http://yoga-and-health.info Yoga and Health blog Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:34:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Often, the inability to relax stems from a racing brain. Getting control of "mind chatter" is more than half the battle. Here's what you can do to get that control. Steps Lie down somewhere where you are unobstructed (like the back of a couch squishing your arm to your body). On your back, ... http://yoga-and-health.info/2008/07/08/how-to-relax-without-relaxation-techniques/ What a world of difference a deep breath can make! It is one thing to know that you need to relax, but how do you find the time? To reach the "relaxation response" at times can seem like you are trying to hit a moving target. Just ask Joan, a ... http://yoga-and-health.info/2008/06/07/quick-relaxation-7-easy-tips/ The brain is a fascinating organ. It seems like the more we study it, the less we understand. In other words, the brain confuses us! Just yesterday the BBC had a news article on their health pages regarding depression. The doctors and hospitals participating in a large study rather convincingly ... http://yoga-and-health.info/2008/06/07/controlling-the-brain/ When you are pregnant you exercise to tone your muscles, you do yoga, you eat right to keep healthy, you practice your kegals to tone the birthing canal, so why not tone your voice. Singers do it, public speakers do it, and often times, we tone our voices without really ... http://yoga-and-health.info/2008/05/07/prenatal-yoga-and-vocal-toning/ Balance plays a pivotal role in our lives whether we notice it or not. We are constantly bombarded with external forces that disrupt our equilibrium. So much so, that we often fail to notice, as our bodies are so effectively equipped to deal with such disturbances. We do, however, notice ... http://yoga-and-health.info/2008/05/07/yoga-and-developing-proprioception/ 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 ... http://yoga-and-health.info/2008/05/07/water-conservation/ 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 ... http://yoga-and-health.info/2008/05/07/benefits-of-nostril-breathing-in-yoga/ The practice of Yoga poses (Hatha Yoga) offers tremendous health and wellness benefits, but certain health conditions require important modifications and omissions of specific asanas. High blood pressure is a serious health condition that generates many possible contraindications especially in Yoga postures that invert the head below the level of ... http://yoga-and-health.info/2008/05/07/high-blood-pressure-and-yoga-inversions/ http://yoga-and-health.info/2008/04/07/yoga-for-weight-loss-video/ Most of internet surfing use chair to get near computer. Twenty percent of all those who undergo surgery for lower back pain will get no relief. The remaining 80 percent will have problems ranging from mild to severe. All will have trouble with spinal flexion. Yoga does not offer cures. It ... http://yoga-and-health.info/2008/04/07/yoga-for-computer-users-releases-lower-back-pain/