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3 Ways to Counteract Text Neck with Yoga
You may already know how cell phones affect your posture, causing pain—a phenomenon called “text neck.” But did you know that cell phone usage can also change our anatomy? USA Today reported on an Australian... Read more
5 Yoga Moves for Hands and Wrists
Did you know that each hand has 27 bones, with 8 in the wrist and 17 in the hand and fingers? This means that out of the 206 bones in the human body, over 25 percent of them are in the fingers, hands, and... Read more
How to Stretch the Psoas Muscle
If you read my previous article , I hope you have a sense of where the psoas muscle is. Since it is deep in your core, many exercises help you stretch the psoas. More important than exercise, every well-... Read moreFeatured Courses
While millions of Americans suffer from pain in the low back and pelvis, many back and hip issues are actually the result of sacroiliac instability (SI), i.e. an imbalance in the sacroiliac joint, which often goes undiagnosed or is improperly treated. Alarmingly, yoga practitioners appear to...Read more
Hip openers are among the most satisfying and powerful yoga poses. They hold a tremendous potential for transformation; they can help us release deep-seated tension and trauma of the past, which many of us hold locked in the hip area. When practiced correctly, hip openers are a great way to soothe...Read more
Yoga is more popular than ever, but as yoga has become a household word, has it also become a mile wide and an inch deep? Are we missing out on the essence of yoga, even as the practice has become a household word? What can we do to capture the deepest aspects of yoga and integrate these into our...Read more
Most people know the importance of core strengthening for health and long-term well-being, but the pelvic floor is an important group of core muscles, which tend to get ignored. “The torso is like a tote bag for your organs,” says Leslie Howard, a Bay area yoga teacher who conducts workshops...Read more
Yoga for Headaches - Head Wraps & Restorative Poses
If you are one of the 70% of women who suffer with migraines, you know that the more than $4 billion the National Headache Foundation estimates is spent on over-the-counter pain relievers don't work for long... Read more
Turning to Yoga for Scoliosis: Elise Browning Miller’s Story
Working personally with yoga master B.K.S. Iyengar, scoliosis patient Elise Browning Miller gained insight into which yoga postures most helped correct the painful curvature of her spine. Now, through combining physical therapy principles with the yoga’s precise attention to alignment and anatomical detail, Elise has created a program to provide scoliosis relief for patients of all ages. Read more
Ease for the Knees: Yoga Reduces the Pain of Osteoarthritis
A new study offers hope to people suffering from Osteoarthritis (OA). Older women enrolled in an 8-week Hatha yoga program not only experienced reduced pain and stiffness, but also increased function up to 12 weeks after program completion. Read more
Exercises for Scoliosis and Back Pain - A Yoga Learning Curve
I see this word a lot: exercises. I hear it echoed in new students who step in to explore yoga and their scoliosis, with me. “I did my exercises,” they might say to me as we begin a new yoga session. Read more
New Studies Show that Yoga Helps Relieve Chronic Low Back Pain
A 2011 study on ‘Yoga for Chronic Low Back Pain’ published in the Annals of Internal Medicine found that yoga provides not just more effective low back pain than usual care, but also provides it faster. Read more
Yoga Therapist Finds Yoga Helps Relieve Chronic Pain
For many people with chronic illness, pain, discomfort and limited mobility is a part of their daily life. For such people, yoga therapy can help not just to relieve pain issues, but even set them back on the... Read more