Talking About The Heart Of An Athlete In Every Body When Matthew Sanford was an athletic thirteen-year-old, one devastating moment when his family’s car slipped off an overpass changed everything. His father and sister died in the car accident that left him paralyzed from the chest down. At the age of thirteen he lost the [...]
Twists are a time-honored remedy to kick-start the digestive system when practiced with conscious attention to breath and posture. According to gastroenterologist Sabine Hazan Steinberg, MD, “Gentle yoga twists increase blood flow to the bowels. If followed by rest, twists help the movement of the bowels. Twists are also shown to decrease inflammation.” Twists put [...]
When yoga could cause harm and what to do. Yoga Therapy: This is the first in an ongoing series on the therapeutic applications of yoga to appear in LA YOGA Ayurveda and Health magazine. Adapting yoga practice to meet an individual’s needs is at the core of yoga therapy. In any situation, your [...]
I was used to having the most advanced practice in the room. I rocked difficult arm balances, twisted myself into complicated knots and bent myself into stunning scorpions with little effort. Thirteen years as a competitive gymnast had rendered me strong and flexible, which made for easy asana assimilation. I found my way to Ashtanga [...]
From Injury To Inquiry Rachel Krentzman I clearly remember the moment when shooting pain in my back sent me down on my knees, unable to breathe. I remember the numbness and tingling in my right foot – no matter how much I commanded, my foot would not obey. As a physical therapist, [...]
Luxuriating yoga sessions while at home can offer some of the richest experiences of centering that you may ever have. To achieve this, you’ll need to face the demons of procrastination and laziness as well as doubt about whether you’ll know what to do without a teacher instructing. We have a tendency to slide into [...]
From Injury To Inquiry This is the second in an ongoing series on the therapeutic applications of yoga to appear in LA YOGA Ayurveda and Health magazine. I clearly remember the moment when shooting pain in my back sent me down on my knees, unable to breathe. I remember the numbness and tingling [...]
“Soldiers, above other people, must suffer and bear the deepest wounds of war,” sadly states Brigadier General James T. Cook, who has served in the U.S. Army Reserves for 30 years. Brigadier General Cook is one of a growing number of people nationwide, both inside and outside the Armed Services, who are turning their attention [...]
Diving Beneath the Surface for the Internal Arts of Qigong “That ’s the milion dollar question,” Sifu Tom Rizzo grinned at me when I asked him to give me his definition of qi (sometimes written as chi) energy, our prana, our life force. “A definition of something is much easier when you’ve understood it or [...]
How yogic principles can be applied to play with children. When our hearts feel joyful, the practice of yoga and meditation can themselves be playful. The lessons we learn in this path: equanimity, focus, stability, resilience, perseverance, union, connection and balance translate well into the language and practice of play and it is possible to [...]