Ombama?!
Nice tattoo, Mr. President. We know Harry Reid does yoga…anyone know if Obama’s ever geared up and stretched out?
This month’s AWWWHA goes to…[drumroll]…
Lululemon’s latest ad on the back cover of the current issue of Yoga Journal is …a little silly. And cute. And evocative of the notion that a President Obama offers the possibility of we Americans furthering peace—all good things. It coulda even be a contendah for Best.Ad.Ever—given its simple, un-commercial rendering, its connecting the political sphere (albeit without Mr. Obama’s permission) with our mindfulness practice on the yoga mat. Now if only the big successful yoga-clothing company Lululemon supported we little (for now) guys like elephantjournaldotcom, and didn’t just take the back cover of the new issue of Yoga Journal, which though lovely and pioneering and run by smart, supportive-of-elephant yoginis, is now corporate-owned.
Big Business-owned (instead of mission-driven) ain’t necessarily bad, of course—but as Amy Goodman says, it’s…different. Especially when it comes to democracy’s Fourth Estate.
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Waylon Lewis, founder of elephant magazine, now elephantjournal.com & host of Walk the Talk Show with Waylon Lewis, is a 1st generation American Buddhist “Dharma Brat." Voted #1 in U.S. on twitter for #green two years running, Changemaker & Eco Ambassador by Treehugger, Green Hero by Discovery’s Planet Green, Best (!) Shameless Self-Promoter at Westword's Web Awards, Prominent Buddhist by Shambhala Sun, & 100 Most Influential People in Health & Fitness 2011 by "Greatist", Waylon is a mediocre climber, lazy yogi, 365-day bicycle commuter & best friend to Redford (his rescue hound). His aim: to bring the good news re: "the mindful life" beyond the choir & to all those who didn't know they gave a care. elephantjournal.com | facebook.com/elephantjournal | twitter.com/elephantjournal | facebook.com/waylonhlewis | twitter.com/waylonlewis | Google+ For more: publisherelephantjournalcom
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does Obama even practice yoga??? i bet not…but i bet he would like it if he tried…
Hahaha, I thought “clickable” actually said “lickable” (guess that would be the print-version…)
is it just me or did this blog title change?
creepy.
it’s hard to tell that it is even Obama. maybe lululemon will take this mantra of “change” to heart?
corporations are poop.
I realized that starting a war (over something unimportant) with big boys is not what I need to do, now, since they have the power to advertise and elephant is 3 months into a six month transition to paperless and I haven’t paid my mortgage and I have 10K of bills due this week.
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