Yoga Can Be Helpful in Reducing Chronic Pain and Depression - Including Online Yoga Classes Studies Show
A growing body of research has shown that yoga and meditation can benefit patients with chronic pain and depression. Does this transfer to online yoga? According to one study, that appears to be the case. The Challenges of Living with
Tom Myers: Change the Body to Change the Mind - Dynamics of Transformation in the Light of New Fascia Research
The medicine of the future will have to focus on healing the epidemic of lifestyle-related diseases by changing behavior, says Tom Myers, author of Anatomy Trains, in this interview. Yoga, bodywork, and other therapies that tap into the transformative potential
Engage Your Body, Mind and Senses for a More Mindful Yoga Practice
Sometimes what’s going on in the world or in your life is just too much and you need some time out. But if your mind is racing or you have a lot of pent-up energy, relaxing, even with yoga, might
Invert Safely: Healthy Alternatives to Traditional Yoga Inversions
Inversions are powerful poses that bring the head below the heart and often require bearing weight through the hands and shoulders. Active inversions include poses like Handstand Pose (Adho Mukha Vrksasana), Forearm Stand Pose (Pincha Mayurasana), Shoulderstand Pose (Salamba Sarvangasana),
15 Natural Remedies For A Good Night's Sleep
According to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, about 30 percent of adults experience some form of insomnia. Some have trouble getting to sleep in the first place, while others wake up a few hours after retiring and can’t get
Is Your Yoga Practice Rewriting Your DNA? The Science of Longterm Transformation
When you roll out your yoga mat and begin to breathe more deeply, settling into your practice, something extraordinary begins happening inside every cell of your body. While you're focused on the finer mechanics of practice, breath, and presence, your
Yoga and Your Reticular Activating System
In my most recent post on Empress Pose, I mentioned that when we bring the chin toward the chest, we deactivate the reticular activating system (RAS). Many of you were probably wondering what the reticular activating system is. So I thought
A Vagus Nerve Primer: 9 Reasons to Make Friends with Your Vagus Nerve
The vagus nerve can be thought of as a superhighway that connects your body and your brain- a connection we talk about a lot in yoga! It innervates most organs in the body; the messages zip along its five lanes of
Yoga Anatomy Language: Part 2
In a previous article, we reviewed the starting point of anatomy with anatomical position. If you missed it, you can read Yoga Anatomy Language: Part I here. From here we can move on to naming some major movements. In this
Dr. Ray Long: Yoga Anatomy: Two Steps to a Healthier Side Forearm Plank
Side Plank Pose (Vasisthasana) offers numerous benefits, but it is a physically very challenging pose. However, even practiced in small doses, it can strengthen your core. If you are one of the many people who struggle with hands, wrists and
A Blueprint for Learning Anatomy for Yoga Teaching
When budding yoga teachers try to learn anatomy as part of their training, often what they experience is a feeling of overwhelm. Even for those that have a background in science, applying anatomy for yoga is a unique exercise, one
The Best Kind of Happiness
The year was 2005, and I was lying in the warmth of summer on a yoga mat in the lush green lawn outside Kripalu Yoga Center. I had gone there to escape the confusion and upheaval of a pending divorce.
What Your Body Tells You Can Protect You From Stress, Study Suggests
Your body is talking - are you listening? The ability to be aware of the constant signals and cues our body gives us is referred to as interoception. Some of these cues are obvious, such as when you accidentally touch
HuffPost Article: Tom Myers on Yoga, Rolfing and the Elusive Cinderella Tissues
This interview with Anatomy Trains author Tom Myers first appeared in the Huffington Post. What is the most plentiful tissue in the body -- and the most ignored? The answer is fascia -- the gooey, gliding stuff that holds you together. Fascia
Help from Your Hyoid: Stabilize Your Core in Chaturanga Dandasana
What's an eight-syllable Sanskrit name that, when spoken by a yoga teacher, elicits fear (or at least, a groan) in roughly half the population that practices yoga? The same phrase evokes a feeling of invincible awesomeness in many others. The