The Yogi in the Cupboard...
"When I am showing them poses, I also am giving them a visual," Raymond D. Fogleman said. "It's very hard when you are learning to keep that visual in your mind."Sorry, curiosity killed my cat. Check out these photos from Raymond’s website:
To help novices when they are practicing alone, the Hummelstown, Pa., man created 16 3-D action figures to illustrate yoga's controlled breathing and stretching techniques. He calls his product "3-D Yogis and Yoginis Box of Poses."
Fogleman, 43, started studying yoga 14 years ago and has been teaching full time since 2003. He got the idea for the statuettes after finding a toy soldier in a collection of toys three years ago. He realized that the antithesis to a soldier would be a yoga figure.
The plastic statuettes are 3 inches tall or 3 inches wide depending on the pose. Each has a 1-by-2-inch base. Each of the eight yogis (male) and eight yoginis (female) statuettes has a number and a code embossed in its base. The code corresponds to an explanation of the pose in an accompanying instructional guide.
Yoga has been practiced for thousands of years in India. It is based on the principle of mind-body unity. Estimates are that 20 million people in America practice some form of yoga.
Yoga is great exercise, but I doubt reenacting the Civil War with these figures will burn as many calories.
