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NEWS ABOUT: Yoga

Yoga stories: 5 news summaries

Hollywood Bends to Yogi's Rocking Style

LA's elite get tough love, NY accent from former drug addict

May 21, 09 10:05 AM CDT
(Newser) - Vinnie Marino is as likely as yoga teacher as Led Zeppelin is meditation music. Yet the recovering drug addict stretches some of Hollywood’s most elite muscles—Heather Graham and Adrien Brody among them—to his own tune. Marino, 50, has a cult of followers who live for his rocking,... More »

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New York • Los Angeles • celebrity • exercise • Yoga • Adrien Brody • Heather Graham • Vinnie Marino • Grace Slick

 Om My! 
 Dogs Take 
 to Yoga 

Downward-facing dogis more popular than ever

Apr 10, 09 4:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - When Fido lifts his leg, he might not be watering a tree, but attempting the challenging yoga position Downward Facing Dog. At least, that's what owners all over America are hoping as they pack yoga classes that cater to people and their doggies—or dogis—reports the Independent. "Doga"... More »

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pets • exercise • Yoga • rich dogs • human pets • dog • fads • pet owners

(Newser) - Islamic authorities in Malaysia issued a fatwa today against Muslims practicing yoga, BBC reports. The chair of Malaysia's National Fatwa Council said Hindu elements are essential to yoga and could destroy a Muslim's faith. "We are of the view that yoga combines physical exercise, religious elements, chanting and worshipping... More »

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Muslim • fatwa • Malaysia • Yoga

Yoga Helping Traders Bear Market Tumult

High finance may seem incompatible, but practice is booming

Jul 24, 08 11:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - The yoga industry is doing big business on the financial market as bankers and traders look for ways to take a step back and rise above the whirlwind, the Wall Street Journal reports. Life in the market “is the antithesis of what yoga is about in terms of inner... More »

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Wall Street • exercise • Yoga • hedge funds • Ashtanga

Yoga Helps Women Put Their Best Face Forward

New book claims exercises fight
wrinkles without Botox

Sep 6, 07 2:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - “Satchmo” and “Marilyn” can help women thwart wrinkles without surgery or injections, a new book claims. Yoga facial exercises named after the trumpet player and blond bombshell are helping women tone their facial muscles to look younger, sans Botox, says author Annelise Hagen, who teaches classes on New... More »

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plastic surgery • women • wrinkles • exercise • Yoga • Annelise Hagen

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