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Yoga May Aid Cognitive Function

January 12, 2010 – 11:54 am

New research shows that doing some moderate exercise, including yoga, in later life could reduce your risk of cognitive impairment by as much as 40%.  The research, conducted by an MD at the Mayo clinic and colleagues, results were published in the January Archives of Neurology. Find out more here.

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Doing and Not Doing

January 3, 2010 – 12:47 pm

“Doing yoga with a wandering mind is a lot like not doing yoga.” – Geshe Michael Roach

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Mindful Breath

January 3, 2010 – 12:46 pm

“If your awareness is on your breath, you’re doing yoga.” – Unknown

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Goals

January 3, 2010 – 12:44 pm

“The goal of yoga is not in the future” – Richard Freeman

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Yoga for Bronchial Asthma

December 22, 2009 – 2:25 pm

A dated, but fascinating study reported in the British Medical Journal  finds “a highly significant improvement in the number of attacks per week and drug treatment scores in the patients who practised yoga.” Available in pdf format. Find it here.

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Effects of Mantra Practice on Cardiovascular Rhythms

December 22, 2009 – 2:16 pm

From the British Medical Journal: yoga mantra practice and rosary prayer both caused striking, powerful, and synchronous increases in existing cardiovascular rhythms when recited six times a minute. Text of the research is available in pdf form. Find it here.

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Yoga-Based Intervention for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

December 22, 2009 – 2:03 pm

Research into the effectiveness of yoga in treating Carpal Tunnel Syndrome. This is a pdf that I downloaded from the Journal of the American Medical Association. Find it here.

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Yoga for Anxiety and Depression

December 22, 2009 – 1:30 pm

A variety of research-based snippets from Harvard Medical School, all oriented toward the effectiveness of yoga in combating stress, anxiety and depression. Find out more here.

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Yoga Boosts Heart Health

December 22, 2009 – 1:05 pm

“Heart rate variability, a sign of a healthy heart, has been shown to be higher in yoga practitioners than in non-practitioners, according to research to be published in a forthcoming issue of the International Journal of Medical Engineering and Informatics.” Find out more here.

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Meditation May Make Information Processing In the Brain More Efficient

December 20, 2009 – 11:58 am

“Attentional-blink” occurs when two pieces of information are presented to a person in very close succession, and the brain doesn’t perceive the second piece of information because it is still processing the first. Richard Davidson and colleagues attempted to determine if intensive mental training through meditation could extend the brain’s limits on information processing, reducing “attentional-blink.” Find out more here.

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