MOTIVATION: balancing both sides on any issue. Response from yogi Tara Stiles to the New York Times article about “How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body.”  tarastileseats: Has the recent New York Times article about “How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body” created a lot of controversy in the yoga world? Yes. Are we still talking about it, despite the fact that it turned our Kombucha-filled stomachs? Yes. This isn’t the first time the ancient practice has come under fire and scrutiny, nor the first time we’ve all debated the “correct” way to practice. So to find out whyWilliam J. Broad‘s screed against yoga has caused so much controversy, we talked to Tara Stiles–named the “yoga rebel” by the New York Times just last year. Here’s what she has to say about how not to wreck your body on the yoga mat: “Moving Beyond Religion and into Yoga.” High-res

MOTIVATION: balancing both sides on any issue.

Response from yogi Tara Stiles to the New York Times article about “How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body.” 

tarastileseats:

Has the recent New York Times article about “How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body” created a lot of controversy in the yoga world? Yes. Are we still talking about it, despite the fact that it turned our Kombucha-filled stomachs? Yes. This isn’t the first time the ancient practice has come under fire and scrutiny, nor the first time we’ve all debated the “correct” way to practice. So to find out whyWilliam J. Broad‘s screed against yoga has caused so much controversy, we talked to Tara Stiles–named the “yoga rebel” by the New York Times just last year.

Here’s what she has to say about how not to wreck your body on the yoga mat: “Moving Beyond Religion and into Yoga.”

(via awakenedlotus)

4 months ago

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    eloquent and thorough response to a rather silly article - go Tara!
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    ugh. she’s so pretentious. she’s right that if you do yoga properly, gently, slowly, you won’t hurt yourself - but...
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    I absolutely LOVE yoga.
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