• Attention runners: This yoga sequence can help loosen up your quads (FitSugar) • Leaving on a jet plane? Here are some helpful beauty tips for traveling (The Frisky) • Genetics could be the reason why some women want so desperately to be thin (HuffPost Women) • Do you have premarital sex...
In Portland, you can now get your yoga with a heavy dose of Yoda. Bryan Miller thinks it's no coincidence that "Yoda" and "yoga" have a difference of only one letter; in fact, he's started a Star Wars-inspired yoga class. More »Post from: Blisstree
This photo of Prince Charles in tree pose might be the sweetest, happiest photo we've ever seen of him. A coincidence that he was doing yoga? We think not. (He was also probably feeling pretty good about his work in support of wounded veterans, but still: The yoga clearly made his day.) More...
Remember how*lululemon is suing Calvin Klein for making a suspiciously similar pair of yoga pants to their patented Astro Pant? That's still going on--and the Wall Street Journal has the pages upon pages of line drawings and intense legal-speak to prove it. But as I was scrolling through the...
The Huffington Post's Oasis, a yoga and massage center they set up at the Republican National Convention (RNC), was designed to be a peaceful space for stressed-out delegates to "unplug and recharge." *However, for Seane Corn, co-founder of Off the Mat, Into the World®, a nonprofit that uses...
In the last few years, yoga pants have moved beyond the studio and into the streets, becoming a ubiquitous fashion staple for women of all ages, shapes, sizes, and demographics. But whether you got yours from Old Navy or some line of clothing by Kim Kardashian, we all know that there is one yoga...
Here are some yoga advantages:
1. Yoga increases your body fitness.
2. It makes your body flexible.
3. Yoga helps prevent the build up of lactic acid in people who regularly do aerobic and weight training.
4. It is good to do for weight loss.
5. It increases your metabolism.
6. It's a stress...
At any given Saturday or Sunday yoga class, half the students are likely engaged in a hangover-induced inner dialogue of regrets and self-chastisement. (And many of us simply opt to stick to the couch because we're not sure we can make it through class.) Enter Brooklyn's*Cobra Club: A yoga...
Group yoga can improve balance in stroke survivors who no longer receive rehabilitative care, according to new research in the American Heart Association journal /iStroke. In a small pilot study, researchers tested the potential benefits of yoga among chronic stroke survivors - those whose...
A new study says that yoga could reduce disability in stroke victims by improving their balance, proving that viral videos like Arthur Boorman's*aren't just freak*occurrences. If you're willing to buy one man's experience as testament to the incredible transformational abilities of yoga...
Ever had this post-yoga experience? You arrive to the studio, mat in hand with the best of intentions for a blissful a-ha experience. But instead of leaving in a sweaty zen state, you leave stressed, angry and annoyed. I thought it was just me--like, maybe I just wasn’t cut out for yoga or I was...
Twenty-nine-year-old activist Moira Johnston has gotten a lot of attention for strolling around Manhattan sans shirt recently. Her campaign (surprise, it’s not for PETA!) aims to remind New Yorkers that men aren’t the only ones who can shed clothes during a sweaty summer run—it’s legal for women...
• Looking hot is all about what's going on inside, not outside. *(IntentBlog) • Can french fries ever be healthy? (HuffPost Healthy Living) • If 'fight constantly' describes your relationship, you should watch this video. (YourTango) • Dairy-free ice cream recipes to make your summer better...
• This video shows what you probably could have guessed: Laughter Yoga is pretty awkward (The Stir) • Sculpt your arms with these super-tough push-up variations (FitSugar) • Which city has the highest sex drive? Trojan is on the case (HuffPost Women) • Envy is so unhealthy: here's how to curb...
• Give America a hug with these four festive Fourth of July-ready yoga poses (FitSugar) • Fitting in a workout today? You'll need this patriotic playlist (HuffPost Healthy Living) • Finally! Relief from itchy mosquito bites (The Frisky) • This melon and fig salad needs to get in our mouths...
Earlier this week Wendi Deng Murdoch, wife of Rupert and posessor of a mean right hook, was reported to have done a private yoga session with media guru Arianna Huffington and author Kathy Freston. Huffington and Deng recently co-hosted the book party for Ms. Freston’s diet book, The Lean. That...
• Yoga breaks make you more productive at work! (Yoga Dork) • Don't believe the hype--read up on these myths about carbs (HuffPost Healthy Living) • Which vegetables have the fewest calories? These! (FitSugar) • This brave blogger is testing at-home waxing strips so you don't have to (The...
Yoga late-comers bug the shit out of their fellow students—I know; they've ruined my concentration and squeezed in next to my mat more than a few times. They're also one of instructors' biggest pet peeves, and for good reason: They interrupt the flow, force their teacher to rearrange mats when...