Ayurveda

At Harbin Hot Springs Retreat Center, watsu water massage offers relaxation and release.

Ghee, or clarified butter, is a simple, powerful tonic used to nourish and heal the body.

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Baxter Bell gives advice on how one can use yoga for weight loss.

Yoga teacher Jaki Nett investigates restorative yoga for fertility. Learn which poses have the best possible benefits to aid fertility and conception.

Use the ayurvedic dish, kitchari, to cleanse the body.

If your yoga class doesn't feel quite right, it might not be a good match for your dosha. Learn how to identify yours and implement it into your routine.

A surprising new study finds a possible connection between abdominal strength and longevity. Here's how yoga can give you strong abs.

Extracting the active ingredients of plants for specific ailments is compromising the integrity of herbal therapy. Learn about the history of healing herbs and how the practice has changed with time.

While many medication treat the symptoms, vibrations created from chanting Om can help clear your sinusitis and ward off infections from its source.

FDA-approved labels make shopping easier with standards for organic products.

Why you should consider swapping inversions for restorative yoga poses during your period.

Different yoga systems have different answers. Sarah Powers addresses the debate of whether backbending during pregnancy is safe.

If backbends are a struggle for your body, you may try these preparatory shoulder-openers.

Learn why you should vocalize your mantras instead of silently thinking them to benefit the heart and the central nervous system.

Are you overstimulated, overworked, and stressed? If so, you might be depleting your rasa reserve.

Alternative approaches to treat erectile dysfunction beyond medication have been shown to be effective, including exercise, stress management, sex therapy, and yoga.

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Try an Ayurvedic approach to eating for a healthy diet and lifestyle.

Which poses should you practice to reverse the effects of chronic stress? Our expert Roger Cole recommends a regular restorative sequence.

Why many are turning to yoga for a more natural, effective approach to infertility.

In 1990 River Huston was a kick-ass fitness trainer in New York City. Her workouts were about pain, tight buns, and thousands of stomach crunches. Pushing herself beyond physical limits was her modus operandi.

A well-tended, well-loved face is the best canvas for the soul's expression.

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According to Ayurveda these healing foods support a healthy body, stimulate its repair and rejuvenate.

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New research shows that yoga can relieve both psychological and physical symptoms of premenstrual syndrome. It also appears yoga can lift levels of an antidepressant-like hormone, allopregnanolone, typically low in chronic sufferers. Dr. Ratna Sharma, a physiologist at the All...

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...

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...

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...