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Yoga Boosts Brain Gray Matter: Regular Practice Improves Mental Health

Aug 31, 2015 10:55AM

Compared to chronic-pain patients, yoga practitioners have more desirable grey matter in key brain regions, Duke researchers report.

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Daily Exercise Adds Five Years to Life: Get Moving to Reduce Risk of Early Death

Aug 31, 2015 10:55AM

Just 30 minutes of moderate to intense exercise six days a week reduced risk of early mortality by 40 percent for men during a four-decade Norwegian study.

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Yoga Enters the Medical Mainstream: Research Proves its Health Benefits

Aug 31, 2015 10:55AM ● By Meredith Montgomery

The latest authoritative studies on yoga are showing its healing power for conditions ranging from cancer to diabetes to daily anxiety.

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Swimming in Nature: Splashing Safely in Lakes and Oceans

Jul 31, 2015 11:19AM ● By Lane Vail

Swimming in open water is a summer delight—provided we take care to avoid lightning, rip currents, careless boaters and other killjoys.

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Savvy Cycling: Keep the Hard Knocks Out of Biking

Jul 10, 2015 02:53PM ● By Randy Kambic

By choosing the right bicycle, wearing a helmet, pedaling a little faster, and keeping an eye out for distracted drivers, cyclists can fully enjoy the road without suffering pain or bruises.

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Yoga for the Bro’s: Men Find it Builds All-Around Fitness

May 29, 2015 11:12AM ● By Meredith Montgomery

Don’t get hung up on the om-ing! Increasingly men are turning to yoga for its physical and therapeutic benefits.

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Breath-Taking Wisdom: Six Ways to Inhale Energy and Exhale Stress

Sep 30, 2014 02:10PM ● By Lane Vail

Transforming breathing into a conscious activity can provide energy, dramatically improve our mental and physical health and boost creative performances. Here are six healing techniques.

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Tweet those Fitness Goals: Online Friends Help Us Stay on Track

Feb 28, 2014 12:56PM ● By Tamara Grand

With Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other social media sites, we can get all the fitness buddies we need, plus lots of useful strategies.

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Seane Corn Weekend Workshops at The Yoga Loft

Aug 02, 2013 06:24PM

Seane Corn, an internationally celebrated yoga teacher, will teach a special chakra-focused series of workshops from 6 to 8:30 p.m., September 6; from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 to 4 p.m., September 7; and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., September 8, at The Yoga Loft, in Bethlehem. Corn will guide participants in using the tools of asana, meditation, reflection, intention and prayer to facilitate an understanding of the dynamics of the chakras in order to empower our health and life.

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World Tai Chi & Qigong Day : Cultivate Your Vital Life Force Energy

Apr 09, 2012 09:35AM

  On April 28, 2012, World Tai Chi & Qigong Day exhibitions and teach-ins in hundreds of cities in 65 nations on six continents will ...

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