Blogs Posts in Exercise category; 356 blog posts

GOOD FOR THE SOUL: Finding your centre

Some of them are harder than others but she always tells her students to be cautious. She takes her time to check that asanas are held correctly. Listen to your body, she says. Don't compete. If it hurts too much, don't do it. Thi [...]

Posted On : Feb, 20 2012 | Comments : 0

Yoga in the classroom

On any given day at Coconut Creek Elementary school in Florida, it's likely that you'll find the children in an unlikely position: downward dog. They lean on their hands with their bottoms in the air, swaying and breathing and cen [...]

Posted On : Feb, 16 2012 | Comments : 0

Yoga Can Be A Cardio Valentine To One's Own Heart

Beth Shaw, the creator of YogaFit training systems, the largest yoga fitness training school in the world, believes that yoga can help people expand themselves mentally and stay physically fit. "Yoga is good for our hearts becau [...]

Posted On : Feb, 13 2012 | Comments : 0

'Green' yoga teachers could kill

Over-eager "green" teachers are leading beginners to perform certain relatively advanced poses that can trigger lethal strokes if executed incorrectly. Exercises like the plough and shoulder stand require participants to "c [...]

Posted On : Feb, 08 2012 | Comments : 0

Insufferable Yoga Everywhere Trend Now Extends to Airports

Once upon a time, the airport was where you waited to take a plane to go somewhere. Now it's a place where you can make yourself at home, and live for years, if you're so inclined. In the old days, you might be hungry or thir [...]

Posted On : Feb, 07 2012 | Comments : 0

How to avoid yoga injuries

Suddenly yoga is on the outs. “For many people, a number of commonly taught yoga poses are inherently risky,’’ according to a new yoga-bashing book excerpted in The New York Times Magazine last month. The book’s au [...]

Posted On : Feb, 06 2012 | Comments : 0

Prevent yoga injuries: Avoid these 5 mistakes

Suddenly yoga is on the outs. “For many people, a number of commonly taught yoga poses are inherently risky,” according to a new yoga-bashing book excerpted in the New York Times Magazine last month. The book’s author, s [...]

Posted On : Feb, 03 2012 | Comments : 0

Travis County inmates offered yoga classes

Most of the 2,500 inmates at the Travis County Correctional Complex are awaiting trial. They've been charged with anything from a misdemeanor to capital murder, and moving through the court system can take months. In the meantime, [...]

Posted On : Jan, 30 2012 | Comments : 0

Want to de-stress with yoga? Get on the waiting list.

Students clamored for a spot in Christine Ojala’s one-credit yoga class this semester in the People’s Center Gym on West Bank. The class, offered through the Barbara Barker Center for Dance, filled quickly last semester, [...]

Posted On : Jan, 25 2012 | Comments : 0

Iyengar Yoga Reduces Persistent Fatigue in Breast Cancer Sur...

Up to 33% of breast cancer survivors are afflicted with symptoms of cancer-related persistent fatigue. Until recently, little has been discovered as a valid modality of treatment for reducing the fatigue and increasing the vigor among bre [...]

Posted On : Jan, 24 2012 | Comments : 0

Dr Dillner's health dilemmas: is yoga too dangerous for me?

Yoga, once the pastime of contemplative types, now comes in more varieties than ice-cream. All yoga has postures, relaxation and controlled breathing as core ingredients. But some schools emphasise power and strength and can include exerc [...]

Posted On : Jan, 23 2012 | Comments : 0

Indian students ignore fatwa for mass yoga session

NEW DELHI // Despite a fatwa issued by Muslim religious scholars against a mass yoga session, thousands of school pupils went ahead and performed the exercise yesterday. Three scholars from the state of Madhya Pradesh accuse [...]

Posted On : Jan, 15 2012 | Comments : 0

Simon Low, Goa

Simon Low is one of the founders of Tri-Yoga in London's Primose Hill and now runs the teacher-training Yoga Academy, both of which put him at the forefront of yoga teaching in the UK. A yoga teacher friend of mine described his train [...]

Posted On : Jan, 12 2012 | Comments : 0

Yoga won’t really wreck your body

If your social media streams look anything like mine, they’ve been dominated for days by “How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body,” a New York Times Magazine excerpt of a book by William J. Broad that is, as of this writing, still [...]