Yoga combines movement, breath awareness, and mental focus. This integrated approach to movement supports the health of the body and the mind. Some practitioners and teachers say that movement through various yoga poses makes yoga a moving meditation.

During a yoga session, each of the poses, asanas, are linked to the breath. Movement is guided with the inhales and exhales.

As the practitioner takes open poses, where they extend or lengthen the body, they inhale. When a practitioner folds or contracts the body as in standing forward fold, they exhale.

Some asanas build strength and endurance. Other asanas allow muscles to lengthen and relax.

A complete yoga practice takes the spine in all six directions, forward, up, back, bending side to side and twisting to the left and right. Continue reading →

Transcendental Meditation allows practitioners to prevent the development of heart disease by lowering cholesterol and to manage current heart disease symptoms like atherosclerosis.

The practice works well alone and provides an additional health support to individuals who choose to focus on dietary choices, exercise, and other complementary treatments as a way to prevent or manage heart disease.

Transcendental Meditation offers an accessible and effective way to manage risk factors and prevent heart disease.

The practice of Transcendental Meditation must be learned from a certified instructor. It requires the practitioner to meditate twice a day for twenty minutes during each sitting. Once mastered, the technique may be practiced in almost any setting. Continue reading →