You know it feels good, but why does it help? The NY Times reports on the efficacy of massage in this article by Nicholas Bakalar. Interesting stuff – and perfect for justifying another visit to your favorite RMT! But seriously, muscular health is a well-rounded affair. And no matter how much stretching you do in [...] [read more...]
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Meditation stronger than drugs for pain relief Meditation can have pain relieving effects greater than morphine, claims new study. Focused attention is a form of mindfulness meditation Photo: GETTY By Richard Alleyne, Science Correspondent for the Telegraph, 10:00PM BST 05 Apr 2011 Researchers have found that just one hour of meditation training can reduce immediate pain [...] [read more...] By Rachel Scott From YYoga’s blog You catch sight of it out of the corner of your eye. There’s a perky little splash of red on one of the YYoga Events Boards. You look closer. It’s the announcement for an information session for the upcoming 200-hour teacher training. Something inside of you starts buzzing. Teacher [...] [read more...] As appears in YYoga’s Blog: Off the Mat It’s that time of year again, the time that we emerge bleary eyed from a winter of gray rain and step blinking into the growing Vancouver sunlight. The warming weather reminds of last year when, was it possible? We actually went outside! It’s time to slough off [...] [read more...] Watch this and be INSPIRED!!!! My friend and YYoga co-worker Steph Tait runs 11,000 miles in one year with her running partner Matt Hill to generate environmental awareness. An astonishing journey!!!! Message from Steph: In celebration of Earth Day 2011, commit to one new action for Earth. Small steps add up. 1. Eat local & [...] [read more...] From Health.com. We’ve known this for ages, but nice to finally have some science to back it up! To the brain, getting burned, getting dumped feel the same By Matt McMillen, Health.com (Health.com) — Science has finally confirmed what anyone who’s ever been in love already knows: Heartbreak really does hurt. In a new study [...] [read more...] A good article to read, lest we get caught up in the snares. Bow Down to the Yoga Teacher Bruce Katz / Amelia Island Plantation-MCT-Getty ImagesGreg Gumucio, standing, leads a yoga class at his studio, Yoga to the People, in New York. Marco, the tattooed instructor at the front of the room, is all charisma. [...] [read more...] From the guys at “HowStuffWorks.com”. Love these guys – an interesting take and explanation. Listen to “How Reincarnation Works.” [read more...] An interesting NY Times article. IN one of his past lives, Dr. Paul DeBell believes, he was a caveman. The gray-haired Cornell-trained psychiatrist has a gentle, serious manner, and his appearance, together with the generic shrink décor of his office — leather couch, granite-topped coffee table — makes this pronouncement seem particularly jarring. Enlarge This [...] [read more...] Courtesy of the Huffington Post. By Marianne Williamson I hear a lot of people say we have to wake people up… convince them of the urgency of this moment… make them realize that the planet is headed for disaster! But I don’t see it that way. Anybody who needs to be woken up at this [...] [read more...] |
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