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...] What exactly is the shoulder? And why do they get so freakin’ stuck when we try to lift our arms overhead? Two Joints of the Shoulder The shoulder is actually two joints in one: the gleno-humeral joint (the ball and socket joint where the upper arm connects to your shoulder blade) and the scapulo-thoracic joint [...] [read more...] I heard this great podcast from the guys at “Stuff you should know.” An accessible and interesting primer on the history of karma from Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant. [read more...] Did you know that alchemy is part of the roots of hatha yoga? The desire to transmute the body into a worthy vessel was inspired in part by the alchemical explorations of turning lead into gold. “The siddha is a spiritual alchemist who works on and transmutes impure matter, the human body-mind, into pure gold, [...] [read more...] Tonight in class, one of my students asked me to expand on the response article to “How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body,” particularly as it relates to two asana: shoulderstand and headstand. Headstand and Shoulderstand – labelled the King and Queen of Asana by Iyengar for their therapeutic properties – got a bad rap in [...] [read more...] A yoga teacher and galpal of mine recently emailed me about the proverbial drying of the creative yoga well. “Last Wed I feel like I taught the WORST yoga class of my life: it was so vanilla, last minute sequencing on my feet (which sometimes I’m good at, but this time I lost the muse), [...] [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...] Who doesn’t like sugarcane in the moonlight? De-lish. But let’s face it, getting into this variation of Half Moon (Ardha Chandrasana) can test your balance, flexibility, and coordination as you reach back and grab your lifted leg. Never fear, here are some tips that help make this elusive pose more accessible. Component Parts First, to [...] [read more...] |
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