These gingerbread men are far more flexible than I am, and they’ve been baked! Patti Paige, who once made a completely edible typewriter out of gingerbread, makes gingerbread men in popular yoga poses. At the link, you can watch her tutorial video on how to make your own.

Link -via Bit Rebels | Patti Paige’s Website

Now you know why zombies always walk so stiff -they’re just out of shape! -via the Presurfer

That’s it. Pack up your bags and go home, because the LOLCats have grown up and the Internet is now complete. Ladies and gentlemen, we present: Yoga Cats by Daniel Borris (What? Not a cat lover? How about Yoga Dogs?)

Look at ‘em kittens and weep. My Modern Met has more: Link

Yoga instructor Leeta Koontz suggests that yoga may be helpful for your dog. Urlesque has a roundup of her trippy videos, the first of which talks about the spiritual connection between you and your dog. The above video specifically addresses placing your dog in the Downward Facing Dog yoga position.

Link | Previously: Dog Yoga in Japan

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

Fun Tuna has a photogallery of people who have passed out while in yoga positions. Presumably by accident.

Link via Bits & Pieces

So, India is fighting back: it has set up a team of yoga gurus and scientists to identify and patent all ancient yoga positions or asanas to stop "patent pirates."

… as the number of Western yoga teachers has grown, there has been a steady increase in patent applications claiming each pose in their class is not part of the ancient discipline of mind and body, but their own unique invention. In the United States alone, there have been more than 130 yoga-related patents, 150 copyrights and 2,300 trademarks. Now India’s Traditional Knowledge Digital Library is being made available to patents offices throughout the world so they can establish whether the claim is a genuine innovation or "prior art" from Indian systems of medicine.

[...] The attempt by US teachers to patent traditional poses has caused disbelief and anger in India, where it has been practiced for around 6,000 years.

"Copyrights over yoga postures and trademarks on yoga tools have become rampant in the West. Till now, we have traced 130 yoga-related patents in the US. We hope to finish putting on record at least 1500 yoga postures by the end of 2009," said Dr V.P Gupta, of the CSIR, who created the Traditional Knowledge Digital Library.

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Jason Wishnow is a Zombie Yoga Master. Inspired by Scott Kenemore’s book The Zen of Zombie: Better Living Through the Undead, he sent out invitations saying "Bring a Yoga Mat, Dress like a Zombie …" The result? The world’s largest yoga session, created as a trailer for the book! Link – Thanks John!

Boing Boing TV, the newest venture of our pals at the famous Boing Boing Blog, has the exclusive behind the scenes documentary (by the way, if you haven’t been watching their videos, you’re definitely missing out!). Here it is:

[Boing Boing TV Link]