One Year Of Yoga

When you think about yoga, you probably wouldnt pair it in a sentence with the word drama — the words blend like oil and water….

My sister Lynn, who is a yoga instructor, and her friends Tallie (who is also a yoga instructor) and Barbara (not her real name), drove down to San Francisco from Sacramento to take a Yoga class taught by her friend Bryan, a well-known Yogi-Guru-Master.

Parking is a premium in many parts of the City by the Bay, especially at the yoga spot in the Castro neighborhood where the class was scheduled to be held. The whole day was picture perfect: great parking, clear skies, mild temperatures, quality time with my sis and her friends, a healthy, light breakfast and lots of laughs…

Then the drama ensued.

via Toan Lam: Yoga Drama.

Yoga has seen a sharp jump in the past three years, and now has about 14 million practitioners, compared with just 11 million followers three years ago, according to market research firm GfK-MRI.

via Yoga Booms As Americans Seek Refuge From Economy – ABC News.

Diabetes mellitus, often referred to as Diabetes, is a long-term health condition, develops due to the disordered metabolism and results into abnormally high blood sugar levels hyperglycaemia.Diabetes can cause heart disease, stroke, amputations, kidney failure, blindness etc and it can remain undetected for years.There are two types of diabetes: Type 1 and Type 2.Type 1 diabetes develops due to a diminished production of insulin.Type 2 diabetes develops due to resistance to insulin effects and is mostly associated with obesity.However the good news is that Type 2 diabetes which is associated with obesity and makes up around 90% of all diabetes can be controlled.

via Diabetes, Yoga and Halle Berry | New York News Today .

Inside a heavily curtained fourth-floor dance studio is a male-only class specializing in “Hot Nude Yoga,” a form of sensualized tantric yoga practiced nude.

A few classes are coed, but male-only gatherings tend to be more popular and have become a mini-phenomenon in the gay community, with studios in Boston, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Salt Lake City. A studioless group in Chicago practices in the apartment of a nude yoga enthusiast.

Fans say the nudity aids in deepening their yoga practice while building a close, and emphatically nonsexual, community. “A lot of people, especially living in New York, don’t get the opportunity to connect with people in an intimate way,” said Aaron Star, who started the naked yoga movement.

via The Associated Press: Hot Nude Yoga: shedding clothes to shed pounds.

Crazy!  I just don’t think I’d feel comfortable in a room full of sweaty naked people, but to each his own I guess!

Bikram Yoga’s Reggie Meneses with the dog is flanked by Yogi Jeannine Marzella her daughter, Siri Om Khalsa, and Bikram yogi Justina Farester.

via WALE, YOGA & THE EASTER DOG! – The Scene Bisnow – Washington.

Looks like DC folks were enjoying the beautiful weather last weekend with a little outdoor yoga class.

Signal Patterns, developers of psychology, health and wellness-based Web and mobile applications, and leading spiritual author Dr. Deepak Chopra, today announced that the ‘Authentic Yoga with Deepak Chopra featuring Tara Stiles’ mobile yoga workout app for the iPad is now available from the App Store. Authentic Yoga features Deepak Chopra and New York City’s leading yoga teacher Tara Stiles, founder of NYC-based yoga studio Strala Yoga, and according to Vanity Fair, “the coolest yoga instructor ever.” Authentic Yoga is also available on the iPhone and iPod touch.

via Deepak Chopra’s iPad App ‘Authentic Yoga’ Hits The App Store Today « iPad News Tracker.

When McCain reached his mid-40s the party ended. Topping the scales at 257 pounds and bulging out of his clothes, the stout father of three was fat, unhappy, and “terribly uncomfortable.’’ On the advice of his childhood friend Brian Rothwell, a yoga instructor and lifelong vegan, McCain cut meat, dairy, eggs, chicken, and fish from his diet and added power vinyasa yoga, which helped him shed 60 pounds in eight months. “I feel like a million bucks. And if anything, I don’t look like a slob anymore,’’ says McCain.

via Men leave their own mark on veganism – The Boston Globe.

My muscles were actually a little sore today. It felt very good to get back in the swing. I am practicing without the heat and I actually think that is good for my body. I have been reading about Ayurveda lately and doing heated yoga all the time may be irritating to my dosha. (or body composition)

The benefits of pet ownership to one’s mental, emotional, and physical well-being are numerous. Pets have been medically proven to reduce their owners’ stress, lower cholesterol and triglyceride levels, and alleviate the loneliness that even the most social of humans feel from time to time. And research shows that people who own dogs get significantly more exercise than people who don’t.

Walking the dog for even 30 minutes twice a day can really add up—that’s a total of 7 hours of exercise per week! That figure is even more stunning if you consider that the majority of Americans spends only 0-2 hours per week walking, running, or at the gym. And that 7 hours of exercise per week doesn’t count the weekend runs, games of frisbee, and hours of play in the family rec room that a fun-loving pup demands.

But for an ever-increasing number of pet owners across the country, old-fashioned activity just isn’t enough for their modern dogs in this modern age.

Enter: doga. You heard me, that’s doga—yoga for dogs.

via Downward-Facing Dog: Adventures in ‘Pets-ercise’ — ZooToo Pet News.

Today’s class was nice because you could actually see the ocean from the studio on the beach. I was encouraged to take this class by a friend so it is always fun to join friends in class. We did some arm weights and other movement in addition to the yoga poses. It was a good change of pace.