In a small victory won by yoga studios which offer classes resembling Bikram Choudhurys trademarked 90-minute, 26-pose heated yoga flow,…
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Yoga May Ease Menopause Symptoms
Several recently-published studies suggest yoga may improve quality of life and ease symptoms among menopausal and postmenopausal women (http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/12/01/yoga-may-ease-insomnia-menopause-problems/). These…
Death by Neti Pot?
Two recent Louisiana deaths from the brain-eating amoeba Naegleria fowleri have been attributed to the usage of tap water for…
Mindfulness May Reduce Smoking Cravings
Interesting new research suggests that practicing mindfulness may be helpful in smoking cessation efforts (http://scan.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2011/11/22/scan.nsr076.abstract). A recent study indicates that…
Research on Yoga for Back Pain Continues
Robert Saper and colleagues at Boston Medical Center are conducting research to assess the likelihood that yoga may be as…
Can Meditation Reduce a Wandering Mind?
Building on a wave of compelling new research suggesting meditation practice positively affects brain structure and function, researchers at Yale…
Is Yoga Demonic?
While numerous reports have documented Christianity and yoga to prove uneasy bedfellows, a Seattle pastor has fanned the flames of…
Yoga Helps Runners Heal
If you know a runner, you know they often suffer pain and injury as a result of their sport. Many…
Yoga for Illegal Aliens
The issue of illegal immigration is a tendentious one, generating deep cultural and ideological schisms with enormous economic and personal…
Yoga for Illegal Immigrants
The issue of illegal immigration is a tendentious one, generating deep cultural and ideological schisms with enormous economic and personal…