Posts Tagged ‘difference’

Pretty Woman Converts to Hindu Woman

August 9th, 2010 kate

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America’s red-headed sweet heart has been seduced by the spiritual lures of India. Julia Roberts told Elle that she is “definitely a practicing Hindi” after her time in India filming the upcoming Eat, Pray, Love. USA Today followed up on the cover interview with a story Sunday.

According to
a 2009 Associated Press story relying on The Times of India
newspaper, Roberts’ children have been given Hindu names. It quoted a Hindu priest, Swami Dharam Dev, as saying:

“I
have named her twins Hazel and Phinnaeus as Laxmi and Ganesh, while
Henry will be called Krishna Balram.”

No word yet on whether or not Roberts’ practices yoga, since of
course being Hindu does not require it. USA Today was also quick to distinguish the difference between practicing yoga and practicing Hindism, but couldn’t resist posting an image of Sarah Palin in Tree Pose as an argument for the “poses don’t have to be spiritual” side. (We couldn’t resist either.)

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Yoga and the New Year

January 5th, 2010 kate

2009 was an amazing year for yoga news. There were lots of great stories–inspirational, shocking, significant, and trivial.

Yoga was portrayed positively and negatively in movies and reality TV shows. The debate about state licensing of teacher training programs generated grew as more and more states began to ask yoga schools to get licensed and more teachers fought back. Celebrities of all shapes and sizes found their way into yoga studios. Swami Ramdev made outlandish claims about yoga’s ability to cure homosexuality. And, of course we all debated the difference and likenesses between yoga and religion (multiple times).

But this blog is not about 2009.

2010 is sure to be an even better year. It’s already off to a great start. If news stories are any indication, everybody and their brother has resolved to do yoga this year. A recent blog post on Chicagonow.com predicted a rise in digital yoga, yoga gyms, and more gyms offering yoga.

What do you think will happen 2010? What was your favorite yoga news story of 2009?

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