Our 2012 USA Yoga National Championship is coming up soon in New York on March 3rd and 4th at the historic Hudson Theatre. The New York regional will also take place on March 2nd at the same venue.
We would love for all of our members to join us in New York, if not in person, then on the internet as the event is live-streamed on our website!
If you can make it to New York, then visit our event page to purchase tickets or get a discount on the hotel.
If you can't make it to New York you can still help support the event by encouraging your friends and family members to join and view the fun online.
You could also suggest that your local studio be one of our Studio Sponsors, or if you know a business that would benefit from advertising at our event, you can send them the link to our Business Sponsors form.
Congratulations and Good Luck to all of the finalists who will compete in the National championship. The deadline is February 3rd, so be sure to enter now: National Championship Athlete Entry Form.
Thank you to all of the athletes across the country for your energy and enthusiasm. We want you to feel part of our thriving and growing community all year long. So take advantage of your membership with our new website's social media aspects.
Your membership now includes access to our exclusive Community Forum. This new member benefit allows you to create topics to discuss the latest industry and membership news. Post messages, documents, and subscribe to the topics that interest you the most! Ready, set, engage!
Post topics to the community forum to discuss with your peers.
Browse previous discussions to catch up on recent happenings.
Ask your peers questions that are most important you.
Subscribe to topics of choice to receive updates by email.
Add topics that interest you the most to your Favorites for easy access later.
To get started:
Log into the member section of the website.
Navigate to the Community Forum in the member section.
Post a topic you want to discuss.
Respond to previous posts.
Share attachments when creating new posts.
Subscribe to topics of interest.
Favorite topics you want to read later.
We are in the process of creating our handbook, revising our rules, formulating guidelines for judges and coaches, and developing exciting new webinars and online certification programs. To help the judges refine their evaluation process and act in synchrony we ask that coaches and athletes without coaches submit their optional postures to our head judge, Emmy Cleaves, no later than Thursday evening March 1st. Send them to
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.
Your membership now includes access to our exclusive e-list (AKA, listerv). This new member tool allows you to distribute messages to all of the members subscribing to the list with a simple email to the list address. Think of the possibilities!
Communicate with the membership through a single email.
Search the online archive for valuable information and resources.
Ask your peers questions that are most important you.
Manage your subscription and preferences through your member profile.
To get started:
Log into your profile.
In the My Features tab, click E-Lists.
Make sure you are subscribed to the list.
Make note of the list address.
Click Edit to control your preferences.
Click the list name to see and search previous posts.
To start participating, click Post a New Message or send an email to the list address.
Studio members thank you for your overwhelming support. Please visit our studio members page under the about us tab. If you don't see your logo there, then kindly send a JPEG and link to
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. We ask reciprocally that you put our banner or logo (attached) on your website with a corresponding link. Help us to support each other!
Our Online Social Community Is Here
Your member profile is now a gateway to connect and engage with other members of our community. Some of the new features of our website include:
Similar to Facebook™ friends or LinkedIn™ connections, you can now form connections with your friends and colleagues.
Create albums and upload photos to your profile to share with other members.
Status messages give you a way to share what you're working on with other members.
Profiles have a "wall" where connections can leave messages for each other.
Join circles for special interest and discussion groups. You can create photo albums within Circles too!
To get started:
Log into your profile
Upload a profile picture or edit your existing one.
Make connections with friends and colleagues.
Create or join a Circle to engage in special interest groups.
Send private messages to one or more members at a time.
New privacy settings allow you to control who has access to each area of your profile.
Studio members, thank you for your innovative membership drives. We really appreciate the support you have given this year in expanding our membership base and look forward to ever greater efforts in the future.
We will be announcing the winner of our studio membership drive on February 3rd. The studio that signed up the most members wins a special visit from Rajashree.
Now you can access members-only content while "on the go" with our new iPhone app. This free download enables iPhone users to log in, search the member directory, browse events, read website articles and update profiles.
Search / Browse The Directory You can search or browse through the member directory to find your peers. When you find the person you were looking for, tapping their email address will launch the phone's email or tapping the phone number will launch a call.
My Profile You can view and edit your directory profile to keep your information up to date.
Events You can see a list of all upcoming events, view event details and add them to your phone's calendar.
Articles You can read articles from the website through the app, allowing you to keep up with the latest news and announcements while on the move.
For detailed information on how to use the iPhone app, click here.
Donna Rubin, myself, Jen Lobo, and Tricia Donegan ( in order) met in New York last week to plan for the upcoming event. They have donated their time and expertise and that of their staff in organizing the event with weekly conference calls and innumerable email correspondence. Kevin Gregor, Donna and Jen's Director of marketing, who is taking the picture, has also been an invaluable help.
