Airplane Yoga

It’s no secret that travel is stressful and airplane seats are tiny. Though you can’t do much when you’re squashed into the middle seat, there are a few little stretches that can help relieve your cramped muscles and reduce your stress without getting into your neighbor’s personal space. 1. Neck Rolls © Barry Stone After […]

Yoga Pants

When it comes to yoga pants, there are a lot of options out there and each person has his or her own idea of what make the best pants. I’ve collected the most popular styles for women and men so you can compare them before making your choice.  Yoga Pants for Women Photo Courtesy of […]

Best Hairstyles for Yoga

In the fall of 2011, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Regina Benjamin made headlines when she expressed concern that one reason American women were not getting enough exercise was their fear of messing up their hair. Well, we want to do our part to keep woman healthy, so if bad hair days have kept you from […]

Sivananda Yoga

Sivananda Yoga follows the teachings of Swami Sivananda, as brought to the west by his disciple Swami Vishnu-devananda. Vishnu-devananda came to the United States in 1957, making Sivananda an important part of yoga’s first wave of popularity outside India. There are now Sivananda yoga centers in major cities in the US and western Europe, as […]

Yoga for Carpal Tunnel Syndrom

The arm positions in Cow Face Pose – Gomukhasana[/link”> and Eagle Pose – Garudasana, which can be done in a seated position, will give a nice stretch to the tight shoulders brought about by hours spent hunched over a computer keyboard.

Slim Calm Sexy Yoga

Yoga instructor Tara Stiles first gained popularity when she appeared in a series of YouTube videos about yoga produced by her modeling agency. While many may have tuned in to see the leggy Ford model get twisty, her enthusiastic, down-to-earth style was undeniable. She has since parlayed that enthusiasm into a successful career as an […]

Really? The Claim: Yoga Can Help Manage Pain

October 17, 2011, 1:18 pm By ANAHAD O’CONNOR Christoph Niemann THE FACTS For many people, yoga is more than just exercise: Studies show it is one of the most commonly used forms of alternative therapy in the country. Many rely on yoga to relieve chronic and acute pain. The reasons for this are varied. Some […]

Busy Mom’s Morning Yoga

To the Editor: Re “How Garbo Learned to Stand on Her Head,” by Maureen Dowd (column, Oct. 9): At 39, our mother was widowed with seven children ranging from 4 to 17. How did she cope? Yoga. Each morning, our mother crawled out of bed, stretched and stood on her head at the end of […]

Yoga for Back Pain Series 3

This series of standing yoga poses addresses several of the causes of back pain – tight hamstrings and weak hips. The series starts with Mountain Pose which helps establish a postural baseline. You will then move into three poses that stretch the hamstrings and strengthen and align the hips. Begin the series by coming to […]

Yoga Trends

We tend to think of yoga as old and unchanging, but it’s actually far from static. Rather, yoga is constantly evolving as innovators pick up the threads of diverse practices and weave them together. Some types of yoga that now seem well-established were once young upstarts themselves: Ashtanga yoga only caught on in the 1970s, […]

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