Sexy Yoga News

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From the wide cultural misunderstanding of tantra yoga to controversial ads by some yoga-product companies, sex and yoga is a hot-button topic. The fire was stoked again last week in a series of news stories and blog posts.
First, a post on The Daily Beast explored the topic [...]

January 17, 2012 • Tags: Yoga, Yoga News • Posted in: Fitness and You • No Comments

Vivekandana and Modern Yoga

This past Sunday, The New York Times dedicated real estate in its Opinion Pages to reflect upon what Vivekananda meant to yoga in the West, as the 150th anniversary of his birth approaches. Author Ann Louise Bardach reflects on how this seminal teacher, credited with introducing Vedanta to the West, spread yoga’s gospel: [...]

October 10, 2011 • Tags: Modern Yoga, Yoga • Posted in: Fitness and You • No Comments

Is Blogging Revolutionizing Yoga?

Is yoga blogging the new jnana yoga? At the Yoga Festival Toronto (August 19-21) a few of the most vocal yoga bloggers in the blogosphere will attempt to answer this question during a panel discussion called “Yogging Heads: The Cutting Edge of Yoga.” (Get it? Yoga + blogging = yogging.)
Carol Horton of the [...]

Free Outdoor Yoga Classes

It’s a winning trifecta: Yoga. Nature. Free. This summer, it seems like everyone wants to be with the trees, wind and sky while they practice. There’s nothing like balancing in Tree Pose, humbled and inspired by the real thing all around you. And even better, many outdoor yoga classes are free, many as an [...]

July 19, 2011 • Tags: Yoga, Yoga Classes • Posted in: Fitness and You • No Comments