Yoga and Exercise for Schizophrenia
May is Mental Health Awareness Month and includes World Schizophrenia Day which is commemorated every May 24th. The evidence is clear...
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Ellen Anderson
- Feb 7
- 6 min
Yoga for People with Chronic Pelvic Pain???
Chronic pelvic pain (CPP) is a persistent, often disabling pain within the pelvis. Surprisingly common, CPP presents a major challenge to...
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Ellen Anderson
- Oct 18, 2022
- 3 min
Constipation: A Case for Yoga
Can Yoga Help or Decrease Constipation? The word constipation comes from the Latin word, “constipore”, which means “to press, crowd...
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Ellen Anderson
- Oct 7, 2022
- 3 min
Is Yoga for Incontinence a Good Idea?
Without a doubt, pelvic floor physical therapy (PFPT) has robust evidence-based support and clear benefit as a first-line treatment for...
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Matthew Mandel
- Aug 22, 2022
- 5 min
Mindfulness & Healthcare Providers
This article was written by Dr. Matthew Mandel If someone asked you to define mindfulness, what would you say? You can probably ask 10...
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Ellen Anderson
- Oct 3, 2021
- 2 min
Meditation: Benefits of Group Practice with a Teacher
Meditation, which is Dhyana in Sanskrit is one of the eight limbs of yoga described in Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra. These limbs provide...
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Ellen Anderson
- Aug 14, 2021
- 6 min
Yoga & Pregnancy: What Does the Research Show?
Yoga seems to be beneficial for lots of conditions (stress, high blood pressure, back pain, etc.) but is yoga beneficial during and after...
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Ellen Anderson
- Jul 15, 2021
- 4 min
Youth Mental Health-Anxiety: A Case for Yoga
Nearly 50% of all teenagers have complaints related to stress, anxiety and/or depression, with 37% experiencing persistent sadness or...
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Ellen Anderson
- Aug 4, 2020
- 3 min
Yoga as an Adjunctive Treatment for COVID-19
You might have read the title of this article and thought, What the heck?! There go those yogis again, adding to their claims that yoga...
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Ellen Anderson
- Jun 23, 2020
- 3 min
Alternative vs Complementary vs Integrative Medicine: What’s the Difference?
Rehabilitation professionals don’t “cure” people of their diseases, but they do provide treatments and recommendations for people with...
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Lori Zucker
- Jun 21, 2020
- 1 min
Anatomy Quiz!
Test your knowledge of human anatomy with this short quiz. CLICK HERE to take the quiz
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Ellen Anderson
- Jun 20, 2020
- 2 min
Change the Way You Age: Yoga for Strength
It’s terrible, but true. As we age, we become weaker. Sure, as we get older we start to slow down a little bit, and maybe become a bit...
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Lori Zucker
- Sep 22, 2019
- 2 min
Sleep, Sleep, Perchance to Dream – Can Meditation really Help?
When was the last time you felt you had a great night’s sleep? If it’s been a while, you aren’t alone! In recent years research has shown...
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Ellen Anderson
- Sep 17, 2019
- 2 min
Does Yoga Qualify as an Aerobic Workout?
In a NYT article by the same name, you can read about a study of 22 people performing surya namaskar (sun salutations ) for 8 minutes....
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Ellen Anderson
- Sep 16, 2019
- 2 min
Four Important Exercises to Fight Aging
The Harvard Health Letter (January 2017) tells us that cardio/aerobics, strengthening, balance training, and stretching are the 4 most...
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