The End of an Era: Bikram Verdict Puts Guru in Hot Seat
On Tuesday, a jury unanimously found Hot Yoga Guru Bikram Choudhury guilty of sexual harassment, including threats to the victim’s life, and awarded plaintiff Minakshi Jafa-Bodden nearly $6.5 million for damages. This trial is to be followed by six other similar
How to Move Beyond the Limitations of Your Body: Tapping Into the Power of BodySensing Yoga
We relate to the world through our concepts of it: our thoughts, our analysis of what we perceive, our memories. Likewise, we relate to our body in the same way: most of us have assembled an idea of our body
General Pain Relief: Yoga Practices for Plantar Fasciitis
The therapeutic benefits of Hatha yoga arise from whole body energetic balancing combined with distinct biomechanical adjustments. In this post we focus on the plantar fascia of the foot and examine the most common cause of heel pain—plantar fasciitis—to see
Top 10 Tips for Increasing Well Being and Happiness: Insights from 2015 Research- Part 2
What did we learn in 2015 about how to improve well-being, stay happy, mindful, and healthy? Here are some of the key findings from research studies. Insight # 6 Older Americans are becoming less happy. American society has undergone significant
New Program Reveals Workplace Yoga Benefits Employees and Companies
At 8:00 am every Friday morning about five women sit quietly on their yoga mats waiting for class to start. Pushed into the next room are hairstylist’s chairs, blow dryers, hair color and other assorted items used in a hair
How to Prepare for a Healthy Perimenopause with Yoga
Most women think that the changes of menopause begin in the late 40s or early 50s. But in fact, the early changes preceding menopause start as early as 10-15 years before the onset of menopause. This period of life is
Free Online Yoga - Practice Online with Leading Yoga Teachers in YogaUOnline's Free 21-Day Yoga Challenge
If fitting in more yoga is one of your longer term goals, here's a nice treat to get you started! Join YogaUOnline's Free 21-Day Yoga Challenge and practice online with leading yoga teachers! Finding time for your practice isn't always easy. Life
Yoga in the U.S. Is Growing at a Staggering Rate Study Finds
It’s no news that yoga is growing in popularity, but according to a study, the interest in yoga has grown at a staggering rate over the recent years. From 2012 to 2016, the number of yoga practitioners almost doubled, growing
Yoga and Wellness News: Ayurvedic Cookies for Cold Winter Days
Ayurveda, India’s health system which evolved alongside yoga, is a proponent of eating a seasonal diet. Balancing our Diet and our Environment We can balance qualities in our environment through our food choices and cooking practices. And when we do,
Top 10 Tips for Increasing Well-being and Happiness - Insights from 2015 Research
What did we learn in 2015 about how to improve well-being, stay happy, mindful, and healthy? Here are some of the key findings from research studies. Insight #1: Experiencing awe makes us, well, awesome. Before this year, there were just
Does the Location of Yoga Research Matter? What You Need to Know
More than 36 million American adults reported practicing yoga in 2015. Of that number, two-thirds indicated that they use yoga to improve their health status. Now more than ever people rely on the yoga research to provide a fair and
Yoga for Insomnia - How to Let Go of Worry and Get a Good Night's Sleep
Yoga for Insomnia: Taming the Monkey Mind It’s after 3:00 am. You’re wide awake, mind racing. You might be worried about paying your mortgage. You might be puzzling over something someone said to you and rehearsing your response. Maybe an
Yoga for Stress Relief: Appreciating Your Body, Just as It Is
I came to know body peace and recovered from an eating disorder long before I ever struck a pose, saw a therapist, or journaled. However when asked how I got better, and stay that way despite dismal statistics, I say
Yoga Pose Primer: Virabhadrasana I - The Peaceful Warrior
In yoga, the Warrior poses are some of the practice’s foundational poses. Because the foundation of the Eight Limbs of Yoga is ahimsa (non-violence), or as Alistair Shearer translates it, “dynamic peacefulness,” the word “warrior” might well be interpreted differently
Did You Know You Have a Second Brain? Learn What It Is and Why It Matters
When I studied anatomy in college many years ago my professor never mentioned the enteric nervous system. This term refers to the network of neurons lining our guts and is responsible for that feeling of “butterflies” in your stomach. In