Yoga, how do I love you? Let me count the ways.
Lucky seven ways and I could write more, too, but let’s just say that yoga means the world to me.
Yoga with goats? How does that make sense? I went to goat yoga this week because I’d always wanted to. And I can explain, it just takes a minute…. First of all, let’s remember that the word “yoga” means “linkage” between mind and body, two things that don’t always go together. The linking of goats […]
What is the plank exercise challenge and what could plank pose do for you? Plank pose helps you have a flat stomach, lose weight and walk gracefully. This week during conference night those of us who don’t do conferences came up with the idea of plank exercise challenge. I was with the specials team (that
“How many minutes of pilates a day” and “is 20 minutes of pilates a day enough” are great questions for those of us who want to be fit. Because exercising is probably number one in my plan for having good health. Now I have to admit … I’ve only done Pilates once. It was offered
Bikram Yoga changed lives and revolutionized studio practices. Without doubt there was misconduct. Yet many yogis feel they owe him a debt for his hot yoga practice, even as they question his methods. Heard today in the studio: “Who was Bikram? Isn’t he sort of controversial?” This post will attempt to briefly answer questions about
I was minding my own business reading a surf blog when suddenly the author interjected negative sentiments about yoga, “a holistic discipline that combines physical postures and ethical principles to promote physical and spiritual well-being. It does very few of these things in my experience except breed a superior minded person with stretched out tendons.”
There are some studios that have rules, such as “instructors only in the first row …
Can you treat depression with yoga classes? The research says it works. I went and tried 4 days a week of yoga and felt … so much better. Last week I announced that instead of going to counseling I was going to go to yoga to try to treat depression. I came to this
I have decided to return to yoga with a renewed commitment. And the reason I have returned is because I have been too … well subject to too much depression. I tried to address it by going back on Buproprion, an anti-depressant prescribed me 18 months ago and which I stopped taking a few months
