Yoga Expert Articles

If you haven't heard about Dr. Dean Ornish and his work in heart disease research and lifestyle modification programs, just think about those salads with fruits and nuts that are now widely available at McDonalds. His work at The Preventive Medical Research Institute has led to healthy food options at fast food franchises, among many other things.  Read more

Yoga Journal's medical editor Timothy McCall, author of Yoga as Medicine: The Yogic Prescription for Health and Healing, opened the day with welcome remarks at YJ's one day "Yoga as Medicine" workshop. Although there have only been a small number of studies and the methodology has room for improvement, yoga's been known to help conditions from MS and cancer to fertility.  Read more

Gary is the founder of the American Viniyoga Institute and author of Yoga for Wellness and Yoga for Transformation.Veteran Ashtanga practitioners may find Viniyoga challenging for its slow, calculating pace, when it may in fact restore any repetitive stress injuries they've developed from a demanding sequence of asanas.  Read more

Insomnia is generally considered a symptom rather than an illness by itself. More than 30 million Americans suffer from long-term and chronic insomnia. (1) Statistics say that America doses itself with a shockingly large quantity of sleeping pills every day, supporting the existence of a $2 billion a -year industry.  Read more

Results of a controlled, randomized trial performed at the Edward Hines Jr. VA Hospital established that computer controlled breath training may improve exercise ability in COPD patients.In this study, 64 patients were randomized to ventilation feedback and 49 of them completed the exercise training. References: 1. American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine2.  Read more