Archive for the ‘Yoga’ Category
An article from the New York Times from January 5, 2012 has been hotly debated in the yoga community. It’s called “How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body” by William J. Broad, and it describes injuries from yoga practice to the lower back, shoulders, knees, neck, and ribs, and even hip replacements and strokes believed to [...]
Is stress making you sick? People are under a tremendous amount of stress these days and are searching for strategies to cope with it. While alcohol and anti-anxiety medications may provide some relief, they can also have serious side effects, such as addiction, headaches, and dizziness. Restorative Yoga is an alternative method of dealing with [...]
Can practicing yoga help relieve your back pain? An interesting study was published this month in the Annals of Internal Medicine (for more information, see http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/236902.php#post) It showed that Iyengar style yoga was helpful for chronic lower back pain – more helpful than only conventional medical treatment. The study was done in the UK and [...]
Do you suffer from painful hands, knees or hips? If so, you may have osteoarthritis (OA), a condition characterized by pain and stiffness in the joints. OA is distinct from rheumatoid arthritis, which is an auto-immune disease also affecting the joints, which can lead to redness and swelling of the joints. What Causes Osteoarthritis? Causes [...]
I meet a lot of people who have been injured doing yoga and are afraid to try it again. Others who have never done yoga may be fearful of the “pretzel” poses that they see on the covers of yoga magazines. I’d like to give you some helpful tips so you can do yoga safely, [...]
5 Tips to Keep You Practicing for Life! In 2007, I attended a Yoga Therapy conference where one of the presenters said, “I make my living helping people who got hurt in other people’s yoga classes”. You might be surprised to find out that people can get injured doing yoga. After all, yoga is considered [...]