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Yoga Guru Protests Corruption

June 8th, 2011 wynona

Stories of corruption, tear gas, and police action don’t usually end up in Buzz. But this was the scene this weekend in New Delhi, as the popular Indian yoga guru Baba Ramdev embarked on a hunger strike to end government corruption.

Tens of thousands of people across India, Europe, Africa, and the United States joined Ramdev in a strike that began on Saturday in protest of alleged Indian government corruption. On Sunday, the police responded with tear gas into the crowd of more than 40,000 Ramdev supporters.

Ramdev.jpgPolice detained Ramdev, guru to millions of followers in India, then later deported him back to his ashram in Haridwar and banned him from entering Delhi. Now on his fifth day of not eating, the spiritual leader said he wouldn’t eat until the government returned millions of dollars illegally stashed abroad and imposed tough penalties on those who continue to put their money in safe havens, and, in a seemingly un-yogic twist, has threatened to arm his supporters.

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

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Biggest Loser Busts Out a Yoga Pose

May 26th, 2011 greenleads

In an amazing transformation of hardwork and will, 35-year-old opera singer Olivia Ward won Season 11 of the Biggest Loser by dropping 129 pounds. Check her rocking Vrksasana (Tree Pose) … though we wish she wasn’t resting her foot on her knee joint.

oliviaward.jpgYoga is part and parcel of the of the five-month journey that contestants undertake on their path from obesity to health. Biggest Loser trainer Bob Harper, who studied with Bryan Kest, is a huge yoga advocate, and has made a couple of yoga DVDs. Outgoing trainer Jillian Michaels released her own high-octane yoga DVD this spring.

Ward told Us Weekly that she plans to keep the weight off with five to six spinning workouts a week. We hope someone gives her a yoga mat!

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KarmaTube: Be the Change

May 11th, 2011 kate

In the age of YouTube, it’s fun to sit back and watch a video of twins talking or a cat using the potty. But KarmaTube wants videos to do more than entertain: they view video as a medium to inspire action–either in the world or in your own heart.

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The website features videos that both pull your heartstrings and make you want to jump out of your seat and do something: Recent ones showed how some creative kids in Thailand started their own football team; a project that provides handmade hats to orphans in South Africa; and how one woman found art to help heal after the loss of a child. After each video, KarmaTube suggests ways you can create change based on what you just saw, whether this means thinking about tackling a problem in a new way, or volunteering in your community.

Visit here to watch a video, suggest a video, create a video, or spread the word.

We want to know: What do you do that inspires Karma Yoga (the yoga of action) in others?

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Take a Peace Vow Today

May 4th, 2011 wynona

Now more than ever, it’s important for yogis to work for peace. But before we can take peace out into the world, we need to first bring it into our lives.

That’s the idea behind My Peace Vow, a site that encourages all beings to work towards ahimsa (nonharming). “We must take back the control to
take back inner harmony,” says Mother Maya Tiwari, the
spiritual leader and founder of the Wise Earth School of Ayurveda. “To transform violence into
awareness by cultivating ahimsa within. To heal poverty, to stop crimes,
to protect nature and humanity.”

p1-b.jpgIntegrating ancient wisdom with modern technology, Mother Maya has set
up a virtual way to work for inner peace. “Ahimsa must first be cultivated in the mind,” she says.

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Anusara Yoga Heads to Encinitas, CA

April 27th, 2011 levis25

Anusura Yoga founder John Friend has announced the fall opening of an worldwide center for Anusara Yoga in Encinitas, California. Friend told Buzz that the center will include an 8,500-square-foot state-of-the-art studio, a soundstage for talks and concerts, and plenty of workshops, trainings, and gatherings, and will host visiting scholars and master teachers of other disciplines.

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