Everyone’s favorite supermodel, Brazilian beauty Gisele Bundchen, practices Anusara Yoga. She talks about how yoga kept her fit during her pregnancy in the April issue of Vogue. You can read part of the article here . In it, you’ll learn that her son Benjamin Rein Brady was delivered at home in a water birth, her new line of natural skincare Sejaa (“seja” means “to be” in Portugese) is launching today, and that

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Photo Courtesy of Nick D./The Martha Stewart Show Earlier this week, domestic diva Martha Stewart taped an episode of The Martha Stewart Show , dedicated entirely to the practice of yoga. During the show, which airs tomorrow, her guest Trudie Styler, a famed yogi and wife of musician Sting, leads the audience of 51yogis though an empowering Warrior workout. There’s also an overview of the different kinds of yoga. Check out the promo video here . Whether you’re a fan of Martha or not, it’s awesome to see yoga getting so much exposure on national television. Will you watch?

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I have a confession: I have been avoiding my yoga practice lately. After being sidelined for a few weeks by holiday travel, illness, and a pesky hamstring injury, I haven’t been able to get myself back on my mat. Now, I know in my head that the minute the asanas start flowing I’ll feel stronger and calmer and more centered — more me. My body, however, is rebelling. It seems to think its much nicer to sit on my couch and channel surf instead. But then I realized: This is the perfect time to recommit myself to my yoga practice. It’s the start of a new year — a new decade even — and I know this one will be the best one yet. As a student, as a teacher, we sometimes need these opportunities of renewal to remind ourselves what is most important to us. We are given the opportunity to commit and recommit to these things in a thoughtful and meaningful way. For me, my yoga practice will be a key focus to work back into my routine in the new year. What will it be for you?

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If your choice to be vegetarian or vegan has anything to do with the yogic principle of ahimsa , or non-harming, you probably think you’re doing less harm to living things and the environment by choosing to eat plants instead of animals. But how often do you consider the harm you’re doing to the plants–also living beings–when you eat your vegetables? “Just because we humans can’t hear them doesn’t mean plants don’t howl,” writes Natalie Angier in a recent NYTimes article about the ways plants fight off their predators. For example, plant scientists have found that plants release chemicals to attract large predatory insects in hopes that they will eat the smaller insects that prey on the plant. It’s a compelling argument. Maybe plants really do want to live, but we have to eat something to survive. Is eating plants the lesser of two evils? Or are we doing harm either way?

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Do Plants Have Feelings, Too?

If you’re looking for serious holiday gift ideas for yoga practitioners you won’t be interested in this blog post. (See “Gifts of Love” in our December issue, or click here .) The following gifts are my favorite silly yoga holiday gifts. They really have very little to do with the practice of yoga, but they’re all cute and will put a smile on anyone’s face. For example, these gingerbread men are awesome! I think part of what makes them so adorable is how wrong the alignment is. (Check out that Warrior I Pose.) To buy go here . This is a magnetic pad of paper that actually hangs on my refrigerator. I’ve been making grocery lists, leaving notes to my husband, and using it as scratch paper for the last two years. It was a holiday gift from my mother-in-law two years ago. I still think it’s funny–in a really ironic sort of way. To get one for the yogi you love, go here . Since the holidays fall so close to New Year’s, a calendar is always a popular gift. Sure, you could go for a beautiful, awe-inspiring YJ calendar . Or you could get the pet lovers’ version. There’s one for cat people … … and dog people ! Can you top these? Please tell us all about the funniest or silliest yoga gift you’ve ever seen.  

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Yoga has been proven to be an effective tool to enhance a weight loss plan. Even when the practice is gentle and doesn’t burn tons of calories, practitioners are less stressed and more mindful which contributes to reaching a healthy weight. The mind connection is what three yoga instructors and hypnotherapists were hoping to enhance when they combined yoga with hypnosis to create Hyp-Yoga . According to the Hyp-Yoga website, the practice combines hatha yoga with positive visualizations that speak to the subconscious mind to impact the conscious. Have any of you experienced Hyp-Yoga? If so, did you notice a big difference from a regular yoga class? Do you think it would be more effective at aiding weight loss than yoga alone?

