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In recent years, medical science has validated many benefits of therapeutic yoga for improving and supporting health…
Can Yoga Benefit Bones?
Loren Fishman, MD, a rehabilitation physician and Iyengar yoga teacher, and co-author with Ellen Saltonstall of the book, Yoga for Osteoporosis, states that yoga — practiced appropriately — can safely stress bones and causes new bone formation, while also exerting a positive effect on joints, unlike forms of higher impact movement that may stress joints…
Kelly McGonigal, PhD is a leading expert on mind/body relationships. In this book, she explains the proven ways that yoga can ease pain, stress and anxiety with gentle postures and deep relaxation practices.
In Easy Yoga for Easing Pain, Peggy Cappy demonstrates yoga movements that can increase flexibility, reduce joint pain, combat fatigue and enhance overall well-being.
Yoga nidra is a practice which can greatly benefit those on the cancer journey — but what really is it?
The word “yoga” typically evokes an image of the postures and movements associated with hatha yoga, a branch of yoga study. Although we may know yoga today in the West mainly by the physical postures called asanas, yoga is actually an umbrella term for a vast set of practices and philosophies. Yoga includes paths of devotion, study and service, as well as hatha yoga, which consists primarily of the physical postures and practices that we are most familiar with in the West…
Yoga as a “therapy” is becoming more widely promoted and even mainstream medical publications are featuring randomized, controlled trials on the benefits of yoga for patient populations…
Yoga therapy is a field with tremendous growth and potential in supporting health and wellness, particularly in the area of cancer…
Part 1 of Lee Majewski’s 2 Part Article on how Yoga Therapy Retreats Empower Patients after a Cancer Diagnosis…
