Nouvelles Septembre 2009
Yoga helps cancer survivors breathe easier
Lundi 22 Septembre 2009
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NEW YORK, Sept 21 (Reuter Life !) - Gale McCombie was sitting in a hospital waiting room when she spotted a brochure offering free yoga classes for cancer patients.
But zapped of strength and confidence after undergoing grueling treatments for breast cancer, McCombie found the thought of entering any exercise class intimidating.
"Chemo left me in a pretty bad state as far as my physical ability. But everybody talked about the importance of physical activity, and yoga seemed to be a good start," the 50-year-old Canadian said in an interview
"I took my mom with me for comfort. I didn’t know what to expect. But the others had cancer, too. And the facilitator made sure everyone was comfortable with props, modifications, whatever it took. After the first class I was fine."
McCombie joined Yoga Thrive, a community-based program created specifically for cancer survivors that is spreading throughout Canada and parts of the United States.
The brainchild of Dr. Nicole Culos-Reed, a cancer and exercise researcher at the University of Calgary, and Susi Hately, a yoga instructor, Yoga Thrive provides gentle, therapeutic
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Guns replace yoga at NH peace day protest
Lundi 22 Septembre 2009
RAYMOND, N.H. — It may take more than a few deep breaths to bring peace back to Raymond, N.H.
About 40 protesters, including some carrying guns, showed up at the town common Sunday after the town refused to allow Molly Schlangen to hold a "yoga for peace" gathering in honor of the International Day of Peace.
Selectmen have said they rejected Schlangen’s request because they didn’t have enough information about her plans. They’re expected to discuss the outcry at a meeting Monday night.
Schlangen held the event at her studio instead. She says she considers it a blessing that the controversy generated more awareness of the day of peace.
The guns belonged to members of the Free State Project, who were promoting both the First and Second Amendments.
Yoga pour initiés… et public curieux à Victoriaville
Dimanche 21 Septembre 2009
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Les initiés ayant l’envie de « goûter autre chose » et les gens qui souhaitent l’apprivoiser auront, à portée main, la possibilité de se rencontrer à l’occasion de l’annuel Colloque francophone inter-yogas qui se tient pour la première fois à Victoriaville. « Le temps d’une journée, le samedi 10 octobre, Victoriaville deviendra la capitale du yoga ! », dit Locana Sansregret.
La Fédération francophone de yoga a accepté l’invitation de Locana et de Patrick Vésin, tous deux du centre Padma Yoga, de sortir le colloque de Sherbrooke où il se tenait depuis trois ans.
Et l’accueil du public à cette rencontre annuelle constitue aussi une première. « Habituellement, le colloque ne réunit que les profs et ceux en voie de le devenir », précise Locana, prof depuis une trentaine d’années, installée dans les Bois-Francs depuis vingt ans.
Deux possibilités sont offertes au public, tant aux personnes qui pratiquent déjà le yoga que celles qui n’en connaissent pas le moindre rudiment… mais qui ont la curiosité d’en savoir davantage.
On peut s’inscrire pour la journée complète (40 $) et participer à trois ateliers différents… les trois invitant à pratiquer des exercices au tapis. En avant-midi, avec Babacar Khane, on s’initiera au yoga égyptien ; le yogi traitera de ces traditions millénaires adaptées à l’homme d’aujourd’hui.
Au début de l’après-midi, avec Francine Harvey (Swami Madhurananda), il sera question d’éveil par les mantras.
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USA : an Hospital teaches classes !
Dimanche 21 Septembre 2009
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An exemple to follow :
The six-week classes will be from 6 to 7 p.m. in the city council meeting room, Bellevue City Centre, 3000 Seneca Industrial Parkway, Bellevue.
Certified instructor Karen Branco, an employee of The Bellevue Hospital, teaches the classes. Cost is $20 for six sessions, Wednesday evenings through Nov. 4.
Des effets secondaires nocifs
Dimanche 21 Septembre 2009
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Les adeptes du yoga pourraient parler longtemps des bienfaits qu’ils en retirent : la relaxation et la sensation de bien-être pour en nommer quelques-uns. Mais cette pratique n’a pas que des côtés positifs, il peut y avoir des dangers à pratiquer le yoga soutient la sociologue de la santé Marie-Josée Croteau.
