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yoga for osteoporosis - New York Times

Osteoporosis is a tremendous health concern for women over 50, causing more than 700,000 spinal fractures and more than 300,000 hip fractures each year in the United States alone. It is well known that weight-bearing exercise can help build bone mass, but little has been known about the benefits of yoga for osteoporosis.

Free Yoga Video: Pelvic Floor Tuneup - Two Yoga Techniques to Deepen Your Breath

Breathing has many benefits. For one, it keeps you alive! In addition to circulating oxygen to all parts of the body, however, deep, diaphragmatic breathing has numerous other important benefits. It helps... Read more
Yoga for womens health

Yoga for Pelvic Floor Disorders - New Studies Suggest Yoga Can Help Prevent Incontinence

Pelvic floor disorders are surprisingly common. After the age of 55, issues like incontinence, prolapse and pelvic pain become increasingly prevalent and by age 80, one out of two women will have experienced... Read more
The Many Benefits of Starting a Gratitude Practice

How to Start a Daily Gratitude Practice - 6 Useful Tips

Want to sleep better, enjoy more fulfilling relationships, experience more positive emotions, greater life satisfaction, and lower levels of depression and stress? Introduce a daily gratitude practice... Read more

How to Live Mindfully Part 2: Mindfulness on a Deeper Level

As we continue to follow the yoga path, the practice will continue to permeate deeper into our mental and spiritual being. As we practice developing our minds and bringing our mental focus into greater clarity, we naturally begin the process of deepening our mindfulness. 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

Fasting for Good Health: The Remarkable Benefits of Fasting

A fast is a message and a journey. Religions from east to west, major and tribal, hold fasting as a rite of passage, a way to become closer to Gods. But could fasting also be a mens to enhance well-being, and... Read more

The Human Microbiome: What It Is and Why It Matters

Modern medicine treats the human body like a warzone. Harmful bacteria are taking over, and it’s time to bring out the heavy artillery. Antibiotics and drugs take the bacteria out, but not without a few... Read more

Is It Really True? How to Drop the 'Shoulds'

One time I watched a three-year-old at her birthday party. Her friends were there from preschool, and she received lots of presents. The cake came out she admired the pink frosting rose at its center, and... Read more

Do One Good Thing for Your Health: Value Your Relationships

Try not to be contentious and quarrelsome, says neuropsychologist and relationship counselor Rick Hanson, Ph.D. Discussions that turn into quarrels and heated arguments are avoidable if we learn to value the... Read more