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The Benefits of Yoga: Are They Proven By Science?

May 19, 2015 by Lucinda Staniland 1 Comment

Albert Einstein

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...]

Filed Under: What's Real Yoga & a Real Yogi?, Yoga in the Media Tagged With: Benefits of Yoga, Lucinda Staniland, science, science of life, science of yoga, yoga

E=MC2 for Yogic Inspiration

July 16, 2013 by Guest Author 1 Comment

Einstein had words of wisdom for yogis

by guest author KateMcLeay, Flow Yoga What has the most influential scientist of the 20th century got to do with yoga? Albert Einstein, the German physicist who revolutionized scientific thought, developed the Theory of Relativity and opened the gateway for the creation of the atomic bomb, remains prolifically quoted and what he says totally speaks to my yogic psyche. When I think of Albert Einstein I think of crazy hair, a towering intellect and wise words. Many of those wise words sound … [Read more...]

Filed Under: What's Real Yoga & a Real Yogi? Tagged With: Albert Einstein, Kate McLeay, mysticism, quotes, rationality, science, The Yoga Lunchbox, yoga

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