Mme Croteau présentait une conférence dimanche dernier, à Granby, dans le cadre du colloque de la Fondation médicale Agapè qui regroupe des professionnels de la santé catholiques.
Depuis cinq ans, la Granbyenne accumule les études scientifiques menées au sujet d’effets nocifs liés à la pratique du yoga, de la méditation et du qi gong (le yoga chinois) chez certaines personnes. Ses recherches ont débuté après qu’elle a vécu de mauvaises expériences en suivant un cours de kundalini yoga dans lequel il y avait aussi une initiation à la méditation transcendantale.
« Le yoga, la méditation transcendantale et le qi gong peuvent présenter des bénéfices pour la santé mais ils ont aussi des effets secondaires qui peuvent être très sévères. Les symptômes peuvent être autant d’ordre physique que mental. Le yoga et la méditation semblent être les principaux déclencheurs du syndrome de kundalini et des crises d’émergence spirituelle », note Marie-Josée Croteau qui a fait une revue de littérature scientifique à ce sujet.
« Le but du yoga, c’est d’éveiller l’énergie de la kundalini, c’est l’énergie sexuelle qui se trouve à la base de la colonne vertébrale par les postures, la concentration et les mantras. Selon la philosophie hindoue, l’énergie va commencer à aller d’un chakra à l’autre jusqu’au cerveau », explique Marie-Josée Croteau.
« Une fois que l’énergie arrive au cerveau, il y a un genre d’illumination, une énergie puissante, un peu comme l’effet que procurent certaines drogues. Il y en a qui disent que le but du yoga est d’atteindre des états modifiés de conscience », indique-t-elle.
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Yoga for negligent MTC drivers
Dimanche 21 Septembre 2009
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CHENNAI : Vehicles swerving dangerously on crowded city roads and over-speeding in ‘slow’ zones, causing accident and deaths, are nothing new.
According to an accident analysis undertaken by the state-run Institute of Road Transport (IRT), at least 50% of the accidents on city roads caused by MTC buses are due to rash and negligent driving.
In a bid to discipline drivers who handle the biggest vehicles on the roads, the Metropolitan Transport Service buses, the government has drawn up a special training regime that also includes yoga. “We have now identified ‘accident prone’ drivers and devised a special training programme for them which includes defensive driving and yoga, besides a whole lot of other tests and counselling,” said S Ravishankar, additional director (heavy vehicle driving training projects), IRT. He pointed out that mental stress and human relationships also contributed to rash driving. Forty-one drivers from Salem, labelled ‘accident prone’ will undergo training at the IRT’s facility in Gummidipoondi next week.
In Chennai too, several drivers identified as prone to rash driving will undergo the training course, which also includes clocking a few hours in the newly-installed simulator at the IRT’s Taramani office.
The MTC’s fleet of about 3,000 buses is operated by 6,170 drivers, while the norm set by the government is 2.625 drivers per bus. This indicates a shortage of about 1,700 drivers.
Joint commissioner, traffic, M Shakeel Akhter, said he proposed to write to the MTC managing director about ‘reorganising’ running time of the buses in the city. The logic is that when drivers are under pressure to meet deadlines, they tend to drive rashly.
“The running time was fixed some time back. Now the density of vehicles on the roads has increased manifold and the running time should be more practical, taking this factor into consideration,” he said, adding that he had already dashed off a letter to the state transport secretary.
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The real reason people who carry yoga mats always look thin
Jeudi 11 Septembre 2009
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It’s no secret that yoga helps practitioners stay slim. A new study explains why : People who engage in the traditional form of exercise are more in tune with their bodies in general, including at meal times.
Mindful eating helps people to stop eating once they are full, even if delicious food remains on their plates. They try not to let tempting advertisements lure them to food ; they avoid eating while they are distracted by a TV show or other diversion ; and they don’t eat to distract themselves from emotions like stress or sadness.
Researchers from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and the University of Washington in Seattle created a 28-item questionnaire to assess the degree to which people practiced mindful eating. They passed it around to yoga studios, gyms and weight-loss centers around the Seattle area and got more than 300 people to respond.
The researchers – led by longtime yoga enthusiast Alan Kristal, associate head of the Cancer Prevention Program in the Hutch’s Public Health Sciences Division – found that mindful eaters weighed less, as measured by body mass index. They also found that the 40% of respondents who practiced yoga for at least one hour per week had an average BMI of 23.1 (well within the normal range), compared with a BMI of 25.8 (slightly overweight) for those who didn’t.
