Posts Tagged ‘Yoga’
Sports as a Path to Wellness: Enhancing Fitness, Happiness, and Life Balance
Life is a balance of work, rest, and play. Finding that balance can often be challenging, but you can successfully navigate it with the right mindset and resources. A proven pathway to achieving wellness is by integrating sports into your lifestyle. Sports not only enhance your physical fitness but also contribute significantly to your overall…
Read MoreBenefits of Practicing Yoga for Golfers: Improving Flexibility and Endurance
Image source: pexels.com Yoga is a great way to improve your endurance and flexibility. It’s a low-impact exercise that targets different body parts to help improve your overall performance. For golfers, this is especially important as it can help them increase their range of motion and reduce the risk of injury. If you’re a golfer,…
Read MoreHealth Benefits of Breath Control Yoga for Cardiac Patients
What is yoga? It is derived from a Sanskrit root called ‘Yuj’ meaning ‘To join’ or ‘To unite’. People ask if it is a religion or a faith but, it’s nothing like that. Yoga is a spiritual discipline that focuses on bringing peace and harmony between our mind and body. It is strongly recommended to…
Read MoreYoga Workout: The 5 Essential Pieces You’ll Need
When you first start practicing yoga, your biggest challenge might not be mastering the poses or finding a studio that feels like home. Rather, it’s figuring out what type of clothing to wear when practicing yoga so that you don’t freeze in a room with an indoor temperature of 50 degrees. As you grow more…
Read MoreYoga: 5 Unexpected Health Benefits of It
Learn how the health benefits of doing yoga can help you reach your personal health and wellness goals.
Read MoreDiabetes & Yoga
Yoga Yoga, a combination of physical, spiritual, and mental practices with Indian origins, is increasingly gaining popularity worldwide. It is a means of balancing the body, mind, and soul, and thus an important aspect in curing and controlling sedentary lifestyle conditions such as obesity and diabetes. The benefits of yoga go beyond that. If practiced…
Read MoreFinding the Yoga Mat That’s Right for You
Whether you’ve been practicing for a long time, are new to yoga, or are just looking for an exercise mat, the amount choices can be vast and overwhelming. There are many options from mat thickness to materials used that you could choose from that allow you to fully customize your yoga mat needs. First off,…
Read MoreBeginner Tips On How To Develop A Yoga Routine
Yoga is a universal practice – it helps to discipline oneself physically, mentally, and also spiritually. It brings you peace of mind. There are countless advantages to doing yoga. Not only does it help you to be more calm and collected, it also helps you to be physically fit. I remember when I first started…
Read MoreThe Latest Yoga Research
by Shirley Archer, JD, MA People are seeking yoga practice for health benefits, and science is documenting its effectiveness. In the United States, 9.5% of adults—about 21 million people—reported that they practiced yoga as a complementary health approach in 2012 (Clarke et al. 2015). Yoga practitioners noted greater health benefits than adults who tried other…
Read MoreTargeting the Core from Different Angles
Essentially, any exercise that uses the anterior and/or posterior muscles to stabilize the spine—and is performed in a coordinated fashion—works the core. It’s important to include some kind of core moves in all classes, particularly those in which core training might not be emphasized. Try the following exercises in one of your next classes; the moves are appropriate…
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