Yoga Improves Markers of Metabolic Syndrome and Heart Disease
According to a recent review of scientific studies published over three decades, yoga improves several markers of cardiovascular disease and metabolic syndrome. Metabolic syndrome is a precursor to numerous chronic diseases, including diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and stroke, and it
Are You At Risk for Premature Aging?
What do diabetes, heart disease, cancer, pre-mature aging, heart disease, arthritis, osteoporosis, diabetic neuropathy, optic nerve damage, and stroke all have in common? In addition to taking million of lives each year, these grave conditions all have a common forerunner
Yoga Therapy Training: 10 Steps to Choosing a Program
If you are a yoga teacher or health professional thinking of expanding your skills to include yoga therapy training, it can be confusing to decide which type of yoga therapy certification to get training in. Here are a few guidelines
Do You Suffer From Sleep Deprivation?
There are many reasons people don’t get enough sleep. If you suspect that you suffer from sleep deprivation and have problems sleeping, try natural sleep aids, such as herbal insomnia remedies or even yoga postures for insomnia. The Symptoms of
Regular Meditation May Lower Risk of Heart Disease
Can meditating as little as twenty minutes twice a day help prevent heart attack and stroke? A new study indicates that lowering stress levels through regular meditation indeed may help not just to lower blood pressure naturally and reduce depression,
Yoga for the Back: Improving Posture Can Improve Your Long-term Health
If you're looking to improve posture, why not make it a fun, pleasant, enjoyable experience? Consider trying corrective posture exercises based on yoga poses and techniques. Studies have shown that yoga exercises help improve bad posture and even reverse hyperkyphosis, the
Yoga Helps Inner City Kids Deal with Stress, Improve Grades
The Los-Angeles-based Accelerated School has introduced regular yoga classes to help their students cope with the overwhelming stress faced by inner city kids, as well as to improve fitness, grades, discipline and self-esteem. Many kids growing up in an inner
Yoga Exercises Reduce Chronic Lower Back Pain
About 80% of all American struggle with lower back at one time or another in their life. A growing number of studies indicate that therapeutic yoga may be useful to reduce lower back pain and decrease the use of pain
Ayurvedic Herbal Remedies for High Blood Pressure
Ultimately, the best way to lower high blood pressure naturally involves creating greater balance in mind and body. Herbal remedies which lower stress and enhance the metabolic health of both are often effective natural therapies for high blood pressure, as
What Is High Blood Pressure?
If you’re looking for high blood pressure remedies, you’re not alone. Over 50 million Americans have high blood pressure, and it is the number one reason for medical office visits. Nine out of ten people will be afflicted with high
5 Ways to Lower Blood Pressure Naturally
If you’re looking for ways to lower blood pressure naturally, it is useful to first understand what causes high blood pressure. 90-95% of all cases of high blood pressure are characterized as essential hypertension, which means that it’s an independent
How Does Yoga Help Reverse Hyperkyphosis?
According to studies, yoga shows promise as therapy to reverse hyperkyphosis, or age-related dowager’s hump in the elderly. This is significant, because the hunched back of hyperkyphosis is one of the most overlooked health problems in today’s society. The condition
Yoga Therapy: Heart Disease Isn’t Just About the Heart
Did you know that people who suffer from heart disease are also at a higher risk for stroke, aneurisms, and vascular (circulatory) problems? Heart disease and stroke continue to be the two biggest killers of our time, but few people
Healthy Aging: Planning for Tomorrow
"So, Mom, what is it like getting old?” Even as teenagers go, it was an unusually insensitive question. It still ranks high on my long list of things-I’m-not-very-proud-of. I don't recall why that question was so important to me, as
Are You An Optimist or a Pessimist?
"A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." --Winston Churchill I've always wanted to be an optimist. Mainly for the very simple reason that I'm not. At least I didn't use to