The results suggest that yoga should be recommended for people trying to diet through more traditional means, like limiting portion sizes and counting calories, Kristal said. The mental focus required to hold a difficult yoga pose could also help people avoid “eating more even when the food tastes good” or “eating when you’re not hungry,” he said in a statement.
The study appears in the August issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Assn.
Interview on Enlightened Up the movie
Jeudi 11 Septembre 2009
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I’m a yoga denier, but you, a follower, seem almost as skeptical as me.
Yeah, I definitely had some questions, in terms of the yoga industry – it’s a booming industry, and I have issues with all these different, famous teachers, pseudo celebrities and yogi superstars, who have lots of theories about what is “the” path, and are willing to sell you products that are instant fixes. And I think in a very idealistic, even naive way, I felt I could find a way out of this [the marketing], because I really believe there is something good in yoga. I’m just sick of all the marketing and the pitching of it. I was trying to find something more pure. By partnering myself with Nick, I figured if I can find something that works for this guy, who is a skeptic and resistant to anything spiritual, then it must be good.
The West has a long, often silly, history of adopting and then perverting so-called “Eastern” philosophies. Is yoga the new theosophy, the new Transcendental Meditation ?
Well, it’s interesting. We cut this film over three years, and we had a number of different ambitions, and in one of the cuts we did a lot of historical work. We looked at the first time yoga, the word, was introduced to the U.S., and it was introduced by the theosophists in the 1900s. They were the ones who really latched on to the Eastern philosophies. But the poses and the physical practice didn’t start coming to the U.S. till later – but when you try to track it, to connect all the early movements to what is popular now, one doesn’t bring on the other. It was new arrivals who kept coming that built the movement.
Le yoga : Une pratique peu connue au Burkina Faso
Jeudi 11 Septembre 2009
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Le Centre de médiation Roja yoga Brahma Kumaris a la mission première de dispenser des cours gratuits sur la pensée positive, la gestion du stress, la gestion de la colère, l’estime de soi. C’est une initiation à la méditation permettant à l’individu d’avoir un épanouissement et un développement personnel.
Le vendredi 21 août 2009, le centre nous a ouvert ses portes. Nous avons été accueillis par les deux sœurs, Micheline et Bhaviksha. L’objectif de cet exercice était principalement de donner des informations sur le yoga qui n’est pas très bien connu au Burkina. Selon la sœur Micheline, le
Georges Laraque: un vrai homme
Jeudi 11 Septembre 2009
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S’il laisse tomber les gants dans le feu de l’action, on ne pourra pas accuser Georges Laraque d’en mettre des blancs au moment de s’exprimer. Quand il a quelque chose à dire, l’homme fort du Canadien ne se gêne pas…
Dans un marché comme Montréal, où le hockey prend des allures de religion, ça lui cause parfois des ennuis. En bout de ligne, ça n’enlève rien au charisme du bonhomme et à l’amour que lui portent les partisans. Car Laraque est vrai.
C’est d’ailleurs avec cette surprenante franchise, qui peut aussi se traduire par un léger manque de diplomatie, que Laraque a répondu à nos questions concernant l’été qui vient de s’écouler. Ainsi, pour l’homme fort du Canadien, le golf ne fait pas partie de ses loisirs. Il préfère s’impliquer auprès de différentes causes humanitaires.
Laraque est catégorique : il refuse d’avoir recours à une opération pour guérir son mal. « Quand on commence à te jouer dans le dos, c’est fini », dit-il, visiblement inquiet.
Plus que tout, le numéro 17 du Canadien espère revenir en forme lors de la prochaine saison. Pour ce faire, il a mis toutes les chances de son côté en modifiant son entraînement, sa nutrition et en pratiquant le yoga.
Laraque déteste le golf, mais adore le yoga. Comme quoi, les goûts ne se discutent pas...
Septembre: le mois du Yoga
Jeudi 11 Septembre 2009
In States Thousands of Yoga Studios and Teachers Offer Free Yoga Classes and Events During National Yoga Month SeptembeThroughout the month of September, people across the country will have access to an entire week of free yoga classes by visiting www.yogamonth.org. The offer is part of the National Yoga Month campaign which is designed to educate, inspire and generate awareness of the positive impact of yoga on health.
