Lots of great openings and open houses this fall! Kula Yoga is now bringing sweaty vinyasa to the WB, YoGanesh is spreading the Dharma Mittra inspiration to Chelsea, and Viva Vinyasa is giving $10 classes to Midtown. If you’re an anatomy fan, you can also check out The Breathing Project — they’re doing open houses [...]

I love good documentaries, and WAKE UP (which just came out on DVD) looks super interesting: Jonas Elrod was leading an ordinary life until he woke up one day to a totally new reality. He suddenly could see and hear angels, demons, auras and ghosts. The documentary WAKE UP follows this fascinating story of an [...]

Well, turns out that those icons of alternative office space — exercise ball chairs — didn’t hold up well with the scientists. You’ll burn at least four more calories per hour (hey, that’s a cookie a day), but it won’t fix your posture. …a 2009 British study found that prolonged sitting on a therapy ball [...]

Need an excuse to get a massage? Research shows that it’s good for your stress levels (duh), and immune system — and that the effects vary by type! Volunteers who received [deep-tissue] Swedish massage experienced significant decreases in levels of the stress hormone cortisol in blood and saliva, and in arginine vasopressin, a hormone that [...]

Need a retreat? Want to actually pronounce Sanskrit correctly? Jo Brill is offering a workshop this Columbus Day. By the end of the weekend, you’ll be able to read and chant a simple Sanskrit phrase. Sanskrit and Chant in New Hampshire A Weekend Adventure with Jo Brill and Robert Moses October 8-10 By day, explore [...]

34 yoga classes for $30. New York finally gets dollar menu yoga. Passport to Prana is spreading their awesome offer from Toronto to the world. How it works: Buy the pass online (or at local studios like Jivamukti who have them in stock), activate your code, and then get one class at each of the [...]

I’ve been wearing black this week, grieving the death of summer. And my practice; I’ve now got wrist pain to match my tricky hips. Le sigh. I’d had a couple weeks to rest it; I’d been running and biking to build up some strength. I finally realized I needed to ask a yoga teacher for [...]

Last week I went to San Francisco to visit some good friends. It was a working vacation, I was helping one friend redesign his website, but the primary purpose was definitely to vacate New York for a bit. My friend had a comfy couch, my frequent flier miles were overflowing, I’m still full-time freelance = [...]

Aw, cute! The energetic and inspiring Christa Avampato, who has blogged here on Yogoer on occasion, was kind enough to include me in her new book, Hope in Progress: 27 Entrepreneurs Who Inspired Me During the Great Recession. If you’re looking for a little inspiration, it’s a great book. I loved the stories of other [...]

“When we are not sure, we are alive.” — Graham Greene Fascinating article in Scientific American Mind this month: The Willpower Paradox. Turns out that resolving to do something is not nearly as effective as wondering if you will do it. …Those primed with the interrogative phrase “Will I?” expressed a much greater commitment to [...]