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The Benefits of Yoga Practice in Relation to Stress

Practicing yoga gives your body a designated time to relax in what can often be a hectic life. It improves muscle strength as well as blood circulation which in turn works to detoxify the body’s major organs. The calming effect brought on by deep breathing and the meditative state often experienced throughout and almost always at the end of a yogic session stabilises the autonomic nervous system which works to bring about more balance within the body.

Dr. Paul Jerard, E-RYT 5002021-12-03T09:45:42-05:00Categories: Anxiety, Stress Management|3 Comments

Yoga and Meditation for Restful Sleep Naturally

Incorporating yoga into your schedule on a daily basis can work wonders on the amount and quality of sleep, but care must be taken not...

Dr. Paul Jerard, E-RYT 5002021-11-23T11:20:46-05:00Categories: Meditation / Nidra, Sleep Disorders / Insomnia|1 Comment

Proper Alignment For Good Health

With physical exercises, individuals become very strong as well. Care has to be taken because if these poses are overdone, then they may result into injuries instead. The yoga postures have been used to heal nerve impingement such as in carpal tunnel syndrome. The students are also taught on how to inhale and exhale while performing these poses. This is very important given that you also need to get enough air and expel carbon dioxide outside your body.

Paul2021-11-21T18:15:05-05:00Categories: Skeletal Health, YOGA FOR PHYSICAL HEALTH|3 Comments

Can Yoga Help Sciatica?

Sciatica can occur as a result of a number of factors, such as a herniated or bulging disc, spondylolisthesis, or piriformis syndrome. It is exacerbated by a sedentary lifestyle and extended periods of sitting. Physical activity and stretches that target the core, glutes and hamstrings are highly recommended for reducing nerve impingement and dealing with sciatic pain.

Paul2021-11-19T12:36:58-05:00Categories: Ailments / Disorders|2 Comments

Yoga and Meditation for Stress Reduction

Many people picture yoga as a posturing practice, but it’s necessary to remember that meditation and pranayama are monumental parts of a complete practice. Meditation has been demonstrated to not only decrease stress levels, but also induce changes in brain physiology. Eileen Luders, a researcher in the UCLA School of Medicine, conducted a study in 2009 that compared the MRIs of 22 meditators, with 5-46 years of experience, with 22 non-meditators, and found that meditators had increased gray matter in the areas of the brain associated with attention, regulating emotions, and decision-making. In effect, meditators were more focused and better equipped to deal with negative or stressful situations and make logical, mindful decisions. Similarly, in 2009, Philippe Goldin, a project director in Stanford University, monitored individuals taking an 8-week course on meditation and yoga.

Dr. Paul Jerard, E-RYT 5002021-10-24T00:28:45-04:00Categories: Anxiety, Meditation / Nidra, Stress Management|0 Comments

Yoga for Headache Relief

Each of us has manuals, notes, texts, and study guides from our yoga teacher trainings, but we need comprehensive medical studies for every ailment. Many yoga instructors still do trial and error methods.

Paul2021-10-22T12:34:59-04:00Categories: Benefits of Yoga, Headaches, How to Teach Yoga, Pain Management|3 Comments

What Doctors Should Know about Yoga

Yoga is being studied more and more, following an explosion of interest in it over the last ten years. As a result, experienced yoga...

Dr. Paul Jerard, E-RYT 5002019-08-18T12:26:55-04:00Categories: YOGA BY CONDITION|Tags: about yoga, doctors shoulld know about yoga, know about yoga, what doctors should know, yogic practices|5 Comments

Decompress the Spine with Yoga

Compression within the backbone is often characterized by too much strain on the intervertebral disks. Engaging oneself in physical activities will help office workers to reduce pain, and possibly overcome this condition, by allowing intervertebral fluid to circulate properly and decompress the spine. In turn, safe physical activity will effectively manage to improve posture and restore decompression of the spine.

Dr. Paul Jerard, E-RYT 5002021-03-12T09:05:19-05:00Categories: Back Pain, Pain Management|Tags: before practicing inversions, cushions between vertebrae, elongating the lower part of the back, helps to decrease compression, practice of physical Yoga training, safe physical activity, spinal decompression, variations of this therapeutic asana|8 Comments

Yoga and GERD

Medical practitioners commonly treat GERD by prescribing proton-pump inhibitors (PPIs), for example, omeprazole, pantoprazole, and rabeprazole to name a few. According to Dr. Carrie Demers, MD and holistic physician who blends modern medicine with traditional approaches to health, the problem with PPIs, however, is that if you consume them on a long term basis, they can be a cause of various other health disorders, for example anemia and osteoporosis.

Dr. Paul Jerard, E-RYT 5002019-09-07T12:18:01-04:00Categories: Digestion|Tags: before practising any exercise, gastroesophageal reflux disease, improve digestion, keep stress levels in check, prescribing proton-pump inhibitors, supress the symptoms, yogic breathing exercises|5 Comments

Yoga for Cancer Recovery: Releasing Tension

Although many of us may feel that we are only truly practicing Yoga if we flow through a series of very strenuous Ashtanga Yoga postures and fiery breathing exercises, the practice of Yoga traditionally was focused on creating ease and spaciousness in the body and quietude in the mind, so that a Yogi or Yogini was more easily able to sit in meditation for an extended period of time.