Tag: yoga
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Yoga Helps Detox the Body
Toxins get a bad rep. We all know that in order to be healthy we should do things to Detox the body. Detoxes come in all shapes and forms with some being as extreme as week long juice cleanses to things as simple as making sure to drink 8 glasses of water a day. By…
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Śīrṣāsana or Headstand for Beginners
Headstand pose or Śīrṣāsana has some of the greatest benefits of any yoga asana. Headstands energize the body sending blood and nutrients to the brain, improve digestion aiding in the movement of food through the ileocecal valve (ascending colon), and stimulate lymphatic cleansing and drainage. All these benefits come from the effects of gravity acting in the opposite way…
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Yoga For Athletes: 6 Reasons Why You Should Do Yoga to Enhance your Athletic Preformance
One of my favorite viral images was this one to the right that started getting passed around about a year ago. “I can’t do yoga because I’m not flexible enough.”-The Many Athletes out there not doing yoga. Athletes can do amazing physical feats but it’s so funny how often they shy away from the things…
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8 Ways to Get Outside and Use Summer for Your Health Benefit
Summer has arrived. Here in Tennessee, the heat is in full swing and I’ve noticed all my friends around the country have begun posting pictures of their adventures in the sun. Hop on the summer train and join in the fun with these 8 ways to get outside and use summer for your health benefit!…
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Savory Green
This Savory Green smoothie is a bomb treat on a rainy day. Add a little more lemon juice though and it is perfect treat any day! Ingredients: 4 ounces Aloe Vera Water 6 baby carrots 1 persian cucumber 2 stalks celery 10 cilantro leaves 1/4 cup pineapple chunks 6 chunks frozen mango 1 handful of…
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To Sit or Not to Sit? What Sitting in Bikram Yoga Says About You
Ok, you are no longer a beginner to this yoga thing. Or, maybe you are, but you struggle every day to continue pushing through every posture. My question to you is, “Why are you struggling?” The second you begin to struggle, you are forgetting the first step of every posture, which is normal breathing.…
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4 Tips to Improving Your Eagle Pose Garurasana
Eagle Pose Garurasana is the first twist in the bikram yoga series. By the time you get to this pose, you should be sweating! In Eagle Pose Garurasana you cut off blood flow to the right side of the body and then the left. It is the first time in class that you begin to…
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4 Tips to Improving your Padahastasana or Hands to Feet Pose
Padahastasana or Hands to Feet pose is one of my favorite postures! It is the first time in class your shoulders get a break, if you don’t have proper posture, we suggest to check this review! By the time I am coming up arms and head together from Hands to Feet pose, I feel like…
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Why Try Yoga? Yoga Can Challenge and Benefit Anyone!
Most people equate yoga with a stretching class. Seeing the stereotypical tall and slender woman walking with her yoga mat might not necessarily get your butt to a yoga class. Seeing a husband and wife come to class with their high school football star son on Saturday might stir some curiosity. Seeing the neighbor down…
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6 Tips to Improving your Half Moon Pose
Ardha Chandrasana (Half Moon Pose) A major component to yoga is opening up the body. Half Moon Pose Begins this process. Half Moon Pose uses opposing muscle groups to open up and stretch the front, back, right side, and left side of the body. [leadplayer_vid id=”512E64014F980″] Half Moon Pose is an energizing pose that prepares you for…