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Yoga Works for Weight Loss

April 22nd, 2010 kate

All the news over the last two weeks has been that exercise doesn’t work for weight loss. Really? Don’t tell that to Detroit resident Larry Sherman, who credits yoga for his incredible 365 pound weight loss. Rather than trying out for the Biggest Loser or signing himself up for gastric-bypass surgery, CNN reports,Sherman checked out a class at the Yoga Shelter in West Bloomfield.
There, he was moved by the connection he made with instructor Lisa Paskel–who, he says,
was able to look past the fat man and see the beautiful internal soul within him. Feeling accepted–loved, even–Sherman kept on coming to class, and as he did, the weight began to drop away.

Was it a simple matter of burn away fat? Of course not. Yoga works on levels that
transcend the mechanical calories-in/calories-out model. As he practiced more, Sherman’s self image began to change–and as it did, so did his relationship with food. He began to make better choices, to feel encouraged by his increasing energy, to grow out of his emotional
and psychological need for the fat suit.

“I had to change my mind!” he says now. “It wasn’t about my body.” His transformation took about three and a half years–and he looks great. (See for yourself, and read
more about Sherman’s story at yogafixes.com. ) Yoga works for weight loss. Believe it.

Read the whole story on:http://blogs.yogajournal.com/yogabuzz/

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There’s Always Hope

April 7th, 2010 kate


Whenever yoga makes
it into the mainstream media, it tends to look like

one of the following:

1. A daffy trend story,
the main thrust of which is, “Gee, this yoga thing is

really catching
on!”

2. Overt mockery.

Or

3. A prescription for an
awesome workout!

So we were surprised
last week to see–on CNN Headline News–a beautiful
little story about Sue Jones and the YogaHOPE foundation. Part of
the channel’s “Breakthrough Women” series, the focus was on how
Jones used yoga to overcome her own severe depression and
suicidal thoughts–then founded a nonprofit organization aimed at
extending a lifeline to other women grappling with mental health issue.
Boston-based YogaHOPE brings yoga into drug and alcohol treatment
centers, halfway houses, homeless shelters, and other places where
“at risk” women tend to congregate. As Jones told CNN’s Robin Meade,
“It was a desire of mine to teach yoga to women who I felt might be
at a crisis point in their lives, and might be on the verge of making a
very self-destructive or dangerous decision.” We know, of course, that
practicing yoga leads to self transformation–but that’s news to women
lost in the woods of addiction. Good news, a Jones says. Learn
more about the program–including how to participate or donate–at
YogaHOPE.org.

Read the whole story on:http://blogs.yogajournal.com/yogabuzz/

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Yoga Helps Rwanda Rape Survivors

November 24th, 2009 levis25

If you know anyone who doubts the power of yoga, show them this video from CNN (below).

Project Air, an organization that
teaches yoga to HIV+ women in Rwanda and helping genocide rape survivors
and their children, has seen dramatic results. The organization has
reached thousands of HIV+ women and children, and was recently endorsed
by the UN–the first time the UN has ever given formal endorsement to a
yoga initiative. To learn more about Project Air and their mission to expand into the Eastern Congo visit project-air.org.

Read the whole story on:http://blogs.yogajournal.com/yogabuzz/

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Yoga for Kids: It’s Like Eating Your Greens, But Fun

November 16th, 2009 kate

Yoga for Kids is one of the fastest growing yoga niches out there today. It’s taught in hundreds of studios across the country. A recent report from CNN featured kids that use yoga to cope with everything from ADHD to divorcing parents. But can a 4-year-old really appreciate the depth of the practice?

Who cares!? As long as it’s helping them manage their stress and feel better, they’re getting the benefit of the practice.

“I think the younger kids may not know exactly what they get out of it. It’s kind of like when you put zucchini in their muffins and don’t tell them,” yoga instructor Cheryl Crawford told CNN. “They don’t really know. They just know they they feel good.” (See video below.)

Do you have kids who practice yoga? Have you noticed any benefits?

Read the whole story on:http://blogs.yogajournal.com/yogabuzz/

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