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Our wide selection of Yoga mat bags

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Indiaphile have chosen a wide variety of special yoga bags, easily available from Amazon and shipped to your house. Only the best makes and brands are selected, whether you’re into Astanga, Hatha Yoga, Bikram, Iyengar or Anusara. These yoga mat bags are great for sticky mats, cotton rugs, yoga clothes, snacks and much more....
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How To Be A Tantric Paradox – inspiring yoga by Bernie Birney

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1. Be a yoga teacher who spends most of the day, every day, barefoot but who has an unholy, slavish devotion to her shoe fetish. Appease the shoe god by stacking your closets to the ceiling with boxes and boxes of shoes, and by regularly practicing arati. 2. Religiously remind your students that sticking...
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Our recommended Yoga backpacks

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Extra thick, Eco friendly mats from Yoga-Mad

Indian yoga: Eco friendly Yoga Mats

How nice to see Yoga finally going green. Yoga-Mad have spent a huge amount of time developing a more ecologically sound alternative to the PVC yoga mat. Their eco friendly mat is made from natural rubber, is PVC free and durable and what’s more it is actually better than a normal PVC yoga mat...
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Inspiring yoga: World’s largest ever class in Central Park

Yoga: 10,000 NYC yogis fending off the thunderstorm

Last week, on the night of the summer solstice, New York’s central park entered the record books for hosting the largest yoga class the world has ever seen. Elena Brower, NYC yoga teacher from Virayoga, coordinated the event in conjunction with Flavorpill, which drew 10,000 people to stretch in unison. Despite a bit of...
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The best yoga mat?

The best Yoga Mats on theindiaphile

How nice to see the Yoga scene becoming more eco-friendly. EcoYoga are amongst the pioneers in the development of a green alternative to the traditional yoga mat, generally made of PVC we’re afraid to say. EcoYoga’s version is constructed from durable natural jute and in our opinion actually gives better traction than a normal...
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Inspiring yoga writing: Keep It Super First Principle

extra thick yoga mat from Yoga Mad

I am, in many ways, a creature of habit. My classes have occupied the same slot on the schedule for the last five years. Sure, new folks wander in regularly but for the most part, I know my students and they know me. Very often when I see new faces, it’s because they’ve intentionally...
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Bernie Birney on the Bhagavadgita…

Yoga teacher Bernie Birney writes about the Bhagavadgita...

Love Letter To A Forgetful Friend How do I begin to tell you, one among the handful of people whom I love beyond reason who has never read The Bhagavadgita, and you– so exceptional, so smart, so creative and so adept at charming the entire world, that when you tell me you can’t imagine...
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