Update: Monday News Roundup

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Do We Need Yoga Classes Dedicated to Women of Color?
http://www.elle.com/culture/career-politics/news/a31049/yoga-classes-for-people-of-color/
"Meet three women trying to make it happen"
"I was attending a once-a-month yoga class called "Brown Sugar: Yoga
for Folks of Color." Instead of a studio, we were in the Museum of
African Contemporary Diasporan Arts, surrounded by paintings,
sculptures, and multimedia."

These Photos Capture the World’s Most Flexible Yogis
http://www.vanityfair.com/culture/photos/2015/10/michael-o-neill-on-yoga-book
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On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 10:33 AM, the.yoga.news.daily
<the.yoga....@gmail.com> wrote:
> Man broke his thigh bone doing YOGA pose Marichyasana B
> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3269305/The-man-broke-thigh-bone-doing-YOGA-Severe-injury-normally-seen-car-crash-victims-doctors-say.html
>
> Owner of studio offering 'yoga for people of color' apologizes, cancels classes
> http://mynorthwest.com/992/2825436/Owner-of-studio-offering-yoga-for-people-of-color-apologizes-cancels-classes
> "The owner of a yoga studio that offered a class specifically for
> "people of color" has apologized for the "discriminatory language" she
> used in advertising for her class and has put classes on hold "until
> further notice."
> "Rainier Beach Yoga offered a monthly class called "Yoga for People of
> Color," which was aimed at "people of color, and of all sexualities,
> ages, body sizes, abilities, genders, and experience with yoga," but
> asked that "white friends, allies and partners" not attend. The class
> was met with controversy after KIRO Radio's Dori Monson broke the
> story following a news tip from a listener."
>
> On Evil Yogis and the Icy Silence of Yoga's Post-Disintegration
> http://www.popmatters.com/column/on-evil-yogis-and-the-icy-silence-of-yogas-post-disintegration/
> "As sinister as this phenomenon sounds, part of White’s research is to
> restore the understanding of historic yoga as a counterbalance to the
> modern New Age spirituality and self-help commercialism that now
> dominates the practice."
>
> 13th century rock carving of yogi in self-realization pose discovered in India
> http://www.ancient-origins.net/news-history-archaeology/13th-century-rock-carving-yogi-self-realization-pose-discovered-india-020562
> "A team of historians has discovered a rare petroglyph or rock carving
> of a yogi in a self-realization posture dating to the 13th century AD
> in a cave in Tamil Nadu State in India. This is the first such rock
> carving of a sadakan or yoga aspirant of its kind found in Tamil Nadu.
> "Below the yogi is a carving of an altar, according to an article in
> The New Indian Express News made available to Ancient Origins by T.L.
> Subash Chandira Bose, an archaeo-symbolist who was involved in the
> project. Others on the team were Balakrishnan of the Arivom-Arivipom
> Center, and researchers Kannan and Arun."
>
> How yoga could beat arthritis pain
> http://beta.iol.co.za/lifestyle/how-yoga-could-beat-arthritis-pain-1928286
>
> Live gigs at yoga leads to album
> http://m.nzherald.co.nz/entertainment/news/article.cfm?c_id=1501119&objectid=11527370
> "When Auckland-based, Israeli composer and musician Arli Liberman
> started playing at yoga and meditation classes, he was inundated with
> people wanting to know where they could buy his music. Now he's
> releasing Fata Morgana, the ultimate chill-out album."
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