by Lucinda Staniland The benefits of yoga are well advertised. We hear that yoga will help us (among other things): lose weight, breathe better, live longer, have better sex, recover from depression, cure sciatica, heal our digestive system, build core strength, alleviate back pain, heal mental illness, and build bone health. But does science agree that yoga can really heal us in all these ways (and more)? Is Yoga really the silver bullet we've been waiting for? It turns out that yoga and … [Read more...]
Yoga Is For You (Even If You Don’t Think It Is)
In celebration of the launch of The No-More-Excuses Guide to Yoga, I’ve invited some friends and colleagues to write articles relating to the theme of the book’s subtitle: Because yoga is for every body. One of the most inspiring memoirs on yoga that I've read is by Matthew Sanford called Waking. I'm not going to tell you about it because I don't want to spoil Nadine's article down below, but I highly recommend getting your hands on a copy. It inspired one of the chapters in my book and has … [Read more...]