In 2008, the Department of Health and Human Services designated September as National Yoga Month. That same year, thousands of yoga and health enthusiasts participated in a 10 City Yoga Health Festival Tour featuring yoga classes, lectures, music, entertainment, exhibits.
In these tough economic times taking care of our health (mind and body) doesn’t have to take a back seat. Yoga is one great way to beat the recession blues and strengthen our bodies. Whether you’re trying it for the first time or are an experienced yogi looking to deepen your practice, there’s never been a more opportune time to practice yoga. The economy and job loss are always on our minds these days, causing anxiety and fear. But yoga provides an accessible way to manage stress for anyone.
A Breath of Fresh Yoga
Jeudi 11 Septembre 2009
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My favorite thing about yoga classes — other than the part at the end when you get to lie down and act like a corpse — is that the instructors always remind me to breathe. Pretty much without fail, whenever I get the cue "Don’t hold your breath," I am. And as soon as I go for a deep, belly-expanding inhale, I feel amazingly able and at ease.
It’s no mystery why this happens. Stress causes us to tense up, while breathing brings oxygen to the muscles and allows us to relax. "It helps with concentration. It increases endurance. It slows your heart rate," rattles off Alvaro Maldonado, co-owner of the FIT personal training gym in Dupont Circle. In short, full lungs do a heck of a lot more than just keep you alive, especially during strenuous physical activity.
Any personal trainer worth his spandex knows the basic rules : You want to exhale on the exertion part of a movement, and inhale on the recovery. During cardiovascular exercise, short, shallow breaths are a clue that you’re overdoing it. And if you can develop a pattern for your breathing, you’re likely to last longer.
What’s the active ingredient ?" asks Sherman, whose results were published in the Annals of Internal Medicine. No one knows why yoga was more effective than the other exercises, but Sherman believes part of the answer is attention to breath.
"It’s not that people don’t think about breathing, but they don’t give you the same language and imagery that creates more awareness," she says. "For someone with back pain, one of the possibilities is they haven’t been paying attention to their bodies." If you’re doing more-vigilant surveillance, there’s a better chance you’ll notice that you should stand straighter or move differently, and those tweaks could provide the treatment you really need.
Exercise can often seem like the opposite of relaxation. Our goal is to exhaust our muscles, shoot our heart rates up and overcome the competition (whether that be a person or a personal best). But performance actually improves when you figure out how to keep your calm while exerting yourself. "Breathing badly is something that’s going to make you fatigued faster and hurts form, and that’s what gets you injured," says Emory Land, a triathlon coach and assistant general manager of the Vida Fitness location at Logan Circle. "You’ll never reach your potential."
So, let this be a reminder to you — and me : Don’t hold your breath.
Cycle/yoga class combines best of two worlds
Jeudi 11 Septembre 2009
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If ever two worlds were never met to meet, then surely it would be that of cyclists and yoga devotees.
One is driven to get the heart rate up. The other is focused on calming everything down. The two are kind of the tortoise and the hare of the exercise world ; the yin and yang of workouts.
Or at least they were until Cycle/Yoga arrived at Fort Worth’s Downtown YMCA. If the name conjures images of a cyclist peddling with one foot and twisting the other behind her head, think again.
This is not nearly so extreme, but it is a way to get the benefits of cardio and stretching in one workout. And it does it in a mere 45 minutes.
"This is kind of like express yoga," said instructor Rebecca Slemmons, who came up with the idea after cyclists told her they wanted to stretch more but were leery of yoga’s slow pace.
Yoga enthusiasts, on the other hand, wanted a more strenuous cardio workout, but they were intimidated by cycling.
In the Arizona desert, Buddhists will embark on a three-year silent retreat
Jeudi 11 Septembre 2009
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There will be no word from the outside world in the Great Retreat, only the quiet of rock and cactus. Adherents hope to find enlightenment in the silence, a gift they plan to share when they emerge.
Deep in a remote desert valley, where rattlesnakes lurk in the scrub, Stéphane Dreyfus and several dozen other Buddhists are preparing to undergo a mind-altering journey : Three years, three months and three days of silence.
There will be no word from the outside world in the Great Retreat, only the deafening quiet of rock and cactus, with seemingly endless time to ponder the emptiness of life.
