wednesday, February 29th, 2012

Geek, Movie, and Entertainment news from GeekTyrant.

Yoga as an Olympic Sport?

Wednesday, February 29th, 2012

Can we get an “ohm” with this, folks? USA Yoga association is campaigning to get yoga asana (or posture yoga ) recognized as an Olympic sport: Wait, competitive yoga ? Isn't that counterintuitive to something that's usually …

Yoga, a Sex Cult?

Wednesday, February 29th, 2012

A New York Times article blames recent scandal in the yoga community to yoga's purported roots as a sex cult.

Alternate Brain: Please join my Tantric yoga sex cult

Wednesday, February 29th, 2012

Please join my Tantric yoga sex cult. If it's Wednesday it's yoga at Morford's place! So then. As a longtime Vinyasa teacher here in San Francisco (12 years and counting), as someone who's taught with and/or trained with a …

How About Yoga?

Wednesday, February 29th, 2012

There was an article recently the NYT about yoga and sex scandals. It was about the founder of Ansura one of the world's fastest growing yoga styles who is accused of sexual impurities with female students. But this is not why I reference this …

Yoga & Art: A Visual Metaphor. ~ Carolina Daza | elephant journal

Wednesday, February 29th, 2012

I sense Yoga as an incredible art of the spirit, which seeks to create an altogether new destiny, our own 'Self' essence.

The Wild Hunt » Update: Yoga Scandals and Sex Cults

Wednesday, February 29th, 2012

“ Yoga teachers and how-to books seldom mention that the discipline began as a sex cult — an omission that leaves many practitioners open to libidinal surprise. Hatha yoga — the parent of the styles now practiced around the …