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Inside the Vicious World of Competitive Yoga

By Miss Cellania in Sports on Oct 28, 2009 at 12:32 pm


The 7th Annual Asana Yoga Competition was recently held in New York. New York Magazine has a glimpse at the extreme poses competitors used to impress the judges. Link -via Buzzfeed


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  1. Tim Giachetti
    Oct 28th, 2009 at 12:50 pm

    Looks like Ron Jeremy has some competition.

  2. Skipweasel
    Oct 28th, 2009 at 2:27 pm

    What next? Competetive Bhuddism?

  3. Flux
    Oct 28th, 2009 at 3:36 pm

    For a sec there... prior to realizing what I was looking at, I thought this was an uncooked chicken/turkey standing up on its drumsticks. :P

  4. somealien
    Oct 28th, 2009 at 4:35 pm

    ditto, @Flux ... glad I'm not the only one :)

  5. Michael0511
    Oct 28th, 2009 at 8:07 pm

    It's been done, Skipweasel...

    MONK GLOATS OVER YOGA CHAMPIONSHIP

    http://peterlangston.com/Fun_People/1996/1996AWL.html

  6. CamonZ
    Oct 28th, 2009 at 8:14 pm

    competitive buddishm ftw.

  7. ardyjay
    Oct 28th, 2009 at 9:28 pm

    They should rename this position the "Glen Beck"

  8. Skipweasel
    Oct 29th, 2009 at 1:34 am

    Michael0511 - that reads like an article from The Onion.

  9. Noelegy
    Oct 29th, 2009 at 8:56 am

    Does yoga, practiced at this level, tend to make one exceptionally lean and muscular? Or does the practice of yoga require one to be on the skinny side in the first place? Because I don't see a spare fat cell on any of those people. And Flux: LOL!

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    Nov 10th, 2009 at 5:06 am

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