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Monthly Archives: July 2011
From PressMonitor.com In yoga, the breath is used as a way to center the body and mind. A yoga instructor will ask participants to focus on their breath as they gently move from position to position. In yoga that is … Continue reading
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Wounded Warrior Project Calls on the Department of Veterans Affairs to Refocus Its Approach to Returning Warriors’ Mental Health
From Wounded Warrior Project JACKSONVILLE, Fla., June 22, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — As the nation approaches the ten-year mark of combat operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, we risk losing the war on mental health for this generation of veterans. Wounded Warrior … Continue reading
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Yoga can reduce chronic pain, study finds
From The Independent Friday, 29 July 2011 New research claims that a regular yoga practice can reduce chronic pain and ease stress. A small Canadian study announced July 27 found that practicing yoga twice weekly for eight weeks reduced the … Continue reading
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5 Surprising Things That Mindfulness Can Do For You
From Rodale Press By Brittany Linn New research shows mindfulness exercises can calm a troubled gut. But wait, there’s more! RODALE NEWS, EMMAUS, PA—Researchers at the University of North Carolina tracked symptoms in 75 women burdened with IBS (irritable bowel … Continue reading
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Migraine Miseries Push Patients to Ways of Coping
From The New York Times By TARA PARKER-POPE The news that the presidential candidate Michele Bachmann suffers from severe migraines has touched off a national discussion about a surprisingly common disorder that is little understood and often undertreated. Migraine patients … Continue reading
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Grasping for Any Way to Prevent Alzheimer’s
From The New York Times By PAM BELLUCK Is there a way to prevent Alzheimer’s disease? Last week, a study presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference in Paris suggested there might be, something that would give hope to millions … Continue reading
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Helping Wounded Warriors at Fort Campbell
From News Channel 5 FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. – Wounded soldiers returning to Fort Campbell are limited. Many can’t run, can’t lift weight, and can’t even do a single push-up. But some injured vets are taking up an unlikely practice on … Continue reading
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Yoga sweeps Lebanon as people seek inner calm, combat stress
From The Daily Star By Alex Taylor BEIRUT: Up dog, down dog, vinyasas, asanas – to many the vocabulary of yoga may as well be an alien language, but slowly more people in Beirut are getting down with their downward … Continue reading
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Brooklyn yoga studio focuses on people left out of traditional studios
From NY Daily News Before starting their stretches and poses, each student in Third Root Community Health Center’s small yoga studio in Flatbush took turns saying their name. Some were newcomers and others already knew each other well, but everyone … Continue reading
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Yoga poses for what ails you
From CNN By Elizabeth Cohen, Senior Medical Correspondent When Dr. Carolyn LaFleur was in a car accident six years ago, she couldn’t move her neck for a year and a half, she had terrible pain in her hip, and she … Continue reading
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