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6 Yoga Practices to Relieve Menopause Symptoms
I grew up hearing stories from my older aunts about “the change” and how horrible it was. I remember them sharing night sweats and mood swings horror stories, all while my older uncles would make jokes about... Read more
Postpartum Depression: A Calming Yoga Sequence
New parents may expect the first year of their baby’s life to be filled with joy. But what happens if feelings of exhaustion, frustration, and depression dominate our days? Rather than being a cause of shame... Read more
Prenatal Yoga for the Pelvic Floor
In many ways, pregnancy is an athletic endeavor. For nine months, we train our bodies for the big day: delivering a human into the world. As with any physical challenge, injuries may occur, and often, the... 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 Infertility--The Facts and Myths
Couples who are trying to conceive may feel alone, but they most certainly aren’t: according to the most recent numbers from the Center for Disease Control, a full 10 percent of women of women ages 15-44 have... Read more
How Yoga Can Disrupt the School-to-Prison Pipeline
This is an interview with B.K. Bose, who started the non-profit Niroga Institute with a few yoga students in 2005. Niroga was asked to help work with a group of delinquent young women in an alternative high... Read more
Why Sitting Is Bad For You
You’ve heard it all before: Move around, keep active, get your daily doses of exercise. However, according to new studies, even you practice yoga or do any other type of exercise for 30 minutes every day, it’s... Read more
How Healthy is Your Microbiome?
New studies and research have found that our bodies are not just our own, but are also home to a lush ecosystem of bacteria that interact much like a rainforest. There are predators and prey, which coexist in... Read more
From Wheelchair to Walking: For This Teen, Yoga Therapy Brought a Miracle
Fourteen year-old “Mary” had been debilitated by chronic pain for years. Despite two surgeries to treat gastro-esophageal reflex disease (GERD), she suffered from incapacitating abdominal and chest pain,... Read more
Kids Get Stressed Too: How Yoga, Meditation and Relaxation Skills Can Help
Kids get stressed too. This is particularly true for inner city youth who face poverty, family and neighborhood violence, and drug abuse on a daily basis. The Transformative Life Skills (TLS) program, offered... Read more