"The Montecito Journal" article
by Judy Foreman
July 2009

see coments about RussaYog and other events on a new Santa Barbara website:
LOVEmikana.com

Santa Barbara's "The Mesa Paper" article by Alice San Andres-Calleja
March 2009

"Michigan Daily" article and
video Jan 27, 2009
view here ("Campus Character")
www.michigandaily.com/video
(takes you to outside site)

"Natural Awakenings" May 2008 article introducing new RussaYog instructors...
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Online article Santa Barbara Fitness Magazine by Julia Fuchs
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Crazy Wisdom "Community Journal and Calendar"
article by Lani Kwon Mielgaard
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Photo of Jasprit "Teaching the Ropes" in the Michigan Daily on Jan. 5, 2007.
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"...check out the Singhs decidedly different twist on yoga...it's seemingly an amalgamation of kindergarten classroom and hardcore nature camp. The practice of RussaYog has essentially all of the elements of traditional yoga, with the use of hanging ropes at its heart. Practice improves breathing, posture and musculature without the impact of a gym workout."
'Words' in "Shei" Magazine article
by Kimberly Chou,
Fall 2005 Journey to the West, issue 12.
www.sheimagazine.com

"Yoga Studio Ropes in
Growing Clientele: Ann Arbor Test City for Technique Developed at RussaYog"
Business Review of Washtenaw and Livingston counties an
by Jennifer Szymanski, Thursday, August 2005
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Ann Arbor News Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2004
by Ann Rueter
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Link: www.fitnessfocus.com
Fitness Focus by Atul Pande, M.D. and Patricia Pande, Physical Therapist. Website providing information about fitness and healthy living. Includes archives of the newletter of the same name.
December 2004 issue (Volume 2, Issue 3) has an article by Pat Pande entitled, "The Truth About Stretching" which mentions the benefits of RussaYog.
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What about the new book: "RussaYog: Harness Your Inner Strength with Rope-Based Yoga," by Jasprit Singh?



Health-related articles: see the benefits of RussaYog workout

Exercise develops the Brain
"Lobes of Steel" The New York Times article about how exercise can create a "stronger, faster brain."
Link: click here to access the pdf file

"Yahoo News" article on risk factors associated with longevity, including grip strength (which RussaYog definitely develops!)
Link: click here to access the pdf file

Newsweek March 26, 2007
"Stronger, Faster, Smarter,"
by Mary Carmichael
positive links between exercise and brain development
pdf file

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Current magazine, a publication by SGI Publications in Ann Arbor.
"Learning the Ropes"
by Jessica Jernigan (buzz@sgipub.com)
July 2004
"As class began in the yoga studio, Jasprit Singh announced that we'd be starting with some warm-up exercises. He explained that, after completing this series of postures, 'you'll feel like you should be done, but you're not.'
He wasn't kidding.
'Rope-based yoga'---a new twist on a very old practice---is a serious workout. The ropes in rope (russa) yoga dangle from the ceiling of the small, bright room that is RussaYog Studio (215 S. State Street, above Totoro and Mr. Greek's). Students use them to enhance traditional and modified yoga positions. In some postures, the ropes provide balance and stability. In others, they make it possible to use gravity to increase a stretch or create resistance.
As Singh predicted, I was exhausted after the warm-up, and the giddiness I felt by the end of the hour-long class was as much a product of bone-deep fatigue as it was endorphin-fueled elation. I felt a little awkward and physically confused as I tried to achieve and maintain the postures of rope (russa) yoga, but Singh and his wife, Teresa, are very helpful and encouraging teachers. Even students assured me that it just takes one lesson to start training the body for these strenuous new movements.
In rope (russa) yoga, Singh and Teresa have created a regimen offering the benefits of traditional yoga---increased balance, flexibility, and mental clarity---with the strength-building qualities of weight-training. They're both excited to teach their method to local students, and Teresa says she'd love to see 'a cool new exercise style come out of Ann Arbor.' If you're interested in giving rope yoga a try, call RussaYog at (734) 604-0741 for a class schedule."


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