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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

New Longevity Indicator – How Fast You Walk

How long will you live? Yes, while that decision is ultimately up to our Maker, there are numerous biomarkers that can help predict our lifespan. The newest on the block? Walking speed. For the young and... Read more

Yoga ­– Neurobics for the Brain?

You exercise and eat right to keep your body looking and feeling young. But did you know that your brain needs just as much attention in order to stay supple, too, and that yoga asanas and meditation might be... Read more
High Fructose Syrup May Increase Cancer Risk

New Research: High Fructose Syrup May Increase Cancer Risk

Every sweet-tooth has their favorite fix when it comes to sugar, but it turns out we aren’t the only ones who favor one kind of sweetener over another: recent research reveals that cancer cells thrive most off... Read more

Best Natural Sources of Vitamin B12

Many people who practice yoga regularly experiment with a vegetarian lifestyle or permanently shift to a diet based on plant-based foods. Even yoga practitioners who regularly eat meat would do well to keep an... Read more

Could You Be Suffering from B12 Deficiency?

Do you often feel tired or low energy? Do you find it hard to focus as the day wears on, and yet at night, have a hard time falling asleep? Do you find that little things bother you more than they should, and... Read more

Sitting Undermines Your Health - EVEN If You Exercise

The New York Times reports that no matter how hard you work out, if you sit for the rest of the day, you are still at greater risk for all the health issues associated with a sedentary lifestyle: obesity,... Read more

New Yoga Program Seeks to Help Survivors of Domestic Violence

A new yoga program, in the Los Angeles area offers help for survivors of domestic violence. Yoga has been found to greatly reduce anxiety and depression, which often strikes people who have been subject to... Read more