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NY Times Phys Ed: Does Music Make you Exercise Harder?

NY Times Phys Ed: Does Music Make you Exercise Harder?

Check out this article is from the NY Times Blog – personally, no matter what kind of physical activity I’m engaging in – from Yoga, to running, to hiking – it is always SO much more enjoyable with some great tunage! Enjoy!

By Gretchen Reynolds
For a study published last year, British researchers asked 12 healthy male college [...]

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John Friend Sets the Record Straight

John Friend Sets the Record Straight

Wowee! This is getting spicy! There has been a lot of buzz in the Yoga community regarding last week’s NY Times article on Anusara Yoga and more specifically, founder John Friend. As you’ll see, this was the largest Yoga article EVER published in a major newspaper! Not one to sit back and let the comments [...]

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NY Times: When Yoga Hurts

NY Times: When Yoga Hurts

This article from Saturday’s NY Times blog offers yet another warning against yoga injuries – I cannot emphasize this enough – be careful!!!! And listen, listen, listen to your body.

As Cathy Lilly folded into downward dog at a workshop in January, a novice instructor, eager to help, lifted Ms. Lilly’s thumbs and angled them [...]

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Pickle Juice can help relieve muscle cramping - drink up!

Pickle Juice can help relieve muscle cramping – drink up!

This recent article from the NY Times displays great evidence that pickle juice is extremely helpful for those of us who are highly active – make sure take a swig before you hit the mat!

Recently, 10 healthy male college students filed into an exercise laboratory at Brigham Young University in Utah to drink pickle juice. [...]

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Lotus Position in a Backpacker's Town

Lotus Position in a Backpacker’s Town

Pakhara, Nepal:
I read this article last Sunday in the NY Times and have been meaning to share it since!  This is a great (less expensive, after you get there of course) alternative to the pricey retreat centers of the West. Enjoy!
“BREATHING clearly lifts the mind and spirit,” said Amar Puri, a wiry man in a [...]

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The proof is in the produce - Upside-down gardening is where it's at!

The proof is in the produce – Upside-down gardening is where it’s at!

If you are thinking about doing some gardening this year, you may want to consider inverting -not your body, but your plants – see this article below from the New York Times:

“IF pests and blight are wrecking your plants, it might be time to turn your garden on its head.
Growing crops that dangle upside down [...]

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Yoga helps ease travel aches and pains!

Yoga helps ease travel aches and pains!

This article is from yesterday’s New York Times Business Day – I couldn’t agree more – traveling for long periods of time can be physically and emotionally draining, but by taking your practice with you, you can avoid many of the aches and pains that come along with long trips.

WHEN the world of the business [...]

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Yoga - supporting the hallucinogenic drug movement?

Yoga – supporting the hallucinogenic drug movement?

This is a very interesting article from today’s NY Times –
As a retired clinical psychologist, Clark Martin was well acquainted with traditional treatments for depression, but his own case seemed untreatable as he struggled through chemotherapy and other grueling regimens for kidney cancer. Counseling seemed futile to him. So did [...]

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Dying For Yoga - Super Creepy!!!

Dying For Yoga – Super Creepy!!!

Ok, I understand that death-mediation is an important part of Tibetan Buddhism, and this is probably an area in which I need some help… but as a die-hard (no pun intended) sunshine and rainbows kinda girl, it’s a little bit terrifying that this is going on practically in my backyard!
This article is from the NY [...]

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Yoga - as Essential as WiFi

Yoga – as Essential as WiFi

Today’s New York Times Travel Section includes an article on how several high-end hotel chains have felt it completely necessary to include yoga in their spa packages. The article goes as far as to say that it is as essential as offering wireless internet access Umm, I think it’s a lot more, personally

“Long [...]

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NY TIMES: Ask a Yoga Instructor

NY TIMES: Ask a Yoga Instructor

So yeah, everyone is getting into it! Is Yoga going mainstream….or is it already?!
Well, either way Yoga’s increasing popularity equals tons of fun and plenty of resources and great events for the modern day Yogi. 
Check this feature out from todays City Room (NY TIMES BLOG) entitled “Ask a Yoga Instructor” — FULL STORY HERE
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From City Room (NY TIMES):
This week, [...]

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NY Times: When Chocolate and Chakras Collide

NY Times: When Chocolate and Chakras Collide

The below story is from the Dining & Wine section of todays New York Time – it is about about Yoga and Chocolate (and Wine) enthusiast Dave Romanelli. I have taken a couple workshops with “Yeah Dave” in the past, it is an experience to say the least, check it:  
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“The words of Ziggy Marley’s “Love Is [...]

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NY Times article - and the world is catching on...

NY Times article – and the world is catching on…

This from our friend and NYC based-yogi, Amanda Murdock -

I just read an interesting article today in the New York Times titled, “A Breathing Technique Offers Help for People With Asthma”. This article discusses a method of breathing called Buteyko method or the Buteyko Breathing Technique named for the late Ukrainian doctor, Konstantin Pavlovich [...]

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Healthy Chocolate? Yes please!

Healthy Chocolate? Yes please!

Today I had the pleasure of sampling Xocai, the healthy chocolate, and boy was it delicious…so good! This chocolate has an extremely high level of antioxidants and is said to actually improve overall health and well-being.
Personally, I think chocolate is great for all things at all times.

Check out what the NY Times had to [...]