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Season of the Yoga Music Festival

May 30th, 2011 levis25

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It used to be there were yoga conferences and there were music festivals. But now, yoga music festivals are road-trip destinations for yogis, activists, and music lovers to converge and celebrate their shared passions. Here are a few hot-ticket events on our radar this summer:

Hanuman Festival: With teachers like Seane Corn and musicians such as Suzanne Sterling, the Hanuman festival adds yoga, music and seva to the mix in Boulder, Colorado. June 16-19

Wanderlust: The popular destination festival that started in Lake Tahoe, California, this year also rolls into Bondville, Vermont.

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When Medicine and Yoga Meet: Q & A with Loren Fishman, MD

April 25th, 2011 levis25

It isn’t often that your doctor takes off his coat, puts on shorts, and leads a yoga class. Unless your doctor is

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When Medicine and Yoga Meet: Q & A with Loren Fishman, MD

April 25th, 2011 levis25

It isn’t often that your doctor takes off his coat, puts on shorts, and leads a yoga class. Unless your doctor is

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Yogis: Take Action On Earth Day

April 20th, 2011 levis25

full-20earth2.jpgYogis around the globe will be celebrating Earth Day on Friday. After all, yoga and caring for the Earth go hand-in hand. As Green Yoga Association founder Laura Cornell tells Yoga Buzz, “Yoga starts with the Earth. Period. Our bodies are made from the elements of the planet, our blood from its waters, the air we breathe from its atmosphere. We are not separate. When we recognize this deeply, we are on our way towards the first step of yoga–ahimsa.”

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This Earth Day, take your love of the planet one step further–and take action. Many studios are offering up free and donation-based classes, live drumming, and community events. Here are a few other ways you can thank the Earth:

1. Become a Yoga Energy Activist. Shiva Rea invites you to respond to the ongoing energy crisis by commit yourself to becoming an Energy Activist Watch the video here.

2. Practice Yoga Outside. Feel your feet connect with the ground, the wind in your hair, and give gratitude to Mother Nature.

3. Unplug. Forsake television, turn off the lights, cell phone and computers, and spend time with your friends or family instead.

4. Reduce Water Consumption. Think before you flush and cut five minutes from your shower.

5. Dedicate Your Practice. Set an intention for your practice, and send lovingkindness to the Earth.

To read these ideas and more, visit Shiva Rea’s Yoga Energy Activism, Green Yoga, and Global Green

We want to know: How will you celebrate Earth Day?

Read the whole story on:http://blogs.yogajournal.com/yogabuzz/

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On Your Mark, Get Set . . . Pose!

February 28th, 2011 levis25

Competitive yoga has always been controversial. But that never stops the United States Yoga Federation from hosting its annual Yoga Asana Championship.

And this year is no different. On March 5-6, more than 105 yogis from around the country will gather in Los Angeles to compete for the title of the 2011 Yoga Asana Champion in different categories, including male, female, and youth divisions.

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Such competitions have been happening in India for years. Bikram Choudhury, creator of Birkram Yoga, has championed their acceptance in the U.S. Choudhury’s wife, Rajashree, a five-time winner of the All India Yoga Championship, is the president of the USA Yoga, which sponsors the event and aims to get yoga accepted as an Olympic Sport. Event competitors are judged on physical perfection in their execution of asanas:

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