Finally, after two years it was time for a new mat. Switching mats is really an emotional moment for me. I have been looking and looking and finally found my new mat by JADE at the Kripalu gift shop. It is a luscious purple and has a a great grip and perfect thickness. When I was holding it while walking through Kripalu, I got a  “nice mat”  and  a ” wow what a great color” comment! If there are any other Jade Mat fans , click on the article title and post a reply!

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Are you looking for a really beautifully designed yoga mat? A really pretty mat is available in two colors- serene sky blue and natural light plum, embossed with the word “love”. You will certainly beautify your practice with this tres chic yoga mat. Celebrities Selma Hayek and Kate Walsh are fans of this gorgeous yoga mat! www.beinjoy.com

Also check out the Daily Obsession Blog, where the mats are highlighted.
http://thedailyobsession.net/category/fitness-health

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The trend in yoga mats, just like fashion is all about layering. Checking around for a recommendation, I discovered Yogitoes. Not only will this added layer, prevent slipping while practicing yoga-it’s super absorbent, and puts a hygienic layer between you and your yoga mat. Available in great colors or select an “Altruistic option” –in pink, with $5 of each mat purchase going toward Breast Cancer Research. The company has a wonderful website, with great links and information as well as a great array of products for the fashion forward yogi.

http://www.yogitoes.com

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Dharma Mittra is the man who did all the poses for the Master Yoga Chart in 1984- offering it first to his Guru, Swami Kailashananda and then to all Yoga aspirants. He meticulously photographed himself in 908 Yoga Postures, then cut and pasted all the pictures (before the computer age) and designed this truly one of a kind masterpiece. Students at his center in 1983 recall the process as the Chart gradually grew and grew. They tell of the time, energy and enthusiasm Yogi Dharma devoted to its completion. It hangs in the most prestigious ashrams and centers worldwide, as a teaching tool and inspiration for all Yoga sadahkas (seekers of truth). It contains many postures rarely seen, and many secretly created by Dharma. Over the years, so many people have told us how important it has been to their practice of learning Hatha Yoga.

To buy or see the poster: http://www.dharmayogacenter.com/shop/posters.php

More about Sri Dharma Mittra–the following text is exactly from his website:

“Sri Dharma Mittra has spent most of his life in service to humanity, disseminating the ancient knowledge of how to achieve radiant health and spiritual development. Dharma was born in the late 1930’s, and has studied Yoga since 1958. After meeting his teacher guru, Sri Swami Kalaishananda, he immersed himself in intense study and practice of the classical eight limbs of Yoga, and nine years of dedication full time practice of Karma Yoga. He was accepted and initiated as a sannyasi (one who renounces the world in order to realize God). During these years Dharma had the esteemed honor of being the personal assistant to the Guru attending to all his needs. Sri Swami Kailashanada is known as the first Guru to bring the practice of Hatha Yoga to the west in the early 1950’s.

http://www.dharmayogacenter.com/dharma/press.php

Dharma taught only for his Guru with selfless expectation, after years as a full-time yogi and bramachari, a celibate religious student who lives with his teacher and devotes himself to the practice of spiritual disciplines. He was the main demonstrator for the Yoga asanas at the many lectures the Guru gave to the public in the 60’s and 70’s. After being a celebrated teacher for many years at his guru’s Ashram, he left in 1974 and founded the Yoga Asana Center, currently known as Dharma Mittra Yoga New York Center.

Dharma is the first main independent Yoga teacher on the East Coast, initiating hundreds of thousands on the path of Yogic practice and teaching. Dharma began disseminating this knowledge before “styles” of Yoga became popular, and has remained truthful to the original classical practice. Students from all walks and styles of Yoga love his teachings. Dharma has literally been teaching classes continuously everyday since he started in 1967. To this day he still makes himself available regularly to anyone who walks thru the doors of Dharma Mittra Yoga in need of help and direction. For his dedication and fortitude, he is known as “the Rock of Yoga”, and for his experience and knowledge the “Teacher’s Teacher”. Sri Dharma continues to inspire, enlighten, and reveal to Yoga teachers and practitioners today, the real meaning of Yoga. “It is my greatest joy to share with students this knowledge that I have acquired in the past 50 years of practice and study. Yoga practice will give one’s body the power and strength to have resistance to common illnesses and diseases. With proper encouragement and increased faith in the Guru, as one can improve his physical body and mental attitude rapidly, thereby igniting the higher motives of making ones self useful to himself and all mankind”.

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Are you looking for the perfect, cool, totally hip yoga mat? I looked and looked and found finally discovered yoga mats by  Plank. Check out their site, you get an immediate sense of the planksters and their design sensibility along with their very  inspiring philosophy.

Plank sends out a refreshing message: feel free to embellish, camp it up and bring humor into the studio. It is a collection that embodies originality and hums with understated chic and irony.

Inhale…Exhale…Enjoy…!
http://www.plankdesigns.com/plank_the_story.php?nav=10

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This catolog offers an amazing selection of yoga related items. The selection is very well editted and the catolog donates 10% of everything you spend toward changing the world. The Spring Summer Issue features Shiva Rea as the Y Catolog Ambassador. Shiva talks about the Global Mala Project–a worldwide gathering on September 21 and 22 that will unite the global yoga community for seva and collective conciousness to form a mala around the earth. Shiva Rea also reveals her favorite yoga pants are by Shiva Shakti! I need to check those out.

The Y Catalog
http://www.theycatalog.com

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Nintendo has unveiled a range of new products for the Wii during a media briefing at the E3 Media & Business Summit in Santa Monica. The new offerings include two peripherals. The first is tentatively being called the Wii Balance Board and will come packed with Wii Fit, the ‘active-play’ successor to Wii Sports. The board can be used for a range of activities, including aerobics, yoga, muscle stretches and games.
http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2194123/nintendo-two-wii-accessories

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