Happy 2011!

(Dundas W. Toronto, photo courtesy 100m)

H ard to believe, I know....but it's true. This season of zealous festivity is waning. For many of us that means we're back at a desk. And, if you live in inclement weather zones where sub zero is a fact of life, the sky is a mile-wide horizon of grey.

Nonetheless, a new year! And to start 2011, I have a copy of Stefanie Syman's book, The Subtle Body: The Story of Yoga in America to give away. Just scroll down to "Submissions" on this page and the first to send me a note will get a free book in the post courtesy of Stefanie Syman and Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

I'll be posting the interview I did with Stefanie Syman regarding yoga in America in the next week. It covers everything from the antics of Pierre Bernard to heated debates about evangelical yoga, and perceptions of yoga in popular culture... everyone from Garbo to Monroe in the fray...

Here's to yoga, blue balloons and anything else that interrupts your days at a desk.

Happy 2011!