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Breath is the First Medicine
June 24, 2020

Breath is the First Medicine

Breath as a Medicine Last year I volunteered at a music festival in the medical tent. Because of my history with asthma, I worked with the patients who rushed in with asthma attacks. They were helpless. Unable to be at peace and afraid they might never find a satisfying breath again. There seemed to be [...]
How Yoga Can Help To Reduce Snoring
June 24, 2020

How Yoga Can Help To Reduce Snoring

Do you want to reduce snoring? Aside from being unpopular with roommates, snoring has negative implications on your sleep quality. If your respiratory system is not working properly, then your body is not receiving the oxygen that is required to repair the body during sleep. In extreme cases, this can lead to sleep apnea or [...]
“But I am not flexible enough to practice yoga.”
June 24, 2020

“But I am not flexible enough to practice yoga.”

Understanding Flexibility Flexibility is not just the ability to move muscles and joints through their complete range. It’s also an attitude that invests and transforms the mind as well as the body. According to Michael Alter, author of Science of Flexibility (Human Kinetics, 1998), current research demonstrates that individual muscle fibres can be stretched to [...]
Yoga for Eyes
June 24, 2020

Yoga for Eyes

Release Eye Tension with Yoga for Eyes With the progress of digitalization and the endless opportunities to be online, we inevitably fix our eyes more and more on screens during daily life. The eyesight-related problems resulting from looking at screens are called Computer Vision Syndromes (CVS) and may include: eyestrain, headaches, blurred vision and dry [...]
Yoga for Seniors – Sun Salutation on a Chair
June 24, 2020

Yoga for Seniors – Sun Salutation on a Chair

Chair Yoga for Seniors One often forgotten group of people that can greatly benefit from a regular yoga practice are senior citizens. Even if you are not in this group, you likely have parents, aunts and uncles or grandparents you can introduce to yoga so that they may reap the benefits of yoga for seniors. [...]
Doron Yoga Classic Bliss Ball
April 6, 2020

Doron Yoga Classic Bliss Ball

Bliss Anytime We're going to give you one of our most widely acclaimed recipes, the Doron Yoga Classic Bliss Ball! Doron has been making these for years, they're one of our best-selling desserts. They are always a huge hit with everyone who tries them. If you've stayed with us, you'll most likely have eaten more [...]
4 Tips to Help You Cope with Fear
March 28, 2020

4 Tips to Help You Cope with Fear

How to Handle Fear In psychology we find the concept of social contagion. This is when a person copies a certain behavior of others - these days it is fear and panic. Every single person who can stay calm and handle fear will support the collective in dealing with the worldwide challenges. NY times Fear, [...]
Yoga During the Female Cycle
March 19, 2020

Yoga During the Female Cycle

Can You Practice Yoga While Menstruating? Traditionally it has been mostly men that have practiced yoga. We will therefore not find any information about the impacts of yoga on menstruation in the Sutras or the Bhagavad Gita. At Pattabhi Jois’ institute in Mysore, India, women are asked to stay home and rest during their menstrual [...]
Bringing Yoga into the Workplace
January 26, 2020

Bringing Yoga into the Workplace

Bringing Yoga into the Workplace Much of this article was inspired by an interview I did with Sujal H. V. Patel who also goes by Sri Sudarshan.  He is the director of Skylight Yoga Corporate Health: a company that is bringing yoga into the workplace for its corporate clients.    Why should employees practice yoga? [...]