Search Results for 'Yoga'

Yoga and your health: uniting mind, body and spirit

Yoga was first practiced by Hindus in India more than 5,000 years ago. It is a mind-body exercise that combines spiritual traditions with physical movements. These movements, known as "postures," involve deep stretching and medita [...]

Posted On : Oct, 10 2009 | Comments : 0

Shtetl meets ashram in 'Yiddish Yoga'

A generation ago there was no way a book like “Yiddish Yoga” could have found a publisher, which is just one more reason to appreciate it now. Subtitled “Ruthie’s Adventures in Love, Loss and the Lotus Position,&rdq [...]

Posted On : Oct, 09 2009 | Comments : 0

Yoga for a cause

A unique fundraiser is combining yoga, mediation and reaching out to the community. The special day-long event will support the McGarry girls and Dignity House of Perth Hospice. Set for Sunday, Oct. 18 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Family H [...]

Posted On : Oct, 08 2009 | Comments : 0

Yoga for dowager's bump

Yoga could decrease the age-related curve of the upper spine known as dowager’s bump or hyperkyphosis. The spine in the chest region is normally kyphotic, or curved slightly with the concave side in front. Hyperkyphosis refers [...]

Posted On : Oct, 07 2009 | Comments : 0

Yoga instructor's first thought after diagnosis was 'not now...

Kim Carter said she never wondered “Why me?” or lamented “Woe is me” after being diagnosed with breast cancer in March 2009. Her repeated thought was this: “I don’t have time to be sick right now.” [...]

Posted On : Oct, 06 2009 | Comments : 0

Yoga may decrease age-related dowager's hump

Are you at risk for dowager's hump? Findings from a small study suggest you may want to try yoga to decrease this age-related curve of the upper spine. Among a group of elderly study participants, those who did yoga for six months saw thei [...]

Posted On : Oct, 05 2009 | Comments : 0

Indian guru brings yoga to tiny Scottish island

India's top television yoga guru drew hundreds of followers to a tiny Scottish island, turning it into an unlikely pilgrim centre in the windswept Firth of Clyde. Swami Ramdev, who has a wide following among millions of middle-class Hindus, [...]

Posted On : Oct, 02 2009 | Comments : 0

Yoga freaks may be toned but they're not spiritually superio...

I cannot stand gym bunnies. Those self-centred women who hare off to the 'lifestyle spa' (haven for superbugs) in their lunch 'hour' (they always take far longer) clutching sports bags, a smug look on their prematurely ageing faces (too muc [...]

Posted On : Oct, 01 2009 | Comments : 0

Yoga, fitness cement wellness theme at Westport plaza

The owner of a Westport shopping center is hoping that a focus on health and wellness will continue to grow as the Post Road facility adds yoga and fitness to its offerings. Westport Yoga will lease 9,276 square feet at 1200 Post Road E., a [...]

Posted On : Sep, 29 2009 | Comments : 0

Yoga guru Swami Ramdev turns Little Cumbrae into Peace Islan...

It is just a rocky little island off the Scottish west coast, with nothing to distinguish it except for the remains of a 13th century keep. But yesterday Little Cumbrae became a centre for pilgrimage, its status elevated to that of the Hima [...]

Posted On : Sep, 28 2009 | Comments : 1

BodyNetix makes room for hot yoga and Pilates

BodyNetix, one of the Comox Valley's hottest new businesses, is about to get even hotter. The Valley's 2008 New Business of the Year is renovating its Courtenay fitness studio to make room for, among other things, a brand new 93-square metr [...]

Posted On : Sep, 26 2009 | Comments : 0

Yin yoga yang-style's less aggressive counterpart

From Los Angeles to London, so-called yin yoga is increasingly being taught at studio classes and yoga retreats, not to mention via books and DVDs. The power or "yang-styled" yoga forms so popular in the West -- with their fast [...]

Posted On : Sep, 19 2009 | Comments : 0

Nano Yoga paves way to spiritual bliss

Ghantali Mitra Mandal organised a talk show on the unique technique of Nano Bio Psycho Technology and Yoga. The partiticipant speakers included the best names from the field - Dr Shriram Agashe, Yogacharya Shrikrishna Vyavahare, Dr Shriram [...]

Posted On : Sep, 18 2009 | Comments : 0

Yoga Fashion: Sleeveless Tops and Workout Shorts That Dont B...

A yoga-related question came down the Facebook transom the other day. “Dear Neal,” it read. “I’ve been practicing yoga several days a week and enjoying it, but I’m starting to get annoyed by my baggy T-shirts f [...]