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• Friday Q&A: Can You Help Us?

  

  Hidden by Melina MezaQ: Baxter and I would very much like to write a book on “Yoga for Healthy Aging” in the near future. And we’re betting that a lot of you... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2014 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING

• Tension Headaches and Yoga

  

  by BaxterLet me start off today’s post by personally wishing you all a Happy New Year! We are seven days into 2014 already, and Nina and I are excited to... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2014 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING

• Starting to Move Again

  

  by NinaRecently Shari and I wrote a post recommending a sequence to someone who had lost confidence in her body after a fall (see Regaining Stability—for Free! Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2014 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING

• Featured Sequence: Gentle All-Around Practice

  

  by NinaThis short sequence is designed for anyone who wants to get started with a short, gentle home yoga practice. This sequence is a great complement to our... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2014 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING

• Overcoming Addiction Through Yoga and Meditation

  

  by RamRed by Melina MezaAddiction is a continued repetition of a behavior or practice or action despite adverse consequences that is beyond voluntary control. Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2014 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING

• Acute Orthopedic Injuries

  

  by ShariIn my role as a physical therapist and yoga instructor, I see lots of clients and yoga students who have experienced both acute and chronic orthopedic... Read more

  Posted on 06 January 2014 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING

• Sadhana Sundays with Baxter and Timothy

  

  by NinaJust a quick announcement that Yoga U will be hosting an interview with Baxter Bell called “Yoga And Healthy Aging: The Evidence And The Promise” this... Read more

  Posted on 27 December 2013 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING

• To the Ears of Babes

  

  by BaxterLelu by Melina MezaSometimes the sweetest things can happen during a yoga class. Recently, one of my students sent a description of something that... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2013 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING

• Meditation: Effects on Gene Expression

  

  by RamYoga for Healthy Aging authors have written extensively on the power of meditation (dhyana) and its beneficial effects on so many aspects of life,... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2013 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING

• Friday Q&A: Bronchitis and Yoga

  

  Q: Every year I seem to get a couple of months of chronic bronchitis. I have a regular gentle yoga practice, am 63, and am frustrated that when I get a winter... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2013 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING

• In Praise of Gomukhasana (Cow-Face Pose)

  

  by NinaBecause this is turning out to be the almost all-Nina week (don’t worry, all the other regulars will be back soon), I thought today I’d just share with... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2013 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING

• Doing Yoga Without

  

  by NinaYesterday I wrote Cheating at Yoga? about props and how we here at YFHA staff feel it is wise to use them to adapt poses to your body type and/or physica... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2013 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING

• Cheating at Yoga?

  

  by NinaAs I wrote in my post Practicing With Pain, sometimes we get a question from a reader that leaves me feeling sad. This one, from a reader who was... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2013 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING

• Taking Back the "Yoga Body"!

  

  by NinaAre you familiar with the term “yoga body?” What does it mean to you? Unfortunately, for many people, this term connotes a young, slender, super-bendy... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2013 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING

• Friday Q&A: Yoga for Swelling in the Legs (Edema)

  

  Q: I teach a gentle/restorative class on Wednesday evenings and a couple of weeks ago I had a lady come to class who has edema only in her right leg. Read more

  Posted on 13 December 2013 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING

• Yoga for Heart Conditions

  

  by ShariOne of the workshops I teach regularly with my colleague Bonnie Maeda is Yoga for Heart Conditions. Bonnie and I believe that yoga can be so effective... Read more

  Posted on 12 December 2013 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING

• Depression Accelerates Unhealthy Aging

  

  by Ramby Melina MezaIn the Sadhana Pada of the Yoga Sutras by Patanjali we are introduced to the eight rungs/limbs/steps of yoga, whose practice helps us develo... Read more

  Posted on 11 December 2013 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING

• Free Download of the Book “Yoga: The Art of Transformation”

  

  by NinaI received an early holiday gift today that I’d like to pass on to you! Some of you may have already heard about the fascinating exhibit at the... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2013 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING

• Regaining Stability—for Free!

  

  by Nina (with Shari) Many of our readers are already practicing yoga and are taking regular yoga classes. Last week’s Friday Q A: Ostepenia of the Spine and... Read more

  Posted on 09 December 2013 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING

• Friday Q&A: Ostepenia of the Spine and Headstand

  

  Q: I am 63 years old and have osteopenia of the spine. What are you thoughts of headstand for those of us with osteopenia of the spine? I have taken yoga for... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2013 FITNESS, HEALTH, HEALTHY LIVING