How Yoga Helps Medical Conditions: Symptom Improvement

by Baxter (with Nina)Painted Composition Design for Medicineby Gustav KlimtLast week in my post How Yoga Helps with Medical Conditions: Prevention, I discussed how to use yoga for prevention. Today I�m going to focus on how you can use yoga to improve symptoms. To put it simply,...

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Desert Island Yoga Poses

by NinaThe other day I got an email from the manager of a web site for men (which shall remain nameless for now) asking me to recommend 3 to 5 poses that I thought men should practice every day. At first, I rebelled at the thought. As you know, we at Yoga for Healthy Aging recommend...

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Cannabinoids, Alzheimer's Disease, and Yoga

by RamThere�s some good news for people with Alzheimer�s disease (AD) and for those who are potential carriers of this disease! Researchers from the Salk Institute discovered that marijuana harbors several potent active compounds that clear the toxic amyloid protein that accumulates...

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How Much Physical Activity is Enough?

by NinaThe Walk by Vincent van GoughAfter reading all those posts by Ram and me (Sitting is the New Smoking, The Ill Effects of Prolonged Sitting (Part 2), The Ill Effects of Prolonged Sitting (Part 1)) about the dangers of being sedentary and/or inactive, you might be wondering...

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Video of the Week: Dynamic Powerful Pose (Utkatasana)

This dynamic pose strengthens your legs, hip, back, and arms, at the same time it opens your chest and shoulders.Subscribe to Yoga for Healthy Aging by Email � Follow Yoga for Healthy Aging on Facebook � Join this site with Google Friend Conn...

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How Yoga Helps with Medical Conditions: Prevention

by Baxter (with Nina)Hygieia by Gustav KlimtIn our post 5 Ways Yoga Can Affect Your Health from a while back, I identified six ways that yoga helps with your health. And although that way of framing how yoga supports good health is still accurate, Nina and I recently realized...

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Sitting is the New Smoking

by NinaWoman Smoking by Kitagawa Utamaro�Being out of shape could be more harmful to health and longevity than most people expect, according to a new, long-term study of middle-aged men. The study finds that poor physical fitness may be second only to smoking as a risk factor...

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