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Yoga for Healthy Aging
http://yogaforhealthyaging.blogspot.com/
Advice, information, and conversation about both aging and yoga, and how yoga can foster healthy aging. Regular contributors include two MDs (Dr. Baxter Bell and Dr. Timothy McCall), two PhDs, a physical therapist, and a professional yoga writer, all of whom have experience as yoga practitioners (and most as yoga teachers as well).
LATEST ARTICLES ( 1580 )
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The Importance of Friendship
by RamThe Two Friends by Toulouse-LautrecTrue friendship is a unique relationship in the world that binds two or more people forever, irrespective of their... Read more
Posted on 09 November 2016 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING -
Full Catastrophe Sun Saluations
by BethRising Sun by Paul Klee“So many tangles in life are ultimately hopeless that we have no appropriate sword other than laughter.” —Gordon W. Read more
Posted on 08 November 2016 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING -
Video of the Week: Sun Salutation with Upward-Facing Dog Pose
This week's video provides a demonstration of the classic Sun Salutation with the more challenging Upward-Facing Dog pose rather than Cobra pose. Read more
Posted on 07 November 2016 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING -
Friday Fun: An 80-Year-Old Model Reshapes China’s Views on Aging
by NinaHaha, I saw this wonderful photo and fun article An 80-Year-Old Model Reshapes China’s Views on Aging in the New York Times this morning. So I just... Read more
Posted on 04 November 2016 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING -
The Power of Pranayama: Debbie's Story
by BaxterCloud Study by John ConstableDuring a recent Yoga for Healthy Aging weekend workshop, one of the participants, yoga teacher Debbie Cabusas, alluded to... Read more
Posted on 03 November 2016 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING -
My Recent Thoughts About Quieting the Mind
by NinaMeditative Rose by Salvador Dali*“By watching my mind for so many years now, I’ve befriended impermanence and change. Stability in anything except... Read more
Posted on 02 November 2016 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING -
Comfort with Uncertainty
by Nina RookWater Lily Pond by Claude Monet “And they all lived happily ever after.” First, a confession. I have had a remarkably fortunate and untroubled... Read more
Posted on 01 November 2016 SELF EXPRESSION -
Video of the Week: Dynamic Widespread Standing Forward Bend
This mini vinyasa stretches your hamstrings, hips and lower back on the way in, and strengthen those areas on the way out. It also stretches your inner thigh... Read more
Posted on 31 October 2016 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING -
Help Wanted: Stories About Real People and Real Yoga
by NinaA Lady Writing by Johannes VermeerWant to help us out? I’m nearing the end of my work on the Yoga for Healthy Aging book, but I’m still looking for a... Read more
Posted on 28 October 2016 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING -
Yoga for Occasional Constipation
by BethNervous People Eating By Ernst Ludwig KirchnerFortunately for me, my digestive health takes after my mother’s, daily bowel movements first thing in the... Read more
Posted on 27 October 2016 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING -
The Path of Karma Yoga (Selfless Service)
by RamRed Lotus by Marie Lossky (@Marie.Lossky on Instagram)The underlying principle of yoga philosophy is the well‐being of an individual at the level of body... Read more
Posted on 26 October 2016 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING -
Gandhi and the Bhagavad Gita
by Nina Fishing by Torchlight in Kai Province, From Oceans of Wisdom by HokusaiIn this wisdom, a man goes beyond what is well done and what is not well done.... Read more
Posted on 25 October 2016 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING -
Video of the Week: Dynamic Upward-Facing Dog Pose
This dynamic sequence strengthens and stretches both the front and back of your body, while energizing your body and mind. Watch the video once through to make... Read more
Posted on 24 October 2016 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING -
When I Have Nothing
by NinaMorning by Edvard MunchWhen I first started this blog with Baxter and Brad over five years ago, I made a commitment to our readers and myself that, excep... Read more
Posted on 21 October 2016 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING -
Putting the Wisdom of Yoga into Practice
by NinaFlower Garden by Gustav KlimtAs a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a... Read more
Posted on 20 October 2016 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING -
Maria's Story: The Power of Yoga for Healing
by BethMaria Mendola, Age 57Maria Mendola and I are senior faculty in Joseph LePage’s Integrative Yoga Therapy program. Maria teaches Applied Kinesiology and I... Read more
Posted on 19 October 2016 FITNESS, HEALTHY LIVING -
Healing from Injury with Yoga
by Ramona PittmanRamona Pittman, Age 56A lifelong commitment to health is central to who I am. Yes, I mean that in relation to my own health, but also in... Read more
Posted on 18 October 2016 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING -
Video of the Week: Sun Salutations
Baxter's version of the classic Sun Salutation, with Cobra instead of Upward-Facing Dog pose.Subscribe to Yoga for Healthy Aging by Email ° Follow Yoga for... Read more
Posted on 17 October 2016 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING -
Brain Aging and Cognition
by RamPatti Martin, Age 60As we age, we experience physiological changes that affects brain structure and function that includes memory losses among others. Read more
Posted on 14 October 2016 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING -
Case Study: Yoga and Pain Management
by BaxterOpening by Melina MezaChronic pain is usually defined as any pain that has been present for more than three months. Once it has been present for that... Read more
Posted on 13 October 2016 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING