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NEWS ABOUT: yoga

yoga stories: 11 news summaries
OLYMPICS, ANYONE?

 Yoga Gets Competitive 

Proponents want the spiritual practice to be an Olympic sport

Nov 19, 09 11:07 AM CST
(Newser) - Yoga as an Olympic sport? It could happen, if two leaders in the field have their way. The creators of Bikram yoga brought yoga championships to the US, but many practitioners say the very idea of competition in yoga is antithetical to the core tenets of the practice. After all,... More »

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fitness • yoga • Olympics • Jay-ZTV

Yoga Retreats See Karmic Convergence in Recession

Ashrams enjoying newfound popularity

Jul 16, 09 1:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Many left unemployed or weary by recession are heading to yoga retreats, where they get meals, lodging, spiritual education, and quiet reflection for some chores and a low fee. “I figured if I stayed for a year, the economy would be warming up by then, and I could head... More »

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recession • unemployment • yoga • Jay-ZTV

(Newser) - Consumers are cutting back in all sorts of ways amid the recession—just not when it comes to yoga. Sales of designer mats, which fetch in the ballpark of $100, are surging, reports Time. One leading company, Manduka, has seen sales shoot up 87% on Amazon in the last 4... More »

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recession • luxury • yoga • meditation • Manduka

Writer Lays Bare World of
Naked Yoga 

Stripped-down classes test self-confidence,  merits of underwear

May 23, 09 8:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - Naked yoga is about self-confidence rather than sex, Nick Sortal of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel discovered after a foray into a men's nude yoga class. Sortal—who firmly reminded himself he was straight before stripping down and joining his 17 mostly gay classmates in a mirrored room—found the main... More »

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nudity • exercise • yoga

GOSSIP ROUNDUP

 Brown 
 Rumors 
 Old News: 
 Manager's Dad 

Plus, reality acts fight over Jacko, and more

Mar 11, 09 11:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - Two British reality talent-show acts nearly came to blows in their competition to open for Michael Jackson’s London shows, the Mirror reports. It may be a moot point, the New York Post adds—so far, no one is willing to insure the July concerts. Elsewhere:
  • The father of
... More »

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reality TV • Angelina Jolie • detox • diet • celebrity • affair • concert • Amy Winehouse • Blake Fielder Civil • yoga • Ashley Dupre • Chris Brown

TRAVEL

 Super Spas (for the Still-Rich) 

Less waiting perhaps, too, at these top-flight pushers of relaxation

Jan 7, 09 6:45 PM CST
(Newser) - From ancient minerals and monasteries to herb-infused wraps and waterfalls, sit back, relax, and enjoy Vanity Fair’s list of the world’s poshest spas:
  • Amangani, Jackson Hole, Wyoming: Jet-setters can get a taste of the Old American West, where “wildlife runs wild.”
  • The Spa at
... More »

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travel • Arizona • list • Singapore • Milan • Prague • spa • yoga • skin care • massage

 Yoga Blunts Menopause: Study 


Aug 23, 08 8:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Menopausal women who do yoga experience fewer hot flashes and have greater mental acuity than their non-practicing counterparts, suggests a new study conducted by a yoga university in India. The research compared results from a control group against women who did yoga or stretches five days a week for 2... More »

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India • mental health • menopause • stress • yoga • scientific study

 New Yorkers Bullish 
 on Bare Market 

Naked dining, yoga and comedy keep Big Apple residents cool

Jul 21, 08 2:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - Naked dinner, yoga in the buff and comedy clubs au naturel are turning the Big Apple into Nude York City, the New York Post reports. One New Yorker rents out restaurants for monthly nude dinner parties—the motto for a group often numbering 50 is “no hot soup”—... More »

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New York City • nudity • yoga • trend • public nudity

 Yoga Turning 
 B-Schoolers 
 on Their Heads 

Capitalists latch on to search for inner peace

Jul 20, 08 7:37 PM CDT
(Newser) - Inner peace through capitalism? Americans spend $5.7 billion a year on yoga classes and products, and now, BusinessWeek reports, yoga clubs are cropping up in some of the country's most high-pressured institutions: top business schools. "Having a yoga practice helped sort through the white noise," one MIT... More »

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MIT • business • University of Chicago • stress • business school • capitalism • Harvard • yoga • BusinessWeek • Northwestern University

'Nose Bidet' Gives Sinuses Alt Relief

'Stuffy' people turning to ancient Indian neti pots to clear nasal passages

Jan 6, 08 3:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Sufferers of stuffy sinuses are turning to an ancient remedy to clear their nasal passages: the neti pot. Also called the "nose bidet," the neti pot is filled with non-iodized salt water, the spout is placed in one nostril, and water is poured in and streamed out the... More »

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health • yoga • meditation • neti pot • sinuses • nasal passages • alternative medicine

Citizens Make Own Galaxy
Far, Far Away

New York Jedi teaches lightsaber; ‘skill and confidence’ emerge

Oct 2, 07 5:09 PM CDT
(Newser) - One unemployed theater techie is giving Industrial Light & Magic a run for its money, bringing lightsaber skills to a Manhattan dance studio and “high personal ethics” to everyday geeks. New York Jedi braintrust Master Flynn teaches swordplay, along with meditation and yoga techniques, to men bearing replicas of... More »

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Starbucks • Manhattan • Star Wars • light saber • Jedi • yoga • Industrial Light and Magic

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