Yoga Face Selfie Blog

A movement has begun that involves online photoshop activists taking the face of Mr. Bean (aka Rowan Atkinson), a known Yoga Face Selfie guru, and inserting it into already popular movies and paintings to give classic works new life. We here at the Yoga Face Selfie Blog expect there is a correlation between this and the movie poster image of JAWS , which likely started this trend.  Art historians everywhere are rejoicing as it is now impossible to dig through the depths of the internet to find unadulterated images of such paintings as Da Vinci's "Mona Lisa". This uptick in museum attendance has been lauded as one of the many unexpected societal bonus's of the Yoga Face Selfie 2.0 technique.  Below you will find an assortment of the creativity as previous showcased on Bored Panda and now showcased below.    This post is an act of satire. Stay tuned to this blog and all o...

"Yoga Face Selfies are not about self-improvement, they are about self acceptance." https://www.instagram.com/p/BSOsOz2gY-l/?taken-by=yogafaceselfie - Inspired by a quote from Gurmukh Kaur Khalsa,"Yoga is not about self-improvement, it's about self acceptance."

Inspirational Quote of the Day: "If I'm wrong, educate me, don't Yoga Face me." #UseYogaFaceAppropriately Inspired by inconsiderate yoga face practitioners Everywhere. Inspirational Source:

"Your beliefs don't make you a better person, yoga face does." was inspired by a quote by Sukhraj S. Dillon, "Your beliefs don't make you a better person, your behaviour does." I love how by switching words contained in inspirational quotes and completely transform the meaning and, if you're lucky, will also give you a better understanding of how the quote works. This one, for example, is largely based on confirmation bias. When confirmation bias is in effect, we will assume that other people will have the same concept of what behaviour will make you a "better" person. Culture to culture that idea of actions or behaviours that will make you a "better" person will shift. If you replace the word "behaviour" with a specific action, you will undoubtable lose a portion of your audience that feel the action your have described does not actually make you a better person. This is interesting stuff, I think. 

Ever seen the movie Delirious , starring John Candy? Well, up until recently neither had I. And, if I’m being completely honest, I still haven’t.  But you know what I have seen? The trailer. And I’ve embedded it below so you can see it as well. From what I’ve been able to gather scanning the trailer and the first few Google search results, the movie has something to do with a soap writer (played, I think, by Candy) who gets hit on the head and wakes up as a character in his own show, allowing him to manipulate characters….making people fall in love with him, fall out of love with each other, etc. The films was a commercial and critical failure…..but the public and critics sadly don’t know the meaning of namaste….and profundity of this brilliant piece of work is lost on them. Sadly, this work has aged better than those pretentious newspaper mouth-breathers could ever have hoped to. They are so far from Samadhi (the state of complete Self-actualization for you non-Yog...

Just when a Canadian Prime Minister was hip and cool to hang out with at parties (even in cardboard form!) meddlesome bureaucrats step in to put a stop to fun. What a surprise.  Trudeau Cardboard Cut-outs have apparently been all rage at parties in the US and inspire spontaneous selfie moments that bring joy to all involved.  " A Trudeau cut-out appeared at Canada Day events last year at the embassy in Washington, for example, and as recently as last week, at a Canadian tourism booth at the South by Southwest arts festival in Austin, Texas.   But after Conservative party researchers alerted news media, including CBC News, to the images, Global Affairs Canada ordered an end to the practice."   Source:  http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-cut-outs-global-affairs-canada-conservative-harper-diplomats-1.4033120

We all heard how Donald Trump refused to shake Angela Merkel's hand. Then we all went to the YouTube and watched it happen while the press plaintively cried for a forgettable handshake. What Trump proceeded to not do (a handshake) incensed not only the world as a whole, but Angela Merkel, the deadliest practitioner of Yoga Face for Politicians. Some call her the "Yoga Face Selfie Ninja of the Free World", I call her "A Person Not To Be Snubbed". Sidenote: In my capacity as a professional cinematographer and event photographer, my heart went out to every photographer/cinematographer out there who would have to make the dreaded call to their directors/producers/editors that would go something like this: "Hi, this is Bill...no, there was no handshake captured...no, there was nothing I could do...honestly, no one got the photo!...what? my soul? No, I did not offer up my immortal soul to get the photo for you!...What do you mean I'm fired!?...Hello?...

