Drishti – Santa Barbara Yoga Store: Yoga Clothing, Workout Clothes, & Yoga Supplies

Your healthy, energizing breakfast for the week! Mix 3 cups rolled oats, 1-2 cups nuts (we like walnuts, pistachios, pumpkin seeds), ¼ cup coconut flakes, 1 ½ tsp cinnamon, ½ tsp salt. Melt ¾ stick butter, ½ cup honey, and...
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The #1 most emailed article on the New York Times’ website today is a new op-ed piece by everyone’s favorite food reform champion Michael Pollan!  In this piece, Mr. Pollan insightfully points out the intimate connection between the food industry...
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Most readers of our blog are well aware of the controversial issues surrounding food politics in general and the industrialized food industry specifically. (If you need a refresher, just check out the trailer for the movie “Food, Inc.” which we...
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On Thursday we reported about a surprising Whole Foods controversy which had just hit the airwaves.  Today we strolled on over to the New York Times for our regular morning check-up on the news, and we noticed that an article...
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The corporate chain Whole Foods, many a yogis’ grocery store of choice (except for those yogis who prefer to support local, independently-owned businesses, of course), has come under harsh criticism and even organized boycotting since its CEO and frontman John...
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Here’s your assemblage of yoga-and-related news items you might have missed over the past couple of weeks!  Enjoy. 1) You know how so many people in the yoga community love attending live kirtans (call-and-response chanting concerts in the Hindu tradition) at...
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The New York Times just ran an article titled “Where Thin People Roam, and Sometimes Even Eat“.  Apparently, a new study which utilized body-mass index data found that the borough of Manhattan houses the thinnest people in all of New...
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Hello, hello! Have you been paying attention to your yoga-and-other-interesting-items news lately? If not, don’t worry – we’ve got you covered. Here is our assemblage of “interesting news items you might have missed” from the past few weeks (volume 8)!...
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…We wouldn’t! To be honest though, the study didn’t really turn up anything especially damning about reusable bags (but we’re sure its sponsors would have liked it to!)  Funded by the Canadian Plastics Industry, the research basically found that if...
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