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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Featured Pose: Warrior 3 (Virabradrasana 3)

by Baxter and Nina Warrior 3 challenges your balance very differently than many other balance poses, as you need to resist gravity to keep your body parallel with the floor. Balancing in Warrior 3 is not only a bit more difficult, but it also takes more strength and energy to...

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Free-cycling vs. Recycling Books on Aging

by NinaIn my neighborhood, we�re big into free-cycling. For those of you who don�t know what that means, for us in Berkeley free-cycling means putting things you no longer want or can�t use�clothes, household goods, knickknacks, books, CDs, furniture, etc.�on the sidewalk so...

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Video of the Week: Dynamic Standing Forward Bend (Forward Fold)

This mini vinyasa combines Mountain Pose, Arms Overhead Pose, and Standing Forward Bend (aka Forward Fold). This sequence warms up your spine as it stretches and strengthens your legs and shoulders. Before practicing, watch it once through to see both arm variations.Subscribe to Yoga for Healthy Aging by Email � Follow Yoga for Healthy Aging on...

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Help Wanted: Shari Ser Needs an Assistant!

by NinaFrequent contributor to our blog, Shari Ser, who is both a physical therapist and a long-time yoga teacher, needs an assistant for her Yoga for Health class at the Berkeley Yoga Room, on Tuesdays, 3�4:15 pm. Her teaching partner, Bonnie Maeda, had to take a leave of...

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How Yoga Fosters Respiratory System Health

by NinaBig Sur Clouds by Melina MezaIn our post 6 Strategies for Using Yoga to Help with Medical Problems, Baxter and I identified six basic strategies that you can use on their own or in combination to address a wide variety of medical conditions. Today I�m going to conclude...

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Frozen Shoulder, Part 2

by BaxterAnatomical Studies of the Shoulder by Leonardo da VinciFor those of you out there who might have missed Nina�s original post on frozen shoulder from a while back (see Yoga and Menopause: Frozen Shoulder), I�d highly recommend it. And while Nina rightly points out a...

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SOS for Mental Distress

by BethFire Rescue by Norman Rockwell*My latest episode of mental distress started last spring. In spite of eight hours of sleep a night and eating healthy 90% of the time, I felt tired, irritated, and mentally fogged. My digestion was off and I was experiencing road �irritation�...

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The Ill Effects of Prolonged Sitting

by RamPaul Writing by Camille PissarroWe live in a hyper-competitive world, where most of us work at stressful, sedentary jobs. In fact, nearly 86 percent of American workers sit all day at their jobs. Furthermore, accumulating evidence suggests that we spend a majority of our...

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