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  • 5
    Apr
    2013
    10:41pm, EDT

    Namaste: Ultra Orthodox Jews practice yoga in Israel

    Abir Sultan / EPA

    Ultra orthodox Jewish yoga teacher Abraham Kohlberg leads a yoga class in the city of Beit Shemesh, Israel on April 5. Since gender segregation is practiced by ultra orthodox Jews, the studio offers separate classes for men and women.

    Abir Sultan / EPA

     

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    I guess the Jews arent aware that by practicing Yoga they are practicing Hinduism.

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  • 20
    Jun
    2012
    10:20am, EDT

    Serenity in the city: Yoga take over Times Square for summer solstice

    Emmanuel Dunand / AFP - Getty Images

    Participants take part in a mass yoga class to mark the summer solstice on Times Square in New York, June 20. Yogis gathered on Times Square to celebrate the longest day of the year during the event which features four free mass yoga session at the heart of Manhattan.

    Mark Lennihan / AP

    Ten-month-old Leo Erichsen is held up by his mother, Tatjana Eres of Denmark, as she joins thousands of yoga enthusiasts for a class in New York's Times Square to mark the summer solstice, Wednesday, June 20. Temperatures are expected to be near 100 degrees (37C) Wednesday.

    Shannon Stapleton / Reuters

    People practice yoga on the morning of the summer solstice in New York's Times Square June 20. The "Solstice in Times Square" event on Wednesday brought out hundreds of participants to celebrate the year's longest day.

    Shannon Stapleton / Reuters

    People practice yoga on the morning of the summer solstice in New York's Times Square June 20.

    A massive yoga classes was held in Times Square to mark the summer solstice. TODAY.com's Dara Brown reports.

     

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  • 14
    May
    2012
    7:47pm, EDT

    93-year-old woman is the world's oldest yoga instructor

    Keith Bedford / Reuters

    Yoga instructor Tao Porchon-Lynch goes through yoga poses in her yoga class in Hartsdale, New York on Monday. At 93 years old, Porchon-Lynch was named the world's oldest yoga teacher by Guinness World Records.

    Keith Bedford / Reuters

    Yoga instructor Tao Porchon-Lynch.

    Jillian Eugenios reports at TODAY.com that Porchon-Lynch has been practicing yoga since she was 8 years old:

    Porchon-Lynch teaches yoga four days a week and also keeps busy ballroom dancing and guiding wine tours in New York State. And she certainly knows how to overcome a challenge. At 87, she had hip surgery but a month later she took to the dance floor, starting lessons.

    I believe that we can always reach just a little bit further," said Porchon-Lynch. "I’m inspired to bring yoga into others’ lives along with helping people unearth new talents.

    The previous record-holder for oldest yoga teacher was Bernice Bates, 91, of Florida, who was given the title last year.

    See more images of yoga in PhotoBlog.

    Keith Bedford / Reuters

    Yoga instructor Tao Porchon-Lynch helps a student through a yoga hand stand in her yoga class.

    Keith Bedford / Reuters

    Yoga instructor Tao Porchon-Lynch goes through yoga poses.

    Keith Bedford / Reuters

    Yoga instructor Tao Porchon-Lynch hugs one of her students after leading a class.

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  • 11
    Jan
    2012
    9:07am, EST

    Sun salutations to kick off a kite festival

    Divyakant Solanki / EPA

    School children participate in a mass yoga session during the inauguration ceremony of the 22nd International Kite Festival at the Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, Jan. 11, 2012.

    Divyakant Solanki / EPA

    School children participate in a mass yoga session during the inauguration ceremony of the 22nd International Kite Festival at the Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, on Jan. 11, 2012. Around 120 kite enthusiasts from eight Indian states and 74 foreign kite flyers are participating in the festival.

     

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  • 9
    Jan
    2012
    5:58am, EST

    Amit Dave / Reuters

    Schoolchildren attend a yoga session during a camp in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad on Jan. 9, 2012.

    Mass yoga session in India

    See more yoga pictures on PhotoBlog.

