Summer Yoga - Blah

Summer is finally here and yoga is getting harder to do as the outdoors beckons. I’d rather go for a bike ride, swim, surf, or walk than do yoga in a hot, enclosed studio. I met a woman recently who does a morning yoga class at the beach - it will mean I have to [...]

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Yoga Groove Night at Your Neighborhood Studio

I went to the Yoga Groove Night at Your Neighborhood Studio (YNS) in Culver City (Los Angeles) Saturday night. It consisted of a one-hour yoga class, one hour of getting your groove on (dancing), and a cool down/meditation.
Denise, owner of YNS, ran the yoga class…she was a little tough there on the lengthy downward [...]

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The Global Mala Project

The Global Mala Project is a worldwide collective to support UN International Peace Day. It will be held September 21 and 22, 2007, at cities around the world. The hub is here in Los Angeles, where Shiva Rea is organizing a huge event at the Los Angeles Convention Center that will include a ritual of [...]

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Do Yoga Instructors Have to Be Young, Beautiful Women?

Some guy - and yes, it would be a guy - went off on my Namaste Yoga review, suggesting that I was just “jealous” of the so-called “gorgeous and talented” cast. Well, first off, that would imply that I, myself, am neither gorgeous nor talented…but I will leave that for you to decide.
The bigger issue [...]

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Getting Better With No Practice. Strange.

I haven’t been practicing yoga consistently at all lately (bad girl!). In the least, I was doing seated forward bend every night before going to bed almost every night for a while…I have very tight hamstrings. But I stopped that about a month ago, at least. So last night I decided to do just a [...]

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