As hard as you try, you can’t always keep the colds and flus of Autumn from stuffing up your head and slowing down your body. Before you know it, you’re wondering if you should give up and go to bed. Here’s a couple of ideas to keep the colds at bay. LISTEN CLOSE – Check [...]
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One of Yoga Wellbeing’s yogis was commenting on the Yoga for Scoliosis workshops and how she learned how to use yoga to work with the reverse-S curve of her spine. For thelast month she has took time off to devote herself to healing. In addition to her morning practice, she began to hone moment-to-moment awareness [...]
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Satisfying snack, versatile ingredient, nutritional powerhouse: Almonds are a go-to food. Studies have repeatedly shown that almonds—used in cuisines around the world—improve heart health and lower the risk of coronory heart disease, thanks to their high monounsaturated fat content. Almonds are packed with key nutrients like vitamin E, manganese, magnesium, fiber, and antioxidants, and their [...]
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TUNNEL VISION Wrist problems are often caused by carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS). To understand how to heal them, it helps to know a bit about the area’s anatomy. The carpal tunnel is a narrow passageway in the wrist formed by ligaments and the eight small carpal bones. These bones are arranged in two rows of [...]
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Yoga in Prisons workshops throw up the philosophical questions such as Who am I? Am I separate from what I do? They investigate basic goodness, identity, and forgiveness as well as develop listening and empathy skills. Leaders also introduce simple meditations to help prisoners learn how to calmly be with whatever emotions arise in the [...]
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People tend to either love or dislike poses like Pigeon. Regardless of which camp you inhabit, keep in mind that Pigeon can help safeguard your knees and low back and make other poses infinitely more pleasant. Here’s a look at the tremendous benefits of hip openers. Open hips can mean less back pain – Tight [...]
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What’s your yoga intention? When I began practicing yoga I was always to have Presence of mind. I think of that expression. No matter where I am, it brings me back to his message: Presence of mind. At first, it was helpful when my muscles shook and balance tottered in Warrior III, but now it [...]
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This is a message from a London Yogi who was struggling at first with the sterotypes related to Western yoga. Four years ago I thought yoga was for girls. I play football, end of story. Despite this, for various reasons not worth sharing now, I started to go along to yoga classes to support my [...]
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I was asked by one of the yogis this week if it helped to practice yoga while trying to concieve and during pregnancy and whether it effected you if you were stressed. Stressed-out women are 12% less likely to become pregnant during their fertile time, Oxford University scientists have said after testing the advice to [...]
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(OORD-vah don-your-AHS-anna) urdhva = upward dhanu = bow Step by Step 1. Lie supine on the floor. Bend your knees and set your feet on the floor, heels as close to the sitting bones as possible. Bend your elbows and spread your palms on the floor beside your head, forearms relatively perpendicular to the floor, [...]
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