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How Yoga Wrecks Your Body Yogi Glenn Black Responds to controversy over New York Times Article on Yoga The recent New York Times magazine article “How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body” (William Broad, Jan. 5, 2012) has stoked an international controversy, shaken the yoga world and focused the spotlight on my previously anonymous, reclusive yoga [...]
Pregnancy and Bodily Changes During pregnancy hormones increase. Primarily Progesterone, and Estrogen, causing a variety of physiological changes, which become increasingly more prominent as pregnancy continues. Water Retention and Venous (veins) Dilation: One of the early changes is that of water retention, and venous dilation. The body, in preparation for the need of extra blood [...]
How to Avoid How to Avoid Getting Hurt in a Yoga Class By Kelly Moore The New York Times Sunday The New York Times Sunday Magazine ran a story called “How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body.” The article is woefully one-sided, all but guaranteeing physical distress to anyone who dares to set foot on a yoga mat. Nevertheless, bringing [...]
Do you respond to stress with a fiery growl or a cold shoulder? Yoga can transform your reactions, improve your health, and help you embody grace under pressure. By Kelly McGonigal Meet Mark: When something stressful happens, he feels energized. His heart races, his senses heighten—he even feels as though his thoughts speed up. Mark [...]
Bikram’s Last Seminar – Words of Wisdom from a Yoga Guru By Anita Thompson PHILADELPHIA — As the economy was tanking, it was good to get away from New York, spending Saturday with Bikram Choudhury, founder of Bikram’s Yoga College of India. I was not expecting a quiet “ommmm” incense filled seminar. No. Being familiar [...]
How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body Danielle Levitt for The New York Times By: William J. Broad The Article: On a cold Saturday in early 2009, Glenn Black, a yoga teacher of nearly four decades, whose devoted clientele includes a number of celebrities and prominent gurus, was giving a master class at Sankalpah Yoga in [...]
Yoga For Brain And Body By Dr. Michael Cutler Flexibility and strength are great boons to health. And when you make an activity like yoga one of your playful exercises, research shows you increase natural chemicals in the brain that improve your mood and lessen anxiety. If you don’t know much about yoga, it’s time [...]
Stand Up To Stress By Carl Lowe Modern society seems to specialize in creating stress for its inhabitants. Last month we coped with holiday stress. This month we’re still faced with workplace stress, the stress of commuting and financial stress (some of it the lingering effects of those holidays). There’s no question that all of [...]
Beat the Heat of Summer with Ayurveda By Denise O’Dunn Relentless heat, major tropical storms, an overbearing sun piercing your eyes, never enough shade… If this is all you can see about summer, you are most likely of a Pitta dosha and you need to be careful in summertime; read on. Ayurveda is an ancient [...]
Ashtanga Yoga founder Sri K. Pattabhi Jois (1915—2009) dedicated his life to yoga. A longtime students remember the love and wisdom he offered. Big Yogi, Little Yogi In 1972 fellow yogi Norman Allen and I saw Manju Jois demonstrate the first series in Pondicherry. It blew my mind! Like a detective searching India for the [...]
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