• Yoga for Arthritis: Move to Manage Your Pain
    Yoga for Arthritis: Move to Manage Your Pain

    Author Kim McNeil B.Sc. CYI

    Arthritis ('arth' meaning joint, 'itis' meaning inflammation) is the name for a group of more than 100 different autoimmune diseases that affect the joints and the tissues which surround them. Typically, arthritis is characterized by pain and stiffness in and around the joints. Certain types of arthritis can even involve the immune system and affect various internal organs.  Arthritis can be anything from mild tendonitis to systemic forms, such as rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, and lupus. Contrary to popular belief, arthritis affects people of all ages, not only the elderly, with the onset age of some forms of the disease being well before the age of 18.
  • Why Yoga for Kids?
    Why Yoga for Kids?

    Author Bethany Winston

    Yoga is an ancient way of uniting our body, mind and soul. It relieves us from stress, increases energy, enhances concentration, builds strength and focuses on the overall development of the body. From several decades, people have been practicing yoga and enjoying its benefits. However, the question here is: do kids require yoga? Well, yes. Yoga is very beneficial of kids as well. Kids are the most important part of our society. Healthy kids will grow up to become healthy adults.
  • Yoga for Fertility
    Yoga for Fertility

    Author Ulyana Michailov ND

    A healthy diet and lifestyle is vital for healthy sexual and reproductive function. Tuning into your body’s natural rhythms and cultivating positive habits and the benefits of yoga may be more beneficial than people realize. Yoga in accordance with a supportive lifestyle can be integrated with infertility treatments like IVF (in vitro fertilization) for a more successful result. Yoga on its own can also help support the reproduction and fertility status of the person, particularly women.
  • Plow Pose: Ways to Prop Up Your Yoga Practice
    Plow Pose: Ways to Prop Up Your Yoga Practice

    Author Kreg Weiss, B HKin

    Halasana is one of the more common yoga inversions that move the neck into deep forward flexion. With the forward flexion of the neck, the movement of the chin towards the neck creates an energetic lock (bandha) or connection with the Vishuddha Chakra - the main energy center situated on the level of the throat and the nerve plexus of the pharynx region. This energetic connection invites balanced energy into this center leading to creative expression, constructive communication, positive self-expression, and conscious listening as well as the feeling of being centered and content.
  • Pigeon Pose: Ways to Prop Up Your Yoga Practice
    Pigeon Pose: Ways to Prop Up Your Yoga Practice

    Author Kreg Weiss, B HKin

    Pigeon pose brings direct benefits to the joint structures of the pelvis.  When the rear thigh is rotated internally, this pose opens your hip flexor muscles (psoas, rectus femoris) and your groin muscles.   Pigeon pose also opens your lateral hip rotator muscles (gluteus medius & minimus) on the forward leg.  This hip rotator stretch may relieve sciatic nerve tension and ease chronic low back pain.
  • Shoulderstand: Ways to Prop Up Your Yoga Practice
    Shoulderstand: Ways to Prop Up Your Yoga Practice

    Author Kreg Weiss, B HKin

    For many yoga participants, Salamba Sarvangasana can be an intimidating pose and can be challenging to find comfort in.  The benefits of shoulder stand are typically attained when this pose is held for a generous length of time, so as an alternative, this supported variation brings much of the same key benefits, but with increased ease and confidence.
  • Supta Padangusthasana: Ways to Prop Up Your Yoga Practice
    Supta Padangusthasana: Ways to Prop Up Your Yoga Practice

    Author Kreg Weiss, B HKin

    By using a strap in Supta Padangusthasana, you can maximize the benefits of the hamstring stretch while bringing deeper quality and stability through out the rest of the joints and energy lines.