“Something, when you love it, is always tugging at you and itching…” ~ Jay-Z, on releasing his comeback album Kingdom Come in 2006.
I’m happy to join the ranks of basketball stars and rappers by coming out of retirement and resurrecting it’s all yoga, baby! As Michael Jordan said after his first retirement: “I’m back.” And I’m excited to be here!
The past six months have been creative, fruitful and introspective. But I’ve missed blogging. I’ve missed connecting with people. I’ve missed the vibrant community of yoga bloggers. I love/d this community, this blog, and it’s been tugging at me and itching to be brought back to life.
The strange thing is that since I closed it’s all yoga, baby in January, things haven’t changed that much. My stats stayed the same (March, two months after closure, had the second highest hits ever), people kept joining the Facebook fanpage, people kept following me on Twitter, and people kept linking to and commenting on posts. It was like the blog continued to live on: the only difference was that I wasn’t blogging. Which is actually the fun part!
And some things have changed. I’ve been sitting back and watching the yoga blogosphere, which has grown up quite a bit. It’s been exciting to watch the ascension of elephant journal, as it’s turned into a real hub of respectful and informed conversation on yoga and the mindful life. I’ve been inspired by projects such as Recovering Yogi, Teachasana and Yoga 2.0, and The Magazine of Yoga has added a touch of refinement and class to the sphere. I’ve also been watching saucy yoga bloggers like Y is for Yogini, Curvy Yoga and Flying Yogini step up to the plate and find their voices.
Things have changed for myself, too. I’ve co-launched yocomo (yoga community montréal), a project to highlight all the amazing but underground yoga happening in Montreal, and am co-planning a yoga festival set for 2012. I’ve stopped practicing asana because of a back injury and have cut back on teaching (I now only teach privates and a beloved long-term volunteer class at a community mission in my hood). I’m less militant about the commercialization of yoga and more interested in how yoga intersects with daily life, activism, politics and culture. I’m still interested in the ramifications of the popularity of yoga and its representation in popular culture, but I have more faith that yoga will maintain its integrity.
There are some exciting changes on the horizon here at it’s all yoga, baby: a new look, a revived mission, more conversations. I’m going to explore video and podcasting, and use this space as my professional presence on the web. Stick around, see what happens. Show me what you got, yo.
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June 20, 2011 at 4:56 pm
Flissy
Welcome back! 😀
June 20, 2011 at 5:04 pm
Anna Guest-Jelley
Yay! Yay! Yay! Yay! Yay!
So glad you’re back! Thanks for the shout-outs! ♥
June 20, 2011 at 5:20 pm
Jess
yeah roseanne!!!
June 20, 2011 at 5:28 pm
Y is for Yogini
i knew you’d come back to us! woooooty!!! 😀
June 20, 2011 at 5:45 pm
Poep Sa Frank Jude
“Yeah, just when you think you’re out, they keep pullin’ you back in!” Welcome back, Roseanne!
June 20, 2011 at 5:45 pm
EcoYogini
YAY!!!!! I am so excited 😀
June 20, 2011 at 6:07 pm
Jill Miller
WELCOME BACK!!!!
June 20, 2011 at 9:04 pm
Brooks Hall
Yay! Roseanne: welcome back!
June 20, 2011 at 9:19 pm
Jennifer
SO EXCITED to see you back!!!
I’m also interested in intersections between yoga and activism. Can’t wait to read your thoughts on it.
June 20, 2011 at 10:06 pm
Roseanne
aww, thanks everyone! it’s good to be back in the blogosphere! this is what i’ve missed: comments! support! friends!
June 20, 2011 at 10:24 pm
Donna Freeman
Wonderful to have you back! Missed your insights. Looking forward to reading it’s all yoga baby regularly again.
June 20, 2011 at 10:29 pm
Lynette
I look forward to reading more….. 🙂
June 22, 2011 at 2:21 am
yogadork
xoxo
June 20, 2011 at 11:04 pm
YogaforCynics
Welcome back, Roseanne!
June 20, 2011 at 11:43 pm
apalanca
Already looking forward to the new conversations that will follow!
xx
June 21, 2011 at 7:14 am
YogaDawg
Woof woof!
June 21, 2011 at 4:43 pm
Rebecca
Welcome back. I love the changes you describe in yourself. I found that I went through (and continue to go through) many of them, especially the disdain for commercial yoga. I care much more now about bringing yoga to life than about how someone else explains yoga. It’s great to have you back on the blogosphere. I look forward to continuing to share. And this is why I do not delete subscriptions from my RSS feeder. 😉
June 22, 2011 at 10:03 am
Rhonda
Hey Roseanne!!! I’m here. Will join in the conversations. I’m off to Wanderlust in Vermont for the weekend…talk about “commercializing” yoga but I am excited to be in that vibe for a couple of days and will let you know my impression of that “scene” when I get back. Yay for you for doing this. See you soon…
Rhonda
June 22, 2011 at 12:03 pm
Charlotte
So glad you’re back! I anxiously await your always-thoughtful commentary.
June 22, 2011 at 8:55 pm
Nancy
happy Natarajasana jumps for joy! Can’t wait to see what the new back-in-action you brings! thanks so much for the shoutouts!! xo