Yoga for High Blood Pressure, Session 1 When it comes to practicing yoga to regulate blood pressure, it’s not one size fits all. In this class, Dr. Baxter Bell teaches a gentle yoga practice for students with normal blood pressure, who may have a family history of hypertension as well as other risk factors, and … Continued
Many children with autism, ADHD, and other special needs face challenges in how they respond to stress, tension, worry and anxiety. They can end up in a constant state of heightened arousal or anxiety, which can negatively impact health, mood and behavior. When we get stuck in this “fight or flight” state, we can develop … Continued
In recent years, a great deal of research attention has focused on how yoga can help enhance well-being and support a healthy mental and emotional balance. In this online course, Senior Iyengar yoga teacher Marla Apt shares the principles used in recent successful studies on yoga for depression to show how yoga asanas and other … Continued
Midlife carries the unavoidable conception of “winding down,” of slowly losing our physical and cognitive abilities from age 40 and on. Fortunately, we now know, it doesn’t have to be that way. There are numerous ways we can impact the trajectory of how the second half of our life unfolds. In this online course, yoga … Continued
We can live for months without food, 3 days without water, but less than ten minutes without air. Yet, we take our breath for granted – inhaling and exhaling is such an automatic part of how our body functions every minute of the day that we rarely pause to notice. Every single minute, all the … Continued
Everything that we do in our everyday lives is dependent on our posture. Our ability to lie down, sit, stand, and walk in comfort is directly related to the template of centered body posture. Every yoga posture or athletic activity is an expression of the clarity and refinement of this most basic relationship of our … Continued
The human wrist and ankle are both marvels of mechanical design and utility. Some authorities site the dexterity of the human hand as our basic advantage over other mammals. Yet in yoga we choose to become four-legged, three legged, legless or one legged creatures – dogs, cobras, cranes, storks and more – with demand for … Continued
Most yoga students think of yoga as the physical postures of asanas or the breathing practices of pranayama. However, in Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra we are introduced to the Yamas and Niyamas, the ethical guidelines for all practitioners. In other words, the classical teachings of yoga begin not with asana, but rather with the guidelines for how we … Continued