In our Yoga Blog we will report on yoga news, trends and happenings throughout the world.
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Friday, September 28, 2012 by Tosca Braun
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Yoga: Greater than sum of parts?
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A recent study
sheds some glimmers on the science of yoga debate: What type of yoga practice
is most effective in promoting mental and physical health? Do different
practices have different benefits? And what’s the problem with just practicing
asana, anyway?
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Tuesday, September 25, 2012 by Tosca Braun
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Why Practice Yoga at Home?
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Home yoga
practice: we all know we should be
doing it, but why bother, when we could just attend a class anyway? If you
needed any further urging, a recent preliminary study suggests frequency and
duration of home practice may be the key to reaping the most benefits from your
yoga practice.
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Friday, September 21, 2012 by Tosca Braun
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Yoga May Benefit Those With Autism
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A
recent study suggests yoga may be effective in improving classroom
behaviors among children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Autism is a
developmental disability arising due to neurological disorder that appears
between infancy and the age of three. In a recent report for 2008 (the most recent
surveillance year available), the U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates 1 in 88 children
have an ASD. This marks a 23 percent increase in autism since the last report
was published in 2009. Increasing awareness of ASD and its prevalence has
underlined the need for strategies to facilitate adaptation and modification of
challenging behaviors among children with ASD.
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If talk of patenting yoga poses makes you groan, brace yourself—your pants are
next. High-end yoga clothier and swag maker, Lululemon is attempting
to enforce a patent on the waistband of their Astro Pant. As trivial as it
may seem, the case could have a big impact for future design patents. It’s also
a good reminder that yoga merchandise is still just stuff.
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Thursday, September 13, 2012 by Tosca Braun
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Do Alternative Medicine Therapies Work?
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According
to a 2007 survey, about one in four Americans use Complementary and
Alternative Medicine (CAM), which includes yoga, meditation, acupuncture, and
integrative medicine. Practices enjoying increases were deep breathing,
meditation, massage therapy, and yoga. A Consumer
Reports survey suggests people employ CAM for numerous maladies: headaches,
general pain, insomnia, anxiety, colds, flu, and digestive problems. But aside
from their prevalence, do CAM therapies actually work?
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Tuesday, September 11, 2012 by Tosca Braun
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"Oh, Are You a Yogi?"
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Uttered
by a well-intentioned classmate upon hearing of my involvement in yoga
research, these words generated a cascade of internal dialogue. In this time
and place, what does it mean to be a “yogi,” anyway? Why did I feel instantly piqued
by this statement? And which says more—unquestioningly assuming this identity,
or the aversion I experienced upon potentially being assigned this label?
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Yoga as panacea: We’ve all
heard it, espoused by passionately devoted practitioners. Practiced as a whole
system in context—including meditation, pranayama, and the
ethical/philosophical principles—yoga is likely to be very effective in
fostering improved health and well-being. But let’s be honest. Most “modern
yoga” dispenses with the spiritual fluff, going straight for what Americans
(and an increasingly global population of practitioners) crave most: vigor, sweat,
and “yoga butt.”
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Thursday, August 30, 2012 by Kathleen Bryant
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Remembering Georg Feuerstein, 1947-2012
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This week the yoga community is mourning the loss of one of
its foremost scholars, Georg Feuerstein, who died at his home on August 25. He
was 65. Born in Germany in 1947, Feuerstein completed his postgraduate studies
in England before moving to the U.S. He later became a resident of Canada.
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012 by Tosca Braun
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The Globalization of Yoga
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Globalization: A term so widely used as to be virtually
meaningless, it nonetheless captures the process by which modern yoga has
spread, from east to west and back again. Today yoga caters to a cadre of
practitioners spanning continents and counting tens of millions of adherents.
In this two-part series, we will discuss the globalization of hatha yoga with
particular relevance to Asia and implications of yoga practice for
musculoskeletal health in different cultures/ethnicities.
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Friday, August 24, 2012 by Kathleen Bryant
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Yoga Beneficial For Asthma Sufferers?
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Considering that yoga has gotten its share of bad press earlier this
year, a study
confirming yoga’s beneficial effects on asthma was encouraging news. However,
weeks later, the NIH released a
video stating that while yoga
has been proven to help with low back pain and arthritis, “research
suggests” it is not helpful for asthma sufferers.
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It's easy to take a healthy immune system for granted in
the warm days of summer, but it’s never too early to start preparing for the
cold and flu season. All of rituals and remedies we start practicing when we
feel that first tickle in the nose or throat may not stack up to preventative
doses of exercise and meditation. A
recent study conducted by Dr. Bruce Barrett at the University of Wisconsin is
the first to positively link an intervention to a reduction in incidence of
acute respiratory infections (ARIs). Both interventions—meditation and
exercise—practiced before cold and flu season set in, showed a statistically
significant improvement in winter health.
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Monday, August 20, 2012 by Tosca Braun
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NIH Twitter Chat Video on Yoga Science
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In a move that may clarify some of the popular
misconceptions and facts on yoga’s scientific evidence base, the National Center for Complementary and Alternative
Medicine (NCCAM) at the National Institutes
of Health (NIH) will host a Twitter
chat to discuss yoga’s latest scientific findings. It will be held on
Tuesday, Aug 21 at 1 p.m. EST. To participate, use hashtag #nccamchat, or follow at @NCCAM. Dr. Karen Sherman, senior
scientific investigator at Group Health Research Institute, and Yasmin Kloth,
NCCAM staff member, will facilitate the discussion.
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Friday, August 17, 2012 by Tosca Braun
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Paradoxes of Yogaspeak
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Why do yoga instructors sometimes make seemingly paradoxical
statements? As a student of yoga, it’s hard not to observe when your instructor
says one thing, followed by a statement with the opposite meaning later in
class. While these comments may initially cause confusion, they also represent
an opportunity to deepen your inner practice.
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Tuesday, August 14, 2012 by Kathleen Bryant
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Ayurveda and Yoga
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Ayurveda,
the healing system native to India, has been practiced for millennia. Along
with yoga, it is based on the Vedas, Sanskrit
texts that date as far back as 1,500 BCE. Often translated as “the science of
life,” ayurveda centers around the importance of individual balance and the
balance between the individual and the laws of nature.
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Friday, August 10, 2012 by Tosca Braun
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Yoga For Weight Loss-Really? The Facts
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A recent
blog by yoga celeb Sadie Nardini offers a good starting point for
clarifying some popular misconceptions about yoga’s impact on body weight,
caloric expenditure, and cardiac impact. While Nardini offers a perfunctory nod
to those who recognize yoga is “not about being physically perfect,” and that
“skinnier isn’t always better,” she continues on to cite a number of popular
(and often false) claims regarding yoga’s impact on weight loss.
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