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A sticky mat that makes a difference!
I’m really not into promoting stuff, but if you HAVE to do some shopping (as it’s all about consumerism, or was there some other aspect to Christmas I missed?): This yoga mat […]
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Shit yogis say
I might have uttered some of these as well…Filed under: Trends, Videos Tagged: LOL, Yoga, Yoga videos
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The book is out. And we still wonder: Can yoga kill you?
Finally, after we’ve been bitching about this for weeks and weeks (without having read it, of course, but hey – such petty details don’t hold us back), the book is out. You […]
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World Yoga Day – Let’s sweat to support press freedom!
Yes, there’s a World Yoga Day, and it’s coming soon! So what’s behind? On 26 February 2012 “yoga teachers and schools around the world will donate their time and space to a […]
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Yoga as an Olympic Sport – really?
As if the yoga community hasn’t been shaken enough by the most recent scandals and publishing ventures of certain science writers, now this: USA Yoga which is sponsoring the National Yoga Asana...
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Can someone explain this Broga thing to me, please?
So just when we thought we had it all covered with Ashtanga, Kundalini, Anusara (sigh), Sivananda, Bikram, Yogalates [...], there’s another yoga coming our way: BROGA. Yes, it’s yoga, but this time […]
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“Do you wanna go Coconuts?”
We’ve been laughing about “Shit Yogis Say” (or maybe we’ve just been laughing about ourselves, who knows..), but hey, there’s more: Tataaa – “Shit Ashtanga Yogis Say“. Want a foretaste? Here you […]
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Will our future be that…shocking?!
Let’s hope this is NOT fast forward into the future, but in light of Earth Day and to brighten your mood (think of what we still have!), here’s an awesome video by […]
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Yoga – in Iran!
Iran isn’t the country you’d think of first in terms of yoga. And let’s face it, we’re not reading yoga-related news from Iran very often. And then this: Laughter Yoga is en […]
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‘No coffee, no prana’
‘No coffee, no prana (life energy)’, Ashtanga yoga’s founder Pattabhi Jois famously said, and apparently in the very early Mysore days, when yoga was still some weird Indian fad (can anyone even […]
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Luxury cosmetics & practising ‘Ahimsa’
If you’ve been doing yoga for a while, you may have come across the concept of ‘ahimsa’. It means non-injury, but it goes beyond not causing harm to other human beings – it’s […]
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Organic market shopping? Easy!
Don’t get me wrong – we love going to the farmer’s market. We love buying fresh, organic and seasonal fruit and veg. It’s in line with ayurvedic principles, tastes better because first […]
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Are your legs strong enough?
I struggle with postures that are part of literally every yoga class (sigh…). Granted, I can do a headstand, handstand, forearm balance, I can jump back into plank from crow pose… And […]
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India’s “Banksy”
Upon entering Cochin, you’ll hear a “collective sigh of relief”. At least this is how our guide-book described the “serene” city in southern India. Seen from the comfort of our sofa back […]
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No, you won’t need undies…
Dear Kate, We’ve never met, but you seem to understand the issues that come with yoga practice and yoga pants. Or rather, those that arise when combining underwear and yoga pants (as […]
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Do you dare – slowing down?
Does anybody still remember when yoga was just plain weird, potentially dangerous and certainly a devilish Hindu practice? When you’d don your baggy cotton trousers and a shabby t-shirt in order to, […]
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Bamboo on the yoga mat…?
This post will start with babies and bamboo (I know, bear with me) but will lead onto yoga, eventually. A very thoughtful friend offered a stack of bamboo tissues to us after our […]
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The grinding 21st century stress response
I’m grinding my teeth. I had no idea that I was doing it until my last check up at the dentist. She simply said: “Oh I can see your teeth are pretty […]
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Bikram ‘not as safe as yogis believe’…
There’s a study (sponsored by the American Council on Exercise and published in the Gundersen Medical Journal) that showed practicing yoga in a hot room “can raise internal temperatures and heart rates...
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‘Hardcore’ instructors: “Are you in your own class?”
It seems there’s a new trend: Make it through my class, without quitting, and you’re good. And no, this time we’re not talking about hot yoga. We’re talking about a new trend […]
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