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The Truth About Back Pain—It’s Not Always What It...

The causes of back pain are often complex, and holistic approaches like yoga may at times provide the most effective relief of painful symptoms.

Turning to Yoga for Scoliosis: Elise Browning...

For many, sitting up straight all day is a challenge, but for those with scoliosis, sitting up “straight” may not even be an option. Elise Browning Miller, however, found a path to...

Yoga Exercises for a Hunched Back (Hyperkyphosis)

Yoga for hyperkyphosis seeks to reverse the early stages of the hunched back of dowager’s hump (a.k.a. hyperkyphosis) by gradually reshaping the soft tissues of the upper part of the...

Yoga for Back Pain

The health of your back influences all aspects of your life. When the spine is healthy, vital energy flows unimpeded, and we enjoy optimum well-being. More than 80% of the population will experience back problems at one point in their lives. The good news is that many back problems can be prevented through yoga therapy.

Yoga Therapy

Yoga is being used as therapy more and more by doctors and hospitals everywhere. Find out what yoga therapy is and how it can work for you.

Yoga for Back Pain

Back Pain

John Aplin: Back in Action through Yoga

Falling 30 feet onto jagged rocks would be a death sentence for most—or at the very least, life in a wheel chair. However, John Aplin, who survived such a fall sustaining three...
Could Stress Be Causing Your Back Pain?

It’s not an esoteric belief or a mysterious twilight-zone connection; it’s a well-known medical fact: when we tense up psychologically, we tense up physically. And with prolonged...
Yoga Postures for Core Strength Great Bet for...

Core strength is one of the most commonly used fitness buzzwords. You can’t open a magazine or turn to an exercise channel on TV without someone talking about “the core,” “core...