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25-Jan-2012
Babies' Breath
Relax into Child's Pose
It’s a natural thing to breathe like a newborn…from your very first breath, you knew the proper way to inhale...
11-Jan-2012
Rock Your World
The Benefits of Bow Pose
Stress got you tied up in knots? Get some help with bow pose—a posture that really rocks.
15-Dec-2011
Fueling the Fire
Warming Yogic Tips
Trying to stay warm this winter? You could snuggle all day under a blanket or wear several layers of clothing...
01-Dec-2011
Purple Pleasures
Lavender's Many Uses
The color of lavender alone can set you to dreaming. What is it about this luscious, yet common, plant...
17-Nov-2011
Thumbs Up
Taming the Eager Ego
Have you ever wondered about the ritual of giving a “thumbs up?” Ever since humans developed...
15-Nov-2011
Sole Stories
Walk Your Talk Flip Flops - A Dedicated Email
In the history of footwear, the humble flip flop has been around almost as long as humankind has walked...
03-Nov-2011
Easy Does It
Sukhasana for Yogis
It’s the foundational posture for yoga…but you might not know all about this wonderful pose. It’s called Sukhasana...
20-Oct-2011
Rub a Dub
Yogurt in the Tub
Yogurt, made from cultured milk, has long been considered a wonder food and a staple of many...
09-Oct-2011
Getting to the Point
Acupressure for Motion Sickness
Suffer from motion sickness? Try a bit of acupressure for nausea, morning sickness and travel sickness.
29-Sep-2011
Germ-Fighting Yoga
Kriya for Disease Resistance
Be your body’s own best friend by getting your glands and digestion in tip-top shape to ward off bacteria, viruses and...
15-Sep-2011
Shrug It Off
Shoulder-Saver Exercises
Atlas carried the world on his shoulders, but you don’t have to. Between daily stress and hunching over computers...
04-Sep-2011
Serpent Wisdom
Get Into Cobra Pose
Yogis wisely watched the creatures of the earth to learn about proper alignment of body and spirit. As a healthy spine...
21-Aug-2011
Simmer Down
Cooling Yogic Breath
Is it hot enough for you? If so, cool yourself down with some simple yogic breathing techniques. Here’s a good one...
07-Aug-2011
Exercise Choice
Jazz Up Your Workout
In the 1950s, we moved our hips with hula hoops, in the 80’s we pulled on leg warmers and bounced to an aerobic beat.
02-Aug-2011
Tap Into Energy
Shiva Rea's A.M. Energy - A Dedicated Email
What’s the best way to tap into your flow and begin your day feeling healthy, vibrant, and focused? Yoga, of course!
17-Jul-2011
Flex Ability
Cat Cow Pose
Yogis teach that a flexible spine is the key to youth and health. One great yoga posture for women (and men) to do every day is Cat Cow Pose.
03-Jul-2011
Stick Out Your Tongue
Yogic Breath Freshener
As a child, you might have been told to “mind your tongue.” As it turns out, paying attention to this under-appreciated organ...
16-Jun-2011
Play It Up
Recapture Your Youth
Remember your favorite childhood games? Tag you’re It! Red Rover, Red Rover. Hide and Seek. Unless you have young children...
02-Jun-2011
Don't Be a Heel
Care for Your Soles
Your feet are your foundation. Your heels, especially, take on a major part of the load. Being at the bottom of the totem pole...
19-May-2011
Urban Battle Plan
Yoga to the Rescue
Curses…foiled again. Some days things just don’t go your way. You get cut off in traffic, spill coffee on your new...
08-May-2011
Yoga for the Jet Set
Fitness While Flying
The season of travel is just around the corner, bringing fun and adventure. However, if you’re not looking forward...
28-Apr-2011
The Ears Have It
Hands-On Ear Massage
The shape of your ear forms a perfect replica of your body as an infant in a fetal position. Your earlobe connects to...
17-Apr-2011
Saunter with Spirit
The Art of Walking
Thoreau taught that walking for one’s soul takes genius. Sauntering through a beautiful countryside...
05-Apr-2011
Spread Your Wings
Tai Chi Workout Wisdom - A Dedicated Email
Like a white crane, practitioners of Tai Chi and Qi Gong have spread their wings and enjoyed centuries of benefits...
