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Recommitting to Your Yoga Practice

Donnerstag, 31. Dezember 2009

I have a confession: I have been avoiding my yoga practice lately. After being sidelined for a few weeks by holiday travel, illness, and a pesky hamstring injury, I haven’t been able to get myself back on my mat. Now, I know in my head that the minute the asanas start flowing I’ll feel stronger and calmer and more centered — more me. My body, however, is rebelling. It seems to think its much nicer to sit on my couch and channel surf instead. But then I realized: This is the perfect time to recommit myself to my yoga practice. It’s the start of a new year — a new decade even — and I know this one will be the best one yet. As a student, as a teacher, we sometimes need these opportunities of renewal to remind ourselves what is most important to us. We are given the opportunity to commit and recommit to these things in a thoughtful and meaningful way. For me, my yoga practice will be a key focus to work back into my routine in the new year. What will it be for you?

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Can Yoga Improve Soldiers’ Mental Health?

Freitag, 13. November 2009

The shooting at the army base at Fort Hood that resulted in 13 lives lost and 30 people wounded was a tragedy that saddened the nation. But in the last year, the leaders at the base have been experimenting with new ways–including yoga–to help soldiers deal with the stress and pressure that comes with their jobs. In the aftermath of the shooting, they hope the “resiliency campus,” which in a huge facility that offers programs like yoga, aromatherapy, and video games with traditional counseling,  will help troops recover from the tragedy, reported the Wall Street Journal . “The campus … is designed to impart a new army philosophy focused on nurturing soldiers’ body, mind and spirit,” Brigadier General William Grimsley told the Wall Street Journal . “It marks a radical shift from the philosophy under which the army operated for years.” As a yoga student, I feel like any shift toward nurturing “body, mind and spirit” is a good one. What do you think?

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Yoga Helps Kids with Cancer and ADHD

Montag, 2. November 2009

Good Morning America recently featured yoga as an effective therapy for kids dealing with with both cancer and ADHD . Though no one knows exactly why yoga is an effective treatment, says the report, but it might have something to do with how yoga helps the brain regulate the stress hormone cortisol. Watch the video here , and please share your healing yoga stories by commenting below.

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