Mindful Movement Yoga with Kish

So true….

One misconception among yoga practitioners is that the more flexible the better. While it is true that stiffness and tightness is not healthy, it is also the case when your body is just so loose you cannot control it.

True physical health is achieved through a delicate balance between strength and flexibility, between stability and mobility. In the healthy range, you can control and feel your body while executing a huge diversity of movements.

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STUDY SHOWS YOGA HAS HEALING POWERS

In the largest study of its kind that used biological measures to assess results, it has been found that yoga can reduce inflammation, the body’s way of reacting to injury. It’s also important because inflammation is associated with chronic diseases including heart disease, diabetes, and arthritis. It’s also one of the reasons that cancer survivors commonly feel fatigue for months after treatment.

Researchers looked at 200 breast cancer survivors who had not previously practiced yoga. Half the group continued to ignore yoga, while the other half received twice-weekly, 90-minute classes for 12 weeks, with take-home DVDs and encouragement to practice at home.

According to the study, which was led by Janice Kiecolt-Glaser, professor of psychiatry and psychology at Ohio State University, and published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, the group that had practiced yoga reported less fatigue and higher levels of vitality three months after treatment had ended.

But the study didn’t rely only on self-reports. Professor Ronald Glaser of the university’s department of molecular virology, immunology, and medical genetics, went for laboratory proof. He examined three cytokines, proteins in the blood that are markers for inflammation.

Blood tests before and after the trial showed that, after three months of yoga practice, all three markers for inflammation were lower by 10 to 15 percent. That part of the study offered some rare biological evidence of the benefits of yoga in a large trial that went beyond people’s own reports of how they feel.

Other smaller studies have shown, by measuring biological markers, that expert yoga practitioners had lower inflammatory responses to stress than novice yoga practitioners did; that yoga reduces inflammation in heart failure patients; and that yoga can improve crucial levels of glucose and insulin in patients with diabetes.

Today is Nepalese New Year - it’s the year 2078!

Nepal is where my Father comes from, where the word “Namaste” is used as a respectful greeting and where Yoga has been practiced as part of life for centuries.

Wishing you all a very happy peaceful and healthy 2078!

Nepal New Year celebration Blog about the different years and calendars used in Nepal

Interesting article about the benefits of physical activity on mental wellbeing and what research shows regarding health and the COVID-19 environment:

Can Physical Activity Improve Mental Health? What We Have Learnt From the Covid Environment - make a difference - workplace culture, mental health, wellbeing Generally, people are aware that lifestyle diseases like diabetes can cause more serious problems, such as heart disease, renal disease, amputation and blindness. Yet, while there’s a well-established reciprocal link between mental and physical health, they may not know just how much mental health...

Jinxie the yoga cat often likes to join in a class 🤣.
She sat there for most of the class watching the session. 😻