Yoga

Yoga can help increase breath and body awareness, slow your respiratory rate, and promote calm and relieve stress — all of which are beneficial for people who have asthma

After giving birth, your body may feel delicate and in need of some self love. You might think yoga is the best way to do this…and you wouldn’t be wrong! Many women start their yoga practice right away and then find that it feels very different. Even though you are not pregnant anymore, your body needs a modified practice.

Pregnancy is an incredibly special time in a woman’s life. Creating life and carrying another soul inside your body for nine months gives new meaning to your life, and might even be giving you strength to cheerfully bear the long list of complaints that pregnancy often brings.

This is the time to get into the rhythm of your regular yoga practice on your own if you are a seasoned yogi, or by attending prenatal yoga classes if you are new to yoga.

Yoga can help teenagers be more at peace with their bodies and hear the messages of their own heart more clearly.

Yoga practice combines physical postures, breathing exercises, relaxation techniques, and meditation. There are different types of yoga. Some are more physically demanding and some are more relaxing. All forms of yoga can help you learn how to deal with stress and stay calm, and improve your concentration and sense of wellbeing. Yoga practice is individual and is not meant to be competitive.

In this episode special focus is on Yoga for children in their pre-adolescent years.

Antibiotics and other medicines do help the body recover from the disease but they don’t help improve the body’s immunity. Yoga, perhaps, is one of the most effective and time-tested natural immunity boosters that we can adopt for a healthier life.

Ashtanga yoga is a system of yoga transmitted to the modern world by Sri K. Pattabhi Jois (1915-2009). This method of yoga involves synchronizing the breath with a progressive series of postures—a process producing intense internal heat and a profuse, purifying sweat that detoxifies muscles and organs.