...In Part I, I discussed how working out with free weights, or bodybuilding in general, your muscles would shorten and cause inflexibility. I pointed out how yoga will provide an alternative for the off days to give relief to sore muscle tissue, eliminate toxins and lengthen the muscles once again.

In this segment, Id like to offer that our body and mind arent always balanced evenly. Did you ever notice that one side of your body is stronger than the other? Well, this comes from being right or left-handed. If we were all ambidextrous we might be better balanced, but were not, so we favor one side over another. By the same token, the mind will only push through so much pain before giving up, so the weaker parts fatigue earlier in repetitions.

If you are right handed, you favor the left leg and vice versa. This applies to your workouts too. You will see that you struggle with one arm over the other when doing bicep curls, or one leg over the other when doing quad extensions. Yoga will greatly assist you in achieving equality in strength and flexibility.

Yoga done in a class situation, w...more

How Much And How Often Should One Practice Yoga?

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The term sadhana in Sanskrit means practice. Committing to practicing yoga on a regular, if not daily, basis, reaps immeasurable benefits. Students often tell me that they cannot commit to an hour a day- they simply do not have the time. In such cases, I recommend deciding the time frame you can realistically commit to each day, even if it is just five minutes. Much better to do this than to practice ...more

Yoga For Nurses With Back Pain

... get satisfaction knowing I am helping someone get well, even if I sometimes have to go through pain to do it".

Care

Nurses is one profession who are susceptible in getting low back pain under their daily activity,need also to be more aware of taking care of themselves with exercise to re-balance their bodies. Even just a minutes a day of Yoga is great for this.

What would be good, is that employers allow their nurses one hour a week in house to exercise and address the 'pain' whether shoulder or back with yoga classes.

Our healthcare system is really messed up. Of 47 nursing staff at an acute care hospital, the reported occurrence of some form of back pain during their career was found to be 80.

As the number of manual handling injuries in carers and nurses continues to be very high, the problem of how to prevent injury has not been solved.

Injury

Many people start yoga because of an injury. "If you stay in bed for lo...more

Healthy Mind & Mind With Yoga

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Blood flows through the body at a certain pressure, but if the pressure is higher than the normal range, then you can say you suffer from High Blood Pressure, and if it drops below what is considered the normal range, then it is called Low Blood Pressure. Blood Pressure is a killer disease brought on by constant fear, anger, anxiety, excessive thinking, mental tensions, or even from exerting yourself physically. However, Yoga can help you back to a healthy blood pressure level, of wh...more

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