From the category archives:
Here’s a tip: Want to be happier? Do yoga. Science says so!
Some of us ‘dorks don’t need funded studies to prove that yoga’s a cheerbooster, but science might help budge the skeptics! And by skeptics we’re also referring to physicians and doctors who often need that evidence to responsibly do their jobs (we can cut [...]
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It’s about that time again…election time! And that jolly bunch of folks on capital hill are chomping at the bit to secure the 37 Senate seats up for grabs this November. Naturally, this calls for action! Press conferences! Funny politician-isms like describing things that “give taxpayers the blues.” According to GOP Senators [...]
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It’s Wednesday! Need help getting over that hump? How about news on cats and yoga!
Imbued with the pioneering spirit of an animal loving ingenue, veterinary student nurse Ms. Sian Barr in Powys, Wales took it upon herself to launch a study on how to calm the nerves of our little feline friends. Because hairballs we [...]
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File this under “Yay for Yoga!”
Sure yoga news seems to be taking over the world, but when just about every single media outlet picks up a story about yoga helping cancer patients, we say bring it on! A study at the University of Rochester has found that a 75 minute yoga practice twice a week [...]
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It’s truly amazing what people can accomplish when they join together and act. The call to support Haiti in this crisis has been resonating around the world, and we’re hoping the outpouring of assistance will keep flowing from caring communities to those in need. We’re especially proud of the way the yoga community has been [...]
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We were just discussing the merits of doctors suggesting yoga to their patients. Granted, that was in TV-land, so let’s change that dial to something we like to call real life. It’s harder than it looks, and it’s even harder when this living thing involves coping with an often debilitating disease like cancer. Not only [...]
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Is there a yogi in the house? heh.
If we had to guess the next TV star to utter the word “yoga”, Hugh Laurie’s name would be on about the 127th page of the celebriyogi list, single-spaced. Have you seen ‘House‘? The bloke plays the epitome of a sharp-tongued curmudgeon medical genius! But a very non-yoga-like [...]
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Dave Mustaine might just be the most charming heavy metal thrasher we’ve ever known (granted we don’t know many but he’s up there!) Gearing up for release Megadeth’s 12th album tomorrow, leading metal man Dave issued a statement on the band’s official message board (full text) announcing the new video for song “Head Crusher”. Oh [...]
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In case you were, oh we don’t know busy back-to-working/schooling this week, here are some news bits you may have missed… followed by a moment of silence (don’t worry we can’t hold it for too long).
Back Pain Eased With Yoga (scientific proof!)
There’s been a study, a scientific one with real researchers and everything, published in [...]
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We’ve heard the connection and success yoga has had in improving the lives of people with addictions. This is the first time we can say we’ve seen it.
‘Addiction, Recovery and Yoga’ is a documentary film that takes a realistic approach to telling the stories of recovered addicts, through 12 steps and other outreach programs and [...]
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