When I first heard about Deepak Chopra’s Leela, I couldn’t imagine how Chopra could connect the polar opposites of a fast-paced video games and the mind-chilling elements of meditation. I was intrigued, to say the least. Leela is a production resulting from the alliance of Chopra and THQ Inc. that uses the gaming technology of [...]
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A review of the top ten yoga DVDs for beginners and beyond and how to develop and maintain a home yoga practice.
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I looked up from the hospital gown that draped over my belly, my knees poking through the stiff cotton fabric, dotted with green diamond rosettes, and was surprised to see the straight black hair framing the face of my still pregnant girlfriend, as she poked her head through the doorway. She had come to visit [...]
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In exactly 18 minutes, I can fall deeply asleep, wake up completely refreshed, and for a brief couple of seconds, not remember where I am, or even what century this is. My cheeks will feel flushed and drained, as if I have been asleep like a teenager sleeping past noon, blissfully unaware of the dawning [...]
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Doing yoga…. “Mom… I’m scared in my bed. Will you sleep with me?” “Just settle here beside my yoga mat (it’s dark) and fall asleep. Doing yoga…. “17, 18, 19” “What are you doing now?” “I’m doing my exercises… I’m doing 100 pushups.” Doing yoga… “Mom, I’m thirsty. Can I come downstairs for water?” One [...]
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I gave up yoga the very month of WoYoPracMo: 31 days of yoga. Skipping yoga this month wasn’t intentional –I simply began shoving off my yoga mat as a way to catch up, here and there, on some sleep and deadlines in a world that gives me so few hours of solitude. Then, I started [...]
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A collection of the best yoga CDs. Yoga CDs allow you to close your eyes, and focus completely as the yoga master guides you through each yoga pose. A full-sized poster is usually included in the CDS, and the yoga master
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Sandwiched between long hours of sleep deprivation and the hopelessness that came when I realized there wasn’t a thing I could do to stop my baby from crying, I longed, for the first time in my life, to smoke a cigarette. The hacking cough that would have accompanied the puffs eluded me, because I never [...]
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A Gift Guide This has been said about Pilates: “You will feel better in 10 sessions, look better in 20 sessions, and have a completely new body in 30 sessions.” If a Pilates DVD is on your (or her or his) wish list, here’s a review of the best-selling Pilates DVDs for beginners and beyond [...]
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