Anyone in the NYC area with an interest in Yoga and anatomy should not miss this opportunity to join Tom Myers and me on a guided tour through Bodies… The Exhibition, currently on view at the South Street Seaport Exhibition Centre in lower Manhattan. Tom is, in my opinion, one of the world’s greatest authorities on human form and function. I can guarantee a truly inspirational experience for all.

“Bodies… The Exhibition”
Guided Tour with Tom Myers
Tuesday, October 24th, 2006
Time: 1-4pm
Cost: $60 – Space is very limited. Registration deadline September 14th. First come, first served.
Click here to register, or call the studio at 212-979-9642, x4

About Tom Myers
Thomas Myers trained directly with Dr Ida Rolf, Dr Moshe Feldenkrais, and Buckminster Fuller and has practiced integrative bodywork for over 25 years in a variety of clinical and cultural settings. Former Chair of the Rolf Institute’s Anatomy Faculty, and founder-member of the National Certification Board for Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork, Tom currently conducts professional seminars internationally through Kinesis, Inc. Tom is the author of Anatomy Trains published in 2001 by Harcourt Brace, as well as numerous articles for trade magazines and journals.
As a Touch-in-Parenting instructor, and as founder of the London Children’s Structural Clinic, Tom retains a strong interest in peri-natal issues, and in early childhood somatic education. He sails, writes, and practices on the coast of Maine.

Please click here to register, or call the studio :
212-979-9642, x4

EL SEGUNDO, Calif., Sept. 5 /PRNewswire/ — Active Interest Media, Inc. (AIM) has acquired Yoga Journal, AIM President and Chief Executive Officer Efrem “Skip” Zimbalist III announced today. Says Andy Clurman, COO of AIM, “Yoga Journal will join our Healthy Living Group which includes Vegetarian Times, Better Nutrition, and Optimum Wellness magazines.”
In addition to its Healthy Living Group, the company publishes Southwest Art, American Cowboy, Log Home Design, Log Home Living, Timber Home Living, Building Systems and Black Belt magazines.
Says John Abbott, CEO of Yoga Journal, “… I am thrilled to join the AIM family, and look forward to a prosperous and bright future.” Abbott will remain at Yoga Journal as Executive Director.

A special message from Robert Moses and Eddie Stern:

Dear Friend of Namarupa,

You are being sent this message at our request.

On November 16th of this year, The Breathing Project in New York City, directed by yoga therapist Leslie Kaminoff, will be holding a special event to help support the work of both The Breathing Project and Namarupa Magazine.

Leslie is an old friend of ours, having met Robert in 1979 at the Sivananda Ashram in Canada, and Eddie in 1987 at the RAPP Arts Center in NYC, where they were neighbors, and Leslie had his first yoga studio.

Leslie is doing amazing educational work in the field of yoga therapy, and has been working for years towards elevating the education of yoga teachers, practitioners and therapists who come to his classes and to see him for individual treatment. At Namarupa, we completely support his work and dedication towards this aim.

At the same time, Leslie has a deep appreciation for the work of Namarupa, and our endeavors to maintain a high level of dialogue in the yoga community.

It is for this reason that the Breathing Project this year has chosen to honor Namarupa Magazine for our contribution to the yoga community, and we are very happy that such an old and dear friend has considered us for this honor.

We hope that you all will be able to join us for this special evening, with musical performances by David Hykes and Krishna Das, food, and more.

For more information, please contact Leslie Kaminoff at benefit@yogaanatomy.org

Thank you very much,
Robert Moses and Eddie Stern
Co-publishers, Namarupa Magazine

To see the “save the date” notice for the event, please click here

To continue to receive updates about the benefit, simply remain subscribed to the e-Sutra blog. You may unsubscribe at any time by following the link at the bottom of the FeedBlitz mailing.

We are all very excited about the upcoming Breathing Project Benefit honoring Namarupa Magazine, and my old friends Robert Moses and Eddie Stern.

Our Honorary Benefit Committee includes Gwyneth Paltrow, Chris Martin, Karen Allen, Krishna Das, Cyndi Lee and an ever-growing list of leaders of the international Yoga community.

The event is scheduled for 6:00PM Thursday evening, November 16th in NYC, and features a concert by Krishna Das and David Hykes. A successful fundraiser will insure our ability to continue and expand The Breathing Project’s educational and non-profit efforts into the future. We are also raising funds for Namarupa, to support their marvelous magazine.

The 8:30PM Krishna Das/David Hykes concert tickets can be purchased separately for $45.00 a piece. Full benefit tickets sell for $250. each, and include the enitre evening’s festivities: food, drinks, a silent and live celebrity auction and the concert. Host committee members commit to the sale of a minimum of 4 tickets. For more information, contact us at: benefit@yogaanatomy.org

A small number of business and corporate sponsorships are still available. Our major corporate sponsor is heloyelo, the world’s first and only “wellnest” service.

