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Skip the Super-Flexible Yoga Instructor, Instead, Try Six Weeks of Introductory Moves

January 5, 2017 SrijitaInstead, Instructor, Introductory, Moves, of, Six, Skip, Super-Flexible, The, Try, Weeks, Yoga

Plagued by stiff or painful joints as we age, some of us consider yoga. We sign up for a “gentle” yoga class but find ourselves pushing too hard to keep up, feeling inadequate, becoming more rigid instead of more relaxed. So we try a yoga video, which we can do alone at home. But there’s still that incredibly flexible teacher on the screen, effortlessly making us feel tense and clumsy. In contrast, there’s something soothingly achievable about “Relax into Yoga for Seniors: A Six-Week Program for Strength, Balance, Flexibility and…

The Stress of the Holidays – and 2016 – May Make This the Perfect Time to Try Meditation

December 10, 2016 Srijita2016:, and, Holidays, Make, May, Meditation, of, perfect:, Stress, The, This, Time, to, Try

If we can agree on one thing, it’s that this holiday season is especially stressful. This year it’s not just about the crush of shopping, decorating, cooking and traveling, but the whirl of emotions about getting together with friends and family, some of whom may disagree with you on matters more weighty than whose holiday sweater is ugliest. It may be the year to spike the eggnog. Better yet, it may be the year to try meditation. We spoke to Tara Brach, a psychologist, teacher and founder of the Insight…

Suffering from High BP? Try Yoga

December 9, 2016 SrijitaBP, From, High;, suffering, Try, Yoga

Practising hatha yoga — a combination of asanas, pranayam and meditation — daily as well as maintaining healthy lifestyle may help reduce blood pressure in patients with pre hypertension, a study has found. Pre hypertension — slightly elevated blood pressure — is blood pressure readings with a systolic pressure from 120 to 139 mm Hg or a diastolic pressure from 80 to 89 mm Hg. Readings greater than or equal to 140/90 mm Hg are considered hypertension — or high blood pressure. “Patients with pre hypertension are likely to develop…

Want a Full-Body Workout? Try a Rowing Machine

November 13, 2016 Srijitaa, Full-Body, Machine, Rowing, Try, Want, workout

Shoulders down, back straight, abs tight, Fola Awosika instructed during a Foundations class at RowVigor in Arlington, the Washington area’s first pop-up rowing studio. Then: “You want your legs to do the bulk of the work.” Wait, what? “Your legs are the strongest part,” he explained, despite the commonly held belief that rowing is all about the upper body. In fact, rowing engages 86 percent of muscles, an English Institute of Sport study found. Rowing is obviously not a new sport, but interest in indoor machines is growing. One reason…

Tai Chi Benefits: Here’s Why You Should Give it a Try

September 23, 2016 Srijitaa, Benefits, Chi, Give, Here's, It, Should, Tai, Try, Why, You

Tai Chi, alternatively known as Tai Chi Chuan, is an ancient Chinese Martial Art. The practice is often described as ‘meditation in motion’ and is believed to increase vitality and promote health. Tai chi involves a series of postures that are performed in standing position. The activity consists of bodily movements, flowing from one pose to another without any pause. A Taoist monk is believed to have created the technique after closely watching the slow and intense battle between a snake and a crane.As you practice Tai Chi, it makes…

Try Teppanyaki food for healthy living

September 7, 2016 SrijitaFood., for, Healthy, living, Teppanyaki, Try

Japanese are not just known for their enviable life expectancy, cherry blossoms, bullet trains, technical know-how and sushi, but also for a unique style of cooking that preserves the basic taste of food and its nutritional value. A land which is known for its longevity surely must be having some cooking secrets that add years to the life of the people living there. Teppanyaki style of cooking is one among those several techniques. Teppanyaki is a style of Japanese cooking that uses an iron girdle. The iron girdle is heated…