Blog: Yoga, Health + Wellness
Greeting a Life-giving Light: A Brief History & Benefits of the Sun Salutation
One of our most practised asana sequences among all yoga flows, is what we commonly know as the Sun Salutation. But have you ever wondered why we actually call it that?
3 Tips to Help Prevent a Dowager’s Hump
Always remember that your neck carries approximately ten additional pounds, regardless of your good or bad posture. Here are three tips to help bring strength and alignment to your spine.
5 Simple Yoga Poses to Treat Scoliosis
Children and young adults that suffer from scoliosis can experience different symptoms such as frequent tight chestedness, imbalance, or back aches due to “bad posture”, and if not addressed these could worsen over the years as they age.
No Matter How Hard I Try
Have you ever been in the position that, ‘’No matter how hard you tried, you did not make it’’? It leaves us bewildered and a bit powerless with an internal monologue grumbling, ‘’I don’t understand, I was calm, I prepared myself, I was positive… I did all that I possibly could to work it out’’. It is then followed by, ‘’Why could I not make it work?” and, “What am I going to do about it?’’.
Can Yoga Therapy really help me?
“All suffering is similar. Whether we’re suffering from relationship trauma or low-back pain it wears on our consciousness in a similar way.” - Tiffany Cruikshank, founder of Yoga Medicine
Through the years, more and more medical practitioners and wellness experts are recommending Yoga as therapy for all sorts of ailments - physical, and even emotional. But how can Yoga therapy really help you overcome these? And what is the difference between Yoga Therapy and “normal” Yoga?