Category Archives: Culture

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Wanderlust NYC /// And “Stink to Pink” Gets a Mention

This past weekend was Wanderlust‘s “Yoga in the City” extravaganza, and can you believe it, we missed it! Not that I didn’t want to go. Hell, if I didn’t have to shill for “the Man” that day, I’d been the

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Wanderlust NYC /// And “Stink to Pink” Gets a Mention

This past weekend was Wanderlust‘s “Yoga in the City” extravaganza, and can you believe it, we missed it! Not that I didn’t want to go. Hell, if I didn’t have to shill for “the Man” that day, I’d been the

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YogaNation Removes Promo Video (and Replaces It With a Neutered Version)

Two weeks ago we posted a piece that sorta took off on YogaNation on Tour‘s promo video featuring some of NYC’s “hottest” yoga celebs. And yet, even though our post was getting record shares and hits, and YogaNation was probably

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YogaNation Removes Promo Video (and Replaces It With a Neutered Version)

Two weeks ago we posted a piece that sorta took off on YogaNation on Tour‘s promo video featuring some of NYC’s “hottest” yoga celebs. And yet, even though our post was getting record shares and hits, and YogaNation was probably

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ShaktiFest Makes for Great Commerce

Two weeks ago, Kasey Luber, the lovely face of Big Happy Day, sent us her latest ShaktiFest recap video, sponsored by Coconut Bliss ice cream, knowing how much enjoyment we get out of seeing these sorts of things (thanks, Luber!).

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ShaktiFest Makes for Great Commerce

Two weeks ago, Kasey Luber, the lovely face of Big Happy Day, sent us her latest ShaktiFest recap video, sponsored by Coconut Bliss ice cream, knowing how much enjoyment we get out of seeing these sorts of things (thanks, Luber!).

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Waylon Lewis Interviews MC Yogi For a Few Minutes /// And, Somehow the “Butterfly Effect” Has No Effect

Sometimes you have to ask yourself the hard questions in life. Questions like: Should I heed this late night booty call, or should I go to sleep and get up early for yoga? Or…. Should I jump down onto the

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Waylon Lewis Interviews MC Yogi For a Few Minutes /// And, Somehow the “Butterfly Effect” Has No Effect

Sometimes you have to ask yourself the hard questions in life. Questions like: Should I heed this late night booty call, or should I go to sleep and get up early for yoga? Or…. Should I jump down onto the

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Dancer -vs- Prancer /// Dana “Teacher of Teachers” Flynn Goes Head-to-Head Against “Prancercize” Sensation

Only one day after we posted our record breaking take on Dana Flynn’s YogaNation Tour was Dana’s “24 Years of Practice in 90 Seconds” feverishly shared among patrons of the Facebook. Behold: Speaking on how the video came to be, Dana states: “I’d just

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Dancer -vs- Prancer /// Dana “Teacher of Teachers” Flynn Goes Head-to-Head Against “Prancercize” Sensation

Only one day after we posted our record breaking take on Dana Flynn’s YogaNation Tour was Dana’s “24 Years of Practice in 90 Seconds” feverishly shared among patrons of the Facebook. Behold: Speaking on how the video came to be, Dana states: “I’d just

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Holy Shit! YogaNation on Tour Video /// What Do I Do With All This Barf in My Mouth?

Sometimes a Babarazzi reader sends us a video so “good” we literally have to throw our undies in the wash due to all the sexual fluids pouring out of our collective genitals. The following video is one of those kinds

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Holy Shit! YogaNation on Tour Video /// What Do I Do With All This Barf in My Mouth?

Sometimes a Babarazzi reader sends us a video so “good” we literally have to throw our undies in the wash due to all the sexual fluids pouring out of our collective genitals. The following video is one of those kinds

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“From an early age…death has been a part of my daily way of thinking” -vs- The Yoga Ass

A number of you have inquired about “that strange lookin’ dude” in the Die Antwoord video from yesterday’s post. Please allow me to introduce you to late South African artist, Leon Botha, who in 2011 died at the age of

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“From an early age…death has been a part of my daily way of thinking” -vs- The Yoga Ass

A number of you have inquired about “that strange lookin’ dude” in the Die Antwoord video from yesterday’s post. Please allow me to introduce you to late South African artist, Leon Botha, who in 2011 died at the age of

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It’s Not What They’re Selling. It’s What Yre Buying. /// Also, Male Business Models

A few things we’ve been thinking about in response to Tuesday’s John Friend article and the comments that followed: 1. Are hierarchical business models (yoga-inspired or otherwise) specifically male models of organization, and should women know as much going into

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It’s Not What They’re Selling. It’s What Yre Buying. /// Also, Male Business Models

A few things we’ve been thinking about in response to Tuesday’s John Friend article and the comments that followed: 1. Are hierarchical business models (yoga-inspired or otherwise) specifically male models of organization, and should women know as much going into

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Why John Friend is Back for Real Now /// PLUS: A Free Prediction!

Speaking of interviews…. We’ve poked some fun at our Yoganonymous neighbors in the past (here and here), with many of our barbs centering on the site’s seeming attempt to be yoga media’s caulk to yoga culture’s crevasse. (Meaning: It’s filler.

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Why John Friend is Back for Real Now /// PLUS: A Free Prediction!

Speaking of interviews…. We’ve poked some fun at our Yoganonymous neighbors in the past (here and here), with many of our barbs centering on the site’s seeming attempt to be yoga media’s caulk to yoga culture’s crevasse. (Meaning: It’s filler.

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Good Lord, John Friend Needs a New Agent /// JF Teams Up With Mark Gafni

Let’s set aside all the “is it wrong to sleep with your teacher?” ho-hum, as well as all that “Boo hoo my business coach/yoga teacher Daddy-fill-in lied to me” crapola and talk about something that’s actually astounding. The other day

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Good Lord, John Friend Needs a New Agent /// JF Teams Up With Mark Gafni

Let’s set aside all the “is it wrong to sleep with your teacher?” ho-hum, as well as all that “Boo hoo my business coach/yoga teacher Daddy-fill-in lied to me” crapola and talk about something that’s actually astounding. The other day

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Yoga as “Self Expression” is About Getting You to Buy Stuff

It’s pretty hard to find moments when we aren’t expressing ourselves. For instance, when we help a homeless man covered in a million bags hop a turnstile, we’re expressing our love of a thrifty deal. When we pass out drunk

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Yoga as “Self Expression” is About Getting You to Buy Stuff

It’s pretty hard to find moments when we aren’t expressing ourselves. For instance, when we help a homeless man covered in a million bags hop a turnstile, we’re expressing our love of a thrifty deal. When we pass out drunk

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CHECK THIS: This is Probably What a Lot of Yoga Practitioners are Looking For

First, watch this: The history of yoga doesn’t really have a lot of self-expression attached to it. Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras aren’t very pro-”the world.” Certainly not as much as starry-eyed yoganistas would like us to believe. For the most part,

Ido-Portal-Diagonal-Stretch

CHECK THIS: This is Probably What a Lot of Yoga Practitioners are Looking For

First, watch this: The history of yoga doesn’t really have a lot of self-expression attached to it. Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras aren’t very pro-”the world.” Certainly not as much as starry-eyed yoganistas would like us to believe. For the most part,