CULTURE

Fallout from William J. Broad article Is Yoga Wrecking Your Body?:

January 5: N. Y. Times Sunday Magazine Article

January 9: Cole, Stern & Yoga Community Response [as reported on YogaDork.com]

January 13: N. Y. Times Opinion Page 

• Kaitlin Quistgaard: Editor in chief of Yoga Journal
• Sarah Miller: Awl Essayist, Kundalini Instructor
• And Others…

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Martin Luther & Social Media: How 16th Century Religious Reform (& any Spiritual-Social Cause Can) Went Viral

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I’m Concerned About Your Aura: Shit Yogis Say 

[see full DCYI story]

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Welfare Yoga: Underemployed Gurus Redemocratize Downward Dog

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Meditating Behind Bars: How Yoga in Prisons Could Cut Overcrowding 

[see full DCYI story]

Photo Gallery: See Robert Sturman on Facebook.  

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Atlas Stretched: Who Is John Galt and Why Is He on Lululemon Bags?

• Atlas Fugged: Lululemon Boycotts
• Should yoga’s basic tenets include: selfishness and egoism—the building blocks of Rand’s “philosophy”?
• Huff Post: Bags Promote Tea Party-Esque Message
  • NPR: Lululemon customers are not happy
  • Lululemon Blog: Elevating the world from mediocrity to greatness

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Yoga on Wall Street: How Money has Changed a Spiritual Pursuit

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MEDITATION

Time Warp: Value of Meditation is Priceless

Orgasmic Meditation: Slow Sex Comes West

New Study: 5 Weeks of Meditation Changes Brain Activity

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BOOKSPico Iyer: Dalai Lama’s Biographer takes on Graham Greene

• Harper’s Magazine: From Eden to Eton: One boy’s transatlantic education (subscription)

Vinyasa on the Gridiron: Do Yoga with Ravens Ricky Williams

Photo courtesy of Baltimore Raven

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HEALTH

Chronic Back Pain: Yoga Helps Women

• Study: Annals of Internal Medicine

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LOCAL                

Hanuman in Haiti: Chevy Chase psychotherapist to teach yoga to quake kids