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January 24th, 2012 at 2:30 am

Could Yoga Help You Get A Job?

Mental flexibility, patience, adaptability, and the ability to handle stress are often cited benefits of yoga and meditation. These are...
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January 22nd, 2012 at 11:41 pm

Getting over the emotional issues of vitiligo

Living with vitiligo can be emotionally debilitating; strangers staring inquisitively at the white patches adorning our skin is less traumatic to our psyche than the little voice in our head that berates our own self. Whether it is about the vitiligo or about any other aspect of our life, it’s imperative that we find a [...]
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January 22nd, 2012 at 11:41 pm

Getting over the emotional issues of vitiligo

Living with vitiligo can be emotionally debilitating; strangers staring inquisitively at the white patches adorning our skin is less traumatic to our psyche than the little voice in our head that berates our own self. Whether it is about the vitiligo or about any other aspect of our life, it’s imperative that we find a [...]
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January 21st, 2012 at 2:53 pm

Vitiligo: dealing with the changes

Oftentimes there are great ‘conversations’ that go on over on our Vitiligo Friends facebook page. Today, was an especially good one that I wanted to share with you. Friend wrote: I have to ask how you all have coped with having vitiligo. I have had it for about 9 years now. It just keeps getting [...]
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January 19th, 2012 at 8:04 pm

Can forgiving help your vitiligo?

There are so many different concepts out there about what may trigger vitiligo and one prevailing commonality that seems to resonate with many of us is stress. Many events in one’s life can be stressful, but I think that it’s not so much the big events like a death of a loved one or loss [...]
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January 19th, 2012 at 8:04 pm

Can forgiving help your vitiligo?

There are so many different concepts out there about what may trigger vitiligo and one prevailing commonality that seems to resonate with many of us is stress. Many events in one’s life can be stressful, but I think that it’s not so much the big events like a death of a loved one or loss [...]
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January 19th, 2012 at 4:24 am

Is Spiritual Yoga Better for You?

According to a recent study, Kripalu yoga that incorporates spiritual and ethical guidelines (integrative yoga) may be more effective at...
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January 17th, 2012 at 5:22 am

Depigmentation Patterns in Vitiligo

Focal vitiligo is characterized by a few scattered macules. In some cases the depigmenation remains localized to these spots. For others, focal vitiligo can be a manifestation for general vitiligo. Unilateral (segmental vitiligo) In this case the patterns of depigmentatiaon involve small to large areas on one side of one’s body. The patterns of depigmentation [...]
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January 16th, 2012 at 3:00 pm

Weekly Yoga Planner

To help you with renewed efforts to practice yoga in the new year we have created a Weekly Yoga Planner...
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January 16th, 2012 at 5:16 am

The hair follicle, a pigment cell reservoir

In order for repigmentation to occur in vitiligo, pigment cells must be found in one of these three locations: the hair follicle unit, the border of a vitiligo lesion or unaffected melanocites within depigmented areas. Pigment cells found in the bulge region of the hair follicle are the most important sources for providing immature pigment [...]
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