All too often with the hustle and bustle of modern life we forget to take advantage of the fact that yogo (yoga on the go) face selfies can be done at anytime and almost anywhere! On a bus? Use the tinted windows as a mirror! Walking on the street?   Use a restaurant window to enlighten the patrons inside! Sky diving without a parachute? Let the terror control your face! Remember to give yourself permission to be HAPPY ~ Practice Yogo Face Selfies Everyday. Stay tuned to this blog and all our other social media platforms for more inspirational quotes from our guru! YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCADYh2qbx4K1LxH3_dgjzTg Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/YogaFaceSelfie/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/YogaFaceSelfie Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/yogafaceselfie/ #namaface

Jono and Ben have done the perfect parody of the BBC interview with Robert Kelly by replacing him with a woman. Not unexpectedly, the woman easily handles the entire situation without skipping a single beat. Notice the ease with which she keeps her face in line and never breaks character.

I was just on the Cool People Doing Cool Things Instagram account and stumbled across the saying "It's amazing what you can do when you're determined and have no money" by Shannon from Retro Sweat. I'm always on  Instagram , and I'm always honoured by how many other inspirational speakers are able to use the words of our guru to inspire whatever passion burns inside them. In fact, our guru often says "It's amazing the Yoga Face Selfies you can do when you're determined and have no money", which I expect may have been the inspirational quote that helped Shannon fashion her own. This quote by our guru is in answer to the question people often ask us about Yoga Face Selfie, "what are the barriers to entry?" The true answer is "none". Yes, a couple of our mantras are "If you don't record it, it didn't happen..." and "If you don't snap it. You didn't do it...", but in reality a tru...

In many Western Teaching Practices, fact regurgitation is the name of the game. This is not the case with the Yoga Face Selfie 2.0 techniques as practiced in modern day Canada. While working to have a face resembling anothers is a good way to start any session, the true celebration of self-realization (or self-actualization, if you prefer) is a face yogi who is able to express themselves in ways that no one can imitate.  We celebrate deviations from the normal expressions exemplified by the masses (aka Duckface) in the belief that only by deviating can one find new sources of inspiration for oneself.  Stay tuned to this blog and all our other social media platforms for more inspirational quotes from our guru! YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCADYh2qbx4K1LxH3_dgjzTg Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/YogaFaceSelfie/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/YogaFaceSelfie Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/yogafaceselfie/ #namaface

I feel like Trump's approach to politics is akin to Texas Holdem Poker and Twitter is his FACE. I can't speak for everyone, but I have no idea what's going on beneath those faces that Trump pulls. I swear he has no tells. He's orchestrating a facial expression masterpiece every time he's in front of a camera and every time I think I've think I've got him figured out - he's proven me wrong. For example; I thought his running for presidency was a cheap publicity ploy. I never thought I would ever see his feet cross the threshold of the White House. He got me. Me and everyone else that didn't take him seriously. I'm never letting that happen again, if I can help it. But in all honestly, I'm afraid, because Trump is running in unknown territory with the keys to the nuclear codes of the United States of America and he just eliminated two key seats on the National Security Council and replaced those seats with Steve Bannon (the guy who used to...

The New York Times has now interviewed Robert Kelly and his family. After stonewalling the media for days, Robert and his wife, Kim Jung-A, have decided to come clean on what really happened in the early evening hours on March 10 during an interview with the BBC. The interview was supposed to be about Robert Kelly's take on what lies ahead for South Korea now that Park Geun-hye has become the country's first democratically elected leader to be forced from office, but instead the world was riveted by the antics of Robert and Kim's kids crashing into the interview room and derailing what would otherwise have undoubtably been a rather dry discussion. In the aftermath of the now infamous interview people were wondering things like Q: "Why didn't he just get up and quietly usher the kids out the door?" A: "Was he not wearing pants?" Q: "Why was his wife crouching down while gathering the children? A: "Was she on the toilet and she didn...

While I was meditating on the world's problems today I heard Albert Einstein roll over in his grave and say to me "If there is any religion that could respond to the needs of modern science, it would be #YogaFaceSelfie." Always remember that even when it's a rough day someone is watching out for you from beyond the grave. Thanks Bert!