03-Apr-2011
Your Nose Knows
Alternate Nostril Breathing
Did you know your nostrils play a key role in balancing your brain? According to yogic science (and recent medical studies)...
24-Mar-2011
I Wanna Hold My Hand
Shuni Mudra for Discipline
If you have ever made the peace or victory sign (index and middle fingers representing a V) you are practicing the ancient art of mudra.
10-Mar-2011
Stop and Listen
Tune in to Your Inner Voice
When you were a kid, your parents told you to “Stop, Look and Listen” before you crossed the street.
17-Feb-2011
Breath and Mantra
Meditation for Empowerment
Nothing is more effective for self-empowerment than combining your own breath rhythms with a positive affirmation (mantra).
15-Feb-2011
Yoga Among the Ruins
Heart Blasting Fusion in the Yucatan - A Dedicated Email
In the ancient Nahuatl language, Yucatan (or Yokatl’n) means “place of richness.” Experiencing its unparalleled natural...
23-Jan-2011
Nurture Your Nose
Neti Pot 101
Between winter’s cold air and the allergies of spring and summer your sinuses can take a beating. Not to worry…
13-Jan-2011
Eyes on the Prize
Strengthen Your Vision
Your sense of sight is your window to the world. Through your eyes you experience almost half the information...
02-Jan-2011
Hands Down
Reach for the Earth
Consider this -- in one of those curious, counter-intuitive twists, the ancient yogis said that a human’s connection...
16-Dec-2010
Sofa Yoga
Sit and Stretch
The next time you’re sitting in front of the television after a hard day of work, add some sofa yoga to help melt away the residual tension from the day.
09-Dec-2010
Be Still My Heart
Breathe into Quiet
These days it’s not enough just to sit down for a moment to take a breather. In a restaurant, at the office, even in your own home, information...
25-Nov-2010
Core Secrets
Strength in Small Packages
Who’s got your back? You do! Don’t underestimate the power of a strong body core to help ward off lower back pain and injury.
11-Nov-2010
Roll Out Pain
Trigger Point Relief
We've all had nagging muscle pain in the low back, legs and shoulders. Over time, due to stress or injury, these spots can cause “trigger points”...
09-Nov-2010
Breathe Into Joy
Radiant You Day - A Dedicated Email
Your breath is the energy of life and the source of your radiance and health. Stress, fatigue, and disease can...
28-Oct-2010
Stick Out Your Neck
Neck-Strengthening Exercise
Ever felt like you’re carrying a heavy weight on your shoulders? No wonder--your head weighs 8 to12 pounds...
14-Oct-2010
Saving Face
Wash Your Window
Your face is your grace. As your window to the world, your face telegraphs what’s going on inside of you.
30-Sep-2010
Nudge Your Navel
Strengthen the Solar Plexus
Seasons change, bringing adjustments to the body’s chemistry. Your body knows how to prepare for these changes by...
16-Sep-2010
Barefoot in the Grass
Take it to the Lawn
There’s nothing like walking barefoot on a cool patch of green grass. That’s because your feet are the endpoints for. . .
02-Sep-2010
The Seal of Wisdom
Gyan Mudra
The most common mudra practice in all of yoga is Gyan Mudra. Generally speaking, in the break between postures -
19-Aug-2010
Lie Down Power Up
Ten Minutes to Greatness
You’re a valuable person at home and in the workplace. Others depend on you. Others depend on you.
10-Aug-2010
Heart Felt
The Art of Wool
The ancient art of felting wool has existed for as long as yogic and meditation practices.
29-Jul-2010
Chin In Chest Out
Yogic Chin Lock
Very often, if not always, yoga has an emphatic focus on the movement of the spine.
18-Jul-2010
Dress for Success
The Impact of White
Ever notice that when people who live in equatorial climates dress up nicely, they usually wear white?
08-Jul-2010
The Wind and the Waters
Falling for Negative Ions
There is one luxury even the most severe ascetic yogi won’t pass up. A waterfall isn’t just beautiful.
29-Jun-2010
Doing What Mat-ters
Purification at All Levels - A Dedicated Email
Sauca --one of five “niyams,” or yogic rules, pertains to purification of your body temple. . .
27-Jun-2010
The Seventh Rib
Source of Your Creativity
In the Book of Genesis, God creates Eve from Adam’s rib. It’s a curious aspect of the story. . .
