Yoga

Saturday 23 February 2013

Yoga And Pregnancy

Yoga And Pregnancy
Yoga is an ancient form of exercise that has contributed in the holistic living of individuals in the most natural and trusted way since years. Yoga is like a spiritual route to a relaxed mind and healthy body.
In times of pregnancy, when women are battling mood swings at varying levels, fatigue and sickness, painful leg cramps and breathing problems; yoga exercises, techniques and postures ease all such conditions ensuring a period of relieved nine months followed by an easier labour and smooth delivery.
Yoga postures prepare muscles to become “birthing muscles” by increasing their elasticity and mothers learn to use them more effectively during the birth..
Yoga practice allows fear and stress to be released as the baby is born.
Yoga in pregnancy brings a calm strength and inner balance that enables the mother to overcome whatever challenges lie ahead.
Bodily changes in your body during pregnancy have an effect on muscles your lower and upper back and abdomen as well as stretching tendons and ligaments, over and over again causing pain. Doing yoga exercises, helps stretch and make stronger the muscles undergoing changes. Moreover, the mild stretching of the pelvic muscles helps help a smooth delivery.

Yoga And Pregnancy

Friday 22 February 2013

Yoga For Fibromyalgia

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Fibromyalgia is a chronic pain disorder that causes pain in the muscles, headaches, extreme fatigue and problems sleeping. For years, it was not even recognized as a real disease, but now there are medications used to target symptoms.
There is also plenty of research which shows that yoga is beneficial for treating fibromyalgia, and can provide long-term relief. In an eight-week study published in the “Journal of Pain Research” in 2011, researchers found that yoga for fibromyalgia not only helped to relieve fibromyalgia symptoms, but helped in regulating cortisol levels in the body.
Those with fibromyalgia often have pain and tension in the back, shoulders and neck. Certain yoga poses actually target these specific areas. Try the following yoga exercises as part of your regular fibromyalgia treatment plan. Check with your doctor before beginning this or any exercise program.
Women who have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia can reduce symptoms of the disease and improve their function by practicing the mind-body techniques of yoga, a new study says. Researchers in Oregon who enrolled 53 women aged 21 or older for the study say that women who participated in a “Yoga of Awareness” health program showed significantly greater improvement in fibromyalgia symptoms. Their findings are published in the November issue of Pain, the journal of the International Association for the Study of Pain.

Yoga For Fibromyalgia

Bikram Yoga Voorhees

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Tired of saluting the sun each morning with a stiff neck and a bleary shuffle to the coffee pot? Today's deal from Bikram Yoga Voorhees offers you a way to energize your body and awaken your potential: Get five 90-minute hot yoga classes for $25 (an $85 value) in Bikram Yoga Voorhees' new studio. Don't worry about jumping in too early or too late -- these classes cater to all ages and fitness levels, focusing on simple, powerful poses that maximize benefits to beginners with no risk of injury. With invigorating classes in a clean, spa-like environment, this studio offers a warm, welcoming space to relieve stress and stretch your way to a firm, toned body. You'll be singing with the bluebirds in no time.
Inside Bikram Yoga Voorhees’s vibrant orange interior, yogis of all experience levels practice the 90-minute steamy Bikram style of yoga all week long. The studio's robust schedule of classes runs under the adept instruction of a team of gurus. Instructors guide students through 26 pliable poses from the Bikram tradition, bestowing strength and flexibility while priming the different organs of the body to awake and do their groovy thing. Classes take place in a 100- to 105-degree room to infuse each move with additional penetrating power and promote detoxification. In addition to helping practitioners to work up a sweat, the high temperatures elevate metabolism, making it easier to burn fat and beat Homer Simpson in donut-eating contests.

Bikram Yoga Voorhees