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09
Nov 11

Yoga breathing for beginners can help young enthusiasts stay fit, have fun

Yoga classes for kids are becoming all the rage, thanks in part to the wide variety of activities available to tots who join these groups.

Yoga classes for kids are becoming all the rage, thanks in part to the wide variety of activities available to tots who join these groups.

If your child is often restless, unruly, bored or edgy, they may need an activity that gives them the chance to stay fit and have fun while calming down. Many California yoga studios are offering just that.

According to Berks County TV, yoga classes for kids are becoming all the rage, thanks in part to the wide variety of activities available to tots who join these groups. The news source noted that the holistic health regimen may offer children the chance to utilize exercise balls, hula hoops, and other exciting "toys."

However, that doesn't mean that California kids will leave yoga class more amped up than they were going in. On the contrary, mindfulness meditation, tai chi, deep stretches and yoga breathing for beginners can leave tykes in a state of tranquility that nearly any parent can appreciate.

Yoga has always been appropriate for children, even though this variety is just now beginning to take off. A study published in the journal Continuing Nursing Education Series stated that yoga is popping up in schools nationwide.

Likewise, the mind-body system is often recommended as an alternative physical recovery regimen, according to an article appearing in the journal Pediatric Physical Therapy.

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04
Nov 11

Yoga breathing exercises ease teens’ asthma symptoms

In the U.S., nearly 25 million children and adults have been diagnosed with asthma.

In the U.S., nearly 25 million children and adults have been diagnosed with asthma.

In the U.S., nearly 25 million children and adults have been diagnosed with asthma, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Besides relying on prescription inhalers, what are these individuals supposed to do to relieve their symptoms? Some experts say that yoga breathing techniques may help.

Asthmatic individuals have reported being able to breathe easier after doing gentle yoga poses designed to open up the airway. Recently, California yoga instructor Audrey Tan described how yoga breathing exercises can improve symptoms for teens with the chronic breathing condition.

She told KFSN-TV Fresno that mindfulness meditation and basic yoga poses can help adolescents relax, which may in turn prevent wheezing and tightness in the chest.

"Kids these days, especially teens, are under a lot of stress," she said, quoted by the news station. "When we are under stress, we tend to hold our breath or breathe more shallowly, and in yoga we teach you how to breathe more deeply."

A study appearing in the British Medical Journal found that participants who regularly practiced yoga had fewer asthma attacks. These episodes also tended to be less severe, compared to those suffered by individuals who did not utilize the holistic health regimen.

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24
Oct 11

California yoga studio hosts bachelorette parties

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While wild and wacky variants will come and go, the traditional, wholesome practice of yoga, meditation and tai chi can help anyone relax, recuperate and reflect on their place in the universe.

Historically, the Golden State has been home to many an odd personal pastime. From panning for gold in frigid mountain streams to big-wave surfing in the ice-cold Pacific, Californians have been known to do some pretty wild things – which should make its bachelorette-party California yoga classes no real surprise.

According to the New York Times, at least one California yoga studio is offering to host yoga-themed bachelorette celebrations. Similar classes are offered in other regions, too.

That's not the only unusual yoga trend sweeping the country, either. USA Today reported that suspension yoga – also known as hammock yoga – has sprung up in a number of states.

This acrophobia-inducing variant of the holistic routine involves hanging several feet off the ground in a silk sling or net. However, some practitioners seem to love it.

"It's almost this thing that happens when you're inside and it lets you close out the rest of the world and be still," dance choreographer and yoga instructor Christopher Harrison told the news source.

While wild and wacky variants will come and go, the traditional, wholesome practice of yoga, meditation and tai chi can help anyone relax, recuperate and reflect on their place in the universe.

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17
Oct 11

Huge California yoga class will be held outdoors in Santa Monica

If so, you may be headed for Yoga Day LA, a huge outdoor gathering that is expected to draw at least 1,500 enthusiasts.

If so, you may be headed for Yoga Day LA, a huge outdoor gathering that is expected to draw at least 1,500 enthusiasts.

