Posted in Hatha Yoga on 04/06/2010 02:36 pm by Donna
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!
Posted in Hatha Yoga on 04/05/2010 05:44 pm by Donna
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.
Posted in Hatha Yoga on 04/04/2010 06:23 pm by Donna
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.
Posted in Bikram Yoga on 03/25/2010 05:14 pm by Donna
The heat is on as James Cracknell submits his Olympic gold medal-winning body to a challenging class of Bikram yoga
via Bikram yoga vs James Cracknell – Telegraph.
Funny article written by a male Olympic Gold athlete’s point of view.
Posted in Hatha Yoga on 03/24/2010 03:00 pm by Donna
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.
Posted in Hatha Yoga on 03/19/2010 12:25 am by Donna
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)
Posted in Bikram Yoga on 03/18/2010 08:59 pm by Donna
I decided that I was done with my month long hietas from yoga. It was definitely not intentional break. I just realized how much easier it is to do a daily yoga practice when there are lots of studios around you to keep you motivated. From now on, I just need to incorporate more home practicing when there is not a class to go to.
Today I practiced at home and did a Bikram series. It was interesting how much my muscles had stiffened up. In bow pose, I felt this really weird sensation in my hip that was like my leg was about to give out. I came out of the pose for a few seconds and then did it again. The feeling passed, but I think it was tension releasing. Besides not doing yoga for a month, last weekend while trying paddle boarding for the first time, a big wave picked up my board and slammed it on my foot. Ouch! It really hurt, and bruised the top of my foot, causing me to limp around for a few days. I’m guessing this could have added tension in the other hip. Anyway, I’m going to continue with my daily yoga journey. I might have to change the end date to a month later now. 
One year of yoga equivalency!
Posted in Vinyasa Yoga on 03/18/2010 11:11 am by Donna
This winter has marked one of Blacksburg’s coldest in recent memory. Still, in a small building on 401 S. Main St., a fitness studio has managed to keep its customers cozy with a balmy average temperature of 104 degrees — and that’s just part of the normal workout
via Hot yoga turns up the heat in order to maximize the burn – CollegiateTimes.com.
Posted in Hatha Yoga on 02/22/2010 12:47 pm by Donna
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.
Posted in Bikram Yoga on 02/17/2010 03:57 pm by Donna
Good class. The instructor changed the last two poses which is not really what Bikram teaches, but I think it was good to do. She had us do lizard pose, then splits, then pigeon pose, then final spinal twist. These are all good stretches that I like to do to improve my flexibility. It was a nice flow to do them this way.
