Search Results for 'Health'

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

Laughing your way to better health

Whether or not you’re in the mood to laugh, laughter yoga will crack you up – even those who prefer frowns to smiles will exercise their cheek muscles during a laughter yoga session. I had never done any type of yoga previous [...]

Posted On : Oct, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

Fitness: For men, yoga is a bit /health/of a stretch

Despite the popularity of yoga and its reputation as a good-for-you, feel-good type of workout, men have been slow to catch the bug. In fact, given a choice, most dudes will watch reruns of Sex and the City over sweating it out on a yoga [...]

Posted On : Sep, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

The longer you practise yoga, the happier and healthier you'...

When Nina Moliver decided to study the long-term health and wellness effects of yoga for her doctoral research in psychology, one of her professors offered some advice. “The yoga world doesn’t need more testimonials,” th [...]

Posted On : May, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

Yoga’s spiritual balance provides health benefits

People have been practising yoga for millennia to improve their strength, serenity and wellness, but its roots in ancient Indian philosophy have kept the exercise discipline firmly within the realm of alternative medicine. But a [...]

Posted On : Feb, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

Yoga boosts mind and body health

Practicing yoga is believed to be beneficial for individuals suffering from a broad variety of health problems such as back pain, chronic headaches, sleeplessness, obesity, neck aches, upset stomach, anxiety, depression and high blood pr [...]

Posted On : Jan, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

Popular Front of India conducted Health Awareness Programme

Mangalore: “Namaz is a good yoga for Muslims. If you observe it with full obedience to God, it would be a great yoga. All features of yoga are in the same” said president of Pathanjali Yoga Samithi Narayana Swami, who was spe [...]

Posted On : Nov, 28 2010 | Comments : 0

Hot 'n Healthy: Yoga

Like with muscles, our body/mind/spirit needs balance. Yoga is an excellent way to get there. Mindful exercise has been shown to reduce anxiety, symptoms of depression, and even blood pressure, while improving things like balance, coordi [...]

Posted On : Oct, 05 2010 | Comments : 0

Thai yoga massage at Welwyn Garden City health shop

However, I am being pinned down, stretched, twisted and stood on, while wearing unusual trousers, for a very good reason, and that is purely relaxation... oh, and to become more healthy. The therapy I tested out this week is Thai yoga ma [...]

Posted On : Sep, 19 2010 | Comments : 0

Yoga Mudras For A Healthy You!

Yoga Mudras are basically postures for the hands and fingers. We have about 4000 nerve endings at the tip of the fingers that are connected to different organs of the body and can influence, relax and bring about a balance in them. These [...]

Posted On : Jun, 26 2010 | Comments : 0

Yoga Energy: Mind Body Spirit Balance For Health

Fundamentally, the word "health" comes from the root word "whole." So what we call "feeling healthy" means that we have a sense of wholeness in us. Medically, a person may be free of diseases, but that is on [...]

Posted On : Jun, 15 2010 | Comments : 0

Yoga Health - 25 Reasons to Do Yoga

1. You noticed your shoulders creeping up toward your ears ... again. Yoga helps battle the physical, mental, and emotional signs of stress. 2. If you're going to procrastinate anyway, you might as well do it with yoga. Yoga is WAY m [...]

Posted On : Apr, 30 2010 | Comments : 0

Yoga - Business promotes health

Teledyne managers of sophisticated electronics production here want quality, security and healthy employees - facts of life for employees who on Thursday celebrated the latter without remarks about the former. Dozens of Teledyne employee [...]

Posted On : Apr, 22 2010 | Comments : 0

Yoga Health and Fitness

Yoga is a type of an exercise anyone can enjoy. It does not matter if you are a male or a female, old or young. Yoga is truly one of a kind for it contributes everything into one. For instance - yoga is known to decrease stress level [...]