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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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Stand Your Ground with Muladhara (Root) Chakra
by BethIn part 1 of my series on the chakras, The Chakras: Guides on the Path, I offered an overview of how to view the chakras as guides on the path through... Read more
Posted on 16 November 2020 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING -
My Current Assessment of the New Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine
By Dr. Brad GibsonIt was quite a welcome surprise to learn that the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine (BNT162b1) is showing greater than 90% efficacy in... Read more
Posted on 13 November 2020 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING -
Anger is a Signal
by NinaSignal Series by Yuri ZlotnikovAlthough we tend to consider anger a “negative” emotion, it’s actually a healthy signal that alerts us to a potential... Read more
Posted on 11 November 2020 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING -
Interview with Charlotte Bell About Yoga, Mindfulness Meditation, and Breast...
by NinaBeautiful World by Rene MagritteI've been admiring Charlotte Bell, yoga teacher, author, and editor, from afar for quite a long time. Read more
Posted on 09 November 2020 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING -
Featured Video: A Gentle Yoga Class for a Week That is Less Than Gentle
by Bridget Wow, this week. Today is day 235 since we started sheltering in place here in the San Francisco Bay Area. Added to that, the time changed in the... Read more
Posted on 06 November 2020 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING -
Letting Go, Part 1: Practicing Detachment (Vairagya)
by Nina“Vairagya is a way of putting the gears of the mind into neutral, disengaging ourselves from the thoughts, feelings, and desires that normally hook our... Read more
Posted on 04 November 2020 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING -
The Future of Yoga is Us
by Jivana HeymanCrab Cannon by M.C. EscherRecent research reported has revealed that over the course of millions of years, five different animals have separate... Read more
Posted on 02 November 2020 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING -
Free Download: Barrie's Risman's "Guide to Home Yoga Practice"
by BridgetDo you have a home practice? I remember feeling daunted by the prospect of creating my own home practice. It seemed like such an enormous undertaking. Read more
Posted on 30 October 2020 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING -
A Threat Or An Opportunity?
by NinaUh, oh! I feel a rant coming on. It all started when a yoga person posted the above graphic with a question: Are you embracing the lockdown? Or... Read more
Posted on 28 October 2020 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING -
Dissolving Family-Related Anger with Yoga
by Charissa LoftisCalm and Free by Rockwell Kent“I.33 By cultivating an attitude of friendship toward those who are happy, compassion toward those in distress,... Read more
Posted on 26 October 2020 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING -
Featured Video: Walking Tips
by BridgetI don't know about you, but I've been walking more since shelter-in-place took effect here in the San Francisco Bay Area in March. Read more
Posted on 23 October 2020 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING -
Inward Practices for Screen-time Recovery
by BarrieQuiet pond in the park of Appeal by Gustav KlimtBy now, I realize it might be overstating the obvious to say that your mind and sensory awareness can... Read more
Posted on 21 October 2020 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING -
Interview with Anjali Rao About Breast Cancer, Yoga, and Social Activism
by NinaWhen I learned that Anjali Rao, a new friend of mine, had become a social activist after having breast cancer, I asked her for an interview . Read more
Posted on 19 October 2020 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING -
Yoga and Positive Psychology, Part 2: What is Happiness?
by Sandy The Happy Family by Pablo PicassoAs I discussed in my post Yoga and Positive Psychology, Part 1, for me, yoga has been a happiness practice. Read more
Posted on 16 October 2020 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING -
The Chakras: Guides on the Path
by BethPath in the Fog by Claude MonetMost of us have encountered the chakras at some point on our yoga journey. Some of us have solid knowledge of the origins... Read more
Posted on 14 October 2020 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING -
Exercise in a Pill?
by RamWhen I Drive a Flower Bicycle, I Will Have a Good Futureby Yu YouhanA daily physical exercise regimen is the secret to remaining physically and mentally... Read more
Posted on 12 October 2020 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING -
Anxiety, Yoga and Our Truth with Jivana Heyman and Amber Karnes
By BridgetLately I've been hearing from my students that they've been having trouble sleeping, and I've surely found myself wide awake at 3am a few times as... Read more
Posted on 09 October 2020 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING -
Heart Sutra
by LezaThe Heart of the Circus by Marc Chagall “You’re not supposed to have a cold,” a student said one night at the yoga studio.“Oh?” I replied, eyebrow... Read more
Posted on 07 October 2020 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING -
Grief and Yoga: An Interview with Bonnie Maeda, RN
by NinaNight of Love by Rene MagritteMany years ago, I did an interview with Bonnie Maeda, a hospice nurse and a yoga teacher about yoga for grief. Read more
Posted on 05 October 2020 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING -
Featured Video: Breath in the Time of the Coronavirus
by BridgetOne of my students periodically brings a copy of a newspaper article or a poem to class for me. Since class now meets on Zoom, last week he mailed me ... Read more
Posted on 02 October 2020 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING