Category: Benefits of Yoga

A Creative Body

Paloma Chavez
creativitystudents.jpgSo often we begin a yoga practice to release built up tensions, and stresses from our active lives. And then we soon find that what we are actually gaining is a balance of spirit, mind and body. But as one creative non-fiction teacher discovered - the release of a creative self-can also be a result of a consistent yoga practice.
Michael McColly of Columbia College Chicago and Northwestern University was...
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Shiva Rea’s Heart

Paloma Chavez
shiva.jpg"Poetry is not fanciful rumination but an entryway into the heart temple where we are closest to our truth, vision and wisdom in action." Shiva Rea, is a yogini of transformational Vinyasa flow yoga and yoga trance dance. In last month’s LAYoga magazine she writes about her relationship with the writings of Mevlana Jelauddin Rumi. This year marks the 800th birthday of Rumi, and the essence and honesty of his poetry has...
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Shiva Rea's Heart

Paloma Chavez
shiva.jpg"Poetry is not fanciful rumination but an entryway into the heart temple where we are closest to our truth, vision and wisdom in action." Shiva Rea, is a yogini of transformational Vinyasa flow yoga and yoga trance dance. In last month’s LAYoga magazine she writes about her relationship with the writings of Mevlana Jelauddin Rumi. This year marks the 800th birthday of Rumi, and the essence and honesty of his poetry has...
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Yoga Therapy Symposium

Paloma Chavez
sytar.jpgFor 3 days in March a gathering of notable, experienced yoga professionals,and students will attend the 2nd Annual Symposium on Yoga Therapy and Research (SYTAR)
The organizers write, “ SYTAR will present a broad spectrum of professional education as well as address a wide variety of challenges and opportunities facing the contemporary practice of Yoga therapy. SYTAR also showcases important new research and addresses business and public policy issues facing Yoga as...
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Yoga for Survivors

Paloma Chavez

ystudents.jpgYou have had a stressful week of overwhelming job demands, your family is misunderstanding you, and then you got a ticket for being late at your parking meter. Sound familiar? Is this an overwhelming situation? Perhaps? We all have challenging weeks. And at the end of it we feel like we “survived” the storm. (more…)

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Autism and Yoga

Paloma Chavez
autisimyouth.jpgAccording to the Center for Disease Control, 1 in every 150 births are diagnosed with autism. This disease unbalances the neurological system and decreases the standard functioning of the brain.  Dr. Kari Kassir M.D. has researched the alternative methods of treatment and the effectiveness of yoga for autistic children. (more…)
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Bare Your Yoga

Paloma Chavez
nakedyoga.jpgIn New Mexico, a naked yoga class takes place in a safe and supportive environment, led by Scott Lehman. Across the nation a number of studios are considering the benefits of doing yoga in the nude. While yoga students are still a bit shy, there are a number of classes that are either co-ed or male only. (more…)
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Holistic Rejuvenation

Paloma Chavez
gmevent.jpgThis last weekend in Los Angeles, the Golden Bridge hosted the New Earth’s event “Good Medicine” On behalf of YogaHub I attended the event along with the local Yoga MeetUp group. I had not yet attended any events at the center, so I was really looking forward to this day. This was a rejuvenating first experience. (more…)
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Yoga Asana Championships

Paloma Chavez
yogachampionship.jpg"Competition is the foundation for all democratic societies. For without ‘Competition', there is no democracy." Bikram Choudhury The 5th International Yoga Asana Championships will be taking place this coming week at the LAX Westin Hotel. Participants from around the world will gather to demonstrate a series of compulsory asanas and two personally selected by the participant all within 3 minutes.  The adult division are required to present the asanas: Standing-Head-to-Knee, Standing Bow...
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