Tuesday News Roundup

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Meet The Prison Yoga Master Doing 18 Years For Robbing Banks
http://www.vocativ.com/news/267057/meet-the-prison-yoga-master-doing-18-years-for-robbing-banks/
"In the macho culture of prison, it takes a special type of inmate to
lead yoga classes"
“Yoga. You must be fucking crazy. I’m not doing that gay shit.”

This Inspiring Video Proves Any Woman of Any Size Can Do Yoga
http://www.cosmopolitan.com/health-fitness/news/a51633/this-video-will-make-you-wish-you-were-plus-sized/
"Part of their #IWontCompromise campaign, the video features a
full-figured woman doing yoga like a champ — but the real kicker is
when she breaks out dancing and becomes your new #ConfidenceGoals."

A Gilda Club yoga class that's open to anyone who has been touched by cancer
http://www.whas11.com/story/entertainment/television/great-day-live/2016/01/04/a-gilda-club-yoga-class-thats-open-to-anyone-who-has-been-touched-by-cancer/78256730/
[video]
"Peggy Garrison teaches yoga at Gilda Club to honor her sister who was
lost to cancer"

OK Namaste: A yoga alternative to New Year's resolutions
http://auburnpub.com/lifestyles/ok-namaste-a-yoga-alternative-to-new-year-s-resolutions/article_a16b1a79-6275-518c-91dd-6885b111ef64.html
"The yoga tradition offers an alternative to a New Year’s resolution
called sankalpa, an intention or deep determination that stems from
our inner, true selves. Whereas a resolution typically focuses on a
specific behavior to do or not do, a sankalpa is a more meaningful
statement of intent that speaks from the highest truth about who we
are."

Escape into yourself
http://www.thedailystar.net/lifestyle/ls-suggest/escape-yourself-196891
"When you go on a week-long meditation excursion, you do not come back
with only pictures. In fact, you may not have any pictures at all
since use of technology is advised to be kept at a minimum during such
retreats. However, you bring back a higher sense of self and a peace
of mind attainable only by being brave enough to sit and listen
quietly to the chaos of one's thoughts."

Williamsburg Gets a Yoga Studio That You’ll Be Able to Slip Into ‘Like a Church’
http://bedfordandbowery.com/2016/01/williamsburg-gets-a-yoga-studio-that-youll-be-able-to-slip-into-like-a-church/
"McCann, once profiled in The New York Times as a bad boy turned
expert yogi, has a specific style of sequences representing a
hodgepodge of influences, evidence of his background training in
Ashtanga, Iyengar, Bikram, Dharma, and Forrest yoga."

There's A Topless Yoga Class & Sound Bath In A Candlelit DTLA Loft
http://laist.com/2016/01/04/topless_yoga_party.php
"Beginning on Wednesday, Jan. 20, Free the Nipple Yoga will take place
weekly at Astroetic Studios in downtown Los Angeles."

Yoga made easy: Don’t even leave home with ‘My Yoga To Go’
http://wgno.com/2016/01/04/yoga-made-easy-dont-even-leave-home-with-my-yoga-to-go/
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Yoga and Louis Vuitton | Karena Virginia
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/karena-virginia/yoga-and-louis-vuitton_b_8951308.html
"My yoga teacher, Yogi Bhajan, taught us that if we are to practice
the secret technologies that uplifted the vibrations of the Sages in
India years ago, then we should also live a prosperous life and enjoy
the good things in life. He taught us that practicing Kundalini Yoga
would lift our auras so much that we would attract prosperity, and all
the things we loved would just come to us."

Mental exam ordered for Yoga guru’s ex-student in sex case
http://mynewsla.com/crime/2016/01/11/mental-exam-ordered-for-yoga-gurus-ex-student-in-sex-case/
"A yoga guru and his school won a round in court Monday when a judge
ruled that a psychologist chosen by the defense can conduct a mental
examination of an ex-student who sued, alleging the teacher made
unwanted sexual advances toward her.
"Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Daniel Murphy said the request by
Bikram Choudhury’s attorneys to have Francine Kulick do a
psychological evaluation of Sarah Baughn is reasonable, given that the
plaintiff’s lawyers allege their client suffered severe emotional
distress because of her former boss’ alleged conduct toward her."

The Most Popular Plus-Size Yoga Star on Instagram Just Called BS on
the Yoga Lifestyle
http://mic.com/articles/132245/the-most-popular-plus-size-yoga-star-on-instagram-just-called-bs-on-the-yoga-lifestyle#.1wgTQrY7B
"There's another piece of BS surrounding yoga, though, that Stanley
would like to break: That living a yoga lifestyle is all peace and
sunshine and enlightenment all the damn time. It's a serene myth, one
peddled over social media."

Off Beat: For some, pairing of ‘Dark Side of the Moon,’ yoga is ‘Money’
http://www.columbian.com/news/2016/jan/11/off-beat-for-some-pairing-of-dark-side-of-the-moon-yoga-is-money/

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Report: Yoga, meditation can reduce healthcare costs by 43%
http://www.nbc11news.com/content/news/Yoga-and-meditation-can-reduce-healthcare-costs-365600261.html
"GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.-- A Harvard study found that simple practices
like stretching and contemplating about life can change the way we
live and the health care system, too."

Yoga and Beer: Bottoms Up to Downward Dog
http://www.usatoday.com/videos/news/nation/2016/01/18/78955262/
[video]
"Around the country, yogis are jumping up from savasana and hopping
onto a bar stool as yoga classes around the U.S. are making their way
into breweries in the perfect yin-yang of detox and retox."

Bend and a beer: Yoga classes and craft breweries team up
http://www.foxnews.com/health/2016/01/18/bend-and-beer-yoga-classes-and-craft-breweries-team-up.html
"The trend has caught on quickly with yoga-beer partnerships
throughout Florida, New York and California."

Yoga, Wildness and Bliss | Susanna Barkataki
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/susanna-barkataki/yoga-wildness-and-bliss_b_9007052.html

No place like ‘om’: Yoga is stretching out all over KC
http://www.kansascity.com/living/liv-columns-blogs/jenee-osterheldt/article55282580.html

Now There’s a Yoga Studio for Everyone: 6 Destinations for (Seriously)
Any Kind of Zen
http://www.vogue.com/13388305/best-new-yoga-studios-nyc-brooklyn/

Seven reasons to try yoga
http://www.tallahassee.com/story/life/wellness/2016/01/18/seven-reasons-try-yoga/78789896/

The Breakfast Wrap: Hilaria Baldwin's Skimpy Kitchen Yoga
http://magazine.foxnews.com/celebrity/hilaria-baldwin-instagram-underwear-yoga-skimpy-kitchen

Still living life on the edge at 68: World's greatest extreme yoga fan
meditates every day while BALANCING on a BMX on top of a cliff
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3405112/The-world-s-greatest-exponent-extreme-yoga-Pensioner-68-meditates-everyday-cliff-edges-BALANCING-BMX.html

Ubud: The Yoga Capital of Bali
http://www.travelpulse.com/opinions/blog/ubud-the-yoga-capital-of-bali.html

I Went to Bikram Yoga and Here’s What Happened (Hint: It Was Horrible)
http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2016/01/i_went_to_bikram_yoga_and_here_s_what_happened_hint_it_was_horrible.html

ABC TV exec ‘sexually assaulted and killed’ during yoga retreat in Belize
http://thegrio.com/2016/01/17/abc-tv-exec-sexually-assaulted-and-killed-during-yoga-retreat-in-belize/
"ABC producer Anne Swaney was killed this week while she was on
vacation in Belize."

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