Is the New York Times out to get yoga? You might think so, if you read their recent article, “How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body,” a scary tale of injuries, strokes, and hip replacements. The article is adapted from the book “The Science of Yoga: The Risks and Rewards,” by William J. Broad, to be [...]
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U.S. News interviewed me for an article they just published titled “Yoga Teaching Increasingly Popular as Second Career.” I’m the naysayer cautioning that “yoga isn’t a path to instant riches.” Considering the length allotted for articles, I felt that the writer did a decent job covering a variety of bases, though there were some points [...]
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TEXAS YOGA ASSOCIATION PLANS MASS YOGA CLASS ON AUSTIN’S STATE CAPITOL LAWN AS THEY RALLY AGAINST REGULATION The Texas Yoga Association will peacefully rally in support of bill to keep government from regulating yoga and invites yogis far and wide to join a mass yoga class on the State Capitol lawn March 16 from 5:30 to 7:00 [...]
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I don’t think Yoga Alliance will mind if I share this article (below) they just published in their latest newsletter. On a personal note, I recently signed up for 500-hour training here in Austin, Texas. I was amazed at all the silly paperwork we had to go through, because of these ridiculous rules set up [...]
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I am happy to announce I am starting new public yoga classes on LA’s westside at the Gateway Portal for Health and Welness. These are all levels classes with a spiritual focus – one is an hour-long class where we focus on our intentions for the upcoming week. The other is a hatha yoga class [...]
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I was searching the Internet in vain for any training offering a combination of yoga and QiGong or Tai Chi. In doing so, I stumbled across Dahn Yoga, which is billed as a form of Korean yoga. In checking out the Dahn Yoga website, I found a few centers close to me, but with costs [...]
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Here’s an interesting news clip on an apparent rise in yoga injuries due to amateurs watching other amateurs teach yoga on the Internet. (Or, alternatively, amateurs trying to attempt the advanced yoga poses they see online.)
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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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