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91 Year Old Yoga Teacher Keeps Teaching

Inspiration. I hope to be practicing & teaching yoga at 91. 

Nadi Shodhana Pranayama

Also known as alternative nostril breathing, this article provides 12 great reasons to incorporate this ancient practice into your life. 

Changing your brain through meditation

We could all be nicer with a little meditation.

Yoga and Stretching Equally Effective for Back Pain

“The study is the largest and most thorough to date to look at whether yoga has an effect on chronic low back pain, a problem that affects millions and has no surefire long-term remedy. A number of earlier studies suggested that regular yoga classes might benefit back pain sufferers, though most were limited by small sample sizes, short study periods and other flaws.”

Yoga helps addicts, homeless find peace

“Sylvia hopes the class, which she teaches free of charge with Jocelyn Stern, helps the participants focus less on life’s problems, and more on the solutions they can find in themselves.”

Yoga Is Great For Anxiety And Fear

“If you have anxiety and fear, then yoga may be right for you.  Yoga is great at helping make a mind body connection.  You will realize that you must focus on the present.  If your body is not there, then it means that what you are thinking about is not real, has not happened, or happened and you survived!  Yoga allows you to become more calm, and anticipate anxiety more effectively.”

(via: yogaislife)

6 Life Lessons I've Learned Through Yoga

By Camicia Bennett

1. We are not our ego. We are not our projections, our motivations or our actions. We simply are. Everything else is an intention set by us. When we can eschew the ego and find our true selves, we can start to bring union to our being and truly begin to know ourselves.

2. Transitioning from the woman on her mat wishing she were that yogini in that insane arm balance and being the yogini in that insane arm balance is equal parts inspiration and perspiration. My practice is inspired every day by those willing to take a chance and try yoga (or anything beyond a comfort zone) for the first time.

3. Sometimes my yoga practice is more than just a physical exercise, but also an exercise in grace. It has given me the ability to find a balance between reaction and complacency and understand the fine line between letting things go and being walked all over. It’s taught me that grace is that cooling water that soothes the fire of conflict, it is an absence of hubris, an illumination of compassion and an extension of divinity.

4. Your core is more than just the sexy six-pack that makes up your abs. It’s where desire, laughter, joy and sexuality are based (according to your chakras). You might think that sounds silly, but take a moment to remember the feelings of first love, first kisses, uninhibited hilarity and unabashed enjoyment. Those butterflies are in your stomach, that laughter works your abs and that pure joy warms your center.

5. Yoga reminds me I’m truly alive. We often place our hopes and dreams and goals in places outside of ourselves. We place them on our children, our spouses, our parents; setting intentions for others, but never ourselves. When we do this we forget who we are, we forget about the gift that is our self. In a world where everything is instant, digital and impersonal it’s easy to lose sight of what that true feeling of life is.

6. I have the confidence to believe in something bigger on my mat. Faith isn’t always just a belief in divinity, it is the ability to let go and know that divinity has faith in you. Yoga is where I feel closest to the divine. It is where my physical and intellectual meet my spiritual and union is formed.

10 Yoga Poses to Improve Digestion

“Sometimes you might experience indigestion, acid reflux, bloating, pain, constipation or diarrhea. A regular practice of Hatha yoga can help prevent these kind of  problems or aid in healing many types of chronic digestive complaints. There are certain simple, basic postures that you can easily incorporate into a regular practice.”

Hold the Prescription! Consider Natural Remedies for These Ailments

Doctors are handing out more pharmaceutical drug prescriptions than ever, a practice that has prompted new drug-issuing guidelines and a call for more conservative prescribing.