Dreyfus and his fellow adherents hope to find enlightenment in the silence, a gift they plan to share when they emerge from their long seclusion.
They know that outsiders might dismiss them as eccentrics on a strange utopian trip, but their resumes suggest otherwise. Among them are an airline pilot, a dermatologist, a retired biochemist and a former television editor.
They’re jettisoning the trappings of their middle-class lives to carry on a Buddhist tradition that traces its lineage through the Dalai Lamas of Tibet. For many in the group, that means leaving behind six-figure incomes, young children or aging parents for the solitude of cramped retreat cabins made of adobe, wood — even hay bales.
Prolonged silence, they explain, is the only way to reach the deep level of inner awareness required to bring true happiness to the world.
"If I can get to the position of being perfectly free of suffering and develop high levels of mental clarity that cause enlightenment, I can show others how to get there perfectly, quickly," said Dreyfus, 32, who left a job as an assistant editor on the prime-time show "The Bachelor" to teach yoga and prepare for his undertaking.
Each retreat participant will need $60,000 to $75,000 to build a cabin and pay for three years of food and supplies (the menu will probably include such staples as lentils, rice, beans, potatoes and other fresh vegetables).
Some already have set aside the money. A few are searching for sponsors at yoga and meditation seminars, or relying on the generosity of others on the retreat.
"I’m waiting for a miracle," Ben Kramer, a 33-year-old Floridian, said recently as he practiced yoga poses with his girlfriend inside an adobe temple not far from the retreat site.
Those on retreat will cook for themselves in cabins equipped with kitchens and bathrooms. Power will be supplied by solar panels or propane tanks, and members will probably have air horns to summon help if something goes wrong.
Volunteer caretakers, fellow Buddhists who live nearby, will help by growing or shopping for food and dropping it off twice a week. David Stumpf, a retired plant biochemist from the University of Arizona who is planning to join the retreat, is in charge of installing a water supply system in the valley.
The 42-year-old American Airlines pilot said he intends to quit his job flying DC-9s to enter the three-year retreat. He also will take a lengthy leave from his children, who will live with his former wife. Friends will bring the kids to retreat valley two or three times a year, but McMichael will not be allowed to speak to them, communicating only through gestures or notes.
"Leaving the kids is the most difficult part," he said.
McMichael has tried to explain the retreat in terms the youngsters can understand, telling them that he is going to become an angel and reach heaven, and that he will show them how to become angels too. He sees a rare opportunity to bequeath them ancient wisdom.
"I can give them something that death can’t take away," he said.
South African ayurveda firm ties up with local counterparts
Jeudi 11 Septembre 2009
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PUNE : The Ayurveda Foundation of South Africa (TAFSA) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Shree Niramay Ayurveda Kendra (SNAK)
and Beyond Horizons Health And Social circle (BHHAS), both based in Pune and International Ayurveda Association (India chapter) for promotion, learning, development and practice of ayurveda medicine with special reference to traditional healing systems of South Africa.
According to Atul Rakshe, convenor of IAA, India chapter and president of BHHAS said, "The MoU was signed on August 13 in the presence of Liaqat Azam, chairman of TAFSA. The aim is to provide quality ayurvedic treatment to people, develop and establish accredited training programmes, lectures, coaching and outreach programmes through this collaboration."
As per the MoU, student training programmes will be conducted according to the criteria, standards and knowledge of ayurveda and traditional healing systems of South Africa. "Soon, the duration of such training programmes, other courses, exhibitions and seminars will be designed for the awareness of healing systems in South Africa and India. Also, certificates
How Has Yoga Influenced You?
Jeudi 11 Septembre 2009
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Our attention is all we have ; how we offer it is exactly how we will invite our own inherent freedom and ease. Here I will attempt to encapsulate each vision in the hope that it will lead to inspiring exploration. Please participate by adding your story below.
JOHN FRIEND, Anusara Yoga, points out that we are already in the current of Grace, in that Universal zone where we all intersect ; we use our yoga practice to align more attentively and consistently with that Divine current. All are welcomed, your experiences are all affirmed and relevant, every experience has the potential to light the path to your heart. Meticulous alignment methodology, often used therapeutically, helps heal and strengthen the physical body and grants us access to the inherent goodness of our hearts [as well as the hearts of everyone around us]. As one of my fellow Anusara Certified teachers Darren Rhodes offered recently, "If it grants access, it’s alignment." That access is key to any Anusara class. Find a teacher who helps you locate that access, thereby helping you to enhance your own life.
