 | PRACTICAL TRAVELER; Rolling Out the Yoga Mat - By MICHELLE HIGGINS on 20100207
LIKE Wi-Fi, on-demand movies and fitness centers, yoga is becoming an amenity many hotels and resorts just can't do without. Long popular at spas and retreat centers, yoga classes have been spreading to mainstream hotels, resorts and tour operators over the last several years. As the ancient stretching and meditation practice gained popularity, the... |  | When Chocolate And Chakras Collide - By JULIA MOSKIN on 20100127
''I DON'T condemn/I don't convert.'' The words of Ziggy Marley's ''Love Is My Religion'' floated over 30 people lying on yoga mats in a steamy, dim loft above Madison Avenue on Friday. All had signed up for a strange new hybrid of physical activity: first an hour of vigorous, sweaty yoga, then a multicourse dinner of pasta, red wine and chocolate.... |
| Gear Test | Yoga Socks - on 20091217
Testing yoga socks for grip and comfort.... |  | FITNESS; Is the Spirit of Competition in the Soul of Yoga? - By SARA ECKEL on 20091119
THE competitors stood nervously on stage, awaiting the judges' decisions. As each name was called the crowd cheered, and the winner stepped forward to claim a prize, bowing his or her head to accept a medal. ''Wow, that was a miracle,'' said Kyoko Katsura, the winner in the women's division of the New York Regional Yoga Championship. Yoga... |
| The Lineup - on 20091118
Photos from the New York Regional Yoga Championship, where yogis demonstrate seven postures.... |  | SUNDAY ROUTINE | TAMARA TUNIE; Deep Breaths Before the First Down - By ROBIN FINN on 20091018
A veteran of the mayhem depicted on ''Law & Order: Special Victims Unit,'' Tamara Tunie is in her 10th season portraying Dr. Melinda Warner, a wryly intelligent medical examiner with a dark sense of humor. Typecasting, she says. Ms. Tunie, 50, appeared in the Broadway revival of ''Julius Caesar'' with Denzel Washington and recently produced and... |
 | CRITICAL SHOPPER; Chant After Them: Super ... - By MIKE ALBO on 20091015
WHEN I walked into the Lululemon store in Lincoln Square, the first thing that struck me was how the superlative ''super'' has become so common in our vernacular. I had barely touched a soft Game Over hoodie displayed on a table when a salesclerk materialized next to me: ''Have you tried on one? They are super-cozy. They have a little Lycra in them... |  | Brooklyn's Tide of Chains, Decidedly Local - By DIANE CARDWELL on 20090921
The mandala logos appear every few blocks or so, each heralding another establishment tucked into a brownstone storefront, all bearing the generic name Area. Over here, it is a day spa. Over there, a children's clothing shop. Down a ways, a toy store. The brainchild of Loretta Gendville, a masseuse turned entrepreneur who lives in the neighborhood,... |
| Physical Culture | Gear Test, Hot Yoga Clothes - on 20090902
Inspiration for dealing with hot yoga's perspiration.... |  | Say Namaste! Party by Night, Downward Dog by Day - By MELENA RYZIK on 20090728
Beneath a starry sky here on Friday, on a stage underneath a ski lift, Sharon Jones, the powerhouse singer of the funk-soul band the Dap-Kings, was nearly ready to perform. ''What I need to do now,'' she told the audience, ''is loosen my body up, get the blood flowing.'' She had come to the right place. The next afternoon the same stage -- and the... |