Meet Restorative Yoga Expert, Jillian Pransky, Her Thoughts on Inspiration, Pema Chodron and Mel Gibson

We’re so excited to introduce Restorative Yoga expert and new addition to the YogaDork Ed faculty, Jillian Pransky! Check out our Q&A with Jillian below where she shares her favorite and not-so-favorite poses, what keeps her inspired and her top pick for the celebrity she wishes would give yoga a try (hint: it’s not Robert Downey, [...]

This Week In Yoga: In Which the Fate of Anusara Yoga and John Friend Hang in the Balance

Hello lovers and lovettes, yogis and yogettes, this is your captain of good cheer speaking. Time to put down the gloomberry muffins and haterade and pick up a box of happiness helper. If you think we’ve gone crazy, you may be right. This past week has been filled with such intense controversy we’re in dire [...]

‘Nightline’ Takes On Yoga, Sex and Yogasms with Author William J. Broad and NYC Yoga Teacher Marco Rojas

Madonna Reinvents Herself (Again) with Yoga for Super Bowl, and Hydraulic Mat Contraption?

Madonna, the queen of prolonged career reinventions, has finally expressed herself all the way to the Super Bowl XLVI halftime stage. We thought Madge did a fine job entertaining us in between non-scoring and mostly ‘eh’ commercials with renditions of “Vogue,” “Music” and one of our faves “Like a Prayer” (#lifeisamystery #madonnasaiditbest), oh, and some [...]

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 Beefs: Ganesha Yoga Mat Recalled for ‘Inappropriate’ Use of Hindu Deity

Ganesha Yoga Mat

It seems not everyone is pleased about your stinky toes rolling over Ganesha to Down Dog. This yoga beef time pits the very vocal president of the Universal Society of Hinduism Rajan Zed vs. Santa Monica based personalized mat biz YogaMatic. Zed wrote a letter to the mat company Jan. 27 declaring the use of Lord [...]

Skeletons in the Yoga Closet, In Response to Controversy Number 2012

Giants and Patriots Prepare for Super Bowl XLVI with Yoga!

New York Giants cornerback Aaron Ross. photo via MySanAntonio.com G-I-A-N-T-S!  Y-O-G-A! So, some of you may know the football prom is this weekend, and the New York Giants have a date with the New England Patriots. Who will win? We don’t know, but at least we can feel safe rooting for the yogis! According to [...]

Toilet Yoga? Top 3 Movements for Relief

Toilet Yoga

Toilet Yoga…the book Ah, finally! We’ve been telling people about this for years. What is toilet yoga you ask? Only the best relief you could ever have at work! Ha. Read on. We’ve already been warned that sitting is killing us, yet a lot of us sit in a some sort of chair perhaps at [...]

Book Review: ‘The Science of Yoga: The Risks and the Rewards’ by William J. Broad

First reviews have already trickled in. Here Roseanne Harvey of Its All Yoga, Baby takes on the daunting task of reviewing one of the most controversial yoga books in recent history before it’s even been released. the science of yoga by william j. broad: the IAYB book review by Roseanne Harvey At the beginning of [...]