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Low Pressure Tactics: Using Yoga to Lower Blood Pressure
My father has high blood pressure. His parents had high blood pressure. My mother has high blood pressure, and her parents had high blood pressure. So, it came as no surprise when, in a 2010 annual checkup, I... Read more
Can Yoga Help Curb Chronic Inflammation? New Light on Disease Prevention
Does your energy sometimes slump for no apparent reason? Are mornings punctuated by mild aches and pains that gradually ease up as you get moving? How about digestion - is yours a bit cranky at times? These... Read more
New Guidelines for High Blood Pressure Put More at Risk, Emphasize Natural Solutions
Last week thirty million Americans woke up to discover that they had high blood pressure. No, it wasn’t all those buttery Thanksgiving biscuits and stuffing. In fact, it wasn’t even that these Americans’ blood... 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
An Aspirin a Day Won't Keep the Doctor Away
Men and women who have been taking aspirin daily in the name of staving off heart attack and stroke may need to reconsider, according to a recent Wall Street Journal article. In the past, physicians... Read more
Regular Meditation May Lower Risk of Heart Disease
Can meditating as little as twenty minutes twice a day help prevent heart attack and stroke? Read more
Yoga Therapy: Heart Disease Isn’t Just About the Heart
Heart disease and stroke continue to be the two biggest killers of our time, but few people realize just how interconnected these issues are. Read more
A Quick Test of Heart Disease Risk: Can You Touch Your Toes?
Here’s a new twist (pun intended) on what stretching does for your body: New research indicates that flexibility in the body may be related to flexibility of the arteries, and that your ability (or inability) to touch your toes may be a measure of your risk for heart disease. Read more
Early Heart Disease Prevention Key to Successful Aging
There are many good reasons to prevent heart disease other than just to live longer. Heart disease isn’t just a leading killer, it also causes disability, limiting mobility and negatively impacting quality of life as we get older. Read more