Review of Raga Unveiled: India’s Voice [Interview With Gita Desai.]

By Sarah Miller on May 31, 2009

A raga is a melody bejeweled with notes and emotions that colors or delights the mind. - Sage Matang, circa 700 AD Last week, I attended the Houston premier of Raga Unveiled: India’s Voice, a…

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The Wandering Yogi’s Search for Conscious Culture: Fairfax, California

By Ryan Nadlonek on May 15, 2009

Wandering Yogi. I've stumbled into a small town tucked in the hills north of San Francisco. Liberal and quaint, the location of Fairfax is perfect: far enough from the Ocean to keep the tourist…

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Two “Enlightened Comics”.

By Sarah Miller on May 14, 2009

Enlightened laughter is in short supply. Get it while you can... Thanks to Mr. B. Watson.…

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Yoga Snob Steps Out of the Closet.

By Sarah Miller on May 1, 2009

My ego needed some fresh air. I decided to hop a plane to Boulder and catch a taste of freedom… We’re an elite group. Some 5% of the world’s population who uses the word “ego”…

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Unifying Head and Heart. [To Give, or Not to Give? That is the Question.]

By Sarah Miller on Apr 28, 2009

I’m not used to guys asking for my phone number. Where I come from, I’m not exactly anyone’s “type.”  I guess I’m a bit out of practice. Yesterday on the airplane, I had a brief,…

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Yoga is So Good.

By Michael on Apr 21, 2009

This morning the local yoga class was closed. I Yoga Life at www.iyogalife.com/ is available 24/7. So, I fired up a lesson called 10 Minute Yoga - Hamstrings. I wrote about how much I liked the Yoga on Demand videos at CorePower Yoga recently. They move at a pace good for a beginner. The slide show at I Yoga Life is nice, as well. You are in no hurry to view the slide and can progress to the next slide when you are completely ready.

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Conscious Citizen Interview: Yoga Retreat Leader and Psychotherapist Ali Kane

By Ryan Nadlonek on Apr 20, 2009

Name: Ali Kane Age: 30 Hometown: Santa Cruz, CA Studio: Facilitator for Young Adult Retreats and The Teen Yoga Retreat in the Bay Area of California Yoga Style: Eclectic Training Background: Sivananda Yoga Teacher Training…

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Don’t F* With My Yoga! Yoga Snob: 10 Pet Peeves on the Mat.

By Sarah Miller on Apr 4, 2009

Stops Being Polite. Start Getting Real.  I’m a certified yoga snob. I have the lineage to prove it. As a third gen yogi, I've got a feel for the good, the bad and the…

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A Trip to Yogaville, or How I Learned to Stop the Mind Stuff and Love Meditation

By Rachel on Apr 1, 2009

(L.O.T.U.S. Temple. Light of Truth Universal Shrine at Satchidananda Ashram) YOGAS CITTA VRITTI NIRODDHAH: The restraint of the modifications of the mind stuff is Yoga. (The 2nd Yoga Sutra) Okay, so I fell asleep…

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Rocky Mountain Kirtan Summit this Saturday

By Ryan Nadlonek on Mar 29, 2009

Start warming up your OMs front-rangers, the 5th annual Rocky Mountain Kirtan Summit will gather this Saturday April 4 at Soma Yoga in Denver beginning at 6pm. The event features a rotation of Colorado's…

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Partner Yoga: a meditation on relationship: “It is through our intimate relationships with others that we come to know and love ourselves.”

By Yesica on Mar 26, 2009

When I met Elysabeth Williamson, she was so kind to sign and give me her book PARTNER YOGA: THE PLEASURES AND THE PRINCIPLES, and invited me to try it.  For one reason or the other,…

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Non-vegetarian Yoga Instructors?

By Ryan Nadlonek on Mar 25, 2009

One of my jobs for this publication is to interview yoga instructors (very respectable people in my humble opinion). I've been shocked to find that about half of those interviewed are not strict vegetarians.…

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Skip the caffeine…give yourself 30 seconds of prAna. [This is what effective advertising looks like]

By Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Mar 23, 2009

Second in a series of unpaid-for "This is what effective advertising looks like." Click here for the first, lol hahah series, via TDA & Hapa Sushi. Effective advertising speaks to the spirit of a…

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New “Inappropriate Yoga Guy” video.

By Ryan Nadlonek on Mar 23, 2009

I swear they must be making fun of me! Below is the follow up to the first Inappropriate Yoga Guy Youtube video that's raked in millions of views. Here's the link. And here's a…

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Nick Rosen, elephant journal buddy & star of Enlighten Up!, tries yoga w/ Cyndi Lee of Om Yoga.

By Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Mar 22, 2009

Cyndi Lee is one of our Buddhist yoga funny-snarky-sweet NYC idols. Nick Rosen is one of our bestest bad boy buddies, a climber and filmmaker and writer and smoker and bike commuter...and now reluctant yogi…

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The Domination of the Feminine: Lactose Intolerant via Andrea Boyd

By Rachel on Mar 21, 2009

“The Domination of the Feminine” Lactose-Intolerant. You’ve been confined to a room the size of your closet all day long. Standing and eating. Standing and eating. Antibiotics and animal refuse. You cannot move. You’re…

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Are We Robots? - Meditations on Authority and Freedom

By Ryan Nadlonek on Mar 20, 2009

The Pacific Ocean touches the north shore of Oahu, Hawaii. Beep Beep BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP! The alarm announces 4 am. Time to go to the airport for an outer-island court appearance. On the…

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Video: Yoga Poster Boy Darren Rhodes does every Anusara pose.

By Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Mar 17, 2009

Darren Rhodes—who I met last summer when elephant journal sponsored Yoga Rocks, where I interviewed Seane Corn—is the poster boy of Anusara yoga. Below, his poses are brought to 2D in an amazing, beautifully-executed yoga…

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Yogadork, new fave site, asks: “Are all Yoga Magazines doomed to extinction?” Even big, popular Yoga Journal?

By Waylon Lewis, elephantjournal.com on Mar 16, 2009

"elephant journal evades the reaper" by going online? Boooooyahhh, we're goin' New Media in da shizzle! Of course, I've had to compose a real-life country song..."Oooh I've lost my offices, lost my staff, put…

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elephant journal review: Yogitoes. [Great for Hot Yoga]

By elephantjournal.com on Mar 15, 2009

Yogitoes. Review via Leah Beltran.   Susan Nichols, founder of yogitoes®, has built a company with the intention to serve the yoga community—with her eco-friendly SKIDLESS® mat towel and other yoga products—while raising awareness…

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