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Yoga: From Annoyance To Grace in 90 Minutes Flat

Lauren Cahn | Posted 11.02.2009 | Living

Read More: Balanced Life, Yoga, Writing, Meta, Ashtanga, Annoying Yoga Teacher, Inner Life, Yoga Teachers, Motivation, Students, Self-Conscious, Hot Yoga, Motivational Gravity, Yoga Students, Teachers, Yoga Magazines, Bikram, Living News
Lauren Cahn

Yoga works, in spite of all the annoying teachers and students, myself included. All I had to do was roll out my mat, get on it and move. The rest would come.

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Finding the Perfect Yoga for You

Erica Heinz | Posted 11.15.2009 | Living

Read More: Jivamukti, Lyengar, Yoga, Anusara Yoga, Sanskrit, Sivananda, Ashtanga, Bikram Yoga, Bikram, Kundalini Yoga, Vinyasa, Living News
Erica Heinz

People are always asking me what kind of yoga they should do. So to them I say, yoga practice is like wine appreciation -- the best way to learn is to taste.

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Five Words That Do Not Belong In Yoga

Lauren Cahn | Posted 09.03.2009 | Living

Read More: The Inner Life, Yoga, The Balanced Life, Yoga Student, Yoga Teacher, Mysore, Ashtanga, Yoga Chickie, Yoga Satire, Hiking, Exercise, Stretching Exercises, Outdoor Exercise, Living News
Lauren Cahn

Yoga should be an uplifting experience. It should provide a vacation from the thoughts. If it causes one to conjure up new ways to beat oneself up, then, well that's criminal.

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Pattabhi Jois, Founder of Ashtanga Yoga, Passes Away at Age 93

Waylon Lewis | Posted 06.18.2009 | Living

Read More: Dies, India, Yoga, Pattabhi Jois, Yoga Mat, Yoga Studio, Ashtanga, Yoga Practice, Obituary, Died, Passed Away, Death, Living News
Waylon Lewis

The passing of this beloved master and progenitor of modern yoga puts the weight of the future of yoga's integrity squarely on our shoulders.

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Life Cycle: Think Yoga is Healthy? Not on a PVC mat.

Simran Sethi | Posted 09.11.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy, Lead, Yoga, Corpse Pose, Cadmium, Rubber, Yoga Mat, Ashtanga, Green, Practice, Jute, Poly-Vinyl Chloride, Pthalates, Environment, Ahimsa, Eco-Mat, Cancer, Sarah Smarsh, Simran Sethi, Per, Green Living, Tpe, Pvc, Green News
Simran Sethi

Life Cycle is a series of posts that takes a closer look at the stuff we use and love. It's the end of class. You're breathing deeply, surrenderi...

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From Cancer To Yoga: 10 Year Nap, My Ass!

Lauren Cahn | Posted 07.08.2008 | Living

Read More: Yoga, Rabbit Pose, Natarajasana, Ashtanga, 10-Year Nap, Law Firm" "Hogan & Hartson, Inner Life, Chemo, Jivamukti, Camel Pose, Ustrasana, Naval Gazing, Breast Cancer, Meg Wolitzer, Dancer Pose, Chemotherapy, Sarvangasana, Living, Disability, Ten-Year Nap, Yoga Chickie, Bikram, The Inner Life, Living News
Lauren Cahn

Yesterday, my mom called to tell me about this book she was reading: The Ten-Year Nap, by Meg Wolitzer. Since these days, most of my reading is done ...

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Posh-Asana: Do You Have To Be Rich To Do Yoga?

Lauren Cahn | Posted 06.24.2008 | Living

Read More: India, Yoga, Ashtanga, Madonna Workout, Shala, Asana, Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute, Pasasana, Luxury, Health Club, Ayri, Yoga Obsession, Vinyasa, Cartoons by Lauren Cahn, Lauren Cahn, Mysore Yoga, Madonna Yoga, The Inner Life, Spirituality, Living News
Lauren Cahn

So, you want to practice yoga. You'd like a nice "yoga butt," maybe a set of rock hard "yoga abs," and if you can somehow develop a calmer mind in th...

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