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6 Tips For Improving Balance and Preventing Falls
Falls are no laughing matter, especially if you’ve been diagnosed with osteoporosis. About 1 in 3 women and 1 in 5 men over the age of 50 will suffer at least one osteoporotic fracture. Here are six (6) tips to help you balance better.
Yoga at Home: A Beginner’s Guide to Starting a Home Yoga Practice
You’ve set up your home yoga space, so now what? To help you stay motivated and know what to do once you arrive on your mat, here are eight (8) tips for getting started.
Home, Sweet Yoga-at-Home
Setting up a dedicated place for a home practice will help motivate you to add yoga to your daily routine. If you haven’t already created a corner in your house for your home yoga practice, here are some ideas to get you started.
Why Start a Home Yoga Practice?
If you regularly read the blog or attend my classes, you know I am constantly sharing what the latest research is revealing about how yoga and meditation positively influence our bodies and minds. So, if you are already feeling the benefits from taking a weekly class, why start a home practice?
A 15-Minute Happy Back Practice
End of the day and your back is killing you. Sound familiar? No matter the underlying cause of your back pain, dehydration of the discs between the vertebrae can worsen pain. Try this 15-minute Happy Back Practice to rehydrate and soothe your aching back.
Drink Up for Spinal Health
Water plays many roles in our bodies, including maintaining electrolyte balance and blood pressure, lubricating joints, regulating body temperature, and promoting cell health. In fact, our bodies are about 70% water, so consuming adequate water daily is essential for optimal health. What you might not know, though, is that water is also critical to the functioning of our spines.
4 Simple Poses for Better Posture
As we get older, poor postural habits can have a domino-effect on our entire bodies stressing joints as well as internal organs of the heart, lungs and digestive tract. Quite often, pain or injury stems from postural imbalances. That is why improving your posture, strength and mobility can help you move more freely with less pain and stiffness. Fortunately, it is never too late to improve your posture.
Yoga and Our Aging Brains
Our brains, like the rest of our bodies, change as we grow older. Happily, research increasingly reveals how yoga serves to bolster parts of the brain most affected by aging.
6 Reasons to Practice Yoga to Relieve Arthritis Pain
While there are many kinds of physical activities in which arthritis sufferers can engage, yoga is a safe, gentle and effective way to increase physical activity. Numerous studies confirm that in addition to lessening pain and improving function and mobility, yoga provides important psychological benefits. Here are six (6) reasons to practice yoga if you have arthritis.
Ode to Silence: 7 Benefits for Mind and Body
Let’s face it, life is noisy! We’ve become so inured to noise that, when we do encounter silence, we’re often uncomfortable. But silence has numerous benefits for both our minds and bodies.
The Science of Grounding
Yoga teachers (myself included) often talk about grounding. While it may seem like yoga mumble-jumble, increasingly scientists are studying the benefits of grounding for health. Here are four ways to incorporate the practice grounding into your daily life.