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Review: Planet Yoga stretches for answers

This featherweight documentary by Peruvian-born director Carlos Ferrand plays like a 90-minute advertisement for the ancient practice of yoga. Om Wonderful Presents … Nothing wrong with that, and far be it from me to come off [...]

Posted On : May, 04 2012 | Comments : 0

Copyright on Yoga? Regulators say that’s a stretch

Downward-facing dog can no longer be copyrighted. Regulators have decided that yoga poses are “exercises” not “choreography” and can’t be copyrighted like they used to be. The ruling was sparked by a trademar [...]

Posted On : Dec, 13 2011 | Comments : 0

Yoga, stretching both ease chronic back pain: US study

The study, published in the Archives of Internal Medicine, looked at over 200 adults with lower back pain and found that participants in both types of classes reported more improvement in symptoms after three months than patients who were [...]

Posted On : Oct, 26 2011 | Comments : 0

Yoga no better than stretching for bad backs

Yoga classes were linked to eased lower back pain in the largest controlled trial to date - but so were intensive stretching classes. The study was conducted by researchers at the Group Health Research Institute in the United States. [...]

Posted On : Oct, 25 2011 | Comments : 0

Austin Yoga Festival offers more than just stretches

When yoga instructor and UT graduate Russell Burns decided to realize his vision of directing Austin’s first yoga festival, he did not expect his initially small, Saturday afternoon venture to snowball. Now, the full two-day event w [...]

Posted On : Oct, 06 2011 | Comments : 0

Fitness: For men, yoga is a bit /health/of a stretch

Despite the popularity of yoga and its reputation as a good-for-you, feel-good type of workout, men have been slow to catch the bug. In fact, given a choice, most dudes will watch reruns of Sex and the City over sweating it out on a yoga [...]

Posted On : Sep, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

B-TOWN BIZ: Prepare To Stretch & Sweat Burien – Bikram Yoga ...

This new biz has taken over (and completely remodeled) the space formerly occupied by the Sylvan Learning Center in downtown Burien. If you don’t know what Bikram Yoga is, here’s a video explanation: And more info: It&rs [...]

Posted On : Sep, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

Stretch and bend to mend a broken heart

We're in the midst of a yoga boom -- wherever you turn these days you're likely to see classes advertised for Bikram or Iyengar and everything in between. Its selling point has mainly been the ability to promote a sense of well [...]

Posted On : Aug, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

Study Indicates Yoga Helps Breast Cancer Patients Better Tha...

A US study indicated Wednesday that breast cancer patients who practice yoga experience lower stress and improved quality of life compared to counterparts who do stretching exercises. Researchers at the University of Texas MD Anderson Can [...]

Posted On : May, 19 2011 | Comments : 0

Yoga group keeps seniors stretching

Helen Daley always feels better after a morning of yoga. The active senior likes to stay in shape and travels often, having recently returned from an extended trip to Paris where her son lives. “I travel all over the world,” [...]

Posted On : Nov, 21 2010 | Comments : 0

Stretch to the limit

If you know the difference between an upward and a downward dog and understand that a happy baby and a dead bug are the same thing, chances are you're one of the estimated 300,000 Australians who regularly stretch their bodies into o [...]

Posted On : Nov, 08 2010 | Comments : 0

Stretch, smile with Bikram Yoga

Stretching and balancing exercises are common in yoga. But how about sweating it out in a room at a temperature of 41 degrees Celsius? Tortuous as it may sound, there is no dearth of celebrities who swear by the benefits of Bikram Y [...]

Posted On : Oct, 20 2010 | Comments : 0

Yoga's popularity stretches from nudists to infants

In the new movie 'Eat, Pray, Love', actress Julia Roberts practices not only eating and love-making, but also yoga. With the help of celebrities such as Roberts, yoga has become an activity for the masses. Now practiced by a broa [...]

Posted On : Oct, 07 2010 | Comments : 0

Yoga's not just for stretching

Service was a recurring theme at the Omega Institute's Being Yoga retreat held in Rhinebeck from Aug. 20-22. More than 400 participants attended, socializing and taking classes with more than 25 yoga teachers."Your life is a tap [...]