Sunday Reading: The book The New York Times launched into ‘risky’ territory is reviewed by The New York Times

We’ve posted a few early reviews by the yoga community, and last week YD contributor Roseanne from It’s All Yoga, Baby interviewed author William J Broad about his shri-stirring book The Science of Yoga: The Risks and the Rewards. The New York Times sent us in to a tizzy with the ‘risk’ section a few [...]

Is The New York Times Wrecking Yoga? The Community Responds

Iyengar’s Roger Cole, Ashtanga’s Eddie Stern, and Others Including Medical Professionals Weigh In via NYT With much ado and uproar over the latest Times article entitled ‘How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body‘ (actually an excerpt from a new book by science writer William J. Broad) reactions have ranged from cautionary told-you-so’s to frustration over facts to mixed [...]

Yoga Injuries and Battered Egos, ‘How Yoga Wrecks the Body’ via The New York Times

Let us start by saying articles like this one in The New York Times entitled ‘How Yoga Wrecks the Body’ always amuse us. Why? Because if you did anything, like walking on the street, unconsciously, there’s a risk of being runover by a truck, tripping and breaking a hip or biting your lip chewing gum. Just [...]

How to boost attendance during challenging times

by Ariel Hernandez Quite a few of you have asked me to blog about how I keep clients coming back to my studio two, three and even four times a week, especially during these challenging economic times. This is a topic that’s near and dear to my heart because the very first Pilates studio I [...]