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5 Ways Yoga Enhances Heart Health
February is all about pink and red hearts, roses, chocolate, and cupids. It’s also the month the American Heart Association (AHA) dedicates to heart health education. While you’ve probably heard that eating a... Read more
Yoga for Heart Health: Research Shows Yoga May Help Atrial Fibrillation
A few years ago, I wrote a blog post about yoga and atrial fibrillation, inspired by both a personal experience with a student who had an acute bout of rapid heart rate due to “A fib” during a yoga workshop in... Read more
5 Yoga Poses for Your Heart
Yoga is known for improving flexibility and balance. But did you know that a well-rounded practice of yoga poses for your heart is an effective tool for maintaining cardiovascular health? Active yoga poses... 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
Study: Yoga and Aerobic Exercise Drastically Reduce Risk for Diabetes
Women who want to reduce their risk of developing diabetes should start lifting weights or head to the yoga studio, according to a new study. Read more
Yoga for Heart Disease—Study Shows Reduced Anxiety in ICD Heart Patients
A new study suggests that regular yoga practice may be linked to reduced anxiety and fewer shock-related cardiac episodes. This research is particularly noteworthy in that it provides an excellent example of delivering tailored yoga classes to meet the needs of an atypical sample of adults. Unlike many yoga studies, they were able to achieve a high degree of participation with a sample of non-traditional students, rather than experiencing a level of drop-out. Read more
Let Food Be Your Medicine: Diet and Cancer Prevention
According to researchers, more than 50 percent of cancers can be prevented through healthy lifestyle choices. The food you eat plays a particular vital role in preventing cancer. In this article, Lorenzo Cohen, grandson of yoga master Vanda Scaravelli, discusses how you can create a cancer prevention diet that will reduce your risk of cancer significantly. Lorenzo Cohen is the lead author for a National Cancer Institute study of yoga in the treatment of cancer. Read more
Yoga Helps Relieve Fatigue, Inflammation after Breast Cancer Treatment
Breast cancer survivors often struggle with debilitating fatigue as well as chronic inflammation following the toxic treatments of chemotherapy and radiation. A new study indicates that practicing yoga may help survivors both by lowering fatigue and reducing inflammation. Read more
Restorative Yoga for Parkinson’s Disease: Strength, Balance, and Improved Quality of Life
Most Americans have heard of Parkinson’s disease or know someone who is affected. Roughly 1.5 million Americans suffer from the effects of the disease, and approximately 60,000 individuals will be diagnosed... Read more
Response to Angelina Jolie’s Statement on her Preventive Mastectomy
Was Angelina Jolie's decision to have a preventive mastectomy courageous and brave? Yes. Was this a difficult decision to make and a good thing to shed light on? Absolutely. But could she have done more to explain what those of us in the cancer community go through? Yes, yes yes. Read more