Is the US army ‘babying’ troops with physical training of yoga, resting?
2011-03-06 14:30:00
The US Army is overhauling its physical fitness tests for the first time in 30 years by adding a new ‘combat readiness test’ that incorporates cross-training, elements of yoga, and the benefits of rest.
Announced on March 1st, the new [...]
Practitioners protest proposed tax on yoga
By Ed Stannard
New Haven Register
Published: Saturday, March 05, 2011
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Yoga has been popular for decades among those seeking to reduce stress and increase fitness, but in its pure form it’s a 4,000-year-old religious ritual mentioned in ancient Hindu texts.
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Bow Down to the Yoga TeacherBruce Katz / Amelia Island Plantation-MCT-Getty ImagesGreg Gumucio, standing, leads a yoga class at his studio, Yoga to the People, in New York.
Marco, the tattooed instructor at the front of the room, is all charisma. He stalks; he pounces; he perches on my back as he corrects my [...]
What’s the Hard Return on Employee Wellness Programs?
by Leonard L. Berry, Ann M. Mirabito, and William B. Baun
Since 1995, the percentage of Johnson & Johnson employees who smoke has dropped by more than two-thirds. The number who have high blood pressure or who are physically inactive also has declined—by more than half. That’s [...]
The Delicate Art of Adjustments
Piotr Redlinski for The New York Times
By EMILY S. RUEB
Published: February 11, 2011
GENTLY, PLEASE Jason Ray Brown and Frances Taylor-Brown, a married couple who teach at Zenyasa Yoga and Wellness Studio, illustrate adjustments to poses.
THINGS [...]
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Meditation in motion. Yoga instructors will tell you this is true happiness.
Now, work in the lab shows that work on the may may be working wonders for your brain.
Gaba is a chemical in your brain that’s released when you’re happy. Studies from the Boston School of Medicine [...]
Yoga’s Stress Relief: An Aid for Infertility?
Michelle V. Agins/The New York Times
Tracy Toon Spencer teaches yoga to Jessica Tabibnia, left, and Kimberly Soranno, at the N.Y.U. Fertility Center.
By CATHERINE SAINT LOUIS
Published: February 4, 2011
KIMBERLY SORANNO, a 39-year-old Brooklynite undergoing an in vitro fertilization cycle as part [...]
Tim Dale branches out with Yoga Tree
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Paul Chinn / The Chronicle
Tim Dale, founder of the Yoga Tree studio, strikes a yoga pose in San Francisco, Calif., on Friday, Dec. 10, 2010.
Three men in their 50s, carrying rolled-up mats, walk into an afternoon class at [...]
To Register with Yoga Alliance you will need 3 things:
Print out the appropriate application form (below) Have a photocopy of your Yoga Teacher Certificate Mail them in with the appropirate fees to Yoga Alliance
RYT: $25 processing, Annually $55 for North America applications, $85 for other applications
E-RYT: $95 processing, Annually [...]
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