yoga
Yoga and meditation are essential in living a health and wellness lifestyle. Longevity highlights yoga poses, celebrities, trends, and fads.
How You Can Injure Yourself in Yoga
Yoga is a thousand year or more discipline 30 million people on this planet have gotten into. (Dr. Axe: 9 Common Poses Most Likely to Trigger Yoga Injuries, Plus How to Overcome & Avoid Them) However, it is easy to get injured while doing yoga, and this article is about why. I injured myself by pivoting my foot the wrong way while doing a left lunge. That movement caused me to fracture my tibia at the knee. Low calcium did not help the situation as I wasn’t on a calcium supplement at the time, which made me often wonder why I felt tired when I worked out a lot—tired instead of energized, that is. I also dislocated my entire kneecap in that movement. I pivoted my foot to the left. I really shouldn’t have done that.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez7 years ago in Longevity
Yoga's Many Benefits
I discovered yoga in 2007 while in college getting my BA in creative writing. I was looking for a way to manage stress. I wanted to find something that would help me relax. Yoga’s breathing techniques are what does that. Managing the breath is why people practice yoga, to begin with. Yoga poses are only held upright if you breathe into it. There are different types of yoga for different purposes. Yoga can help manage pain issues as well. Yoga helps the practitioner build an awareness of your body as well as how your mind affects that body of yours.
By Iria Vasquez-Paez7 years ago in Longevity
What Kind of Yoga Is Right for You?
Yoga is a physical, mental, and spiritual discipline originating in India. While many view the practice as merely an exercise, it stems much further than that. A key component of yoga is performing physical routines to keep the body toned, but breath control, meditation, emotional control, and a healthy lifestyle are also important. Yoga has many benefits to both mind and body, including better posture and digestion, improved strength, peace of mind, eased pain, and increased lung capacity, oxygen flow to the brain, and flexibility. Yoga will leave you feeling grounded and more in tune with your life.
By Telia Boice7 years ago in Longevity
Netflix and Stretch!. Top Story - December 2018.
Nobody is alone in enjoying some Netflix in the evenings! I personally love popping on a suspenseful series to wind down before bed. It’s been a tradition for everyone to zone out with all sorts of on-screen entertainment.
By Kylie Jane7 years ago in Longevity
Modern Yoga
The love of makeovers is as American as deep-fried Oreos at a country fair. We celebrate the teacher turned self-made millionaire, the former convict turned master chef and the Red Sox after they finally won the World Series. We love novelty; almost as much as we love the idea of something, anything, metamorphosing into something better.
By Candace Elizabeth7 years ago in Longevity
Yin and Restorative Yoga
While styles of yoga like Hatha and Vinyasa have become somewhat ubiquitous in nearly every gym in America, there are other quieter forms that are found primarily in spaces committed to exclusively to the practice of yoga. These forms, though not as well known, offer the body more subtle benefits that ought not to be missed.
By Candace Elizabeth7 years ago in Longevity
Bending Over Backwards to Relieve PMDD
Feeling depressed? Anxiety got you in its grip? Body and mind all tense? If so, chances are good that you also aren’t breathing fully. You’re likely collapsed through the chest, and this is likely causing even more tension in your neck and shoulders. Haven’t we all got enough to deal with?! Unfortunately, the discomfort can become a vicious cycle. And women with PMDD know all about vicious cycles!
By Cheeky Minx7 years ago in Longevity
How to Use Yoga to Heal Injuries. Top Story - November 2018.
Yoga is a huge part of my life and has been for going on eight years now, before I did my teacher training I would take every kind of yoga imaginable. It is a common misconception that yoga is only for the white, middle class, chai latte drinking, designer legging wearing, skinny, hipster girl. I see every shape, size, race and gender at my classes, and every single person is there for their own special reason.
By Samantha Bentley7 years ago in Longevity
Naked Yoga
Gymnosophist is a term the ancient Greeks used to describe the “naked wise men” or the “naked philosophers” of India. Suffice to say, spiritual nudity has had a long tradition in India, as well as in yogic practice. In Sanskrit, the practice of nude yoga is called Nagna Yoga or Vivastra Yoga.
By Candace Elizabeth7 years ago in Longevity
How Does Yoga Help My Anxiety and Depression?
Yoga is not a cure-all for depression or anxiety. Don’t worry, I’m not about to say that twenty minutes of yoga a day will fix you. It certainly doesn’t fix me, but it makes a terrible day easier to bear, gives those flat days a boost and makes a good day that bit better.
By Alicia Brunskill7 years ago in Longevity
Yoga Style
On the last weekend of October my two good friends and I will go to a yoga seminar in the heart of Plaza St-Hubert in Montreal. For me this will be a first, but my friends practice yoga on a regular basis. I don't know why so many people practice this sport. I hope to find out soon.
By Caroline Brazeau7 years ago in Longevity
