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Yoga and Music Festival

Paloma Chavez

Yoga Rocks FestivalThe first annual Yoga Rocks! Mountain Fest’ kicks off Friday, August 23 in Lyons, Colorado and runs through Sunday. The weekend will bring yoga teachers, musicians and shared meditation sessions to the Planet Bluegrass Ranch. If anyone gets hungry during the festival, organic and vegetarian vendors will be on hand with a selection of foods as well. Noted yoga teacher Seane Corn is the keynote speaker and will be leading a two-hour Vinyasa flow workshop.

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Golf Champion Wins with Yoga

Paloma Chavez

Eduardo RomeroA professional golfer, like many athletes, can experience a level of stress and pressure that most of us will never experience. But Eduardo Romero, the 29th United States Senior Open champion, has found a way to redirect this added tension and come out a winner.
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Enjoying a Gong Bath

Paloma Chavez

Yoga Gong BathYoga students at the Focus Yoga studio in Brookfield, Illinois, are enjoying a nurturing environment of yoga and meditation with the repeated sound of gongs resonating in their ears. This unusual and imaginative way of practicing yoga is known as a “gong bath.”

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The Giving Message of Yoga

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Bunch of Shoes“That’s the message of yoga – not only looking out for yourself, but globally as well.” ~Michelle Pietrzak-Wegner

Yoga teacher Michelle Pietrzak-Wegner was deeply moved by the plight of survivors of the natural disasters that occurred in Myanmar and China earlier this year. In an effort to provide some solace to them, she joined forces with Souls4Soles, an international charity organization that provides shoes to people in need.
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Telluride Yoga Festival

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Telluride Yoga FestivalThis week, in the beautiful valley of Telluride, Colorado, the first annual Telluride Yoga Festival will welcome local and international yoga practitioners for a three- day retreat. From July 11 to 13, the festival will be offering an array of classes, seminars, and performances led by leading yoga teachers and health professionals.
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Celebrities Design Yoga Bags for Charity

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Celebrities Yoga BagsIn May 2008, noted celebrities donated their time and creativity to designing yoga bags for the Libby Ross Foundation OM Yoga Program. Mother-and-daughter teams included Susan Sarandon and her daughter Eva Amurri, and Trish and daughter Miley Cyrus. Additional guest designers included Courteney Cox Arquette, Lisa Rinna, and Hayden Panettiere, among others. (more…)

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Yoga – a Musical?

Paloma Chavez

Revenge of Yoga the MusicalWho’s taking over yoga in “YogAngeles?” Is it Jackti, the good yogi, or Danny the bad yogi? And who will succeed against the yoga black market and the “YogaBois and YogaGrrls?”
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Russian President Supports Yoga

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yogainrussia.jpg“I can even stand on my head,” says Russian President, Dmitry Medvedv

Practicing yoga in Russia has not always been openly supported, but according to President-elect Medvedev (by the encouragement of his wife), yoga will soon have a place in the Kremlin. (more…)

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lululemon Welcomes New CEO

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lululemon athletica has just newly appointed Ms. Christine Day as their new CEO in Vancouver. In their recent announcement Ms. Day says “”For me, of all the places I could have ended up when I left Starbucks, this would have been a bull’s-eye.” (more…)

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Yoga Therapy Conference on YogaHub.TV

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lotus.jpgWe are thrilled to announce our newest video entry to YogaHub.tv – the SYTAR (Symposium for Yoga Therapy and Research) coverage video. YogaHub is committed to being your host at local and international events and to produce a series of intimate interviews with the presenters, and participants for the YogaHub community. (more…)

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