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Yoga Helps Reduce Diabetes Complications

admin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 17:20:04 +0000

By: Amy Stephens Yoga has been widely studied as a means to help reduce (and sometimes eliminate) many diabetes complications. Some of these side effects include reduced blood flow, kidney failure, urinary failure, and blindness. Many researchers believe that practicing yoga and taking daily aid products regularly can help to stimulate blood circulation and massage [...]

What can yoga do for you?

admin — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 23:03:42 +0000

If you’ve never stepped foot on a yoga mat, tiptoe over to one and give it a try. And while you’re at it, bend over and try to touch your toes. Go ahead, go for it. Before you know it, you’ll be doing things with your body you never thought possible. If you keep thinking [...]

The Attraction of Chair Yoga

admin — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 21:50:24 +0000

Chair Yoga is a contemporary sub-style of Hatha Yoga. With the help of a chair, as the primary prop, a student can practice many Yogic techniques. Standing and balancing asanas are enhanced and aligned with the use of a chair. Sun Salutations and Vinyasa flows can be practiced during a chair Yoga session. Seated asanas [...]

Eat, Pray, Love an inspiring read

admin — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 19:00:16 +0000

I hadn’t even thought of picking up Eat, Pray, Love until a co-worker of mine recommended it to me. Kathy, a middle-aged woman who took off for a weekend alone leaving her husband and her grown epileptic son to try to come to terms with her sad and unfulfilled life, is like many women in [...]

Lavender eye pillows comfort and soothe

admin — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 15:55:21 +0000

I collect eye pillows, mostly ones that I make myself on my grandmother’s 40-year-old Sears Kenmore sewing machine. I have a whole basket of different eye pillows–cotton, silk brocade, flannel– you name it, I have one. I learned how to sew myself, and it was no easy feat, given that I didn’t grow up with [...]

No Slip Yoga Toe Socks

admin — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 15:28:13 +0000

Are you uncomfortable showing your bare feet in yoga class? Do your feet get cold? Are you looking for a better grip than what your mat can offer? Do you not want to use a mat at all? Do you need an alternative for doing yoga while traveling? Get a pair of No Slip Yoga [...]

The Secret Universal Mind Meditation

admin — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 17:56:00 +0000

After I read The Secret by Rhonda Byrne, I became hooked on how I could use the Law of Attraction to create a life filled with purpose and abundance. It’s not that I don’t have a good life already, but I have my desires and doubts just like anyone else. Who wouldn’t want a bigger [...]

Feel sad during Winter? Try restorative yoga

admin — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 16:55:49 +0000

Do you feel depressed in winter because you’re not getting enough sun to brighten your days? Do you want to curl up under a blanket and not come out until Spring? The dark, cold days of winter affect about one in 10 people, according to Dr. Phillip Keller, a family medicine physician with Clarian Arnett Health, [...]

Yoga for Active, Older Adults

admin — Sun, 06 Dec 2009 23:10:21 +0000

By Karen Scully I began my yoga practice about 10 years ago with an incredible teacher, Julie Wright. I was in my early 40’s, and had been a runner for many years. I developed calcium deposits on my left thigh which caused great pain after my runs, to the point of crying while trying to [...]

How to Use a Neti Pot

admin — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 22:01:08 +0000

Are you curious about how to use a neti pot? Well, you’ve come to the right place. Although I’m a new neti pot user, I can vouch for its safety and cleansing benefits, and now that I’ve tried it I’ll never go back to my old ways. Taking its roots from a very old cleansing [...]

Keeping Gratitude in Thanksgiving

admin — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 16:05:02 +0000

Now that the holidays are upon us, this is the opportune time to give thanks and feel deep gratitude for everything we have. The yoga studio I go to regularly is holding a two-hour gratitude practice on Thanksgiving morning which I would love to indulge in, but instead I’m going to stay home with my [...]

Taking Time to Relax

admin — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:36:28 +0000

By: Lester Best Stress is the curse of living in modern times. Everyone suffers from stress. And the stress we suffer takes a heavy toll on our bodies, emotions and minds. Feeling stressed out, worn out by fatigue or just simply having a miserable day, the best thing to do is relax. Watching television may [...]

