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10 Reasons to Try Yoga: Stress Reduction, Pain Relief, Better Breathing are just a few benefits.

Apr 29, 2011 12:40PM

Stress Reduction ~ By encouraging relaxation, yoga practice can lower levels of the stress hormone cortisol in the body. Related reported benefits include lowered blood pressure and heart rate, and a reduction in the symptoms of anxiety, depression, fatigue, asthma and insomnia.

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Movement as Medicine: A Universal Antidote to Aging

Apr 14, 2011 06:51PM ● By Katy Bowman

Have you ever compared the benefits of a walk around the park with taking an anti-inflammatory medication? How about correlating a game of hopscotch with high bone density? Many of us are very compliant when following a drug, herbal or vitamin prescription, but when our health care practitioner recommends exercise as a treatment, we too often accept that information with a shrug. It just doesn’t seem as critical. Yet, just as chemicals may affect specific body tissues, so do different machines, movements and modes of exercise.

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Cure for High Heel Hangover: Ease your aching feet with the right exercises, stretches and footwear.

Apr 14, 2011 06:14PM

Would we keep wearing a hat that gave us a headache or a belt that fractured our ribs? The answer is, probably not. Yet, most of us wear shoes that have multiple negative impacts on the health of our entire body. Studies in leading scientific journals show that these reverberating effects start with painful and deformed feet and can migrate up to impaired bone density and a weakened pelvic floor.

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Titans Of Yoga: World-Renowned Masters Offer Their Insights

Apr 14, 2011 11:27AM

To celebrate National Yoga Month, Seane Corn and others share how yoga fosters health, happiness and enlightenment.

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Pilates is for Men Too

Apr 11, 2011 10:18PM

Think Pilates is for pretzel-bodied ballerinas in leotards? Before rejecting this classic exercise regimen in favor of the free weights, con...

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Is My HOUSE Making Me FAT?

Apr 11, 2011 10:02PM

We’ve heard so much about poor indoor air quality and its impact on our health but could these same chemicals be making us fat? Have you ever asked yourself, “Why am I eating less and still gaining weight?”

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Yoga - Hot Idea for Reducing Menopausal Symptoms

Apr 11, 2011 09:53PM ● By Elise Mahovlich and Gloria Hidalgo

Menopause – the word strikes fear into women approaching their 50’s. Women have been conditioned to fear, resent, resist and struggle through a naturally powerful event in their lives. The controversy around hormone replacement therapy (HRT), spurred by the landmark 2002 National Institutes of Health-sponsored Women’s Health Initiative study that revealed the link of HRT with increased risk of heart attack, stroke or breast cancer, raised more questions than answers. Women are now looking for natural alternatives to reduce symptoms and navigate these years with grace and ease.

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Weight Loss is Easy...If You Can Imagine!

Apr 11, 2011 04:32PM ● By Patricia V. Scott, C.Ht.

Ask most Americans what it would take for them to achieve and maintain a healthy body weight, and they will probably answer correctly: “Eat healthier, smaller portions, and exercise regularly.” Many could even tell you what “healthy” foods should be included. So, what is the problem? Americans spend millions of dollars every year on diet pills, foods, shots, books, and weight-loss programs of every kind. You only have to take a walk through a mall to see the sad results.

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Pilates has the Power to Transform your Body, Mind, & Spirit

Apr 11, 2011 04:28PM ● By Dave Bryan

What is Pilates? Developed by German-born Joseph H. Pilates, this exercise method is everything you can imagine. Concisely, it is a part of your everyday living. The body mechanics involved in our day–to-day activities are all movements that the Pilates method embraces and encourages, as well as develops and corrects. Pilates is a versatile method that provides healing for a broad spectrum of conditions, including poor posture, incorrect body alignment, and extremely tight muscles. This method utilizes key principles such as concentration, centering, control, precision, breath and flow. While this may sound simple it is far from easy. That is why a certified instructor closely supervises the series of controlled movements. The instructor adjusts movements and breathing to maximize the benefits of each exercise.

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Healing Sounds of Qi-gong

Apr 11, 2011 12:44AM

Did you know the sigh is a healing sound? Do you realize you usually make that sound when you are feeling overwhelmed and intuitively you seek to release emotional stagnation and stress and induce release and relaxation? Sounds have been used for a variety of purposes for a millennia. Mankind has used sounds to create or affect different mental states. For different forms of emotional expression we have used sounds for a variety of reasons among them empowerment and worship, wonder and sadness, pleasure and pain, anger and healing.

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Pump Up Your Discs

Apr 10, 2011 11:57PM

Why does a disc in your back get thinner? Think about a moist thick household sponge. A healthy disc is mostly made of water. It also has circular fibers and fibers that cris-cross, so that you can bend and twist in all different directions, allowing you to vacuum, play tennis, and more. When it is thick, it has lots of moisture. Like the household sponge when it is thinner, it is drying out.

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Fitness Kick for Kids

Apr 10, 2011 11:49PM

The martial arts tradition dates back more than 5000 years and has always been a popular way to train the youth and adults in many cultures around the world. Considered a form of high athletics, the complexity of the movements helps develop mental and physical attributes. Popular styles abound and include Kung Fu styles of China(there are over 400), Tae Kwon Do styles of Korea (over 8), Karate from Japan (over 30 different styles), Capoeira from Brazil developed by the descendants of African slaves, Prankration from Greece, Escrima from the Philipine islands and Muay Thai from Thailand.

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