Yoga Friendly Weekend Getaway

No one, not even bikram fanatics, enjoys these hot and humid New York City weekends. But where can you go for relief? Check out Breathe Inn in the Catskills (about a two hour drive from the city).
The Breathe Inn touts a heated outdoor pool, deluxe sauna and a yoga studio for private use or [...]

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Yoga Phone

I just read today that Namaste New York, a service that provides custom wellness programs to corporations and individuals (including yoga, pilates, personal training and more) is now offering yoga services over the phone. Sounds odd to me as I maintain a home practice without the use of DVDs or CDs let along a [...]

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Yoga- Intellectual Property?

Photograph USA Today
This is not “new” news but this topic remains relevant. An interesting article from May 2007 in the International Herald Tribune Opinion Section by Suketu Mehta
I grew up watching my father stand on his head every morning. He was doing sirsasana, a yoga pose that accounts for his youthful looks well into his [...]

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Wii Fitness: Yoga!

I’ve heard and read a lot of mixed reviews, any Om La La readers want to add their own review of the Wii Fitness Yoga program? I’ve heard about some of its faults and follies around form and function however I think what’s great is that it encourages and guides a home practice- and [...]

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Prana Power Yoga Newton, MA

For all of you yogis that are fans of New York’s Prana Power Yoga in our own Union Square, I highly recommend getting yourselves to the Newton studio if you’re ever traveling in the Boston area. With big windows and bright studio colors this space lends itself to bigger classes that are consistently filled [...]

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