Ayurveda

In this post, Baxter Bell, MD continues his discussion on low back pain, offering ways to create traction with a friend or on your own.

Untangling yourself from the grip of addiction can seem impossible, but yoga can lift you to higher ground.

Let this sequence be your go-to practice. By adapting the poses for different life stages, you can rely on it for decades.

Five habits that will help you feel great today and in the future.

Ayurvedic practitioner Katie Silcox offers tips for staying healthy and feeling your best this fall season.

If you suffer from low-back pain, your posture may provide clues as to why. In his continuing exploration of yoga for back pain, Baxter Bell explains how.

In the first of a series on back pain, Baxter Bell dives more deeply into a recent study that explored yoga for chronic low-back pain.

The NCCAM releases information on brand new research about yoga. Baxter Bell shares the good news.

Baxter Bell describes a small hip-lifting action that can relieve pain in this joint.

There are host of reasons men—like women—should do yoga. Here, Baxter Bell explains, and offers some tips for men new to the practice.

The three doshas of Ayurveda—vata, pitta, and kapha—affect your health and well-being. Determine yours with this quiz.

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Baxter Bell explains what "sciatica" actually is, and suggest some strategies and poses that may help.

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Flight delays, or any unexpected and unwanted change in plans, is a great opportunity to practice yoga. Baxter Bell speaks from experience.

To burn off any lingering kapha energy of winter, Baxter Bell recommends adding some stimulating pranayama and asana into your springtime practice.

Baxter Bell explains what happens in the spine during poses like Paschimottanasana, and suggests modifications for the 90 percent of us who could benefit from some assistance.

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A young yoga practitioner injures herself and then learns to listen to her body instead of her head by taking the word 'should' out of her practice.

Baxter Bell describes a program of asana, pranayama, and other gentle practices to help you sleep.

Yoga proves to be an ideal approach to self-care for cancer survivors.

Prepare for surgery with mind-body techniques that may help you recover faster.

Baxter Bell offers a yogic prescription for sufferers of the autoimmune disease lupus.

Yoga poses and a bonus dietary tip to help reduce the effects of seasonal allergies.

There are a lot of reasons why someone might struggle with the step-through action done in Sun Salutations. Here, Baxter Bell offers an alternative.

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Decades after millions of western women embraced the practice, yoga is evolving to meet the modern man.

Ease your insomnia troubles with these tips and natural remedies for sleep.

Your yoga mat is an ideal place to cultivate the yogic qualities of concentration and discernment. Baxter Bell explains how.

It may still be cold outside, but we can take tips from Ayurveda to begin to heat our digestive fire, rev up our metabolism, and help our bodies begin to melt the physical and energetic excess that accumulates during the holiday season. Katie Silcox shows us how.

The controversial NYTs book excerpt about yoga and injury made some valid observations, says Baxter Bell, MD. But what the author neglected to mention is yoga's many rewards.

He does yoga and he lives healthfully, but Neal Pollack is still coming to terms with his stomach.

Use yoga to stay centered and grounded this holiday season. Here's why you should practice more.

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Yoga and a plant-based diet may be the best choices for bone health.

A foodie shifts her attention from quality to quantity when it comes to food. These 6 easy weight-loss tips and recipes will help you get started.

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Celebrate your natural radiance with these body and spirit-nourishing rituals.

Warm your body from head to toe and calm overwrought vata with abhyanga.

How to stay grounded when life is a whirlwind.

Yoga can transform your reactions, improve your health, and help you embody grace under pressure.

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Free yourself from ordinary back pain by doing these 5 simple poses each day.

You can add vocalization to almost any pose to develop your sound and calm your emotions

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Science proves meditating restructures your brain and trains it to concentrate, feel greater compassion, cope with stress, and more.

Strong and supple pelvic floor muscles help you stay high and dry.

Should you forgo your sunscreen while you're getting sun kissed? Read on to learn how to keep up with your vitamin D needs while staying safe.

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Yoga Journal interviews Stephen Cope, founder and director of Kripalu's Institute for Extraordinary Living.

From crunchy crackers to creamy butters, nutrient-packed almonds are a healthy snacker's delight.

Brings your body and mind back into balance by practicing these simple yoga routines.

Good medicine can be simple; steep dried herbs and spices to make "healing waters" and address the body's imbalances.

Find the power that comes from honoring your own personal truth and the universal truth of our oneness.

Get a good night's sleep by retiring old habits and starting a gentle, bedtime yoga practice.

If agni is healthy, you have tremendous energy throughout the day.

In a quest to be slim, one woman loses more than mere pounds and, through yoga, finds herself.

Yoga can ease the chronic pain of fibromyalgia.

Find out why gently cooked veggies are a great food for digestion and how to incorporate them into your salads.

Use restorative yoga to combat seasonal affective disorder, a form of winter depression triggered by a lack of sunlight.

Open your heart on the mat and bring happiness into the world.

One of the things I've learned from my yoga practice is that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Sure yoga can help you rehabilitate an overstretched muscle, but it can also teach you had to move...

Yoga helps HIV patients strengthen their immune systems and their spirits.

Ease allergies by giving the immune system a yoga boost.

Ayurvedic theory says that regular meals keep the digestive fire stoked.

A gentle, forward-bending practice can bring relief to those people struggling to manage high blood pressure.

Yoga can relieve tension before it goes to your head.

You probably already know that yoga can help your posture now, but a recent study in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society suggests yoga also can also help lower the risk of Dowager's Hump in the elderly. Dowager's Hump,...

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Menopausal hormone shifts can rearrange your body and mind in unnerving ways. Let yoga bring you back into balance.

Yoga can ease the pain and discomfort of osteoarthritis.

One of the most popular articles gracing NYTimes.com last week questioned whether nasal irrigation using a neti pot can help reduce allergy symptoms. "While it is not nearly as convenient as popping a pill or using a spray, several...

Yoga offers tools to enhance memory and focus—and transform the way you think.

Try three healing treatments from Ayurveda's classic individual-tailored detox program, Panchakarma.

Learning to cope with chronic illness, one woman discovers Ayurvedic treatments that transform body and mind.