Richard Freeman makes these advanced vertical poses look easy.

While its roots stretch back in time to an ancient sage named Vamana Rishi, nearly 80 years ago the Ashtanga yoga system was passed to Sri K. Pattabhi Jois from the legendary yogi, T. Krishnamacharya. Since 1948, this Jois has been teaching this disciplined style of yoga from his Ashtanga Yoga Research Institute, located in Mysore, southern India, instructing many thousands of people worldwide.

Getting spooked by those walls above your bookshelf oozing with ectoplasm? You’re not alone—and you’ve got some company with the type of folks found on Page Six. According to both the austere Teen Today and the incredibly credulous MSNBC’s Scoop, Madonna hooked Gwyneth Paltrow and her family up with a Kabbalah Center rabbi cum exorcist to clear their home of “bad energy.” It’s just too bad that you’re probably not as close with Madonna as Ms. Paltrow so that she could do the same for you. (Maybe you should try practicing Ashtanga yoga…)