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06/23/2016 / By usafeaturesmedia

Yoga improves nonverbal communication, spiritual purpose and empathy towards others

(MindBodyScience.news) There are many physical reasons to begin practicing yoga. Yoga will increase your flexibility, strengthen and condition your muscles, and give you better balance and posture. That’s the good news but the good news gets even better for those just starting this artful discipline: yoga does not begin and end in the physical realm. Yoga […]

06/22/2016 / By usafeaturesmedia

Do these low-impact exercises to tone your body and save your joints

(WomensFitnessFocus.com) Not everyone is made for high-level exercising. But you can become fit without bouncing around in a leotard, battering your joints. Forget all the huffing, puffing, lugging, lifting, and straining. Movement therapy is a gentle – yet effective – group of sports that include yoga, tai chi, and Pilates. Just don’t be fooled by their […]

05/17/2016 / By usafeaturesmedia

Yoga therapy will offer you relief from binge eating

By Nanditha Ram (WomensFitnessFocus.com) Binge eating is said to have its origins in psychological disturbances. Binge eaters seek comfort in food when all else seems hopeless. Yoga could offer tremendous therapeutic comfort for sufferers of this disorder. The connection lies in the fact that yoga could help heal the mind by directing awareness towards the body. […]

05/13/2016 / By usafeaturesmedia

Yoga 101: How to get started with this accessible, balanced form of exercise

(WomensFitnessFocus.com) (BPT) – More than half of all Americans exercise regularly, according to a 2015 Gallup poll, but there’s still room for most people to improve their fitness. Even if you’re exercising a few times a week, that may not meet recommended activity levels. If you’re looking for a type of physical activity that fits easily […]

04/21/2016 / By Michael Bundrant

Yoga or Pilates: Which Is Right For You?

Growing up, I was a gymnast and did a lot of different workouts which involved using my own body weight as resistance. Once I became unable to do gymnastics due to injuries and my body’s inability to keep up, my fitness routine started to go through an awkward phase. I was used to working out […]

03/02/2016 / By Nanditha Ram

Binge Eating: Relief Through Yoga Therapy

Binge eating is said to have its origins in psychological disturbances. Binge eaters seek comfort in food when all else seems hopeless. Yoga could offer tremendous therapeutic comfort for sufferers of this disorder. The connection lies in the fact that yoga could help heal the mind by directing awareness towards the body. Therefore, the behavioural […]

03/01/2016 / By Nanditha Ram

Visualize your success and sure enough it’s yours

It is no more surprising that creative visualizations can make your dreams come true than it is that clouds can bring rain. Fact is, the mind can make our reality manifest and what we dream during alpha sleep is simply as real or not as the bed on which we sleep. Truly, the mind has […]

02/19/2016 / By Nanditha Ram

The nervous system, migraine and yoga therapy

Migraine headaches are caused by inflammation of nerve endings, as a result of blood vessels in the brain swelling up. Or so we have always believed. For the longest time, the brain stem was implicated in the occurrence of migraine headaches as the starting point, from which all other symptoms evolved. However, the symptoms themselves […]

02/18/2016 / By Nanditha Ram

Yoga: invaluable therapeutic intervention for anxiety and manic-depression

Bipolar disorder is gaining ground worldwide and can often go undetected. According to statistics, it is the sixth leading cause of disability in the world. Conventional medical treatments may have their place but they are far from adequate and there are enough testimonies to this effect. Of course the idea is not to self-diagnose, but […]

12/02/2015 / By Julie Wilson

Yoga: How to reap the benefits of connecting with your breath

Western science is finally catching up with the amazing and healing health benefits of yoga, also referred to as the union of individual consciousness with the spirit of the universe, in which humans all originated. If that sounds too deep for you, just picture yoga as being physical exercise that incorporates stretching, deep breathing and […]

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