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Meditation Shown to Increase Pain Threshold

March 2nd, 2010 at 2:34 am » Comments Off

A University of Montreal study following 17 Zen meditators and 18 non-meditators found that Zen meditation increases the thickness of…



Yogis Helping Haiti

February 21st, 2010 at 11:36 pm » Comments Off

After a devastating natural disaster compounded an already dire situation in the Western Hemisphere’s poorest nation, Yogis all over the…



Mixing Yoga and Food Stirs Up Trouble

February 8th, 2010 at 7:31 am » Comments Off

Yogic diet is a hotly debated topic in the yoga community. Many ancient texts of yoga stress the necessity…



Pharmaceutical Corporation Sponsors Yoga DVD

January 26th, 2010 at 3:21 am » Comments Off

Best known for his hot Power Vinyasa style, super-star Yogi, Baron Baptiste (http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2Fs%3Fie%3DUTF8%26ref_%3Dnb%255Fsb%255Fss%255Fc%255F1%255F14%26field-keywords%3Dbaron%2520baptiste%26url%3Dsearch-alias%253Ddvd%26sprefix%3DBaron%2520Baptiste&tag=yogabasicscom&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=390957) has teamed up with a leading authority…



Yoga Conferences Go Virtual

January 18th, 2010 at 3:00 pm » Comments Off

The desire to deepen our understanding and knowledge is a vein that runs deep in the tradition of yoga….



College Students Meditating to Lower Stress

January 7th, 2010 at 12:06 am » Comments Off

Ask any college student, present or former, about the stress of Higher Education, and you will be met with a…



Empowering Your Intention in 2010

January 3rd, 2010 at 12:19 am » Comments Off

One of the most common occurrences as one year fades into the next is the creation of a resolution (or…



Swami Satyananda Saraswati Passes Away

December 17th, 2009 at 1:09 am » Comments Off

Revered Indian Swami Satyananda Saraswati died at midnight on Decmeber 5th (http://esutra.blogspot.com/2009/12/swami-satyananda-saraswati-1923-2009.html). Swami Satyananda Saraswati was the founder of…



Yoga Teachers Fight Regulations

December 8th, 2009 at 11:15 pm » Comments Off

Yoga teachers in Virginia are fighting back against planned state regulations of Yoga schools (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/12/01/AR2009120103822.html). Three yoga instructors filed…



Do we Really Need a Yoga Champ?

December 1st, 2009 at 11:35 pm » Comments Off

According to the wife of Bikram Choudry, Rajashree Choudry, competition and yoga go hand in hand (http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/19/fashion/19fitness.html?_r=1). To support this…