Bryan Russell http://bryanfrussell.com Yoga....Practice, Community, & Business Sun, 06 Mar 2011 23:25:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Is the US army `babying` troops with physical training of yoga, resting? http://bryanfrussell.com/2011/03/06/is-the-us-army-babying-troops-with-physical-training-of-yoga-resting/ http://bryanfrussell.com/2011/03/06/is-the-us-army-babying-troops-with-physical-training-of-yoga-resting/#comments Sun, 06 Mar 2011 23:25:37 +0000 Bryan Russell http://bryanfrussell.com/?p=239 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 [...]]]> http://bryanfrussell.com/2011/03/06/is-the-us-army-babying-troops-with-physical-training-of-yoga-resting/feed/ 0 SentinelSource.com |Practitioners protest proposed tax on yoga http://bryanfrussell.com/2011/03/06/sentinelsource-com-practitioners-protest-proposed-tax-on-yoga/ http://bryanfrussell.com/2011/03/06/sentinelsource-com-practitioners-protest-proposed-tax-on-yoga/#comments Sun, 06 Mar 2011 00:28:06 +0000 Bryan Russell http://bryanfrussell.com/?p=237 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 [...]]]> http://bryanfrussell.com/2011/02/24/bow-down-to-the-yoga-teacher-newsweek/feed/ 0 What’s the Hard Return on Employee Wellness Programs? – Harvard Business Review http://bryanfrussell.com/2011/02/14/whats-the-hard-return-on-employee-wellness-programs-harvard-business-review/ http://bryanfrussell.com/2011/02/14/whats-the-hard-return-on-employee-wellness-programs-harvard-business-review/#comments Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:37:00 +0000 Bryan Russell http://bryanfrussell.com/?p=231 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 [...]]]> http://bryanfrussell.com/2011/02/14/whats-the-hard-return-on-employee-wellness-programs-harvard-business-review/feed/ 0 Yoga Adjustments Tread a Fine Line of Personal Space – NYTimes.com http://bryanfrussell.com/2011/02/12/yoga-adjustments-tread-a-fine-line-of-personal-space-nytimes-com/ http://bryanfrussell.com/2011/02/12/yoga-adjustments-tread-a-fine-line-of-personal-space-nytimes-com/#comments Sat, 12 Feb 2011 20:19:15 +0000 Bryan Russell http://bryanfrussell.com/?p=229 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 [...]]]> http://bryanfrussell.com/2011/02/12/yoga-adjustments-tread-a-fine-line-of-personal-space-nytimes-com/feed/ 0 The connection between yoga and your brain http://bryanfrussell.com/2011/02/10/the-connection-between-yoga-and-your-brain/ http://bryanfrussell.com/2011/02/10/the-connection-between-yoga-and-your-brain/#comments Thu, 10 Feb 2011 20:22:51 +0000 Bryan Russell http://bryanfrussell.com/?p=227 Web Produced by: Amanda Nembhard

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.

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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 [...]]]> http://bryanfrussell.com/2011/02/08/yoga-as-a-stress-reliever-in-infertility-nytimes-com/feed/ 0 Tim Dale branches out with Yoga Tree http://bryanfrussell.com/2011/02/07/tim-dale-branches-out-with-yoga-tree/ http://bryanfrussell.com/2011/02/07/tim-dale-branches-out-with-yoga-tree/#comments Mon, 07 Feb 2011 13:48:59 +0000 Bryan Russell http://bryanfrussell.com/?p=223 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.

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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
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