If until now your only mantra has been “keep moving!” maybe it’s time to change your approach. Here are four yoga fundamentals to apply to your running training regimen. You strive for speed, stamina, power. You’re a runner, and you do it all: You run hard, you run long, you lift weights. Lately, though, you’re [...]

Yoga is like a sweet, you can never fully describe it, you have to try it to experience the sensation it provides. Understand that yoga may not appeal to everyone but through exploration and practice one can find their niche. If it is a big effort for you, then you need to consider what is [...]

Despite its reputation as a solitary activity, yoga offers surprising benefits to couples who practice it together. Yoga’s traditional postures and breathing techniques bring strength, flexibility and a sense of serenity. Now, experts are adding another dimension to yoga’s benefits: When practiced as a twosome, yoga provides couples with an emotional and spiritual bonding experience. [...]

1. Exercise (Asanas) Our body is meant to move and exercise. If our lifestyle does not provide natural movement of muscles and joints, then disease and discomfort will develop over time. Proper exercise should be enjoyable while exercising the body, mind and soul. 2. Breathing (Pranayama) Yoga teaches you how to use your lungs to [...]

Yoga, the ancient practice of fusing the body and mind, is not just for adults. Practicing yoga can be fun and beneficial for children. The rage of yoga for kids is spreading rapidly throughout the country. Not only are yoga centers adding children’s classes, but schools are including yoga in their after-hour programs and in [...]

For some folks their yoga practice takes a tumble in the summer months. “Too hot” is sometimes the excuse. For others it’s a great time to deepen their practice. This month I would like to talk about “heat” and “yoga”. We probably all do “warm ups” at the beginning of our practice. When our bodies [...]

As the six women in Yoga for Pregnancy move through pregnant yoga the sun salutation, their bodies seem to lighten and lengthen. Even those in their third trimester are moving with a vigor, grace and balance very different from the awkward heaviness often associated with pregnancy. Because of its many benefits and the pleasure derived [...]

Exercise during pregnancy can be healthy for both mother and child. Pregnant women who are physically active have shorter labors, gain less fat, require less medical intervention during delivery, and recover more quickly than pregnant women who were sedentary, according to research by obstetrician-gynecologist James F. Clapp III of Case Western Reserve School of Medicine [...]

True fitness starts between the ears, say yoga experts, who note that the mental calmness through yoga practice helps activate the body’s natural healing mechanisms and promote optimal well-being. As a form of fitness training, yoga is unsurpassed at maximizing flexibility. Yoga can also boost strength and resilience, and some forms are excellent calorie burners [...]

Are you trying to begin a yoga regimen? When looking for a yoga style, you should first decide what you wish to accomplish from the class. The best thing to do is sample classes of few different styles and begin your routine with the teacher you like the best. The teacher is more important than [...]

When I hit my 40s, I began to understand why my parents didn’t want to get down on the floor with me when I was a kid. Although I exercised regularly, my lower back ached. My shoulders and neck were so stiff that it hurt when I’d turn to look out the rear window of [...]

Practicing on your own, without the structure and support of a class, requires not only discipline, but mental flexibility. When you decide to practice yoga at home, it’s easy to imagine that you will do it every day, but the fact is, some days your practice will come together, and some days it won’t. Accepting [...]

Yoga may be an alternative to wrist splints, drugs, surgery, or changing jobs, if you suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). After attending two hour-long Iyengar yoga classes a week for 8 weeks, 22 people with CTS pain had significant improvement in symptoms compared to a similar group that just used wrist splints (Journal of [...]

Long before weight machines, stationary bikes and step aerobics became tools in any weight-management plan, people practiced yoga for spiritual and physical health. The origins of yoga predates written history: archeologists have uncovered stone carvings depicting figures in yoga positions in the Indus Valley dating back 5,000 years or more! While it might not produce [...]

Yoga is a classical science and philosophy that was developed some 2,000 years ago by the Indian sage Patanjali. Its purpose is to unite the mind, body and spirit. Corresponding to these are three needs that should be satisfied for a contented life: The physical need is health. The psychological need is knowledge. The spiritual [...]

Yoga is a profound system of holistic health care that originated in India several thousands of years ago. Yoga is a practice that brings wellness and strength into the body.  It is the oldest documented system of personal development. Yoga postures, called asanas, exercise every part of the body, stretching and toning the muscles and [...]

During the past five decades, the practice of yoga has become part of the lives of millions of people interested in a more holistic approach to living. Yoga’s appeal is easy to understand. It provides strategies for restoring and maintaining good health while integrating psychological and spiritual training as well. However, if you are just [...]