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Yoga has been studied as a treatment for back pain because of its combined focus on stretching, strengthening and relaxing. By Sarah C.P. Williams, updated 10/31/2011 People with chronic back pain might benefit from hitting the yoga mat. Three months of weekly yoga classes eased back pain more than the usual course of care — an [...]
Yoga 101: What to Wear By Erin Wheeler Choosing the right clothing for your yoga practice is all about comfort and support. When I was growing up, about 90 percent of the people I went to school with were obssessed with Calvin Klein jeans. I remember teenage Brooke Shields asking us, “Do you want to [...]
Yoga As An Anti-inflammatory By Jamey Jones The benefits of yoga, which have been experienced for thousands of years, are now being studied scientifically. The results of such studies are showing the widespread effects of yoga ranging from emotional to mental, physical, and beyond. One very physical effect that yoga has on the body is [...]
Pain During Yoga Practice? Know When to Back Off! By Ally Ford A student of mine with a recent back injury asked me how to know the difference between pain related to her injury versus tightness or soreness she needed to push through in her yoga practice. The key word that stood out for me [...]
Featured Studio of the Month – White Orchid Yoga By: Deb Bobier (YogaBoundDeb) With the launch of my new site design we added a new feature, Studio of the Month. It is my pleasure to feature “White Orchid Yoga” Clearwater, Florida as this months Studio of the Month. I chose to feature White Orchid as the [...]
Yoga is an ideal form of exercise. Yet unlike other forms, Yoga offers the full range of fitness benefits. It develops strength, stamina, flexibility, and vitality. The gentle stretching action involved in each yoga posture promotes a gradual, safe increase in the flexibility of the whole body. The thousands of yoga postures were created to [...]
By Sherry Roberts John McEnroe and Jeff Tarango, two of the most fiery characters to ever smash a tennis racquet, as poster boys for yoga? That’s what the December 2000 issue of Tennis magazine claims. According to Tennis, a number of tennis players are turning to yoga and meditation to pick them up when their [...]
Millions of Women are Affected with Fibromyalgia in the USA Does Yoga Help Fibromyalgia and Back Pain? With over 10 million women affected with Fibromyalgia in the prime of their lives, many suffer and struggle from FMS for years before being correctly diagnosed. This debilitating disease affects women and men in an approximate ratio of [...]
Meditate to live your life to the fullest. Meditation is one of the most powerful tools there is to help us restore the harmony within, and to gain access to our bodies’ inner intelligence. In meditation we rediscover the silence in our mind, and make it part of our life. Silence is the birthplace of [...]
by Shakta Kaur Khalsa About the author: Shakta Kaur Khalsa has been teaching Kundalini yoga for twenty-five years, and has been a Montessori teacher for almost as long. She lives in Herndon, Virginia, with her husband and their son. She also is the author of Fly Like a Butterfly: Yoga for Children (Rudra Press) and a [...]
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