Hey, there,
Top of the morning to you.
Did you catch any of the Olympic Figure skating these past few weeks?
Jim and I are avid figure skating fans.
I love the grace and beauty combined with athleticism.
Our top figure skaters embody Physical Intelligence. Their Flexibility, Grace, Strength, and Bearing (perfect posture) are exquisite as they travel 35 MPH [...]

By ALASTAIR MACAULAY
Audiences who came of age in the Iron Curtain era still find it astonishing to contemplate a career like Diana Vishneva’s. Ms. Vishneva is the prima ballerina of the Maryinsky (Kirov) Ballet in St. Petersburg, Russia, and appears on its foreign tours, dancing not just its old ballets but also its newly acquired [...]

Yoga Faces Regulation, and Firmly Pushes Back
By A. G. SULZBERGER
It seemed like a good idea at the time. Ten years ago, with yoga transforming into a ubiquitous pop culture phenomenon from a niche pursuit, yoga teachers banded together to create a voluntary online registry of schools meeting new standards for training instructors.
But that list — [...]

By VIKAS BAJAJ
MUMBAI, India — Krishna Pattabhi Jois, a prominent and influential yoga teacher who drew a global following that included Western celebrities like Madonna and Sting, died on Monday in his home in the southern Indian city of Mysore, his family said. He was 93.
Known to his followers simply as guruji, a term of [...]

WHEN it comes to the popularity of judo, tae kwon do and other combat disciplines, the math says it all: Asian martial arts studios in the United States outnumber Dunkin’ Donuts outlets by more than three to one. Black Belt magazine counts some 20,000 studios nationwide and estimates that perhaps two million Americans practice Eastern [...]