Archives for 2007

Keep Your Spine Healthy at Work with Chair Yoga

In this clip, Rodney Yee explains how a few yoga moves can keep your spine healthy even if you're stuck in a chair all day. … [Read more...] about Keep Your Spine Healthy at Work with Chair Yoga

Weekend Yoga Thoughts: Taming Information Overload

We live in a day and age of information overload. You know exactly what I mean. In fact, you're probably sitting there at your computer right now beginning to think to yourself that you've spent way too much time on the Internet mindlessly surfing for one evening. Nonetheless, unless your will-power is stronger than your mouse clicking fingers, this blog will probably not be your final web surfing destination for the moment. In a matter of minutes you'll be off to some other website in … [Read more...] about Weekend Yoga Thoughts: Taming Information Overload

Weekend Yoga Video: Ashtanga Yoga Demonstration

It's a bit of a video overload this weekend, but this Ashtanga clip, shot on location in India, was too good to sit on. The synchronization and scenic backgrounds are simply amazing. I loved it and I'm sure you will too. I believe it was created by Steven Green who teaches classes at the Yoga Workshop in Boulder, Colorado. [Thanks Harmony for finding this awesome video!] … [Read more...] about Weekend Yoga Video: Ashtanga Yoga Demonstration

Weekend Yoga Video: B.K.S. Iyengar Pranayama Demonstration

I always have to round out a questionable yoga clip [see previously posted Kung Fu v. Yoga clip] with something more respectable. Check out this pranayama demonstration by B.K.S. Iyengar and be seriously amazed. … [Read more...] about Weekend Yoga Video: B.K.S. Iyengar Pranayama Demonstration

Kung Fu vs. Yoga…Who’s Gonna Win?!?

Sorry about the silliness of this post, but I'm sort of in a goofy mood. The clip is kind of long, but of course you do want to know who wins in the end, don't you? At the one-minute mark or so the yogi does a sequence that reminds me of a good old-fashioned yoga demonstration. Definitely love all the cracking joint sound effects. Check it out if you're looking for ten minutes of entertainment and/or want to beef up on your yoga fighting skills. … [Read more...] about Kung Fu vs. Yoga…Who’s Gonna Win?!?

B.K.S. Iyengar NPR Interview

It's hard to believe that it's been over a year since Light on Life by B.K.S. Iyengar was released. In 2005, NPR interviewed Iyengar to discuss the physical and mental benefits of yoga. If you haven't heard the interview, take a minute to listen to the words of one of yoga's foremost pioneers. In the article that accompanies the interview, Iyengar discusses how yoga is more than just physical motions (the quote is actually from the book): The practice of yogasana for the sake of health, to keep … [Read more...] about B.K.S. Iyengar NPR Interview