Nouvelles Juin 2009

Fitness center offers free yoga classes for cancer patients

Dimanche 29 Juin 2009

In an effort to help women battling or recovering from cancer, Hollywood’s Lady of America Fitness Center is offering free Yoga classes to cancer patients and survivors.

Carol Berkson, co-owner of the fitness center with Judy Scott, said exercise benefits women undergoing cancer treatment through helping them cope with insomnia, fatigue and other effects of treatment, and benefits survivors through helping them rebound from their illnesses...

The yoga miracle man who broke his back yet walks again

Dimanche 29 Juin 2009

It was a spur-of-the-moment mistake and one that nearly cost Professor John Aplin his life. While out hill-walking in the Peak District in 1996, his two young sons Daniel, then 11, and Matthew, six, got stuck on rocks above a ravine and called for help. In a panic, John attempted to climb a cliff to reach them, only to fall 30ft on to rocks. He suffered fractures to three vertebrae, a punctured lung...

Dalai Lama wants to be the last 'Boy King'

Dimanche 29 Juin 2009

The Dalai Lama has said the tradition of a monk leading Tibet’s Buddhists by divine right should end with him.

He told exiles that their next leader should be elected rather than chosen in a centuries-old ritual conducted by monks and shrouded by mystery.

A new Dalai Lama is traditionally selected by monks seeking guidance at a sacred lake and travelling throughout Tibet with relics of the dead Dalai Lama.

The boy monk who recognises the relics proves he is...

Community aligns to save Bhava Yoga from closure

Dimanche 29 Juin 2009

In Bea Doyle’s yoga studio, a sock monkey rests on a small altar. It’s a witty nod to the Hindu deity Hanuman.

The Monkey God is revered for his physical strength, perseverance and devotion. So he’s a fitting addition to a business that has inspired such loyalty in its clients that 40 of them recently came together on a Sunday morning to help save it....

Punk Rock Yoga: an unconventional class

Dimanche 29 Juin 2009

Looking for an unconventional yoga class ? Look no further. Punk Rock Yoga located at 20/20 Cycles on East Union Street says it offers an open-minded and straight-forward approach to yoga philosophy while embracing the ancient yoga tradition of Do-It-Yourself. They often have live musicians to accompany your practice.

Punk Rock Yoga was formed ...

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Do we know the power of Yoga?

Jeudi 26 Juin 2009

One woman has thrown away the wheelchair to which she was confined for two years. She suffered from ME (chronic fatigue) for 15 years and now, confounding medical orthodoxy, is symptom-free.

Another patient says he endured asthma intermittently for 30 years - and is now cured....

Foreign reporters allowed scripted trip to Tibet

Jeudi 26 Juin 2009

LHASA, China (AP) — The Chinese paramilitary police who usually patrol Tibet’s often tense capital went to work in black and yellow track suits last week instead of their green uniforms. The occasion : a government-arranged visit by a group of foreign journalists.

Sixteen months after an uprising prompted a harsh Chinese crackdown, the four-day glimpse given to 16 foreign journalists showed official nervousness about Tibet — which has unsteadily weathered nearly six decades of Chinese rule — and how hard the government is trying to show that the uneasy region has returned to normal.

The reporters, who arrived Thursday, were taken on rushed visits to an experimental primary school in Lhasa, to a new home to meet a young Tibetan couple and their two children and to a monastery at the heart of last year’s protests.

Over the weekend, they saw trim young men in crew cuts and black and yellow track suits marching in patrols around Lhasa’s medieval Tibetan quarter.

The men said they were students and some carried math text books. But local residents said they were actually People’s Armed Police officers who had dressed in green uniforms before the reporters arrived and who have been a constant presence since anti-Chinese riots erupted in Lhasa in March 2008.

Officials said security adjustments were made for the reporters to help them report Tibet’s "true situation."

"For the convenience of the visiting reporters, we made some special arrangements in terms of the route and the program, and we relocated some armed police officers who were patrolling," Gongbao Zhaxi, a senior Communist Party official in the Tibetan Autonomous Region, told the reporters.

Summer kick-off festival celebrating the yoga community

Jeudi 26 Juin 2009

YOGAGLO and LA YOGA Magazine�s Here Comes The Sun Festival have partnered with the aforementioned companies — and more - to bring Westsiders a unique festival, Here Comes The Sun. On Friday evening, June 26th from 5pm to 10pm, will present a first of its kind summer kick-off festival celebrating the yoga community, local business and philanthropic organizations who are collaborating for social change. A marketplace of local vendors ...

L'avion “zen”, selon Qatar Airways

Jeudi 26 Juin 2009

Qatar Airways propose sur ses vols longs courrier le programme “fly healthy, fly fit”, qui permet de faire du yoga en avion ! Un petit manuel est distribué ...

Most common Ayurvedic herbs

Jeudi 26 Juin 2009
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Ayurvedic herbs are used to create remedies for various illnesses and to pacify the doshas, what Ayurveda calls each body’s constitution. The basic premise of Ayurvedic medicine is that the doshas must remain in balance for the body to heal itself and to remain healthy. When one dosha becomes aggravated or begins to dominate your constitution, your health is threatened, but when you take action to bring that dosha back under control, your body can heal and strengthen itself. By following an Ayurvedic diet and using Ayurvedic products, you can tame the aggravated dosha and bring your body back into balance.

The most commonly used Ayurvedic herbs are the following : Ashwagandha Ashwagandha root is used to strengthen weakness...

L’huile de poisson pourrait sauver des milliers de vies chaque année
vendredi 3 septembre 2010
L’European Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine dévoile une nouvelle étude britannique sur les bienfaits de l’huile de poisson. Les personnes qui (...)
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Passport to Prana : Find your preferred yoga fix
jeudi 2 septembre 2010
DVDs with a yoga instructor and views of sugar beaches and waving palm trees are quite lovely and inspiring to get deep into Downward Dog. Try (...)
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Yoga teacher breaks marathon record
jeudi 2 septembre 2010
Yoga instructor Yasmin Fudakowska-Gow, 28, completed her 32-hour yoga marathon yesterday at 5 p.m. at Om West, the holistic centre studio she (...)
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India wins patent dispute against China for flu medicine
jeudi 2 septembre 2010
India has won a crucial patent dispute against China for treating influenza and epidemic fever through medicinal formulations using ’pudina’ (...)
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Ayurveda in the quest of recognition in UK
jeudi 2 septembre 2010
As Ayurveda, arguably India’s greatest gift to the world, is fighting for formal recognition in Britain, its leading practitioners are seeking to (...)
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MUCUNA PRURIENS - THE OLDEST TREATMENT FOR PARKINSON’S DISEASE
jeudi 2 septembre 2010
An ancient civilisation in India practiced their medical doctrine called Ayurveda. They described the symptoms of Parkinson’s Disease, which they (...)
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It’s official : India foiled China’s bid to patent pudina
jeudi 2 septembre 2010
NEW Delhi : The Union health ministry on Friday confirmed a TOI report on how India foiled China’s bid to patent the health benefits of pudina. (...)
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You Don’t Have to Be Ayurvedic to Keep Your Doshas in Balance
jeudi 2 septembre 2010
Since I started writing this nutrition column last summer, several of my friends — mostly yoga buddies — have suggested I look into this ancient (...)
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Book ’Stretch,’ by Neal Pollack
jeudi 2 septembre 2010
The standard template for spiritual memoirs begins with an existential crisis. In Neal Pollack’s "Stretch : The Unlikely Making of a Yoga Dude," (...)
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