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Narween Otto's Yoga Podcasts for Social Workout

Narween Otto, long time New York yoga and Pilates instructor, has most recently held down an anchor spot on the Equinox roster teaching restorative yoga on Saturday afternoons. (Imagine chic Equinoxers in darkened room, each with half a dozen blankets and rolled up towels arranged around and under them, moving very slowly, and attempting to achieve maximum absence of stress.) Currently on sabbatical in her native Australia, Narween recorded six three streaming audio classes as a New Year's gift for her friends and regular students. We asked, and Narween kindly offered the full length audio classes free of charge to Social Workout readers as well. Need a high end home workout? Click through to Narween's page on Yoga Organix, choose your level, and go for it! (NB: Username: narween; Password: yo123).

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Cooler Yoga Music: "The Yoga Sessions"

What makes good yoga music? Sitar? Chanting? The kirtan crowd leans that way, and they seem to be having a marvelous time. But Yoga Organix begs to differ. Yoga instructor Derek Beres has a following at Equinox, but he also has a following as DJ and music journalist, and now YogaOrganix is putting out his first yoga music album. Together he and David "Duke Mushroom" Schommer are EarthRise Sound System, and they describe their new album, "The Yoga Sessions," as "percussively rich" and "dubby." Set for a 1/1/2010 release, the tracks are apparently intended to be as good in a club as they are in a yoga class. So if you could use a little break from Bhagavan Das (not that you don't love him!) consider slipping "The Yoga Sessions" to your yoga teacher as a little New Year's present.