You no longer have an excuse to be bored on the computer or mentally lazy now that you know about ConcentratiOm, Gaiam's new yoga pose memorization tool. Featuring renowned instructors Rodney Yee and Colleen Saidman, ConcentratiOm is a game that challenges players to test their memory and yoga knowledge. Learning and remembering yoga pose names has never been more fun!...Whether you're new to yoga or an advanced yogi, you'll have fun giving those brain cells a quick yoga workout. New poses … [Read more...] about Yoga Flash Card Game
Yogic Action ~ Yoga Sutra 2.1
One translation: Yogic action has three components--discipline, self-study, and orientation toward the ideal of pure awareness. Another translation: Burning zeal in practice, self-study and study of scriptures and surrender to God are the acts of yoga. … [Read more...] about Yogic Action ~ Yoga Sutra 2.1
Ashtanga Yoga Intermediate Series Poster
Click here if you're looking for the Primary Series poster... … [Read more...] about Ashtanga Yoga Intermediate Series Poster
Ashtanga Yoga Primary Series Poster
Click on the poster for an amazing ashtanga yoga desktop background! Think you're ready for the Intermediate Series? Here's the poster... Update: Many have asked where they can find this poster for purchase. Good question. I believe it used to be available on YogaLifestyle.com, but they seem to have replaced it with a poster by Matthew Sweeney. I've searched high and low for additional copies of the Axel Dinse poster to no avail. But, if you click on the poster above, you can view an … [Read more...] about Ashtanga Yoga Primary Series Poster
Western Yoga and the Beatles
Found an interesting article at HowStuffWorks about the introduction of yoga to the West. The following is an excerpt from: "Did the Beatles introduce yoga to the Western World?" Yoga actually made its first appearance in the West in the early 19th century. It was studied as an Eastern philosophy in the early 20th century and gained popularity as a part of the health and vegetarian movement of the 1930s. But it wasn't until the 1960s that yoga really began to take off. Prominent Indian … [Read more...] about Western Yoga and the Beatles
Yoga Journal Community
If you subscribe to the Yoga Journal newsletter (and actually read it...mine tend to back up in my in-box before I eventually get to them), then you know that Yoga Journal recently launched a new Community feature for its website. Perhaps you've already checked it out and created a profile. Now is the time to join since the community is still brand new and there are lots of good yoga terms up for grabs for profile names. At least that's what motivated me. Once you join, if you so desire, you … [Read more...] about Yoga Journal Community
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