Benefits of FastingSource: Serendip
Fasting. Sounds like something for Buddhist monks, crazy Yogis, or weird long-haired hippie type fellows doesn't it? As gnarly as it may seem, a properly conducted fast can yield many health benefits, and, for many people, increase energy and awareness!
Less is More: Voluntary SimplicitySource: Yoga Journal
Judy Davis never buys anything new if she can help it. A 58-year-old freelance marketing consultant who lives in Red Bluff, California, she favors thrift store clothing and secondhand furniture.
Yogi, Take Me to a Higher PlaceSource: The New York Times
WHEN Raquel Prieto moved from Northampton, Mass., to Boston in January, there was one thing she sought as urgently as an affordable living situation and a job: an advanced yoga class.

Interview with Scott Nelson A.K.A. Murrugun, the Prince of Pain.
Yogi's herbal cures contain human bonesSource: The Times
Brinda Karat, a senior Indian Communist Party MP, went public on an investigation she had ordered into the multimillion-pound herbal medicine empire owned by Swami Ramdev. She accused the guru of using human bones and animal parts in Ayurvedic drugs produced by his pharmacy.