The New York Times is now covering the ongoing story of New York State's attempt to regulate yoga studios that offer teacher training programs (previously blogged by yours truly here). For more coverage and insider scoop, read yoga teacher/writer Joelle Hann's latest account on yogadork.com.

In mom and baby yoga classes, I love to see the poses that that the babies do as part of their normal developmental movement. Poses like locust definitely come easier to the babies than the moms.

The app revolution in well underway (that's applications for the iphone and ipod, in case you are late to the party like me), and that includes yoga apps. If you can recommend a yoga app you're using regularly to enhance your practice, leave a comment and I'll check into it and present an app roundup soon.

A recent New York Tines article (Is Your Ab Workout Hurting Your Back?) took a close look at the conventional wisdom that strengthening your deep abdominal muscles will prevent or alleviate back pain. The current thinking is that it doesn't make sense to work the deep abs in isolation, and doing so may even worsen back aches. Instead, do exercises that integrate all the muscles that support the spine, including the yoga poses side plank and hands and knees balance.