Posed for Success: Feel Your Best at Work with a F...

Some 80 percent of jobs are sedentary, according to a study conducted by the Pennington Biomedical Research Center at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, which conducts studies on physical activity, obesity and aging.   But our bodies aren’t designed to hold a position for eight or more hours a day, they’re made to dance, twist, jump and run. When we’re deskbound, the body has to hold a fixed unnatural...

Basics of Yoga: The Tree Pose

When you see your teacher demonstrate Vrksasana or the Tree Pose with her foot placed high on her thigh and her knee pointing straight out to the side, you might be tempted to try to imitate her. You might even think that if your knee is not pointing straight out, you’re not doing the “real” Tree Pose. But in order to find your balance in the pose, you need to explore the reality of your own body, especially your...

Yoga: Breathe Easy

Anxiety is a normal reaction to the threat of impending danger. But when your muscles are tensed, your heart is racing and your endocrine glands are pumping out stress hormones, these feelings can become a source of anxiety themselves, creating a vicious and potentially chronic, cycle of hypersensitivity and increasing states of alarm. You can turn alarm signals down by using your breath. But in anxious moments you may find...

Understanding How Yoga Aids in Weight Loss

Exercise and workout make you sweat like crazy, which clearly explains their capacity to help you lose all that excess pounds. There are fitness routines as well where abrupt changes of movements – from fast to slow – contribute to development of lean muscles. But, how exactly can stretching and relaxing help in weight loss? Put simply, how is it possible to transform from a size 16 to 10 through yoga? When does...