Recently, a close friend of mine was asking me about meditation. He knows I practice yoga and meditation and he was picking my brain to find out a little bit more about how it could benefit him. At one point he uttered the famous phrase that every beginner says about meditation, “I CAN’T meditate. I [...]
I wasn’t sure I’d appreciate “Misadventures of a Garden State Yogi” by Brian Leaf. I’d heard the author was funny but I don’t always share other people’s sense of humor. Besides, I knew he shared how yoga helped with his intestinal troubles. Frankly, I’m sick of hearing people talking about poop. Yoga helps in that [...]
The trend of professional athletes discovering the benefits of yoga – and hot yoga in particular – is becoming more and more commonplace. Ballplayers are finding that yoga not only helps them recover from injuries more quickly, but that it also helps keep them from being injured in the first place and can even aid [...]
I found this on a Facebook post by a friend of mine, and I thought it was so powerful and accurate to where I am in my life right now that it would be worth reposting here on the blog…I’m sure that many people will be able to relate…enjoy. “Anything is one of a million [...]
Injuries are inevitable for any professional athlete, but increasing numbers of them are turning to yoga to not only rehab their injuries, but to try to avoid them altogether, or at least reduce the downtime so get they can get back on the court, field or pitch as quickly as possible. Just ask Kurt Thomas [...]
Answers to your essential Yoga questions One of the most common questions we get at Yoga for Men is “How can I begin my home practice?” While there are many answers to this broad question, the solution varies greatly depending upon which stage of practice you are in, and what your prior physical history has [...]
“However many holy words you read, however many you speak, what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?” ~ Buddha — Yoga for Men (@Yoga_for_Men) November 24, 2012
When dealing with hamstring injuries, it’s best to be proactive and avoid the desire to sit back and “let them heal”. We all deal with hamstring tightness, some more than others, but Yoga is wonderful in providing us the tools to create flexibility in the one of the tightest spots in our bodies. Hamstring muscles [...]
So as beautiful as today is – and as good of a mood I am in – it will end by going to a funeral service for a dear friend who lost her 20 year old son in a car accident last week. He ran head on into a tree. There is nothing that I [...]
Happiness is not simply a state of arrival Happiness is not some “magical” place at which we arrive, and lasting Happiness can be difficult to obtain…without hard work that is. That’s not what you wanted to hear is it? The truth is, happiness is a discipline, a practice and a persistence in challenging yourself and [...]
Yoga News
Recent Comments