Mindfulness in Yoga
I think no matter how you do yoga, you benefit. Whether you're 100% focused on your practice, or doing poses while you watch American Idol, you're getting something out of it. I've been doing yoga o ...
yoga for a calm mind
While hearing how yoga has enhanced so many people’s lives is enough of a reason to make this practice part of your weekly or even daily routine, a recent scientific study has further validated the ...
Mind body healing
Vitality magazine, the publication put out by Blue Cross, has been extolling the cost-effectiveness of certain mind-body therapies: breathing, meditation, relaxation cognitive response, body movemen ...
Light on Yoga
When I first started doing yoga, I had taken only one class and learned a few simple poses from my girlfriend. Then I picked up the book "Light on Yoga," by B.K.S. Iyengar (Amazon link: http://tinyurl ...
Mindfulness Meditation Course
The Mindfulness Program in the Stanford Center for Integrative Medicine Clinic is designed to teach mind and body awareness techniques for coping with physical or psychological symptoms from stress ...
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 ...
Sanskrit vs. English
I recently suggested to someone here that we should try to include the English names of the poses and not just Sanskrit. I want to explain my position on this (you are free to disagree).
I have t ...
Meditate Your Anxiety Away
Can meditation relieve anxiety disorders? Researchers from the Meditation Therapy Clinic at Khon Kaen University in Thailand set out to answer this question and found that meditation works just as wel ...