Yoga for Pregnant Women

admin — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:37:21 +0000

Yoga For Pregnant Women…Author: aiman Master your mind! Gain control over your body! Be relieved of your stress through the practice of gentle art of Yoga! Pregnancy is a physical as well as mental experience. Women often becomes hyper aware of all the changes their bodies are going through. Yoga allows pregnant women to adapt [...]

Yoga for plus-sized students a growing market

admin — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:21:10 +0000

Have you ever walked into a traditional yoga class and found a plus-size woman trying to fit in? Her mat is usually set up in the back of the room where she won’t draw attention to herself, embarrassed by her voluptuousness and extra pounds. Yet she deserves to be there just like everyone else. Unfortunately, [...]

Judith Lasater coming to Salt Lake City

admin — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 14:20:54 +0000

Do you want to become a restorative yoga teacher and need training? Do you live in or near the Salt Lake City area, or are willing to travel from a neighboring state? Here’s your chance to train with renowned restorative yoga guru Judith Hanson Lasater, PhD, P.T. On February 6-10, 2010, Judith will be in [...]

Meditations from the Mat an inspiring read

admin — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:44:27 +0000

I wanted to tell you about a treasure of a book called Meditations from the Mat, Daily Reflections on the Path of Yoga, by Rolf Gates and Katrina Kenison. This is another one that I read from several times a week before a yoga practice. Expanding on the teachings of the Eight-Limb Path of Yoga, [...]

Yoga for Office Workers with Back Pain

admin — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:53:35 +0000

By Paul Jerard, E-RYT 500 Therapeutic forms of Yoga have been around for thousands of years. Among the many ailments of humankind is back pain. Long before the personal computer was invented, people suffered with pain in their backs. Albeit, the usual source of our ancestor’s pains and aches were often related to manual labor. [...]

Yoga Techniques to Prevent Problems that come with Aging

admin — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:10:15 +0000

Author: AffiliatePro It’s no secret that yoga increases flexibility. With practice, you will notice that you can bend and stretch your body in ways you never have before. Yoga teachers say that an individual’s age can be identified with the flexibility of the spine, and not through number of years. Yoga helps you in preventing [...]

Basic Relaxation Pose with Legs on a Chair

admin — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:04:32 +0000

I recently discovered Basic Relaxation Pose with Legs on a Chair and now I can’t live without it. In my yearnings to learn more and more about the power of restorative yoga, I had some lower back discomfort one day and thumbed through the chapter on poses for lower back pain in Judith Lasater’s book [...]

On becoming a yoga teacher

admin — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:04:46 +0000

If you’ve read any of my previous posts, you already know that I’m still an aspiring yoga teacher, but most importantly, I’m still a student and always will be. There’s so much to learn that every journey I take is one step closer to my dream. I’m always learning, always growing, and my Wednesday evening [...]

Crowded train, calm mind

admin — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 14:42:18 +0000

While I’m a part-time yoga teacher I also hold down a full-time job, and I travel by train to and from my job every day. This has it’s ups and downs, but mostly it saves gas and wear and tear on my car. I like to read on the train and most times I can, [...]

Props are a yogi’s best friend

admin — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 13:31:32 +0000

Props are silent instructors that teach directly to the intelligence of the body, and through that direct perception the harmony of mind, body and spirit can be experienced. - Mary Dunn, Yoga Teacher (from the book “The New Yoga for People Over 50,” by Suza Francina. I can’t say enough good things about props. I [...]

Yoga, Natural Healing and Daily Treasures

admin — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 12:45:34 +0000

By Paul Jerard, E-RYT 500 We might hear: Hatha Yoga can be applied toward healing, without a mat or a visit to the local ashram, but how can this be? What daily treasures are we missing out on, and how can Yoga be applied toward healing outside of our practice time? The time we spend [...]

Lengthen your spine in Triangle Pose

admin — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:10:44 +0000

Triangle pose (Utthita Trikonasana) is one of the more popular poses in the practice of Hatha Yoga. It’s one of my favorite poses because I love how it stretches and lengthens my spine and adds flexibility to my lower back. But it does a lot more. First, lets talk about how to do the pose: [...]

Live your yoga every day of the year

admin — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 14:32:23 +0000

I bought A Year of Living Your Yoga, a little jewel of a book written by Judith Hanson Lasater, Ph.D., P.T. at the Yoga Journal Conference in Estes Park, Colorado, last year after I had the pleasure of going to one of her restorative yoga workshops. Okay, I was a little starstruck. Judith Lasater is [...]