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Low back injuries, high blood pressure, history or risk of stroke, neck injuries, knee injuries and headaches top the list. Practitioners with common medical conditions should educate themselves in order to avoid injury. New book provides necessary guidance. Savannah, GA (PRWEB) December 06, 2012 With Yoga Journal reporting that 20.4 million Americans are now practicing yoga and New Year's resolutions right around the corner, you probably know someone who's jumping, head first,...
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 5, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The latest "Yoga in America" study, just released by Yoga Journal (yogajournal.com) shows that 20.4 million Americans practice yoga, compared to 15.8 million from the previous 2008 study*, an increase of 29 percent. In addition, practitioners spend $10.3 billion a year on yoga classes and products, including equipment, clothing, vacations, and media. The previous estimate from the 2008 study was $5.7 billion*. Data for this survey,...
MONTEREY, Calif., Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- www.shopzenconnection.com (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121204/CG23571)frontiermarketsolutions.wordpress.com Zen Connection(TM) was founded on the guiding principles of the yamas and niyamas found in Pataniali's Yoga Sutra. Virtues of compassion, truthfulness, non-stealing and being grounded on the bedrock of ethical behavior are the foundation of our company.Many people come to yoga initially for the physical...
NEW YORK, Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Gaiam, Inc., the leading distributor of lifestyle media, announced today the release of Beginning Yoga with Chrissy Carter. This new DVD introduces yoga in an accessible format that provides a basic foundation for true beginners. In Beginning Yoga, Carter demystifies and simplifies yoga, providing detailed explanations of the poses and breaking down and reinforcing movements through continuous repetition. In addition to introducing the poses,...
NEW YORK, Dec. 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Gaiam, Inc., the leading distributor of lifestyle media, announced today the release of Colleen Saidman's "Yoga for Weight Loss" DVD. In her first solo DVD with Gaiam, Saidman, the wife of the acclaimed yoga teacher Rodney Yee, and the owner and director of Yoga Shanti studio in Sag Harbor, New York, provides practitioners with a program that will help them reach their weight-loss goals and foster a healthy mind-body connection. "Yoga for Weight...
St. Maarten's First Yoga "Studio" on the Beach Opened Thursday at Tahoma Beach. Under a Shady Sand-Free Shala, Yogis and Yoginis Can Practice Their Downward Facing Dog with SXM Yoga While They Listen to the Waves Crash on Simpson Bay. St. Maarten (PRWEB) December 02, 2012 Yoga on St. Maarten takes many different forms. And now, for the first time, vacationers and locals alike can enjoy the serenity of waves crashing on Simpson Bay, at Tahoma Beach, while they practice yoga...
redOrbit Staff & Wire Reports - Your Universe Online Just one week at a health spa improves emotional and physical well-being, with measureable improvements in health, a new study finds. Researchers from Thomas Jefferson University Hospital evaluated 15 participants before and after their visit to the We Care Spa, a health and wellness spa in Desert Hot Springs California, and found appreciable improvements in health after just one week. "Programs such as these have never before...
American Health and Wellness Institute to Host Conference in Rome, Italy LONG BEACH, Calif., Nov. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- American Health and Wellness Institute, a multidisciplinary mental health evaluation and treatment provider, today announced that the First International Conference on Mindfulness will be held May 8-12, 2013, at the Sapienza - Universita di Roma in Rome, Italy. Presenters and participants in the First International Conference on Mindfulness will...
MEMPHIS, Tenn., Nov. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- This past Sunday, I awoke at 3 am. As I lay awake quietly, my mind began to fill with a list of undone tasks and to-do items. A few minutes later, I had accomplished the impressive feat of going from deep sleep to a frenetic, stressed out, manic state. Did I really want to start my day out like this? I took a few deep breaths and asked myself a key question... "What is lacking from my life - right now?" The answer was obvious:...
African Americans with heart disease who practiced Transcendental Meditation regularly were 48 percent less likely to have a heart attack, stroke or die from all causes compared with African Americans who attended a health education class over more than five years, according to new research published in the American Heart Association journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes. Those practicing meditation also lowered their blood pressure and reported less stress and anger....
