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yoga artist management agency: who's on the list

The inside scoop on who else is on the list of yogis being managed by the new Yoga Artist Management Agency has to do with this picture:

Michelle Williams: yoga for single moms

Single mom and yoga-lover--oh, and movie stah--Michelle Williams doesn't just do it for herself; she does it for other singles, too. She's coordinated yoga + childcare in the New York area for single moms, via the Yoga For Single Moms Project.

Cooooool.

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inspiration: feed your faith

Feed your faith
And your fear will starve to death
- Unknown

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WHY? yoga competitions: Bikram asana competition, NY regional yoga championships

Ick. This whole thing makes my tummy tense up. First, we've got last weekend's New York Regional Yoga Championships. Then the winners head on to the Yoga World Championships, being held in LA in February. And some crew of "yogis" wants yoga to be entered into the Olympics as a sport, by 2020. Vanity Fair's Anna Kavaliunas reports on it. The pics are at least impressive. Bikram's 7th Annual Asana Competition was also just a few days ago.

Here's what I have to report:
Yoga is NOT about competition. Yoga IS about managing our ego, not letting it run the show. (Among other amazing, life-boosting, personally-challenging aims, bien sur.)

Here's a vid from New York mag at the Bikram competition:


Anyone have some insight into why we would want yoga to be considered a competitive sport?

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