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My Yoga Online Featured In En Route Magazine

April 30th, 2008
This month My Yoga Online is featured in En Route Magazine as part of Air Canada’s on demand in-flight entertainment. Short practices designed to energize, relieve stress, calm the nerves, and have a great flight. These new video meditations will be joining My Yoga Online’s featured content on Air Canada’s in-flight on-demand entertainment system. These [...]

MyYogaOnline Health and Wellness, Meditation, My Yoga Online, Self Improvement, Uncategorized

Yoga and Managing Plantar Fasciitis

April 29th, 2008
Dr. Carla Cupido has added a new, insightful Yoga Anatomy article to My Yoga Online titled “Managing Plantar Fasciitis“. Dr. Carla Cupido discusses the cause and effect of developing plantar fasciitis as well offers suggested remedies, including various Yoga poses. Plantar fasciitis is a condition that affects an assortment of individuals. It plagues those who [...]

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My Yoga Online Introduces ‘Search A Class’ Feature

April 29th, 2008
My Yoga Online has just launched a search feature within it’s website, allowing members to easily locate the specific class they are looking for at any given time. Search by class length, level, style, or teacher. Access Search Here As our library has grown so much over the years with new practices in various styles of [...]

Michelle Trantina Health and Wellness, Meditation, Michelle Trantina, My Yoga Online, Pilates, Video Tips, Yoga, Yoga Videos

High Blood Pressure and Yoga Inversions

April 26th, 2008
High blood pressure is a serious health condition to be addressed when practicing Yoga. HBP generates many possible contraindications especially in Yoga postures, like Salamba Sarvangasana, that invert the head below the level of the heart. Learn more about the effects of high blood pressure and how one should modify a Yoga practice [...]

Kreg Weiss Kreg Weiss, Yoga, Yoga Anatomy, Yoga Poses

Tree Yoga Pose - Standing Half-Bound Lotus Postition

April 22nd, 2008
This is Tree Yoga Pose - The Standing Half-Bound Lotus Position version, as practiced by Marla Waal. You can view her full yoga practice in it’s entirety - The Breath Oasis Hatha Yoga Class - in our yoga classes section. beginner yoga half lotus health health and wellness marla waal [...]

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Benefits of Nostril Breathing in Yoga

April 21st, 2008
Breathing is a crucial element in Yoga whether one is doing Yoga poses (asanas) or just meditating. There are wide variations in breathing styles, rhythms, and structures. These variations all come into one basic purpose-to generate greater connection to energy flow, to manipulate the presence and function of prana (life-force energy), and to [...]

Kreg Weiss Kreg Weiss, Meditation, Yoga, Yoga Anatomy

Paper Conservation - End Junk Mail

April 20th, 2008
Unopened mail creates a lot of waste. In fact, a recent Canadian Marketing Study quoted in the Flyer Distribution Standards Association newsletter suggests that: • 67% of Canadians are not interested in the flyers and advertising that comes in the mail • 25% of Canadians discard them without reading In the US, the problem is even worse. The [...]

Michelle Trantina Community, Environment, Green Living, Health and Wellness, My Yoga Online, Uncategorized

Ask Our Experts-Yoga and Pelvic Instability

April 11th, 2008
Q: I was trying to find yoga poses that were designed to stabilize the hips and pelvis and prevent a sideways rotation. I do a lot of stabilizing exercises and my hips are in alignment but my pelvis turns to one side so that my centre of gravity is turned to my right and [...]

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Water Conservation

April 8th, 2008
When temperatures get warmer, people have a tendency to increase their water consumption for activities such as watering lawns and gardens and washing the car. Making an effort to break any water-wasting habits now will pay off in the summer. And it’s easier to reduce your water consumption than you may think. There is [...]

Michelle Trantina Community, Environment, Green Living, My Yoga Online, World Affairs

Yoga and Developing Proprioception

April 6th, 2008
Enjoy My Yoga Online’s latest article by Dr. Carla Cupido addressing the importance of developing a strong physical foundation through enhanced proprioception. This development of proprioception is greatly attained through the practice of Yoga and balancing Yoga poses. “Balance plays a pivotal role in our lives whether we notice it or not. We are constantly [...]

MyYogaOnline Health and Wellness, Yoga, Yoga Anatomy, Yoga Poses