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  • 17
    Aug
    2011
    11:38am, EDT

    Anti-gravity yoga class at Om Factory in New York

    Shannon Stapleton / Reuters

    Students take part in an "antigravity" yoga class at the Om Factory in New York on Tuesday, Aug. 16. "Antigravity" yoga makes use of hammocks to help practitioners gain greater flexibility, allowing for a wider range of yoga poses, according to the workshop's website.

    Shannon Stapleton / Reuters

    Students sit in hammocks as they take part in an "antigravity" yoga class at the Om Factory in New York on Tuesday.

    Shannon Stapleton / Reuters

    Students sit in hammocks as they take part in an "antigravity" yoga class at the Om Factory in New York on Tuesday. "Antigravity" yoga makes use of hammocks to help practitioners gain greater flexibility, allowing for a wider range of yoga poses, according to the workshop's website.

    Shannon Stapleton / Reuters

    A student takes part in an "antigravity" yoga class at the Om Factory in New York on Tuesday.

    Reuters reports that anti-gravity yoga makes use of hammocks to help practitioners gain greater flexibility, allowing for a wider range of yoga poses, according to the workshop's website. More about anti-gravity yoga here. Yoga images on PhotoBlog here.

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    I would absolutely love this!! It is also similar to sensory integration used for some children. Challenging yet calming.

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  • 21
    Jun
    2011
    4:49pm, EDT

    Tranquility in the City: Times Square yoga fest honors solstice

    Mario Tama / Getty Images

    Bernice Acosta and other enthusiasts perform yoga in Times Square during an event marking the summer solstice on June 21, in New York City. Thousands of yogis will attend the free day-long event in Manhattan on the longest day of the year.

    Mario Tama/Getty Images

    Enthusiasts perform yoga in Times Square during an event marking the summer solstice on Tuesday.

    Mario Tama / Getty Images

    Enthusiasts perform yoga in Times Square during an event marking the summer solstice on Tuesday.

    Richard Drew/AP

    Yoga practitioners salute the sun while celebrating the solstice in Times Square on Tuesday.

    Mario Tama/Getty Images

    Naty Horev, left, and other enthusiasts perform yoga in Times Square during an event marking the summer solstice on Tuesday.

    Related content:

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    • Slideshow: Solstice brings the start of summer

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    I always wanted to grow up rich living on top of the world in a luxury/concept penthouse in Times Square... Not to look cool, or even to feel powerful, but simply to live at the epicenter of American excess, and have SO many choices of cool things to do, see, museums and libraries to learn at all on …

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  • 11
    Jan
    2011
    11:51am, EST

    Thousands participate in mass yoga session at the 21st International Kite Festival in India

    By Elena Grothe

    Here's a selection of photos that EPA moved today from the mass yoga session at the 21st International Kite Festival in India. We've posted images of mass yoga sessions before on PhotoBlog but these caught my eye, as they offer a wider perspective and have an infinite, yoga-as-far-as-the-eye-can-see quality.    

    Amit Dave / Reuters

    School children attend a yoga exercise session during a camp in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad January 11, 2011. At least 6,000 children participated, organizers said.

    Divyakant Solanki / EPA

    School children participate in a mass yoga session during the third day of 21st International Kite Festival at Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, January, 11. Around 96 kite enthusiasts from 36 countries are participating in the festival along with 150 Indian participants from ten Indian states.

    Divyakant Solanki / EPA

    School children participate in a mass yoga session during the third day of 21th International Kite Festival at Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, January, 11. Around 96 kite enthusiasts from 36 countries are participating in the festival along with 150 Indian participants from ten Indian states.

    Ajit Solanki / AP

    Indian students perform yoga postures during the International Kite Festival in Ahmadabad, India, Tuesday, January 11. Kite-flyers from 36 countries are participating in the festival which runs from Jan. 9. to Jan. 14.

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  • 21
    Dec
    2010
    12:17pm, EST

    Amit Dave / Reuters

    School children attend a yoga exercise session during a camp in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad, Dec. 21, 2010. At least 6,000 children participated, organizers said.

    Thousands of children participate in yoga exercise in India

    By Elena Grothe

    That's a lot of yoga!

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