Lower your anxiety and risk of stress-related disorders! Improve your energy! Put the brakes on inflammation! Just closing your eyes every day for less than a half-hour and practicing a simple mental technique can provide some very surprising, welcome, and… Continue Reading
Yoga & Meditation
Yoga Gets High Marks for Cardiovascular Benefits
Add yoga to your list of heart-friendly habits. That’s the conclusion from German researchers who conducted a comprehensive review of several dozen previous studies on the effects of yoga on cardiovascular disease risk factors. After analyzing the data, involving forty-four… Continue Reading
Lower Your Blood Pressure with Yoga
The beneficial effects of yoga on blood pressure have been studied going back to 1975, but the practice hasn’t been widely welcomed in the medical world. A study at the University of Pennsylvania may not open any more… Continue Reading
Benefits of Meditation
What do Paul McCartney, actor Hugh Jackman, comedian Jerry Seinfeld, shock jock Howard Stern, and director David Lynch and I have in common? Well, we’re all busy people and we meditate. We are, in fact, also all enthusiastic… Continue Reading
Hatha Yoga
“Yoga is an ancient Sanskrit word meaning “union” – a perfect description of an approach to precious harmony between mind and body. There are six distinct schools of yoga, but the type known as hatha yoga is the… Continue Reading
Health Insurance Coverage of Yoga?
Mark T. Beratolini, Chairman and CEO of Aetna, Inc. – one of the largest health insurance companies in the U.S. – thinks outside the conventional health care box. He believes that, since yoga can significantly reduce stress, it… Continue Reading
5 Simple Moves to Start Practicing Yoga
I love yoga. And that’s an understatement. Yoga is something that I practice and also preach. I’ve been an avid practitioner for years – motivated not only by the relaxation and flexibility that it gives me, but, as… Continue Reading
Start Practicing Yoga – 5 Basic Poses
Some things lose their appeal with time. They get old. Stale. Out-of-fashion. Yoga is definitely not one of them. This wonderful form of exercise and relaxation goes back about 5,000 years ago to ancient India, but only began to be… Continue Reading
Thai Yoga Therapy
If you’re not already familiar with this powerful healing therapy, I’d like to open your eyes to Thai yoga therapy, or Thai massage. Combining aspects of hatha yoga with Ayurvedic and Chinese medicines, Thai yoga therapy can help… Continue Reading
Just Breathe
Our bodies aren’t shy about telling us that we are stressed out! Muscle tension, backaches, stomach upset, headaches, burnout and other illness states are ways in which our bodies tell us that we need to relax. Rather than run… Continue Reading