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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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…the well-known company SIGG announces that that the liners of many of its reusable metal water bottles (i.e. the part of the bottle which comes in direct contact with the water!) contain Bisphenol-A (BPA), an infamous chemical long suspected to...
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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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Here we go again with a full list of recent news items you should read in order to be an informed member of the yoga world! 1) The Washington Post highlights yoga people who make a difference! It’s often observed...
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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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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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Is uddiyana bandha really a wise tool for a healthy back? For those of you who aren’t familiar with the term, uddiyana bandha is an exercise in which yoga practitioners actively draw in their lower abdomens.  The practice is commonly...
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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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