YOGA BY CONDITION Archives

Yoga Lifestyle Change and Weight Loss

September 18, 2024February 24, 2022

Yoga practice includes breathing techniques (pranayama) to promote expulsion of toxins through your breath, burning of excess fat, and relaxation a la par with heightened awareness and focus. Tension relief through yoga practice permits compulsive eaters replace their harmful habit with more constructive ones while achieving their desired weight loss. As you learn to listen to your body, you become acutely aware of what types of food do more good or harm to your life-force.

Yoga for Stroke Recovery

December 3, 2022January 31, 2022

Although scientific research is still incomplete, initial reports show that Yoga may not only promote the recovery of stroke symptoms, but it may, also, help with the management and prevention of underlying causes, as well as related health issues. Therapeutic Yoga promotes self awareness and a sense of well-being that is valuable to overall health.

How Does Yoga Training Reduce Anxiety?

August 18, 2022January 20, 2022

What the increasing agreement between common knowledge and popular science has concluded is that yoga does indeed have anti stress and anti-anxiety benefits. Scientists believe that yoga regulates the heart, the brain and improves blood flow.

About Yoga and Heart Rate Variability

August 18, 2022January 13, 2022

In addition to limited research on the benefits of Yoga, scientists have studied the effects of other techniques, such as meditation and biofeedback, on heart rate variability. Some studies show that an action as simple as placing our hand on our heart and feeling a state of gratitude can aid in stabilizing the autonomic nervous system and regulating the heart beat.

Yoga Lifestyle for Cancer Prevention

August 18, 2022January 10, 2022

Yogic methodology cannot promise a life free of cancer but it can reduce many of the risk factors associated with cancer. Practicing yoga becomes a lifetime program along with sound nutrition and a healthy way of living.

Piriformis Syndrome and Yoga

August 18, 2022January 7, 2022

Stretches restore flexibility to the hip flexors and strengthen the piriformis muscle, but that’s not all. When included in a comprehensive Yoga training routine, they improve posture, flexibility, and overall health.

How Can Yoga Help to Release Shoulder Tension?

August 18, 2022January 5, 2022

Where does shoulder tension come from? Whether it is from sitting at the computer all day, a difficult workout routine or just day-to-day activity and stressors, many people hold tension in their shoulders. It may feel like the side of the neck is actually getting shorter. In fact, it is often the levator scapulae, the muscle that attaches the shoulder blades to the neck, tensing up and pulling in an uncomfortable manner. However, this tension can be alleviated and eliminated through a Yoga routine.

How to Lengthen Your Spine through Yoga Moves

August 18, 2022January 2, 2022

Practicing Yoga poses, in order to stretch your spine, works in a multitude of ways. First, the poses strengthen the muscles around the…

Can Yoga Lower Blood Pressure?

August 18, 2022December 6, 2021

Yoga moves, such as the Sun Salutations (Surya Namaskar) have an energizing and relaxing effect on the body, which decreases the effects…

Glaucoma and Yoga: What Is Safe?

August 18, 2022November 28, 2021

Yoga teachers need to be familiar with glaucoma, but it is up to students to discuss their conditions with their doctors and share relevant information with instructors. Is the glaucoma under control? Has there been a recent surgical procedure? Are there other risks, such as high blood pressure, that make specific exercises risky?