{"id":1837,"date":"2008-04-04T14:59:27","date_gmt":"2008-04-04T14:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/idolchatter\/2008\/04\/mac-ad-does-yoga.html"},"modified":"2008-04-04T14:59:27","modified_gmt":"2008-04-04T14:59:27","slug":"mac-ad-does-yoga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/idolchatter\/2008\/04\/mac-ad-does-yoga.html","title":{"rendered":"Mac Ad Does Yoga"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest sample of yoga in advertising is this new Mac Ad, in which the &#8220;PC&#8221; seems frozen in either cobra or the beginnings of upward dog&#8211;flattened on what looks like a jute and rubber yoga mat. The teacher, played by the amazing Judy Greer, loses her yoga-cool to the extent that the PC considers switching to Pilates (it still weirds me out when the two are closely compared&#8211;centuries-old tradition vs. new fitness fad? But whatever). It&#8217;s not the usual yoga-is-hippy-dippy portrayal, but rather seems to be saying that even serene yoga teachers will lose it if they try to use Vista. Nicely done, though I&#8217;ve never once seen a gong anywhere near a yoga class. [via: <a href=\"http:\/\/esutra.blogspot.com\/2008\/04\/apple-get-mac-ad-yoga.html\">e-Sutra<\/a>]<object width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/7sOFFtPSs0o&#038;hl=en\"><\/param><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/7sOFFtPSs0o&#038;hl=en\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" width=\"425\" height=\"355\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest sample of yoga in advertising is this new Mac Ad, in which the &#8220;PC&#8221; seems frozen in either cobra or the beginnings of upward dog&#8211;flattened on what looks like a jute and rubber yoga mat. 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