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So You Want to Study Yoga in India?

So You Want to Study Yoga in India?

“Is there a type of yoga that involves rubbing your own breasts?” asked the guy who, I think, was called Mark. I met Mark and his girlfriend (I think her name was Sarah) a few years ago in India. They had spent weeks travelling around South India and on one of Goa’s beaches had come [...]

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Yoga Stops Traffick: 12 March 2011

Yoga Stops Traffic is a worldwide event on 12 March 2011 to raise awareness about human trafficking in India. The main event will be held in Mysore, South India, and led by a group of young people from Odanadi: a Mysore-based organization that works with survivors of human trafficking, prostitution and slavery in India. According [...]

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5 Places to Learn Yoga, Meet Gurus and Visit Ashrams in India

5 Places to Learn Yoga, Meet Gurus and Visit Ashrams in India

If you’re going to India on a spiritual journey, you may have an idea of what being “spiritual” means: you’ll float around in white robes in beautiful and exotic surroundings, at peace with yourself and the world. But India will challenge all that. Instead, you might end up sitting for hours on a stone floor [...]

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Tips for Studying Yoga in Mysore

Disclaimer: I am a student in the Sri K Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Yoga Institute, and I am authorized to teach ashtanga yoga by the institute. I have never studied yoga anywhere else in India and I am not going to. So obviously I am not going to say anything about any other yoga schools in [...]

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