Downdog: Heels Almost To Ground!

I hate my hamstrings. Oh, I know, I should love all those parts of my body that frustrate me, but I can’t find much love for my very very tight hamstrings. There is hope though…after years of hard work, I can finally see that a day might exist sometime in the future (perhaps far, but [...]

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Ashtanga Yoga’s Krishna Pattabhi Jois Dies at 93

I feel a little guilty – I had jokingly posted on Facebook yesterday taking names on who the next big celebrity to go would be. The general consensus was that we’d like to see some sort of evil despot like Kim Jong Il die, but no, it had to be a luminary from the yoga [...]

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Interesting Article on Yoga and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Yoga Journal has published an interesting article on yoga’s positive effects for chronic fatigue sufferers. They cited a study where yoga was found to be extremely beneficial for CFS sufferers: Searching for solid scientific data on what works and what doesn’t, Hartz and his associate Suzanne Bentler launched a study four years ago. They asked [...]

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Looking for Yoga Instructor: Send Recent Photo?

I was looking for yoga jobs on Craigslist today and saw one where they wanted a recent photo sent in along with your resume. I decided not to apply. It’s not that I feel I can’t compete physically, but I don’t want to work at a place where women are being chosen to teach yoga [...]

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