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Yoga session keeps U.S. women’s team away from deadly shooti...

A fatal shooting (reportedly of a local gang leader, see update below) occurred in the restaurant of the Vancouver, B.C. hotel where the U.S. women's national team is staying for the CONCACAF Olympic qualifying tournament on Tuesday n [...]

Posted On : Jan, 19 2012 | Comments : 0

7 Ways Yoga Helps Women Battling Breast Cancer

7 Ways Yoga Helps Women Battling Breast Cancer

We all know yoga's great for us. It's able to get us in shape physically, mentally, and spiritually in a way few other kinds of exercise really can. But it turns out it's particularly beneficial for a specific group of women: [...]

Posted On : Jan, 04 2012 | Comments : 0

Yoga group offers micro-loans to Indian women

zBetter breathing, increased flexibility and reduced stress. Those are just a few of the benefits some yoga fans say they receive from the practice. Now, they are using the exercise as a way to give back to the country where it originated [...]

Posted On : Dec, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

Yoga may ease insomnia, menopause problems

Yoga may ease insomnia, menopause problems

A couple of yoga sessions a week could help ease sleep problems and other effects of menopause, a small study suggests. The study, reported in the journal Menopause, included postmenopausal women diagnosed with insomnia. “We are [...]

Posted On : Dec, 01 2011 | Comments : 0

'Yoga and meditation are the ways to spiritual enlightenment...

The second day of Virat Yog Sammelan at Ram Nagar started with full gusto by the people participating in the Yogabhyas Varg (aasan session). There were various lectures throughout the day by well-known speakers of yoga and holiness w [...]

Posted On : Nov, 29 2011 | Comments : 0

'Yoga and meditation are the ways to spiritual enlightenment...

The second day of Virat Yog Sammelan at Ram Nagar started with full gusto by the people participating in the Yogabhyas Varg (aasan session). There were various lectures throughout the day by well-known speakers of yoga and holiness wherea [...]

Posted On : Nov, 28 2011 | Comments : 0

Real men do yoga in the UAE

Real men do yoga in the UAE

"No, you won't have to stand on your head ... No chanting, no incense, no gurus," John Capouya boldly exclaims in the introduction to his best-selling guide book Real Men Do Yoga. "And no, it isn't a chick thing&quo [...]

Posted On : Nov, 21 2011 | Comments : 0

For Women, Sex May Be Improved by 'Mindfulness Meditation'

For Women, Sex May Be Improved by 'Mindfulness Meditation'

These kinds of anxious, self-judgmental thoughts often run through some women's minds as they have sex, experts say. But a new study says "mindfulness meditation" training — which teaches how to bring one's thought [...]

Posted On : Nov, 16 2011 | Comments : 0

Yoga an effective treatment for back pain, study finds

Yoga an effective treatment for back pain, study finds

Its fans claim it helps the body fight aches and pains through a range of stretches. But it would seem that the ancient practice of yoga really does work - and it could be even better than going to the doctor. Patients with a common form [...]

Posted On : Nov, 02 2011 | Comments : 0

Yoga May Help Low Back Pain. Mental Effects? Not So Much

Yoga May Help Low Back Pain. Mental Effects? Not So Much

A study believed to be the largest of its kind suggests that the physical aspects of yoga are effective at relieving low back pain, but it didn't find any evidence that yoga provided broader mental benefits. The study, funded by [...]

Posted On : Oct, 27 2011 | Comments : 0

Yoga can help women going through the menopause, study in In...

Women in the menopause experience a range of symptoms – for one in five they will be severe while a lucky three in five will suffer only mildly.  I’m talking about bloating, aches and pains, headaches, hot flushes, night [...]

Posted On : Oct, 24 2011 | Comments : 0

The Catholic experiment to make yoga popular

Efforts to take yoga to the masses is nothing new. But they remain largely restricted to trained instructors and camps. In a rare initiative here, benefits of the ancient discipline are being publicised in a school exhibition. A 6,000- [...]

Posted On : Oct, 17 2011 | Comments : 0

Feature film on women and yoga aims to shatter myth

If you've always thought yoga was just for thin, fit people, a new movie out on DVD wants to change your mind. "This movie is groundbreaking in that aspect, in that it brings the importance of yoga to everyone," said Tari Pr [...]

Posted On : Oct, 04 2011 | Comments : 0

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

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
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