13-Jun-2010
As the Crow Flies
Eliminate Your Problems
If you eat three meals a day, you should move your bowels as much. If this is not the case . . .
20-May-2010
May Showers
Wash Your Hair the Yogi Way
Here in the West, as the summer approaches and the body begins to detox, its natural processes...
09-May-2010
Take a Walk
See the World at a Slower Pace
Rush, rush, go, go, speed of light, time’s a wastin’…Whoa! Take a breath and take a walk.
04-May-2010
Yoga in the Midnight Sun
Soak in the Heat of Mother Earth - A Dedicated Email
Iceland is in the news again and, as usual, the reason is volcanic. But one eruption is nothing . . .
25-Apr-2010
Oh Baby
Bundle Roll Your Infant
Swaddling, or what's called "bundle roll" in Yogic teachings, is an age old technique for helping create calm . . .
15-Apr-2010
Adore Those Adrenals
Cannon-fire Breath
Probably the most abused part of the American body are the adrenal glands.
30-Mar-2010
Healing on a Bed of Nails
Ancient Technology Redesigned - A Dedicated E-Mail
A precursor to acupressure is thought to be the Indian Bed of Nails, used by India’s Yogis for centuries.
21-Mar-2010
Tickle in the Throat
What Haven't You Said?
Where did that sore throat come from? And why did you have to wake up with it today?
07-Mar-2010
Own Your Aura
Lion's Claw Breath
It’s no longer the stuff of etheric New Age types. Science has concluded, by measuring the electromagnetic frequencies surrounding...
25-Feb-2010
Root for Yourself
Lock Into Your Core Identity
Wherever you are, in public or in private, in whatever social setting, you always have one . . .
07-Feb-2010
Bright and Early
Wake Up Stretches in Bed
Waking up can be hard to do. But between the moments you awake and when you get up to brush your teeth...
28-Jan-2010
Neutrality With Teeth
Benefits of a Wooden Comb
Hair instantly conveys a message for all to see. It indicates a state of mind, whether disheveled. . .
10-Jan-2010
Window to the Spine
Your Fountain of Youth
Those who study the bio-mechanics of the backbone say, “posture is the window to the spine.”
27-Dec-2009
Ride the Camel
Save Your Spine
The most common behavior that leads to spinal problems is an undue amount of sitting.
10-Dec-2009
School of Rock
Learn to Digest More Easily
Food is amazing. So its no wonder that, every once in a while, we have a little too much.
26-Nov-2009
Riddle of the Sphinx
How to Move Your "Dead Zone"
Physiologists who have studied the biomechanics of the spine call the tight little area between your shoulder blades...
15-Nov-2009
Washing Machine Pose
Do the Twist
One of the places in the body stress most often accumulates is the lower back. The discs between each vertebra act...
05-Nov-2009
Hop To It
Bouncing Into Bliss
How about this for a saying? "An ounce of bounce cures pounds of pounding!" You pound yourself constantly...
24-Oct-2009
Blanket Your Insides
The Surprising Spring of Winter Warmth
The idea of a cold shower is anathema in the West. In the realm of popular ideas, it is generally only thought of as...
11-Oct-2009
Whirled Peace
Do as the Dervishes
“Sufi Grind”, a simple exercise named for a peaceful, mystic sect of Islam, is a quick and easy way to bring your mind into focus...
08-Oct-2009
The Abracadabra Stretch
Make Your Headache Disappear
Most headaches are tension headaches, caused by decreased circulation to the head, and due to neck and shoulder strain.
27-Sep-2009
Hey-Hey Massage Your TMJ
A Simple Stress Buster
One of the most densely packed nerve centers in your entire body is your Temporal Mandibular Joint, the TMJ, your jaw-hinge.
20-Sep-2009
Be the Balloon
Are You a Paradoxical Breather?
Most of us don’t breathe right. That sounds incredible, since breathing is automatic.
07-Sep-2009
Sweet Relief
Take a Load Off
At the close of every yoga class is a period of deep relaxation. Lying on your back, you scan the body...
27-Aug-2009
3-2-1 Drift Off
Nurture Yourself to Sleep
Is there anything worse than watching the minutes and hours tick by...
26-Jul-2009
Love Thy Armpit
Make Your Immune System Smile
The armpit is more that just an aroma factory. There’s vital stuff tucked up there. Beneath the skin is the meeting place of the glandular system...
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