Meditation Benefits: Find Out What This Easy Practice Can Do For You
Transcendental meditation has been around since the 1950s, a simple practice that employs the recitation of a mantra to reduce stress and improve focus. But there has never been a large-scale study on the health effects of the practice even…
The Benefits of Practicing Yoga at Work
We dim the lights, close the doors and the bustling office hallway transforms into our own little yoga studio. A small group of women approached me nearly two years ago, wanting a gentle relaxation yoga during their lunch hour. Since…
The Squat Song
Get off of those chairs and enjoy the benefits of squatting! Get rid of back pain, regain mobility and stay limber for life!
Need a Vacation From Your Vacation?
Sometimes You Need to Get Away to Come Back Home “I need a vacation from my vacation,” the familiar line goes and those who use it aren’t really joking. It seems some 50 percent of Americans polled admit to being more…
5 Reasons to Practice Yoga Daily
When we’re kids our parents protect us from physical and emotional harm. Once we’re older we’re on our own – unless we happen to have a devoted partner or gang of ninja friends. My parents were my saviors when I…
7 Ways to Jumpstart Your Yoga Practice
I always think of the beginning of a new school year as a time of renewal. More so than New Year’s Day, the start of school feels like a new year. Kids return to class with new books, new teachers,…
5 Mindful Ways to Lose Weight and Keep it Off
Recent research shows that we are not victims of our genetics. The fact that your genetic makeup may predispose your body to put on excess weight does not mean you’re destined to be obese. We are not slaves to our…
My Dog Is My Yoga Teacher
A dog is much more than a pet. They are best friends; they are our babies, and they can also be our yoga teachers. I remember the day I got my current dog, Sophie, as if it were yesterday. They…
4 Easy Steps Toward Better Flexibility
My younger nieces are four and seven. They are the epitomes of energy and flexibility. I, on the other hand, am 25. By all accounts I should be a master yogi at this point. I am not. Somewhere in the…
Yoga for Healthy Backs for Life!
Most people (80%) will suffer acute back pain some time in their life. And many of the same people are told by the medical model to rest, and in extreme cases, undergo surgery to remove part of the spine. Stress…