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Mandy Ingber Talks "Yogalosophy" in More Magazine

Mandy Ingber is one of the most popular yoga teachers in the country.

Mandy Ingber is one of the most popular yoga teachers in the country. And with a celebrity client roster that includes Jennifer Aniston, Helen Hunt, and Brooke Shields, her popularity isn't waning anytime soon. More magazine recently sat down with Mandy to discuss her modern approach to yoga, what it's like to work with Jen, and why hip-hop yoga isn't as horrible as you'd think. Here are the highlights:

  • On life before yoga: "I had been an actress, things shifted in my life, so at about 28, I became a spinning instructor. It quickly became obvious that I had something that people wanted. People said my spinning classes were like yoga classes on a bike. I would start off by setting an intention, as you do in yoga classes, bring people back to their breath, and try to connect people to the bigger picture."
  • On her own fitness regimen: "I do some version of cardio 30 to 45 minutes three to five days a week, plus 30 to 60 minutes of yoga four days a week. I take two spinning classes a week."

To see what Mandy says about working with celebrities and where the yoga movement is going, read more

Fashion Flash

Fab Flash: Stephanie Seymour Is a Force to Be Reckoned With

Here's the thing: I used to hate former Victoria's Secret model Stephanie Seymour.

Here's the thing: I used to hate former Victoria's Secret model Stephanie Seymour. You may recall, in the early '90s she dated Axl Rose — lead singer of my favorite band Guns 'n' Roses. But, I would see her in my mom's VS catalogs and think she was so beautiful with her blue eyes and straight-edged nose. It was a love/hate relationship, actually.

Fifteen years later, Stephanie is a mother of four, happily married to a media mogul, still modeling and in Fab's good graces. And, she's still gorgeous. We've been talking about the return of the Supermodels and Stephanie is up next.

At 40 years old, she recently joined the staff of Interview magazine and she's helping to revamp More magazine, starring in the latest GAP ad campaign, modeling on the cover of Pop magazine's Spring-Summer issue, and continuing to be the face of lingerie line Chantelle. It doesn't stop there. She was just tapped to be the only model in Saks' Fall preview book — all 63 pages of Stephanie. Here's to being 40 and fabulous!

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A Gray Lady's Dating Experiment

The September issue of More magazine has a clever story that examines the role of gray hair.

The September issue of More magazine has a clever story that examines the role of gray hair. Writer Anne Kreamer, who let her hair turn a silvery gray three years ago, was curious about the perception of gray hair in our culture. So she experimented by setting up two online-dating profiles. Everything was identical, except for the hair color: One profile Photoshopped Kreamer's hair brown, while the other left it naturally gray.

I know what you're thinking: Nobody wanted to date the gray lady. Au contraire, my friends: The gray-haired profile earned more responses than the brown-haired one did. Kreamer thought it could be a fluke, so she "moved" to difference cities online, trying the experiment in places around the country. Over and over, the gray-haired profile trounced the brunette profile.

Kreamer's experiences are further outlined in her new book, Going Gray, in which she examines the effects of gray hair. "We have been brainwashed to think hair dye looks good,” she told the other Gray Lady. “I wanted to open up the conversation and get people to ask themselves why they are doing it.

The story in More does just that, and I'm hoping to pick up Kreamer's book this weekend. I know we're all supposed to think of gray hair as something that needs to be hidden, but I like the idea of flipping that idea over. What might things look like if we started making gray okay?