A special message from Robert Moses and Eddie Stern:

Dear Friend of Namarupa,

You are being sent this message at our request.

On November 16th of this year, The Breathing Project in New York City, directed by yoga therapist Leslie Kaminoff, will be holding a special event to help support the work of both The Breathing Project and Namarupa Magazine.

Leslie is an old friend of ours, having met Robert in 1979 at the Sivananda Ashram in Canada, and Eddie in 1987 at the RAPP Arts Center in NYC, where they were neighbors, and Leslie had his first yoga studio.

Leslie is doing amazing educational work in the field of yoga therapy, and has been working for years towards elevating the education of yoga teachers, practitioners and therapists who come to his classes and to see him for individual treatment. At Namarupa, we completely support his work and dedication towards this aim.

At the same time, Leslie has a deep appreciation for the work of Namarupa, and our endeavors to maintain a high level of dialogue in the yoga community.

It is for this reason that the Breathing Project this year has chosen to honor Namarupa Magazine for our contribution to the yoga community, and we are very happy that such an old and dear friend has considered us for this honor.

We hope that you all will be able to join us for this special evening, with musical performances by David Hykes and Krishna Das, food, and more.

For more information, please contact Leslie Kaminoff at benefit@yogaanatomy.org

Thank you very much,
Robert Moses and Eddie Stern
Co-publishers, Namarupa Magazine

To see the “save the date” notice for the event, please click here

To continue to receive updates about the benefit, simply remain subscribed to the e-Sutra blog. You may unsubscribe at any time by following the link at the bottom of the FeedBlitz mailing.

We are all very excited about the upcoming Breathing Project Benefit honoring Namarupa Magazine, and my old friends Robert Moses and Eddie Stern.

Our Honorary Benefit Committee includes Gwyneth Paltrow, Chris Martin, Karen Allen, Krishna Das, Cyndi Lee and an ever-growing list of leaders of the international Yoga community.

The event is scheduled for 6:00PM Thursday evening, November 16th in NYC, and features a concert by Krishna Das and David Hykes. A successful fundraiser will insure our ability to continue and expand The Breathing Project’s educational and non-profit efforts into the future. We are also raising funds for Namarupa, to support their marvelous magazine.

The 8:30PM Krishna Das/David Hykes concert tickets can be purchased separately for $45.00 a piece. Full benefit tickets sell for $250. each, and include the enitre evening’s festivities: food, drinks, a silent and live celebrity auction and the concert. Host committee members commit to the sale of a minimum of 4 tickets. For more information, contact us at: benefit@yogaanatomy.org

A small number of business and corporate sponsorships are still available. Our major corporate sponsor is heloyelo, the world’s first and only “wellnest” service.

….in which the intrepid Dawkins visits “one of the least enlightened places in the world…Jerusalem – where barely suppressed religious hatreds nourish intolerance to the point of murder.”

The root of all evil Dawkins is referring to here is religion. Between the Muslim fundamentalists from abroad and the Christinaists at home, it’s nearly impossible for a rational person to not feel deeply threatened by these crusading whackos.
Let me know if you find this video as disturbing as I did. Also check out the previous e-Sutra post of Dawkins’ wonderful piece “Good and Bad Reasons for Believing.”

From The Telegraph: Powerful evangelical churches are pressing Kenya’s national museum to sideline its world-famous collection of hominid bones pointing to man’s evolution from ape to human.

Evangelicals:
“The Christian community here is very uncomfortable that (Dr. Richard) Leakey and his group want their theories presented as fact…our doctrine is not that we evolved from apes, and we have grave concerns that the museum wants to enhance the prominence of something presented as fact which is just one theory.”

Leakey:
“…the most outrageous comments I have ever heard”.

Museum PR director:
“We have a responsibility to present all our artefacts in the best way that we can so that everyone who sees them can gain a full understanding of their significance…but things can get tricky when you have religious beliefs on one side, and intellectuals, scientists or researchers on the other, saying the opposite.”

This has always struck me as the absolute height of silliness…especialy the lame “scientific” attempts to quantify its effects on crime reduction and world peace.

Has anyone out there actually done this? If so, are you also young, skinny and male? Don’t get me wrong – it’s a pretty impressive physical feat to be able to hop around in padmasana like that, but what are the chubby people supposed to do? The TM spokesperson claims it’s spiritual advancement that makes it possible, but that seems to overlook some pretty obvious, purely physical prerequisites.

Now, if I saw a 300-pound buddha-like yogic flyer in lotus lauching themselves off the floor, then I’d be REALLY impressed.