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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Today, or this morning rather, I was eating piece toast with cashew butter (homemade, even, dee-lightful). And I decided to make a little agreement with myself. To self: I will eat this toast with homemade cashew butter, and endeavor to do just that, and only that. No checking email, no reading the paper. Just simply [...] [read more...] The New York Times recently ran an article, “How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body,”that has a rather sensational and silly title and a fairly simple point: doing yoga can cause injuries. The article, citing the musings of yoga teacher Glenn Black, references the medley of yoga injuries that have been developing through the West over [...] [read more...] 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...] We have come to be danced Not the pretty dance Not the pretty pretty, pick me, pick me dance But the claw our way back into the belly Of the sacred, sensual animal dance The unhinged, unplugged, cat out of its box dance The holding the precious moment in the palms Of our hands and [...] [read more...] A thought provoking happiness article from The Economist. A lovely, and spirit-lifting, read! Why, beyond middle age, people get happier as they get older Dec 16th 2010 | from the print edition ASK people how they feel about getting older, and they will probably reply in the same vein as Maurice Chevalier: “Old age isn’t [...] [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...] |
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