Russian woman who swings babies is for real
The viral video of a Russian woman swirling and twirling a baby about seemed so surreal and unreal. Everyone thought it was a hoax. But it turns out Lena Fokina, the famous baby swinger, runs a legit business in Egypt, where she, well, swings babies. Fokina likes to call it "baby yoga." How much do you want to bet that a baby yoga place will open up in Noe Valley within the year?
Lena Fokina practices baby yoga in Dahab, Egypt.
When a five-minute video of a Russian woman swinging a baby around by its ankles and arms first started circulating around the Web, people were convinced that it was a hoax.
Gawker ran a story with the headline, "This Baby-Swinging Yoga Video Can't Be Real, Right?"
YouTube pulled the video deeming it "shocking and disgusting."
If you watch the video (below), you'll understand why. It's rather unsettling to watch this woman, who looks as if she'd fit right in at Yoga Tree, turn a baby upside by its ankles and then flip it up over her head.
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The viral video of a Russian woman swirling and twirling a baby about seemed so surreal and unreal. Everyone thought it was a hoax. But it turns out Lena Fokina, the famous baby swinger, runs a legit business in Egypt, where she, well, swings babies. Fokina likes to call it "baby yoga." How much do you want to bet that a baby yoga place will open up in Noe Valley within the year?
Lena Fokina practices baby yoga in Dahab, Egypt.When a five-minute video of a Russian woman swinging a baby around by its ankles and arms first started circulating around the Web, people were convinced that it was a hoax.
Gawker ran a story with the headline, "This Baby-Swinging Yoga Video Can't Be Real, Right?"
YouTube pulled the video deeming it "shocking and disgusting."
If you watch the video (below), you'll understand why. It's rather unsettling to watch this woman, who looks as if she'd fit right in at Yoga Tree, turn a baby upside by its ankles and then flip it up over her head.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfmoms/detail?entry_id=81338