“The face that gives thanks is a happy one, for our faces cannot feel thankful and unhappy at the same time. We don’t give face because we’re happy. We are happy because we give face.” ( Inspirational Source ) You know how you have dreams? Dreams you never think will come true? Things that seem so far fetched as to be laughable if you speak them out loud? Last night my dream came true. I got my show in front of the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim Development Execs. And it's all thanks to #YogaFaceSelfie. Walter Newman (VP, Comedy Development, Cartoon Network : Adult Swim ) may have said, "This is gonna be a hard pass", after reviewing "Yoga Face Selfie", but don't think that will discourage me. I also have a saying, "The harder a Yoga Face Selfie is to achieve, the more glorious the triumph." Heads up Rick and Morty ! You might be having a new network neighbour named "Yoga Face Selfie" sometime soon. Sincerely, Grayden ...

BBC INTERVIEWEE'S EPIC STIFF UPPER LIP WAS NO ACCIDENT Prof Robert E Kelly keeps his cool during an interview about South Korean politics when his two children interrupt him, thanks to his mastery of the Yoga Face Selfie 2.0 Technique Pose "STIFF UPPER LIP", which is one of the many poses provided in our instruction manual "Yoga Face Selfie for Politicians" This real world scenario happened live on air, on BBC World News when Kelly’s daughter lets herself into his office and is quickly followed by a baby in a rambler. He smiles and apologises, which is something any true master of yoga face learns to do early on, for the interruption. His wife then rushes into the room to drag the children out. All the while Kelly is a stone faced wall of granite. Watch the video below and watch a master of the british "stiff upper lip" in action. Robert E. Kelly is a political-science professor at Pusan National University in South Korea. He ha...

Yoga Face Selfie Challenge: Who Does It Better? Q: What is it? A: Find an animal friend or two and see if you can do their face better than they do it! It’s that simple! Q: How long does it take? A: As long as it takes you to get the right yoga face selfie! That’s all! Q: Do I need experience? A: No! you don’t need to have had any previous yoga face selfie experience! If you are experienced, great! If not, that's even better! Q: Do I need equipment? A: You don’t need to buy anything! You just need a face! Alright, that’s all. It’s time to grab your pet friend (or two!) and start snapping those yoga face selfies! This Yoga Face Selfie Challenge was Inspired by DoYouYoga.com . Check my affiliate sites for yogic inspiration in even more social media formats! YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCADYh2qbx4K1LxH3_dgjzTg Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/YogaFaceSelfie/ Twitter:  https://twitter.com/YogaFaceSelfie Instagram:  https://www...

The Popeye Pose. The true art to this pose is being able to isolate and control the muscles in each cheek individually. The cheek with the pipe (or paint brush, or pencil, or whatever you have on hand) must be relaxed while the lips and teeth hold the pipe in place. The opposite cheek must be constructed into a smile while also resisting the force of the air being used to puff out the opposing cheek. Then you h ave to isolate the eye muscles so that the eye on the puffed cheek side is stretched as wide as it can go while the opposite eye is squinting. The selfie must be taken with the arm farthest from the wide open eye on a 3/4 degree angle. Namaste.  #selfie #popeye #cartoonface #notaseasyasyouwouldthink #selfieofday #selfienation #instaselfie #selfietime #selfiebot #selfieking #artist #satire #canadian #american#newyork #losangeles #toronto #stthomas #yoga #yogaface#yogafaceselfie #yogafacetagram #yogapose #yogaposer #yogaselfie  #yogi #yogini #igyoga #yogalove #yogae...

Welcome back to another episode of Yoga Face Selfie, where I help you to start taking your selfies to the next level.   Today’s pose of the day is called “Warrior”. It was inspired by the film of the same name. It requires an intense stare combined with a moderately slack jaw.  Now, if your selfie, like mine, isn’t exactly where you want to be, just use some photoshop magic to give it the proper look. Today I’ll be sharing with you a little segment of how I take my sefies from owe to wow.  Some people ask me, why are you focused on introducing the world to Selfie 2.0 when there are so many social justice issues that need addressing? My answer? I am, just think, if everyone was so focused on their selfies, there would be no time to plot global domination! There would be no more wars. There would be no more terrorists. It’s not only me that thinks this either, for example, just look at Canada’s Justin Trudeau, he’s actually putting my Yoga Face Selfie 2...