Health and Beauty
Fitness Signs
SELF, September, 2004 What’s Your Fitness Sign? We asked top astrologers to chart your workout destiny. Anna David FIRE SIGNS (Aries, Sagittarius, Leo): These women tend to be aggressive, energetic go-getters; “Fire signs need to get their faces red,” says Gahl Sasson, who teaches an astrology yoga class at L.A.’s Golden Bridge. Try Spinning. Celebrity mascot: Jennifer Garner AIR SIGNS: … Continue reading
Sweat Shops
VEGAS, February, 2004 From astrologers to belly dancers, L.A.’s top fitness gurus are bringing Hollywood flair to the good old-fashioned workout By Anna David Ask anyone what the people in L.A. are like and without a doubt you’ll receive a diatribe about a bunch of body-obsessed kooks who jet from step class to the psychic, with a pit stop at … Continue reading
Om My God!
DISTINCTION, November/December, 2003 Wealthy Angelenos switch from the social circuit to the centeredness of teaching yoga By Anna David In the ’70s and ’80s, the stereotypical yoga teacher was a burned-out hippie or former dancer who guided fellow fringe types or housewives through a series of not particularly rigorous stretches. How time shave changed. Many of the women overseeing the … Continue reading