Yoga is being used help children who have apraxia, a condition that affects their speech and fine motor skills. Patients don't just do asanas, they also make sounds in coordination with their breathing. Yoga has also been used to help...
The Papworth method, developed 40 years ago, has recently been proven to relieve asthma symptoms, depression and anxiety according to an article published in the journal Thorax. The technique includes a sequence of breathing and relaxation exercises developed in the...
Teaching meditation in public schools could have positive benefits, but does it cross the line?
By now you may know that traditional yoga mats, made from polyvinyl chloride (PVC), can be hazardous to your health and the environment. The manufacturing of PVC products releases harmful dioxins into the atmosphere, and even more dioxins can leech...
Yoga will now be mandatory for students in Kerala, India. "Taking into consideration the widely accepted advantages of yoga and its effect on individuals, the education department would soon see that this is made part of the school curriculum in...
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It was only a matter of time . . . During the month of June, the Salt Lake City dance company, SB Dance, performed "Yoga the Musical," a full-blown musical with an original book, music, lyrics, and choreography. The show...
According to a Washington Post article, Hillary Clinton's support team, self-described as Hillaryland, is a tight knit group of women that does yoga together once a week: "They have a personal connection virtually nonexistent among professional male colleagues. Even rarer:...
This fall, a team of British academics, yoga teachers and practitioners will join forces to find out if a 12-week course of Iyengar Yoga can be used to treat lower back pain. More than 260 people between the ages of...
A juvenile court is Colorado is sentencing juvenile drug offenders to mandatory weekly yoga classes. Mary Jo Berenato, juvenile magistrate for the 8th Judicial District, believes over time these troubled teens will turn to yoga instead of drugs when faced...
The findings of a new study conducted at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) and McLean Hospital show that practicing yoga may elevate brain gamma-aminobutyric (GABA) levels. Low GABA levels are associated with depression, anxiety, epilepsy, and even Alzheimer's. Complete...
According to entertainment news sources, "Saturday Night Live" alumni Mike Myers was kicked out of an L.A. yoga class because he couldn't stop laughing. Why? The yogi on the mat next to him was gassy. The actor explains, "This guy...
Which poses or pranayama do you find most helpful with headaches?
"Yoga, Inc.," the documentary about the commercialization of yoga by filmmaker John Philp, made its debut at the end of April at Hot Docs, the documentary film festival in Toronto. Clips are available at youtube.com. Although most of the controversies...
Yet another study that proves yoga does a body good: At Penn State they have found that women going through menopause who practice yoga feel better than those who don't. Yoga was "effective in enhancing positive mood and decreasing negative...
Yoga Works' Julie Kleinman offers advice for dealing with disruptive students and new students.
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If you've ever dreamed of trademarking your own yoga style or patenting a yoga invention, you may want to work faster. The Indian government has set up a task force to try to prevent the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office...
Jeanne Ricci is the former managing editor of Yoga Journal and author of Yoga Escapes (Celestial Arts, 2003). She first started practicing yoga in the early 1990s at Integral Yoga in Manhattan. She went on to study Iyengar Yoga...
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