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Namaste, Heidi! Miss Klum gives New York a treat as she shows off her yoga moves with a very public workout

Georgina Littlejohn Daily Mail 07/12/2011
Namaste, Heidi! Miss Klum gives New York a treat as she shows off her yoga moves with a very public workout

Anyone taking a leisurely stroll through New York yesterday would have been in for a real treat.Because it's not every day that you see a supermodel bending and stretching into all sorts of shapes right in the middle of the grass. But sure enough, there was Heidi Klum, twisting her toned and trim frame into all sorts of shapes right in full view of anyone lucky enough to be walking past.

N.Y. studio plus-sizes the pleasures of yoga

Dorene Internicola Reuters 05/08/2011
N.Y. studio plus-sizes the pleasures of yoga

Buddha Body Yoga in New York City, offers small classes, individual attention, and plenty of blocks, bolsters, belts, balance balls and blankets to ease recalcitrant limbs into warriors poses.

For those who prefer working out in group settings, New York has many a class to offer. Here, Sarina Jain leads her class in a 'Masala Bangra' workout at Crunch Gym.

Don't sweat the bank, save it for the gym. This year, make no excuses when it comes to getting into the best shape of your life-especially when it comes to paying for those costly gym memberships. With so many economic and free workout alternatives scattered throughout the city, getting healthier and in shape for 2011 never seemed so easy (or cheap!).

Unemployed get another jobless benefit - free yoga

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The women snuggle into nests of pillows and blankets. A light breeze, like a mother blowing on a baby's boo-boo, falls from ceiling fans and tickles their backs. The room is dark, silent, until they crawl out of child's pose and chant, "Omm."

Fonda the fab: 28 years on from video that changed the way we exercise, she's back (with a new routine, new hip and a new knee)

More than a quarter of a century after she became the workout queen and revolutionised keep fit, Jane Fonda is back with a new set of exercise routines. Despite some repair work over the years - a new hip in 2005, a knee replacement last year and a little cosmetic surgery - she says she now wants to teach pensioners how to stay in shape.

America's Most Stressful Cities 2010

Francesca Levy Yahoo! Real Estate 08/18/2010

A hot, new diet craze some call crazy

Amanda Stanzilis KENS 5 05/11/2010
America's Most Stressful Cities 2010

Every day overwhelmed Las Vegas residents flood the Stress Management Center of Nevada, looking for relief from their problems. They often complain of irregular work hours that keep them away from their families, and tensions that result from family health crises.

A hot, new diet craze some call crazy

You would think they call it a diet craze because it makes you crazy. But sure enough, every so often, a new kind of diet hits the market that is guaranteed to make you lose something like 50 pounds in 5 days. And the craze begins.

Manhattan yoga 'nazi' is kickin' class

SUSANNAH CAHALAN New York Post 05/03/2010
Manhattan yoga 'nazi' is kickin' class

No Zen for you! Like a drill sergeant -- only dressed in tiny black shorts that he designed himself -- he screams into his headset at a young woman with sweat dripping down her legs, "Pink shorts. Yes, you. Crotch down!"

Doga - Yoga classes for dogs and their humans

"Doga" - yoga with dogs - combines massage and meditation with gentle stretching for dogs and their human partners.