After you find a yoga teacher that inspires and supports you, and get the mat and props you need to make the practice effective and safe, you need to choose clothes that help you get the most out of each practice. While it is true that yoga meets you where you are and you can…

Most of us tend to trend to favor one type of exercise over the other eschewing cardiovascular training for weight training, or vice versa. However, a balanced exercise routine is essential in achieving and maintaining health and vitality as we progress through the inevitable aging process. Lets take a look at strength training in particular,…

You Will Have More Energy When you breathe you take oxygen into your body. Taking deep breaths ensures that you take in more oxygen. Oxygen is carried to every part of your body. The more oxygen you inhale the more energy you will have. Taking deep breaths will automatically make you feel more mentally alert….

Feeling weighed down by some seasonal overindulgence? Or just want to look and feel your best without doing crazy cardio? Yoga can help you develop tone and strength in your whole body, including your belly. One secret to tight abs is that you have to exercise the whole body along with targeted core work. If…

The ancient Yogis would be astonished at the idea of using Yoga to improve ones sex life. Part of the work of most classical Yoga lineages was to redirect sexual energy towards meditative practices so that the practitioner could experience liberation from desire. But the gift of living in these modern times is that we…

Whether its in the office, at the gym, or in line at the grocery store, weve all had someone extol us with the virtues of hot yoga. Theyre never felt more flexible, alive, and healthy, they tell us. They lost three pounds in a week. Theyve never had a better workout in their entire life….

Back in the day (aka traditionally) physical Yoga was primarily practiced by men. There were always women practitioners, of course, but Yoga asana was mostly engaged in by serious acetic men who would renounce a normal, worldly life in favor of a spiritual quest for enlightenment. It often involved living in a cave or under…

One of the most popular exercise fads these days is high-intensity interval training, also known as HIIT. Its proponents promise strong, toned muscles and significantly decreased body fat. Like any form of exercise, it has benefits and dangers. Here is a bit more about why this extreme way of working out is getting so much…

Even if youre committed to losing weight, the prospect of engaging in a consistent exercise routine can sound exhausting, if not impossible. However, for many of us, an exercise routine can make or break our weight goals. Even if youre diligently monitoring calories and eating well, weight loss can be slow or stubborn in the…

You have probably been told about the importance of exercise many times. Exercise is crucial for our physical, mental and emotional health. In addition to our diet, our activity level is the most important factor in determining our lifelong health and wellness. Its that important. Got it? Good. But what if you hate to exercise?…