Perhaps of interest or use, my first teachers of yoga, circa 1993-1998, from most recent to most distant : Cyndi Lee, who showed me the levity and spaciousness possible in every aspect of yoga and life, Rodney Yee, whose inimitable teaching style and knowledge of the body was deeply important early on in my training, Erich Schiffman, whose easeful attitude was instrumental, Bryan Kest, who showed me how to teach to a large group and still unabashedly speak with my very own voice, Jean Koerner, whose grace and unconditional acceptance still vibrates in my heart, some 16 years later.
More recently I studied and sat with Mark Whitwell who articulated that there is nothing to change. He asks only that we see clearly the essential, nurturing force of our current reality ; and noted that all hardship actually nourishes us by showing us what needs to be revealed, clarified, or released. Through concise, regular yoga practice we remind ourselves of the beneficence always in process within
Un festival de randonnées-yoga à Sutton
Jeudi 11 Septembre 2009
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Depuis plus de 25 ans, à chaque automne, Sutton propose aux amoureux de la nature toute une série d’activités pour petits et grands, sportifs du dimanche ou champions aguerris. Cette année, le Panoramaduodlacôte 2009 propose, du 19 septembre au 19 octobre, un vaste programme de randonnées guidées, familiales, sportives, culturelles, musicales, biologiques et même culinaires... Il y en a pour tous les goûts et pour toutes les bourses.
Les amateurs de yoga auront droit à des « randonnées-yoga » gratuites. Les enfants, à du bricolage et à la fabrication de cerfs-volants ou de biscuits. Et pour les plus grands, il y aura des excursions en kayak sur la rivière Missisquoi, en journée ou à la belle étoile, des expositions de photos et une animation de jazz.
Vidéo drole : un Cours de Yoga qui tourne mal
Jeudi 11 Septembre 2009
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La leçon qu’il faut tirer de cette vidéo c’est qu’il ne faut jamais tenter des exercices de groupe après avoir mangé un bon gros chili ! Cette prof va l’apprendre à ses dépens quand elle va se rendre compte que son corps a décidé de lui lancer un petit coucou devant tout le monde…et par chance, une caméra était là pour immortaliser ce grand moment de solitude..
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Prancing Leopard Organics yoga wear proves tenacious versatility on and off the mat
Jeudi 11 Septembre 2009
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According to Brewer’s Dictionary Of Phrase & Fable, a cat is said to have nine lives because it is "more tenacious of life than many animals.” The same can be said of Prancing Leopard’s new line of novel yoga wear.
Prancing Leopard sought to masterfully create a line that would travel through time on the yoga mat and carry it’s fancier from yoga class to fashionable living in a whirl of style and function.
They needed organic activewear that was undeniably trendy but comfortable enough to go beyond the mat – Something they weren’t finding from anything else on the market.
With a need and a desire to make it happen, Prancing Leopard now brings to the public luxurious organic cotton pieces weaved with love and care.
Claims made, the proof was in the purchase and Prancing Leaopard’s line of yoga fashion lands on all fours for a perfect wear.
1 | Fashion matters
When we look good, we feel good. When we revel in the beauty of our unique nature, we appreciate the differences in the details. All of these things were considered when creating each piece. Prancing Leopard’s Maderia Tunic in Organic Cotton Jersey (shown below, left) is fashion-forward with its ability to combine jeans and flip flops for a village stroll or dressed up with silver heels for a dinner date. And all the while, maxing out every penny to value, the Maderia Tunic took me through a yoga practice seamlessly paired with leggings giving me the freedom to move and feel free.
2 | Function matters
If I can save space in my closet and combine the wearings of one-piece into many, I will splurge. If the product lasts through several washes, retaining its color, shape and quality, I will splurge. If it can outstand my wear and tear, I will forever be devoted. Prancing Leopard fashion meets function, making every dime you invested count on and off the yoga mat. Point in case is Prancing Leopard’s Aix-en-Provence Jumpsuit in Cotton Jersey (shown above). During yoga, I didn’t have to worry
Yoga Trainers the Latest to Face Licensing Regulations
Jeudi 11 Septembre 2009
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NEW YORK — The movement to license personal trainers is expanding to yoga instructors, and it recently heated up in New York.
