http://healthruns.com/health-forum/forum/yoga A HealthRuns.com initiative en-US Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:36:30 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://healthruns.com/health-forum/search.php http://healthruns.com/health-forum/topic/yoga-anyone#post-738 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 11:32:16 +0000 Dan111el 738@http://healthruns.com/health-forum/ <p>As with any yoga sequence, practice yoga, you need a small, ventilated, well-ventilated, and yoga mats on the floor. Yoga is the perfect solution for you to recover your health and living life, you have always wanted. </p> http://healthruns.com/health-forum/topic/yoga-exercises#post-776 Fri, 29 Jul 2011 10:26:25 +0000 Ef11ron 776@http://healthruns.com/health-forum/ <p>In Yoga, it is very important to do some Warm-up Poses before a session so you will be physically ready for the Yoga Poses that you want to practice.<br /> For Neck Exercises:<br /> Many people hold tension in their necks and shoulders, leading to stiffness, bad posture, and tension headaches. Yoga practice can ease tension, increase flexibility, and tone the muscles. </p> http://healthruns.com/health-forum/topic/some-reasons-why-you-should-practice-yoga-daily#post-8 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:56:55 +0000 blupa 8@http://healthruns.com/health-forum/ <p>1) Going with the flow: Yoga gets your blood flowing, which helps your circulation, which means you get more oxygen to your cells, which function better as a result. Healthier cells fight off better when you come under attack. If you get sick, you may not be sick for long.</p> <p>2) Lymph Lesson: when you contract and stretch your muscles, move organs around, and come in an out of yoga postures, you increase the drainage of lymph. This helps the lymphatic system fight infection and dispose of toxins at the cellular level. Again, you're able to fight anything off stronger and more efficiently.</p> <p>3) Fighting the worry worts: Yoga lowers cortisol levels, the stress hormone that can build up in our bodies. And we all know that an abundance of stress, compromises your immune system.</p> <p>4)When you practice yoga, the stretching and relaxation helps to alleviate constipation, getting rid of those toxins that your body might otherwise hold on to. Ayurveda, a sister science to yoga, confirms that alot of illness is born by not getting rid of those toxins in the body, they build up over time and this leads to illness and even disease. </p> http://healthruns.com/health-forum/topic/should-yoga-schools-be-regulated#post-2 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:30:48 +0000 blupa 2@http://healthruns.com/health-forum/ <p>If you search the web for Yoga Teacher Training schools, you will be inundated with hundreds of styles and approaches in almost every corner of the globe. All of these programs promise to graduate exceptional, knowledgeable teachers with a penchant for presenting the practice of yoga in a safe and accessible way. But as the number of Yoga schools explodes, are the thousands of new teachers they are producing every year really credible and safe? </p> <p>In New York, the state Department of Education doesn’t think so and is requiring Teacher Training schools to obtain a Vocational License similar to what any technical school would have, and have threatened 79 yoga training schools with closure and up to $50,000 dollars in noncompliance fines if they don’t. These stricter regulations may be a trend in the yoga world as its popularity continues to grow, and more and more people are becoming students and teachers.</p> <p>Though it is not a requirement to become a teacher training program, many of today’s yoga schools are registered with Yoga Alliance, the industries current supervisory agency. Yoga Alliance is not affiliated with any state or national governing body, and seeks mainly to uphold the standards of the ancient practice of yoga as well as ensure the credibility and safety of the teachers that graduate from a registered program. The standards of a Yoga Alliance registered school are broad though quite thorough and help students and potential teachers to know what to expect from the registered program.</p> <p>Whether or not to bring more regulatory standards into the scope of yoga is an ongoing debate. Currently, there are no requirements or standards that one must meet to “teach” yoga, though more and more people are choosing to train through a registered school before going out into the world to teach. Students, also, are becoming more educated on how to choose a certified teacher. But, the practice of yoga, just as any physical practice, can have its risks. Risks that won’t necessarily disappear with stricter regulations. </p> <p>What could happen if yoga schools become state and federally regulated could be a double edged sword. On one side, yoga will become much more of a business than it already is potentially losing the individual creativity and interpretation on which many schools thrive. Schools may often have to teach, or not teach, based on regulations with materials being standardized or omitted based on the opinions of people in business suits who may or may not know anything about the practice and teaching of yoga. But, conversely, having your school or your certification recognized by a state and/or federal licensing board may elevate the credibility and the compensation of yoga teachers. As a fellow yogi/physical therapist recently pointed out, in the 70’s physical therapy was an emerging art that was not state or federally regulated, thus physical therapists weren’t viewed with the respect and credibility that they have today. With regulations and standardizations, physical therapy has grown into a well-respected field which is not only credible but also well compensated. Maybe the potential is there for yoga, too.</p> <p>What do you think about the regulation of Yoga schools? </p>