ONEIDA — The two concepts of yoga and Swedish massage are familiar to most people. But a new avenue to wellness — Thai Yoga Massage — combines the benefits of both.
This yoga chest and shoulder opening video for the office and your desk will make an enormous difference in how you feel and carry yourself. Working at a desk can create extreme stress in the body, especially in the chest and shoulders. Tension in the chest and shoulders not only takes its toll on how ...
PORTLAND -- A unique fitness franchise has reached the West Coast, Think: yoga meets Cirque Du Soleil. Participants are suspended from the ceiling, supported by just a piece of fabric. It's called anti-gravity yoga. "The principle of it is to find levity and enjoy yourself," said Gravitas Studio Co-Owner Marci McDonald. The people who try it will flip, fly and float into some yoga positions that ...
Sonia Jones, co-owner of the newly opened Jois Yoga studio in Greenwich, practices the Kapotasana or King Pigeon Pose, one of the positions in the sequence of Ashtanga yoga.
Traditional hiking offers both mental and physical benefits. It allows an individual to enjoy the beautiful outdoors while getting a cardiovascular workout.
If your impression of yoga is stretching your body into uncomfortable positions while chanting and practicing transcendental meditation, Sherri Pope would tell you you're only partially correct.
NEW DELHI - A spate of unsavory controversies in the United States is cracking up yoga's wholesome image, with accusations of financial fraud, sexual misconduct and copyright issues involving asanas (positions) plaguing the community.
The burning Indian fragrance is an incense called nan champa, and the music that sets the mood is a mixture of Kundalini meditation music. The lights are low, and the moment Shannon Workman Lanier starts the class, all chatter becomes a sudden, focused quiet. Lanier has been practicing yoga for 10 years, but it wasn’t until this past summer that she became a certified yoga instructor through ...