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Bad Excuses Not To Go To Yoga

Amelia McDonell-ParryJanuary 10, 2012 //
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So, this morning I posted a lengthy essay about my history with exercise and my determined desire to commit to going to yoga three times a week. And then this appears on my Tumblr dashboard. At first, I was like, “Hello, I do not NEED any more excuses not to go to yoga!” But then I looked a little closer at this handy infographic and realized that it actually debunks those very excuses. So the next time I am considering skipping class because I had a burrito for lunch and am particularly gassy, I will remind myself that yoga is a place to embrace my body, including the sounds and smells it emits! View full size image here. [via Felt & Wire]

My Sad History With Exercise, Plus A Plea For Advice On How To Motivate To Work Out

Amelia McDonell-ParryJanuary 10, 2012 //
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There are a lot of things in this world that I am interested in learning how to do. Play my ukulele! Become fluent in Italian! Floral arrangement! Learning to appreciate the music of Phish! I’m generally adventurous. But there has been one thing I just have never been able to get down with.

I absolutely hate to exercise. Keep reading »

10 Tips For Getting Fit In The New Year

The StirJanuary 2, 2012 //
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Most people greet the start of the New Year with a vow to get in shape … Every. Year. And every year the gym is crowded with “resolutionaries” who show up, sweat all over everything for a few weeks, and then are never seen again.

The best way to avoid that is to figure out what usually stands in your way. What is the obstacle getting in the way of your success? And then — here’s the hard part — figure out a plan to work around it. One (or more) of these tips ought to help you get started.

You haven’t stopped reading, have you? You can do this! Here’s to a healthier you in 2012. Read more…

Woman’s Body “Swallows” Breast Implant During Yoga

Jessica WakemanDecember 20, 2011 //
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Attention, womenfolk, something new for you to fear: your body eating your breast implant!  While stretching during a Pilates class, 59-year-old woman’s implant slipped through an incision from a recent heart valve surgery and lodged itself near her lung. Her doctors had cleared her for exercise after the heart surgery when the boob job strayed. So how did her breast implant get swallowed whole? One doctor interviewed by CBS News surmised that the stretching and breathing exercises in Pilates may have worked “like a vacuum” and “sucked in the implant.” Yummy! We’re glad to hear this lady’s doctors were able to snatch that wayward boobie and put it back in its place. [CBS News] Keep reading »

Yoga Granny Twists Open Record Books

Amelia McDonell-ParryNovember 18, 2011 //
It might seem strange that a person who just set a world record would want other people to break it, but that's what Bernice Bates is hoping. The 91-year-old resident of St. Petersburg, Fla., just set a new Guinness World Record as the "World's Oldest Yoga Teacher," and it's not a stretch to say she wouldn't mind if she loses the title to someone older and wiser. READ MORE... »
November 18, 2011
Source: Huffington Post

Yoga’s Mental Benefits? Maybe None.

NewserOctober 30, 2011 //

Bad news for those of you who assumed yoga was curing all that ails you: A new study found no evidence that yoga’s mental effects benefit the body. The good news is that yoga does help to relieve lower back pain, the Wall Street Journal reports. However, stretching was found to be equally as effective as yoga at easing the pain—indicating that yoga’s mental component plays no role. Read more…

Have A Prosperous Practice

Ami AngelowiczOctober 24, 2011 //

Colder weather makes me want to eat ramen and ramp up my yoga practice. My old mat is getting a little, well, nasty. This Gaiam prosperity yoga mat should bring renewed focus and enthusiasm to my practice, not to mention something lovely to focus my drishti on while I flow through my asanas. Namaste.

[$24.99 Target]

What Is A Yogasm?

Kate Torgovnick/Kate-Book.comSeptember 28, 2011 //
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On Tuesday night, I went to a yoga class. Truth be told, I really enjoyed it. But on the way out of the studio, I couldn’t help but overhear another student in the class say to her friend, “I feel so connected to the universe after that.” As someone who recoils at new agey expressions, I instantly felt turned off. I mean, yes, it felt lovely to exercise, breathe, and stretch—even though people speak of it in these terms, it never feels that spiritual to me.

So imagine what I thought when I read a Daily Beast piece this morning about the “yogasm”—the phenomenon of women having orgasms during a yoga class.

Apparently, this is a thing.

Keep reading »

Watch The Worst People In The World Do Yoga

July 6, 2011 //


Jessica and Hunter are a couple of LA airheads looking for spiritual guidance. So they’ve decided to sign up for an ashtanga yoga class — whatever, Gwyneth Paltrow’s doing it. But can they actually handle the intensity of an ashtanga yoga class? And can an ashtanga yoga class handle them? (Probably not.) [YouTube] Keep reading »

This Is What Lady Gaga Wears To Yoga

Amelia McDonell-ParryJuly 5, 2011 //

Surely you didn’t expect her to wear some Lululemon stretchy pants and a tank with built-in bra? I bet she sweats glitter. [Buzzfeed] Keep reading »

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