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Three Virginia yoga teachers took action Tuesday to stop the state’s efforts to regulate yoga teacher training programs. The teachers filed a federal lawsuit claiming that teaching yoga is a form of protected free speech, according to a recent Washington Post article. “Yoga is the study of the self through direct experience,” Suzanne Leitner-Wise, a plaintiff and president of U.S. 1 Yoga Teacher Training told the Washington Post . “You simply can’t put regulations on that. It’s just dumb.” Do you think the argument will hold up?

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Friends actress Jennifer Aniston wants you to experience the yoga practice (and yoga teacher) that changed her life. Aniston is lending her celebrity-status to get out the word that her teacher and friend Mandy Ingber is releasing a yoga DVD called, Yogalosophy . She gives the intro to the video and will be attending a launch event on Thursday in Los Angeles, according to People.com . “It’s one of the most fun workouts I’ve ever had,” Aniston says in the video intro. “So have fun and work hard because it will totally pay off.” Does a celebrity endorsement make you want to try a new yoga style, class, or teacher?

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Friends actress Jennifer Aniston wants you to experience the yoga practice (and yoga teacher) that changed her life. Aniston is lending her celebrity-status to get out the word that her teacher and friend Mandy Ingber is releasing a yoga DVD called, Yogalosophy . She gives the intro to the video and will be attending a launch event on Thursday in Los Angeles, according to People.com . “It’s one of the most fun workouts I’ve ever had,” Aniston says in the video intro. “So have fun and work hard because it will totally pay off.” Does a celebrity endorsement make you want to try a new yoga style, class, or teacher?

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Friends actress Jennifer Aniston wants you to experience the yoga practice (and yoga teacher) that changed her life. Aniston is lending her celebrity-status to get out the word that her teacher and friend Mandy Ingber is releasing a yoga DVD called, Yogalosophy . She gives the intro to the video and will be attending a launch event on Thursday in Los Angeles, according to People.com . “It’s one of the most fun workouts I’ve ever had,” Aniston says in the video intro. “So have fun and work hard because it will totally pay off.” Does a celebrity endorsement make you want to try a new yoga style, class, or teacher?

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Yoga Changed Jennifer Aniston’s Life

Friends actress Jennifer Aniston wants you to experience the yoga practice (and yoga teacher) that changed her life. Aniston is lending her celebrity-status to get out the word that her teacher and friend Mandy Ingber is releasing a yoga DVD called, Yogalosophy . She gives the intro to the video and will be attending a launch event on Thursday in Los Angeles, according to People.com . “It’s one of the most fun workouts I’ve ever had,” Aniston says in the video intro. “So have fun and work hard because it will totally pay off.” Does a celebrity endorsement make you want to try a new yoga style, class, or teacher?

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Even though I love Thanksgiving for its abundance of stuffed tofurkey , candied yams , and cranberry sauce , my favorite Thanksgiving memories all involve the true spirit of the holiday: Giving Thanks . As a yogi I try to practice karma yoga , the practice of serving others, as often as I can, but I have to admit that sometimes I lose site of helping others as I get caught up in my daily life. Thanksgiving is always that brilliant reminder to refocus, give thanks, and give back. In my classes this past week I have tried to inspire my students to think of ways they can give thanks or give back this holiday. Some of my favorites from Thanksgivings-past are volunteering at a soup kitchen to give back to the community, teaching a free yoga class to give back to your students, going to a donation yoga class and giving back to the charity of choice, and simply telling all the people that you love why you are so thankful that they are in your lives. Now I hope that you can inspire each other with your own favorite stories. What is your favorite way to give thanks for Thanksgiving?

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