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Yoga's Rise in Pop Culture

Submitted by Karen_E on Sun, 07/26/2009 - 21:49
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Perhaps it’s a natural by-product of yoga’s increasing popularity that the yoga lifestyle is popping up all over pop culture — yoga is making appearances in film, advertising, and even talent searches. Does this surge in yoga-as-entertainment serve to draw positive attention to the practice, or is it only dumbing-down an ancient spiritual tradition that should remain more revered?>>Read more »

Types of Yoga: Laughter yoga

Submitted by Karen_E on Sun, 07/12/2009 - 23:19
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In the past few weeks, we've learned about many different types of yoga — some that involve the use of yoga poses and some that don’t. Another type of yoga that is becoming increasingly popular is laughter yoga. A worldwide phenomenon, laughter yoga is practiced in 60 countries by more than 6000 groups known as laughter clubs.>>Read more »

Spiritual yoga

Submitted by Karen_E on Sun, 07/05/2009 - 21:50
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In our Yoga Basics Webinar, we learned about some of the different types of yoga, such as Iyengar, Ashtanga, and Restorative Yoga. All of these types of yoga use yoga poses in different ways to achieve both physical and spiritual results.>>Read more »

Types of Yoga: Four main paths

Submitted by Karen_E on Sun, 06/28/2009 - 22:25
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As we learned last week, there are many different paths to reaching enlightenment. Though most westerners associate yoga with the practice of yoga poses (asanas), there are many different paths of yoga, some of which do not involve the practice of yoga asanas at all. If practicing yoga poses does not appeal to you but you are interested in other paths to enlightenment, perhaps a different form of yoga is the right path for you. Whether you are someone of a more intellectual nature, or would prefer a form of spiritual yoga, your own yoga path can be whatever you make it.>>Read more »

Yoga - Which is the right path?

Submitted by Karen_E on Sun, 06/21/2009 - 19:55
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In our Basics of Yoga series, we learned that yoga is a multi-faceted spiritual practice, in which the practice of physical poses, or asanas, is one part of uniting the individual with the universal consciousness.

There are in fact many different types of yoga, some of which may not even incorporate the practice of yoga asanas. All these types of yoga are different paths to the ultimate goal of self-realization. Within each path are many different branches or styles, which we will be looking at in the next few weeks.>>Read more »

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