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Yoga for Hair Growth: 6 Effective Poses for Healthy and Strong Hair

January 17, 2017 Srijita6, and, effective, for, Growth, hair, Healthy, Poses, Strong, Yoga

Our urban lifestyle is never stress free. There’s just so much happening all the time and we are constantly running around to make ends meet. We already know that it is taking a toll on our body yet we neglect to take care of ourselves. The truth is that stress is the root cause of many problems in our body. Various research studies have pointed out that stress could lead to high blood pressure, heart disease, mental problem and as well as beauty trouble. Take hair fall for instance. Stress…

Yoga Can Benefit Lower Back Pain Patients: Study

January 12, 2017 SrijitaBack, benefit, Can, Lower, Pain, Patients:, Study, Yoga

Good news for people suffering from chronic non-specific lower back pain, yoga can help alleviate the condition. Yoga asanas, if performed under proper guidance and supervision, can help reduce pain and allow movement in patients. The trials for the study were conducted in India, the UK and the US. All participants had chronic non-specific lower back pain. “Our findings suggest that yoga exercise may lead to reducing the symptoms of lower back pain by a small amount,” said lead author Susan Wieland from Centre for Integrative Medicine at University of…

Yoga for Concentration: 5 Asanas That Simply Do Wonders

January 7, 2017 Srijita5%;, Asanas, Concentration:, Do, for, Simply, That, wonders, Yoga

We all know about the amazing health benefits of Yoga, but the greatest thing amongst all is that Yoga works on changing our internal make-up. According to a recent study conducted at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, practicing yoga daily for 20 minutes can improve brain function and actually focus better on the task at hand. In the study, 30 people performed two tasks involving identifying shapes on a computer screen, and found that yoga helped the subjects perform better in comparison to aerobic exercises or no exercise…

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…

Yoga can Improve Mental Health for Kids under Home Care

December 15, 2016 SrijitaCan, Care, for, Health, Home, Improve, Kids, mental, Under, Yoga

Regular practise of Kundalini Yoga — which incorporates movement, dynamic breathing techniques, meditation and the chanting of mantras — can potentially help improve the health and psychological well being of children as well as the workforce in residential care homes, a study has found. The results showed that the yogic technique has the potential to encourage togetherness and mutuality and improve health and psychological outcomes for children as well as the staff. “The findings are very exciting as they suggest that the practice of Kundalini yoga, involving both staff and…

Power Yoga: Is it Really Worth the Hype?

December 10, 2016 SrijitaHype?, Is, It, Power, really, The, Worth, Yoga

In the words of Yogacharya Anoop of the Chaitanya Foundation, the traditional form of yoga focuses on correcting and strengthening the nervous system in order to benefit the body. Edit out the pauses, the breaks and trim down the necessity to hold a posture and you get Power Yoga. The practice entails doing asanas back-to-back, without stopping. “The traditional form of yoga requires you to focus on breathing and holding a posture for a number of breaths. This not only affects the nervous system but has an impact on your…