Archive for the 'Yoga and Health' Category

Beating Addiction Through Yoga

Friday, November 2nd, 2007

Aaron Hunsaker is a yoga instructor at Centered City Yoga in Salt Lake City, Utah. Hunsaker and Centered City Yoga are opening a new studio and are welcoming a different type of yoga practitioner: those trying to get off of drugs.
Hunsaker has a first hand experience of how difficult it is to get off of, [...]

The Benefits of Prenatal Yoga

Wednesday, October 24th, 2007

The market is deciding that it’s time to cater to the pregnant women of the world. Instead of having to wear the oversized maternity clothes of the past, pregnant women can choose from designer fashions and beautifully tailored clothes.
Instead of staying at home with their feet up, women are indulging in yoga classes that are [...]

Fit and Famous

Tuesday, October 23rd, 2007

There is a huge list of celebrities that are rumored to practice yoga. Some of these celebrities have admitted that they enjoy the exercise while others have been caught practicing in public.
The list includes people like Meg Ryan, Ricky Martin, Madonna, Gwyneth Paltrow, Shirley MacLaine and Nicholas Cage. But why do celebrities choose yoga as [...]

Joining the Yoga Fight Against Breast Cancer Complications

Friday, October 19th, 2007

Beating breast cancer is a miraculous thing, but often the problems for the patient do not go away when the cancer is in remission. Many women who have breast cancer surgery have problems with anxiety, pain in their side and arm, and fatigue.
Dr. Geraldine Jacobson, a professor at the University of Iowa, believes that yoga [...]

Laughing Your Way to Good Health

Monday, October 15th, 2007

Everybody knows that yoga helps to stretch your muscles and relax your mind. But have you ever tried laughing with yoga?
Dr. Madan Kataria, a physician who hails from Mumbai, India, believes that he has found another way to make laughter take the stress out of your day. Those practicing this new form, coined “Laughter [...]

Creating A Better Week

Friday, October 12th, 2007

Imagine being able to hit the park during your lunch break, do some yoga, clear your mind, and head back to work without being sweaty.
Yogalicious, a yoga studio in Spartanburg, South Carolina, and Partners for Active Living, a program that focuses on getting people up and moving, will be meeting in the town’s beautiful Barnet [...]

The Art Of Combining Video Games With Yoga

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

Some people prefer playing video games to exercising, but Nintendo has found the answer. Their hottest console yet, the Wii, has a game coming out in 2008 that will help everyone, from the old to the young, get fit.
Wii Fit is a game that uses a pressure board, called the “balance board”, that connects to [...]

Yoga injuries on the rise

Sunday, October 7th, 2007

In the past year, over 13,000 Americans were treated in the emergency room for yoga related injuries. Doctors place a lot of the blame on baby-boomer “weekend warriors” getting into yoga unprepared.
Edward Toriello, an orthopedic surgeon and spokesman for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, says most of the injuries he sees are [...]

Is yoga beneficial to breast cancer patients?

Sunday, October 2nd, 2005

Studies have shown that exercise is good for women with breast cancer. Studies have also shown that meditation-based stress reduction programs are beneficial. What about yoga - which combines both?

Treating insomnia with yoga

Saturday, September 17th, 2005

Anil Shastry has tips on overcoming insomnia through yoga.