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Yoga for Illegal Immigrants

October 31st, 2011 at 4:21 am » Comments Off

The issue of illegal immigration is a tendentious one, generating deep cultural and ideological schisms with enormous economic and personal…



Yoga Instructor Teaches in his Wheelchair

October 21st, 2011 at 12:49 am » Comments Off

One of the beautiful things about yoga is that people of all abilities and health conditions are able to benefit…



Yoga Pants Ignite Controversy

October 19th, 2011 at 1:15 am » Comments Off

Yoga Pants: By turns celebrated and maligned, this sartorial novelty is not without its share of press—and controversy! Fashion aficionados…



Yoga + Orgasm = Yogasm

October 10th, 2011 at 3:42 am » Comments Off

Women orgasming in yoga class; amidst recent headlines of bong-, wine-, and chocolate-toking yogis, to say nothing of the commonly-touted…



Yoga + Orgasm = Yogasm

October 10th, 2011 at 3:42 am » Comments Off

Women orgasming in yoga class; amidst recent headlines of bong-, wine-, and chocolate-toking yogis, to say nothing of the commonly-touted…



Is Yoga Just for Relaxation?

September 26th, 2011 at 1:41 am » Comments Off

A recent article in UK’s Daily Mail claims that yoga’s benefits are limited to strength, muscular endurance, flexibility and balance…



Yoga Helps with Diabetes

September 16th, 2011 at 3:00 pm » Comments Off

Type 2 diabetes is an incurable disease caused by the body not being able to make or use insulin, which…



The Yoga Genome Project

September 12th, 2011 at 11:08 pm » Comments Off

“Doctors can’t prescribe until yogi’s describe” is the motto of the newly announced Yoga Genome Project (http://www.yogagenomeproject.com) created by the…



Yoga Alliance Launches YA+

September 9th, 2011 at 4:16 am » Comments Off

The Yoga Alliance recently announced the launch of a companion organization: YA+ (http://www.yaplus.org/). The benefits of the new program were…



Yoga Asana Championships?

August 29th, 2011 at 3:00 pm » Comments Off

The concept of yoga as a sport is a controversial one (http://yogamagazine.discover-yoga-online.com/yoga-competition.html?doing_wp_cron), with outspoken proponents of Bikram yoga pushing for…