November 2nd, 2009 
levis25 Good Morning America recently featured yoga as an effective therapy for kids dealing with with both cancer and ADHD. Though no one knows exactly why yoga is an effective treatment, says the report, but it might have something to do with how yoga helps the brain regulate the stress hormone cortisol.
Watch the video here, and please share your healing yoga stories by commenting below.
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Tags: brain, healing, healing-yoga, helps-the-brain, morning-america, report, stress-hormone, the-video, video, watch-the-video, yoga-helps 
Comments Off August 27th, 2009 wynona 
If you live or work in a city, you know how difficult it can be to find a moment of quiet. Between the buses, sirens, and people chattering it can seem like an impossible feat to even make a phone call, much less stop for a sun salute or meditation break. City noise is one of the reasons behind a new yoga class held at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. “There’s very little quiet place left in the city,” class organizer Rick Castro told CBS news. “This is a place where you really can just come and just be with yourself and meditate.” (Please watch the video by clicking here.) “The spirits are with us,” he added later. “They come through us.” The class costs $20 and will take place every Tuesday at 7 pm.
What do you think? Does this align with the yoga philsophy on death and dying? Or is it creepy?
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Posted in Relaxation Techniques, health benefits, yoga poses Tags: align, come-through, corpes-pose-jpg, hollywood, impossible-feat, live-or-work, news, reasons, watch-the-video, yoga-philsophy Comments Off August 13th, 2009 wynona A Columbia, SC museum is hosting a yoga class in the middle of an art gallery. Doing yoga among beautiful pieces of art enhances the senses says Rikki Donahue, the yoga teacher who will lead classes at the museum through September 9th. “You notice the vastness of the canvas, the colors and the mixture and your senses are so much more aware,” Donahue said.
Would you take part in a class like this?
For more information visit wltx.com or watch the video below.
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Posted in yoga poses Tags: art-enhances, middle, mixture, museum, news, vastness, video, watch-the-video, yoga 1 Comment » June 1st, 2009 levis25 In a lawsuit against Dahn Yoga, a yoga organization with locations across the U.S., 26 former Dahn members allege the organization subjects its members to “psychological manipulation”.
Dahn Yoga issued this response to ABC15 in Arizona, who has been following the story since 2007:
“Dahn Yoga & Health Centers, Inc. and its affiliates appreciate the contributions of over 2000 employees and franchise holders worldwide. Their happiness and well being are key to our success. We have reviewed the lawsuit and consider its claims frivolous. We are confident that the truth will be revealed in court.”
Watch the video below for more information, or visit the ABC15 website for the text version.
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Posted in yoga poses Tags: bikram, boston-globe, contributions, controversy, Event, ever-practiced, lawsuit, news, success, watch-the-video, will-feature, yoga 1 Comment »
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