Yoga Articles

Yo g a P l u s B a n d s There are many reasons why yoga is now so popular. Chief among them are the needs and desires of an aging population seeking a more holistic approach to exercise. Fitness consumers are starting to feel the stress and bodily damage inflicted by years of high-impact workouts. Baby boomers are waking up each morning with new aches and pains, especially in their joints and low...

B y S ue Hollingshead YOGA Why this ancient discipline has become the latest cross-training tool to enhance athletic performance and reduce the risk of injury. for Sports Per formance Just a few years ago, fitness enthusiasts had few options if they wanted to try out a yoga class. Today, yoga is a mainstay on the program schedules of most health clubs, personal training studios, YMCAs and corpor...

exercise BY BARON BAPTISTE epetitive sports training, long hours of sitting at work, the activities of daily living or just a sedentary lifestyle. . . . All these can cause our bodies to become structurally and muscularly imbalanced. If chronic strain and imbalance continue unopposed, the body's systems start to break down and injuries begin to pile up. As the saying goes, "If you do what you did...

As Americans become increasingly interested in the preventive and therapeutic benefits of alternative and complementary medicine, researchers are responding by attempting to quantify the role of yoga in the treatment and prevention of specific diseases and health conditions. <...

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Yoga for kids is exploding in popularity and gaining acceptance in schools. An ongoing survey on the state of “youth yoga” finds that kids’ yoga is taught in community centers, yoga studios, private and public schools, and after-school programs throughout the U.S. ...

Good news for sufferers of hot flashes and night sweats. Peri- and postmenopausal women who practice yoga increase flexibility and improve their quality of life, according to a study conducted at Richard Stockton College of New Jersey in Pomona (52nd Annual Meeting of the America...

Practicing Iyengar yoga helps people with low-back pain, according to a preliminary study published in Pain (2005; 115, 107–17). Low-back pain affects 70%–85% of North American adults at some point during their lifetime. Of the Americans who practice yoga, 21% ...