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Yoga is an effective treatment for postpartum depression, with none of the side effects associated with anti-depressants, which is particularly important if you are breastfeeding. Find a gentle, slower paced class to ease your body back into shape, while calming your poor, sleep-deprived brain. This article does a great job explaining, medically, why yoga is [...]
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Prenatal yoga is a great preparation for childbirth. The poses strengthen and open those areas of the body that are involved in labor, while minimizing pregnancy aches and pains and helping you to sleep more deeply.
10. Pranayama: Deep, slow breathing, in and out through the nose, helps to keep you calm and relaxed during the [...]
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Put on some relaxing music and try this gentle routine about 20 minutes before bedtime. Spend a good 10- 15 minutes in Savasana after the final pose, using an eye pillow to help relax your eyelids and forehead. You can rub a little bit of Lavender or Chamomile essential oils on your wrists and temples [...]
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When we feel depressed, our bodies slump forward, our minds feel foggy and sluggish, and we close ourselves off from other people. For depression relief, it’s all about inversions, back bends, and chest-opening poses! Inversions bring fresh blood and oxygen to a weary brain, while calming the nervous system. Heart-openers release tension, improve posture, and [...]
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10. It’s fun to get together with the girls for Yoga class!
9. Shed those bulky winter clothes. When else can you wear a tank top in the middle of December?
8. Gives you something to do with bored kids who can’t play outside.
7. Regulates appetite, so you won’t be as likely to overeat this Thanksgiving.
6. As [...]
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I’m having a Yin-Yang struggle today. I want to be practicing my new favorite pose, Blogasana, where I sit cross legged on a firm chair, inhaling and exhaling while gazing serenely at my monitor, as my fingers tap-tap-tap on the keyboard. It is such a relaxing (physically lazy), yet energizing (fun) pose. My mind fills [...]
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Here is a portion of an article about the weight-loss benefits of yoga. Yoga burns calories, builds lean muscle mass, and increases the mobility and health of your joints. It also reduces stress, and lowers your body’s production of cortisol, a hormone that wreaks havoc on your metabolism and causes you to store up extra [...]
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