This post is part of a week-long yoga series at Your Body, Your Mind.
So far during Yoga Week we’ve learned about how we can manage anxiety and depression with yoga, use yoga to fight insomnia and get a better night’s sleep, and even where to go to find tons of information about yoga for men.
Good stuff, yeah?
Now it’s time to get to the really good stuff!
This post is part of a week-long yoga series at Your Body, Your Mind.
Up front, understand that I’m not writing this post assuming that all men have no idea what’s going on when it comes to yoga.
Wouldn’t that be a little silly, given that yoga’s history reaches back thousands of years, and it’s even believed that Hindu monks are responsible for introducing the Western world to yoga?
Still, here in the 21st century, we tend to see more women practicing yoga (throwing on a pair of yoga pants for a late-night run to the grocery store doesn’t count!) in popular media.
This post is part of a week-long yoga series at Your Body, Your Mind.
Over the past few months, with a heavy emphasis on the past month, I haven’t been able to sleep much at all.
I have trouble falling asleep and staying asleep, and although I’m sleepy during the day, I can’t seem to fall asleep for a nap, either.
I’m not really sure why this is happening, but I’m definitely in the process of trying to figure out just what’s going on (?!).
In the meantime, maybe I’ll try some of these yoga poses for insomnia.
What do you think?
This post is part of a week-long yoga series at Your Body, Your Mind.
Exercise, mediation, massage therapy – these are all complementary (and, for some folks, solitary) ways to
Halogen TV, which describes itself as “the only television network focused on socially conscious entertainment,” recently presented a piece outlining yoga poses we can use to better manage our anxiety and depression symptoms.
Happy Friday, sweet readers!
A friend of mine shared this with me a few weeks ago, and I’ve been waiting for the perfect time to share it with you all.
Well, what better time than a Friday afternoon?
It’s almost the weekend, you still have a few hours to go of work or school, and you could probably use a good chuckle, right?
Right!
So head over to MindBodyGreen’s Hilarious Yoga Mat for Sale Ad on Craigslist to find out how one newbie yogi went from being an extremely enthusiastic beginner to a delirious divorcee during a lunchtime yoga class!
Do you have any hilarious fitness or food stories to share? Make us laugh in the comments below!
Happy Tuesday, beautiful readers!
We’ve survived Thanksgiving, but with Christmas just a week away and New Year’s just a week after that, it’s safe to say we’re still in the thick of the holiday season.
Which means, for some of us, there are still a lot of stress and anxiety triggers coming our way.
As such, the good people over at the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) are hosting a Twitter chat on using complementary health practices like yoga, meditation, and tai chi to manage stress and anxiety – specifically, the safety and efficacy of these mind and body practices.
During the chat, you’ll get to meet John Glowa, Ph.D., the NCCAM expert who oversees the organization’s behavioral health research portfolio, and Daniel Pine, M.D. from the NIH’s National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH).
Note that:
Hope to see you there!
If you missed the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) Twitter chat last Friday, don’t worry: You don’t have to scroll through all the #nccamchat hashtags on Twitter to catch up!
The NCCAM has archived the chat so you can browse through the tweets at your leisure.
I subscribe to Dictionary.com’s “Word of the Day,” and a few weeks ago the word of the day was “ataraxia.”
English degree aside, I’d never heard the word (at least, that I can remember), but I instantly fell in love with it. It was around the time I started working out outside again (see Your Treadmill SUCKS! 7 Reasons You Should Get Outside), so I knew exactly what ataraxia meant…
…I’d been experiencing it firsthand every morning on the track.
You don't need a gym for these 10 exercises!
Earlier this week, freelance writer and fitness enthusiast Tania Dakka offered five tips for balancing work, fitness, and life in general.
Now’s a great time to go over some exercises for those of you working to find that balance.
If you’re just reading this, chances are you’re still looking for that balance, right? You haven’t quite mastered it (or, at least, reached the point where you’re comfortable juggling it all), so a list of exercises you can do in 10 minutes will definitely come in handy!
Kyczy Hawk, yoga instructor and author of "Yoga and the Twelve-Step Path"
Last week, I shared information about yoga and addiction recovery – specifically, five ways yoga can help addicts in recovery.
Fortunately, Kyczy Hawk stumbled across the piece.
Hawk, a San Jose-based yoga instructor who focuses on addiction recovery, is also the author of the recently published “Yoga and the Twelve-Step Path,” and agreed to a quick interview to provide Your Body, Your Mind readers with some firsthand insight about the different kinds of addiction, the dangers of feeling disconnected and separate, and how yoga can help people during the addiction recovery process.
Alicia Sparks: What led to your decision to start practicing and teaching yoga?
Kyczy Hawk: Many years ago yoga presented itself as a non “exercise” form of physical movement and health. Years later I again stepped onto the mat in both physical and psychic pain. I had plateaued in my recovery journey – I am a person in recovery – and I felt disconnected.
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