Lots of people wonder whether yoga is good for weight loss. In fact, when I recently started my beginner’s yoga class, that was one of the first questions asked by one of my classmates. From my experience, the one hour of [...]
All of you sleepy people out there know that today is the first day after the time changed for daylight savings. I always dread this week as it takes me a while to adjust to the time change. Today I have felt pretty sluggish, especially in the afternoon. But in general, I have been sleeping [...]
Today I want to give you an update on my progress with a new direction in my life–starting my yoga journey. In September, during Yoga Month, I set a goal to begin a program of yoga. I have reviewed a lot of research lately about the
If you have been reading my blog recently, you probably know that after setting a goal to start yoga in September, I had finally achieved my health goal and signed up for a yoga class (in November). But, then right before my first yoga class, I got really sick [...]
Many women experience problems with sleep after menopause, which happens around the age of 50. A small study conducted by Afonso and colleagues and published in Menopause: The Journal of The North American Menopause Society shows that yoga may help with insomnia [...]
If you have been following my blog for a while, you may remember way back in September, which was Yoga Month, I set a goal to try yoga. Although I have spent a lot of time doing various exercises and other types of [...]
I remember the experience like it was yesterday. I went to pick up my heavy book bag from the floor. I bent over, lifted it, and twisted my body. Then I felt this “pop.” There was a twinge of pain at the time, but it was minor in comparison to what it would feel like [...]
For those of you who have diabetes, you may be interested to know about a new study evaluating whether yoga can improve health in people diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. There have been a number of studies of whether various stress management approaches improve the health of people [...]
If you have read my blog in the past, then you know most of the exercise I do these days consists of landscaping. But lately I have been inspired to do some yoga. I was talking to a co-worker recently who is a yoga teacher. She encouraged me to [...]
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