Yoga

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Yoga and Parkinson's Disease: A Holistic Approach to Well-Being

Parkinson's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that affects movement, balance, and overall quality of life. While there is currently...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...