Bhagavan Das Splattering NYC With Ma Shakti
Everyone’s favorite stateside sadhu, Bhagavan Das, is making his way to David and Sharon‘s Jivamukti Yoga this Saturday, July 30th to drown all those in kirtan attendance in slightly Left […]
NYC’s Gem, Dharma Mittra, to Offer Free Yoga Event
This just in (last week) from yoganonymous.org: Dharma Yoga for New York City In the spirit of Karma Yoga (selfless service), Sri Dharma is graciously offering his teachings to New […]
Me and Amma |:| Amma is On Her Way to NYC |:| Hide Yr Skeletons |:| Get Yr Hug On
Break out the brew. Fire up the grill. ‘Cause guess who’s gonna be on the ones and twos this Fourth of July weekend? You got it: Mata Amritanandamayi Devi. Or, to those who love her, Ammachi. Or, to those who really love her, “Mother.” Known colloquially as the “hugging guru,” […]
Doing Yoga in Times Square is Meant to Calm You Down Somehow
I wasn’t able to catch any of this year’s Solstice Yoga Extravaganza in Times Square, nor was I able to do any in-depth coverage of head-set microphone usage, but I did manage to catch a bit of it on the ol’ computer screen. Here are two curious examples of what […]
Yoga in Times Square Today Means Many Headset Microphones
When I was a kid, if you played in a punk band, and you happened to be the drummer, that meant you didn’t get to sing. Perhaps it was a harsh code to live by, but thems were the breaks, and those that decided to be too cool for uncool […]
Yoga and Tattoos |:| David Life Doesn’t Get Inked Anymore |:| Pratyahara as Trend Watching
In case you missed it: This weekend The New York Times posted a photo essay documenting some of NYC’s most gorgeously inked yoga practitioners, proving once again that, yes, NYC […]
Meditation Flash Mob |:| Nail in the Coffin? |:| Making it Anew? |:| Jumping the Shark?
Ahhh… the flash mob. It seems like only yesterday I was reading about Improv Everywhere’s 2008 Grand Central action. People freezing. Guards freaking out. A radical art happening in one of the world’s most active transit hubs post-911! Remember that? Remember that “this is genius” feeling? Well, we’ve come a […]
Is There a NYC Yoga Reality Show in the Works? |:| Yogalebrities Chasin’ that (spot)Light
Not New York has started hearing from a number of wee lil’ birdies about a yoga-inspired Reality TV Show that’s in the works. Here’s what I kinda don’t totally know for sure but can add to the rumor mill’s soon to be well-kindled fire: Possibility No. 1 The reality TV […]
THIS WEEKEND: Double Das Wala |:| Bhagavan Das and Krishna Das Take Over NYC |:| Separately
Behold, as my odes, manifold on your rhymes Two MC’s can’t occupy the same space at the same time. It’s against the laws of Physics. —The Fugees, Lauren Hill at her most i-rific Look whose weekend just got awesome. Yours did! I mean seriously, is New York Town ready for […]
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar Walks Around Times Square // People Get Giddy // East Meets West Cliches Abound
The New York Times reports that international meditation guru, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar (not to be confused with the singularly shri’d nimble-fingered sitar player of the same name), has been meandering around Times Square promoting the launch of his I Meditate NY initiative, “A meditation movement empowering New Yorkers to […]
Soho Has a Hindu Temple. Did You Know That?
We’re going to be sharing a great deal more on this gem of a temple, but wanted to first share this gem of a video. Gems for everyone!
NYC Yoga Peeps Get Post-Apocalyptic
Ben Dickinson’s film “First Winter” is currently being shot on location at Heartland, a blooming yoga community in upstate NY. The official synop: In December 2012, a massive collapse of infrastructure leaves a group of Brooklyn yogis snowed-in at a country farmhouse without electricity, cell phone reception, or running water. […]
NY’ers (read: PETA) Don’t Stand for No “New Age Hypocrisy”
Daisy Jane Danger and I stumbled upon this little “Donna Karan: Bunny Butcher”-esque call to action while walking through Chelsea. It’s not every day you get to see the New Age movement being publicly called out on their pooh-pooh. And yet, I’m not sure it’s fair to call Donna Karan, […]
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