06/19/2026
I shared these at the end of my Chair🪑Yoga 🧘🏻for seniors class that I taught today, in San Rafael.
World 🌎 Yoga🧘🏻♀️Day
6/21/26
Common Yoga Protocol
SANKALPA
Hame apne man ko hamesha santulit rakhana hai,
Isi main hi hamaraa atma vikas samaaya hai.
Main apne kartavya khud ke prati, kutumb ki prati, kaam, samaj aur vishwa ke prati, shanti, anand aur swasthya ke prachar ke liye baddh hun
SAṄKALPA (End the Yoga Practice Session with a Sankalpa)
I commit myself to always be in a balanced state of mind. It is in this state that my highest self-development reaches its greatest possibility. I commit to do my duty to self, family, at work, to society, and to the world, for the promotion of peace, health and harmony.
Śantih Pātha
Sarve Bhavantu Sukhinaḥ,
Sarve Santu Nirāmayāḥ
Sarve Bhadrāṇi Paśyantu,
Mā kaścit Duḥkha Bhāgbhavet
Śāntiḥ Śāntiḥ
May All become Happy, May All be Free from Illness.
May All See what is Auspicious, May no one Suffer.
Om Peace, Peace, Peace. ☮️
Try a class:
Common Yoga Protocol - 36 Min 🇮🇳
Morarji Desai National Institute of Yoga
Ministry of Ayush, Government of India
https://youtu.be/8ch8_AX-7ZU?is=TGjpMDOyMU0PQS8U
Namaste
🕉️
Stacie
www.sunlightyoga.com

06/19/2026
I’m teaching two classes for seniors this morning in San Rafael:
🪑 Chair Yoga — a gentle, accessible practice that can benefit people of all ages, focusing on mobility, flexibility, breathing, and overall well-being.
💪 Senior Strength — (55 seniors) a fun and effective class that includes cardio, hand weights, balance work, and gentle stretching. Exercises can be done seated or standing, making the class adaptable for different fitness levels.
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For more information, visit: www.sunlightyoga.com
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06/19/2026
When study participants went through a 12-week aerobic conditioning program of cycling, StairMaster, and running on a treadmill, their resting heart rate dropped about three beats per minute, down from around 69 to about 66. Exercise certainly benefits our heart, but we have to make it part of our life to maintain its benefits. Stop exercising, and resting heart rate goes right back up.
Exercise is just one way to drop our heart rate, though. Instead of three months of exercising, what if you did three months of eating beans—a cup a day of beans, chickpeas, or lentils? In the first randomized controlled trial of beans for the treatment of diabetes, participants successfully improved their blood sugar control and dropped their average A1C level from 7.4 to 6.9. This study was also the first to assess the effect of bean consumption on heart rate. Having a higher resting heart rate not only increases our risk of death, but for people with diabetes, it also appears to predict greater risk of diabetes complications.
So, how did beans do? Study participants experienced a 3.4 drop in their heart rate—just as much as the 50 hours on a treadmill. We aren’t exactly sure why beans are as powerful as exercise in bringing down one’s resting heart rate, but in addition to the nutritional benefits of legumes, such as fiber, there is also the potential that eating more beans may also reduce intake of animal protein foods, further reducing our intake of saturated fat and cholesterol.
Every increase in heart rate of ten beats per minute is associated with a 10 to 20 percent increase in the risk of premature death (at least for values above one beat a second). To lower our heart rate, we should consider eating beans and exercising to benefit our heart.
Watch the video "Slow Your Beating Heart: Beans vs. Exercise" at https://see.nf/heartrate.
PMIDs: 19299682, 23089999, 22286552, 23316296, 22718796
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