We recently had the opportunity to take classes at Pure Yoga’s east side Manhattan location to check out some of the newest offerings, including hot Figure 4 and Ki Power Vinyasa, as well as a mash-up of hot power yoga and interval training called Bassett’s Boot Camp. Plus, we also caught up with Flowmotion Yoga and meSheeky founder Sarah Tomson Beyer for a recent class at Pure. (Photo credit: Courtesy Pure Yoga)
The Calendar Diet: A Month by Month Guide to Losing Weight While Living Your Life (Wagging Tail Press, 2012) is an extremely practical, concise and comprehensive guide to losing weight (and keeping it off) written by two of our favorite nutrition experts — VIVmag Advisory Board member Melina Jampolis, M.D., and VIVmag contributor Karen Ansel, M.S., R.D.
Actor Nicole Ari Parker has created the Save Your Do GymWrap, a stylish headband that lets cool air in while allowing heat to escape. Enter to win a GymWrap! (Photo credit: Courtesy Save Your Do)
We’ve complained in the past about the dorkiness of serious cycling attire for women, but we recently discovered Club Ride Apparel, which brings new style to your road and trail adventures. Club Ride is a relative newcomer, but worth seeking out for its cool, street-inspired wear.
We often find ourselves wishing for extra time, whether we’re hitting the snooze button for an extra five minutes of sleep or yearning for an additional day every weekend just to get everything done. Every four years, we get the “extra” day of February 29, and though Leap Day isn’t an official holiday, we’re determined to make the most of it. Check out some of our Leap Day suggestions, from learning something new to booking some spa time (with a special discount for VIVmag readers)!
Considering the most snow we’ve had was a freak October storm and that the crocuses are already blooming, this mild winter has kept our blahs at bay. But with summer weather still months away, we discovered two beach-inspired workouts that we can do now: Hot Hula Fitness and SurfSET Fitness.
Over the past few years, we’ve had the opportunity to take a class with barre3 founder Sadie Lincoln and a yoga workshop led by Flowmotion creator Sarah Tomson Beyer as they passed through New York City from Portland, OR, and Park City, UT, respectively. And now, with a mybarre3 streaming video subscription and a new Flowmotion app, we can do both almost anywhere!
The new year is still young, and we’re doing a good job of staying resolute: We’re watching what we eat and trying to be active so we can shed a few pounds. Trouble is, we find exercise works up quite an appetite. And it turns out we don’t even have sweat through a spin or Zumba class to put our appetite into overdrive: Recent research shows that just thinking about exercise can make us hungry.
While removing our shoes before yoga class one day, we noticed a poster for the Yoga Freedom Project, created by Off the Mat NYC and the Somaly Mam Foundation (SMF) to bring attention throughout the month of January to the issue of sex trafficking. The project culminates with a two-hour yoga class on Jan. 31 at Twelve21, 12 West 21 St. in the Flatiron District, with a lineup of nine of New York City’s top yoga teachers. For those not in New York, we also found ways you can help bring awareness to this important — and often overlooked — global issue. An estimated 27 million people currently are enslaved throughout the world, and one to two million children will be sold into slavery within the next year.
The yoga community has been abuzz since an article called “How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body” was published Jan. 5 in The New York Times Magazine. The excerpt is from an upcoming book called The Science of Yoga: The Risks and Rewards (Simon & Schuster, 2012), by William J. Broad. The section that ran in the Times looked at the risk and severity of yoga injuries. What stuck with us were the gruesome anecdotes: yoga-induced popped ribs, hip replacements, nerve damage and strokes.
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