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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

Stretch and bend to mend a broken heart

We're in the midst of a yoga boom -- wherever you turn these days you're likely to see classes advertised for Bikram or Iyengar and everything in between. Its selling point has mainly been the ability to promote a sense of well [...]

Posted On : Aug, 23 2011 | Comments : 0

Yoga May Reduce the Risk of Irregular Heartbeat

Individuals who practice yoga may be able to reduce their risk of developing atrial fibrillation, also known as irregular heartbeat, which has been shown to cause strokes, according to a recent article published by Reuters. The news [...]

Posted On : Apr, 07 2011 | Comments : 0

Yoga and your heart

We think of yoga as a way to get fit and flexible, but now some researchers believe it may help control abnormal heart rhythms. The abnormal heart rhythm is called atrial fibrillation, or a fib for short. It often feels like palpitations [...]

Posted On : Apr, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

Yoga forces your heart to rise to the occasion

February is heart month and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada is out in full force raising awareness about strategies to prevent and manage heart disease and stroke - two serious diseases that cut Canadian lives short. Last [...]

Posted On : Feb, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

Yoga for body, heart and soul for seniors

Greet the new year with flexibility and release from tension! Research has conclusively shown that yoga is excellent not only for relieving stress, often lessening pain, but also goes to the root of problem areas by enhancing health and [...]

Posted On : Jan, 05 2011 | Comments : 0

Heart Yoga

In Heart Yoga, renowned spiritual writer and Sacred Activist Andrew Harvey and longtime yoga teacher Karuna Erickson present a vision of hatha yoga practice that links ancient spiritual traditions to contemporary life. Including exce [...]

Posted On : Jul, 06 2010 | Comments : 0

Yoga that touches the heart

What a flower has in common with yoga is anyone's guess. That's until you meet Frenchman Gilles Chuyen and experience a class of 'Flower Yoga' conducted by him. "The class doesn't have a rigid structure and is no [...]

Posted On : Mar, 17 2010 | Comments : 1

Yoga boosts heart health

According to the researchers at IIT-Roorkee in Uttarakhand, heart rate variability, a sign of a healthy heart, has been shown to be higher in yoga practitioners than in non-practitioners. Ramesh Kumar Sunkaria, Vinod Kumar and Suresh Chandr [...]

Posted On : Nov, 12 2009 | Comments : 0

Yoga promotes hearts health

New York, November 11 A new study finds that regularly practicing yoga, the traditional art involving physical and mental exercises, may help in keeping the heart healthy by regulating its beat. Findings of the study suggest that yogi [...]