5 Yoga Poses for Spring Cleaning
Dr. Jill Hoffman, ND As the ground thaws and hibernating seeds send up their shoots, so liver, a primary organ of detoxificationtoo are we ready for a season of light and renewal. In Chinese Medicine green is the color of spring – think about all the young, tender leafy greens that appear during these months. […]
A Sunny Yoga Practice For Winter Days
Dr. Jill Hoffman, ND For those of you living in a four season climate, these winter months can feel like an endless ice-age of darkness and cold. The impulse to stay in and hibernate is ever-present, and if we give in to it too often we can be left feeling lethargic and sluggish, even depressed. […]
Yoga-Inspired Technique To Help You Heal Injury
Sophia Smith Preparing for a surgery is a time when most patients’ stress and anxiety levels tend to go through the roof. Knowing that a complete stranger is approaching your body with the intention of opening is a rather unpleasant prospect to have, but apprehension and dread can only make things worse. That is why […]
Yoga Lessening Side Effects in Men Being Treated for Prostate Cancer
A study out of the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine found that yoga can lessen the side effects in men being treated for prostate cancer. They found that general quality of life and measurements of side effects often experienced by prostate cancer patients–including fatigue, sexual health, and urinary incontinence–were stable throughout a course of […]
5 Reasons to Kick the Butt with Yoga
Elena Jutai, ND The number one New Year’s resolution is quitting smoking What does it take to quit? The International Tobacco Control Four Country cohort survey recruited 21,613 smokers across seven waves in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. They found that over 40% of smokers reported attempts to quit in a […]
Back to the Basics: 5 Yoga Poses for Chronic Low Back Pain
Elena Jutai, ND Pesky low back pain is one of the most common reasons to visit a primary care doctor. All too often we reach into the cabinet for our quick fix pain killers. While these may help with pain in the short term, it is important to consider that the root cause of low […]
Americans Who Practice Yoga Report Better Wellness, Health Behaviors
Analysis reveals reasons for use of yoga, supplements, and spinal manipulation People who practiced yoga or took natural products (dietary supplements other than vitamins and minerals) were more likely to do so for wellness reasons than to treat a specific health condition, according to analysis of data from the 2012 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS). Yoga […]
Yoga for Better Sleep
Dr. Jill Hoffman, ND We as a culture are in full swing of an epidemic of sleeplessness. We don’t sleep enough and we certainly don’t sleep well. A 2013 count shows almost 9 million Americans use prescription sleep aids and the number of prescriptions written continues to be on a steady rise. Add to that […]
This Thing Called Yoga
Dr. Jill Hoffman, ND Ask a few People who Practice Yoga what Yoga is and why They do it and You’ll get a few Different Answers Ask everyone in the U.S. who practices yoga and you’ll get LOT of different answers, probably as many answers as there are practitioners which would put the number at […]