Last spring, many yoga teacher trainers in that state received a letter from the New York State Education Department that said they must suspend their training programs or be subject to fines of up to $50,000 if they did not submit to state regulations that oversee vocational training.
In response to the state notice, yoga trainers organized into groups, including Yoga for New York, to meet and lobby against the requirements. Yoga for New York voiced concerns that yoga teacher trainers and aspiring yoga teachers would be unable to survive an elaborate, costly and time-consuming licensing process.
In early June, Sen. Eric Schneiderman of Manhattan introduced a bill (S.5701) to exempt yoga teacher training programs from licensing requirements. This legislation noted that the existing law already exempts "schools which provide instruction in the following subjects only : religion, dancing, music, painting, drawing, sculpture, poetry, dramatic art, languages, reading comprehension, mathematics, recreation and athletics," according to Jo Brill, chair of the Yoga for New York legal committee.
In late August, Yoga for New York issued an action alert for their members to lobby state legislators and circulate petitions in their studios to encourage the New York State Legislature to pass Senate Bill 5701-A and Assembly Bill 8678A and keep yoga free from “unnecessary government regulations and licensing.”
After those bills were introduced, the Education Department announced it would suspend licensing requirements for yoga instructors, according to Schneiderman, who worked with Assembly member Linda Rosenthal on behalf of New York’s yoga community. S.5701 passed the Senate Higher Education Committee and is now awaiting a vote in the full Senate.
“The message from the community has been loud and clear : Get your government hands off my yoga mat. Next time, the state will think twice before threatening a practice that brings so much tranquility to New Yorkers,” Schneiderman said in a statement. “The Education Department did the right thing by suspending these onerous, arbitrary regulations that threatened the livelihood of yoga studios throughout the state.”
On her Web site, Brill also notes that several other states are considering legislation to license yoga teachers, including Louisiana, Michigan, Oklahoma, Texas and Virginia.
Yoga may ease chronic back pain
Jeudi 11 Septembre 2009
For the current study, published in the journal Spine, researchers randomly assigned 90 adults (average age 48, range 18-70) with chronic lower back pain to either stay with conventional care or take six months of Iyengar-style yoga classes.
Iyengar is a form of yoga that emphasizes proper body alignment and uses "props," such as blocks, blankets and the wall, to help support people in the various yoga postures. The certified Iyengar yoga instructors in this study had experience using yoga therapy for back pain.
Overall, the researchers found, the yoga group showed not only greater improvements in pain and mobility, but also a larger reduction in depression symptoms. And the benefits were seen immediately after the six-month yoga regimen ended, as well as six months later.
The findings do not mean that every style of yoga is right for back-pain sufferers.
"People have to remember that this was a therapeutic Iyengar class," lead researcher Dr. Kimberly Williams, of West Virginia University in Morgantown, said in an interview.
She recommended that people with lower back pain who are interested in trying Iyengar yoga find a certified teacher with the experience to help them adjust the poses to their needs. That means talking with the teacher before starting a class, and keeping him or her posted on how the back problem is faring, according to Williams.
The study subjects had been suffering lower back pain for more than three months. About half took twice-weekly yoga classes for 24 weeks (n = 43), while the rest were put on a 6-month waiting list while staying with usual care, such as pain medication (n = 47).
After 24 weeks, the yoga group reported greater improvements in pain and disability, on average, than the comparison group. And while none of the study participants had major depression, the yoga group’s scores on a standard measure of depression symptoms improved to a greater degree than the comparison group’s.
When the researchers evaluated the patients six months later, they found that the yoga group was still faring better, on average.
There was a "specific rationale" behind the pose choices and sequencing used in the study, Williams noted. Because all of the muscles that act on the pelvis can affect lower back pain, the classes focused on those muscles, with postures that "opened" the hips and stretched the backs of the legs, for example. Backbends, a staple in many yoga classes, were excluded.
People in the yoga group were also given a DVD, written instructions, and props to keep up a home practice.
"I think people with lower back pain need to be engaged in their recovery," Williams said. "And this gives them a step-by-step approach to do that."
SOURCE : Spine, September 2009
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