Yoga and Food
In yogic tradition, food is split up into three different categories that explain their essence and effect on your body and mind: Sattvic, Rajasic, and Tamasic.
Sattvic foods are considered th ...
Love (love) yoga
I started doing yoga when I first moved out here and I'm totally hooked. Every time I go I'm so glad I did. It just calms me in a way that little else does. I go to Yoga Tree on Stanyan usually, mo ...
Stay on the yoga wagon
Every, literally, every time I go to yoga I'm glad. I've been trying to get more flexible so I don't get injured and yoga is the best way I've found. Not to mention how relaxing it is.
Yoga and Depression
According to researchers at the Boston University School of Medicine, yoga postures and the deep, controlled breathing associated with yoga might help to ease anxiety and depression. Brain scans of ...
Springtime Yoga Practice
You can use your practice of yoga asana to bring your body back to life, just as the earth is awakening from its slumber. The abdominal region, including the gastro-intestinal system, is a great place ...
Iyengar Yoga Helps Breast Cancer Survivors
Wahoo! We all know yoga is the best exercise ever! Right? Well now it's official. The American Physiological Society reported Monday that Iyengar yoga promotes psychological well-being (we knew th ...
Get Hot with Bikram Yoga
Over 16 million Americans practice yoga, a figure that's increased drastically in the last year, according to a recent survey from Yoga Journal. But if you're not up to speed on your different kinds o ...
If You're New to Yoga, Take it Easy at the Start
In San Francisco, it's literally hard to drive down a city block and not see a sign for a yoga studio. Bikram, Ashtanga, power yoga - they're all available and not just in yoga studios. Yoga has i ...
Yoga as an Adjunct to Cancer Treatment
Article Title: Yoga as an Adjunct to Cancer Treatment
By: Deborah Crooks
While the billions of dollars spent on cancer research each year have yet to yield a cure, yoga practice is being accepted ...
Yoga is spreading around the country
Four decades ago Linda Banter began learning yoga at a treatment center for addicts. She wasn't an addict, but the clinic in her Indiana town was the only place teaching yoga. Now, Banter has become a ...
