Category Archives: alternative health

Yoga DVD for Back Pain, Spine Strength and Hip Tightness

  Anyone else out there taken Gary Kraftsow’s Viniyoga?  I’ve been doing this at home the last few days with his DVDs.   I like the pace, simple but descriptive enough instructions.    He also gives an in-depth anatomy and bio-mechanics.  He also has all kinds of graphics about anatomy and the body.  It’s a lot of…

Yoga Study Shows Heartbeats Become More Regular

Don’t you just love seeing more scientific evidence from the medical establishment about how yoga makes your heartbeats healthier? Yoga reduced the need for surgery, medicine with side effects for Atrial Fibrillation Yoga,  which we already know and have experience is proven to lower high blood pressure and cholesterol levels, can cut in half the…

Yoga Bear – Healing, Resources and Wellness for Cancer Survivors

Occasionally we have the opportunity to interview contributors from websites that share our goals of educating people with cancer about the benefits of holistic lifestyles and wellness. I recently had the opportunity to interview Libby Lowe, Social Media Manager of Yogabear.org.  Yoga Bear is a national 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to promoting more opportunities for…

Dr Belisa Vranich – The Breathing Class – Relaxation and Conscious Breath

Last week at the NYSPA ( New York Spa Association Symposium) I had the pleasure of getting to be involved in discussions about health, luxury and the state of the spa and wellness industry.  One of the speakers was the magnetic Dr Belisa Vranich, who was very interactive with the audience in a very Oprah-esque…

Gluten-Free Desserts Book

If you feel powerless to resist these sweet morsels of the devil in a plastic-wrap like I do, then why not make them in a way that is clean, pure but still tummy-rubbing satisfying?   Fat-burning brownies?  Pizza?  Cheese Stuff rolled?  Focaccia?  Muffins?   Crepes?   New York cheesecake with raspberries on top?  All Gluten-free? I can feel the…

Elephant Journal & Yoga

It seems like there list of topics is always growing from having business-centric topics such as 10 Things to Consider before Opening a Yoga Studio, Part II to racier topics such as Sexus Plexus: 20 Ways to Light a Fire

Yoga poses for weight loss

For yoga and weight loss, what are the best simple poses( asanas) and exercises to do? Are you sick of seeing that muffin top peering out of your tank top? Do you feel powerless to change your eating habits? I had never seen a yoga system specifically targeted towards weight loss so I was curious…

Top Spiritual Websites for Yoga, Spirituality, Holistic Health and Wellness

Top Spiritual Websites I set out to create a representations of the top spiritual sites for yoga, spirituality, meditation, holistic health and wellness.  Over these subjects overlap and so many of the yoga sites I reviewed had all kinds of great content about health and wellness.  Many of the sites were promoting teachers, products or…