Letter from Douglas Brooks ‘Godfather of Anusara’ on John Friend Controversy

YD Giveaway: Get in the Flow, Be Happy, Win Whatever Your Heart’s Delight from PrAna

Are you happy? If you’re not quite sure of the answer, maybe we can help! As some of you know, there’s a great big day of hearts and hugs and love upon us. No, not just Valentine’s Day. World Happy Day! We didn’t make it up. Today, Saturday, February 11, 2012 is World Happy Day [...]

Update – Letter from Interim Committee to Anusara Teachers on Mediating Process

This is a follow up letter posted by the Interim Committee via a closed group on facebook for Certified and Inspired Anusara Yoga teachers offering an update on their mediating process. Read their first address to Anusara teachers, along with John Friend’s second letter here. The committee’s members have since shifted with Noah Maze’s resignation. This letter [...]

Free 1 hr POP Pilates Class! Live from Sydney, Australia!

blogilates- Broadcast your self LIVE Hey hey POPsters!!! I just arrived in Sydney! It is so much cooler (weather wise) over here. Just got my sis all situated in her new dorm room. Now I sit here bloggin’ away as she meets some new friends at a beach party social tonight. How fun! Reminds me [...]

Letter From John Friend to Anusara Yoga Teachers

This letter from John Friend to Anusara Yoga teachers has been confirmed by a current employee, and we believe it to be authentic. We first found it posted at thebabarazzi.com who received it via email from an anonymous source. Here it is in its entirety: Dear Teachers of Anusara Yoga, With anguish, I write to [...]

Yoga Saves US Soccer Team from Fatal Shooting – Hope Solo

New use for chaturanga? A possible gang-related fatal shooting at a hotel in Vancouver on Tuesday evening could have spelled tragic for the U.S. Womens soccer team. World Cup Superstar and yogi Hope Solo tweeted from the hotel where the team was staying for the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament, thankful the crew was getting their yoga [...]

Naked Judgment: What Are We Really Buying from Nude Yoga Ads?

In all this nakedness, lest we forget who’s selling what. Do you buy it? There’s been a lot of commotion over Equinox’s sexy yoga ad featuring the talented Briohny Smyth. Not shy of controversy herself or getting paid for baring her yoga-toned body in an ad, prominent and pretty yogi Kathryn Budig offers another point [...]

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Which Quote from 91-Year-Old Yoga Teacher is Most Inspiring?

We ‘met’ Bernice Bates when she was awarded the World Record for Oldest Yoga Teacher. We’ve heard some contention *cough*B.K.S. Iyengar*Porchon Tao-Lynch*cough* but after learning about Lady B and reading what has to say, this woman deserves an award! A widow of eight years, a mother of three, grandmother of seven and great-grandmother of three, [...]

Off the Mat, on the Menu: Powerhouse Nutrition From a Spoon

By Frances Sheridan Goulart Something as simple as a bowl or cup of homemade soup is a slurp in the right direction toward better health and healing this winter, especially after a session on your mat or apparatus. According to research from the UCLA Center for Human Nutrition, a higher intake of fruits and vegetables [...]