My friend Evan sent me a crazy link this week – to iYoga. Anyone who's interested in Yoga for Geeks should check this out... it's interesting stuff. I'm not sure what to make of it.

iYoga is a special purpose word processor with speech and timing capability. To create an iYoga class, you simply type text like this:
To begin, practice Mountain Pose for 10 breaths.
Feel the natural curve of your lower back and the even grounding of your feet against the Earth;
Because you control each word that iYoga speaks, your practice can be tailored to your needs, going beyond the repetitive instruction and music of CD's and DVD's. 

So it's software that allows you to create your own yoga classes to listen to. You can choose the voice, and your computer will soothingly (or not, depending on your voice choice) talk you through a lesson.

During a class with iYoga technology fades away as iTunes plays music in your sacred space and your Mac provides words of guidance from the pragmatic to the poetic.  

An interesting idea... I just can't imagine it for myself. I'd be interested to hear what others feel about the iYoga idea? My sense is that it requires a certain level of knowledge of the practice and the poses to begin with. But hey, I'm excited that there are developers out there working on this sort of thing!

It makes me feel like I really should get going with my YFG podcast I keep thinking about. I'm finally getting the audio skills down enough that it might be a possibility in the near future... Stay tuned.