Have you heard about a massive yoga event slated for October 22? Is your California yoga studio planning an outing to Santa Monica on that day? If so, you may be headed for Yoga Day LA, a huge outdoor gathering that is expected to draw at least 1,500 enthusiasts.

NBC Los Angeles reports that the event will be held in Topanga Canyon, a scenic area outside of Santa Monica. The gathering will take the form of seven California yoga classes, each one composed of hundreds of eager students.

Yoga Day LA is an annual event. Part of its proceeds will go to NextAid, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit that supports sustainable development initiatives for women and children in Africa.

The news source noted that attending the self-designated "largest outdoor yoga event" in LA may be a great way to beat the stress and anxiety caused by the city's traffic and smog.

Not only that, but attending California yoga classes like this one can foster social connections and engender a new-found respect for the outdoors that you might never otherwise have.

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10
Oct 11

California yoga class instructor helps feds nab Whitey Bulger, collects $2 million

Bjornsdottir has since collected $2 million from the FBI, a reward offered to the person whose tip helped track down Bulger (pictured).

Bjornsdottir has since collected $2 million from the FBI, a reward offered to the person whose tip helped track down Bulger (pictured).

Meet Anna Bjornsdottir. She's a graphic designer who taught beginner's California yoga in her spare time – and she happens to be the person who helped the FBI track down organized crime figure Whitey Bulger, according to the Boston Globe.

The 57-year-old and one-time California resident called the authorities after recognizing a photo of the Boston mob boss's girlfriend, Catherine Greig, in a CNN report, the news source stated.

However, Bjornsdottir wasn't in California at the time. Though she had lived in the Golden State for some time, she is an Icelandic citizen, and she called the FBI from its capital, Reykjavik.

She reported knowing Greig from when they were neighbors in Santa Monica. They had bonded over a stray cat, the newspaper stated. It added that Bjornsdottir has since collected $2 million from the FBI, a reward offered to the person whose tip helped track down Bulger.

This is not the first time the former California yoga class instructor has made headlines, either.

Not only did Bjornsdottir compete at one time in the Miss Universe pageant as Miss Iceland, but – for those old enough to remember – she also starred as one of several blonde models in Noxzema's famous "Take It Off" TV commercial series.

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05
Oct 11

California yoga classes instructor throws weights into her routines

Even minus the weights, yoga can improve bone health in men and women alike.

Even minus the weights, yoga can improve bone health in men and women alike.

When Argie Tang discovered that she had osteopenia – a state of thin bones and lower-than-average skeletal density – she decided to do something about it. Now she teaches California yoga classes that mix traditional stretches and poses with the use of free weights.

Tang is one of the first instructors to blend yoga and weight-lifting, according to the UK Telegraph. She still leads such classes in her California yoga studio. However, even minus the weights, yoga can improve bone health in men and women alike.

Multiple studies have addressed yoga as a potential treatment for osteopenia and osteoporosis. One report appearing in the journal Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation found that just 10 minutes of yoga per day improved participants' bone mass density.

The effect was so noticeable that several volunteers were clinically downgraded from osteopenic to skeletally healthy, and others from osteoporotic to osteopenic.

Another study, this one published in the International Journal of Yoga Therapy, noted that yoga appears to improve bone turnover in postmenopausal women, a group severely afflicted by osteoporosis.

An estimated 10 million Americans have osteoporosis, 8 million of whom are women, according to the National Osteoporosis Foundation.

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04
Oct 11

Dahn Yoga Brea California

Brea Dahn Yoga is a holistic health and training center located in downtown Brea, California. If you are interested in finding a workout that is mild and yet extremely effective, Dahn Yoga may be for you. To see for yourself, Brea Dahn Yoga is offering a free class on Saturdays.  This one-hour class is lead by a highly experienced and trained Dahn Yoga instructor who will showyou how easy, effective and soothing a Dahn Yoga workout can be.

Dahn Yoga is a unique Korean style of yoga that combines Tai Chi, Yoga, forms of meditation and acupressure.  To read about other’s experiences with Dahn Yoga you can visit their website http://www.dahnyoga/brea/

 


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26
Sep 11

Yoga breathing exercises may reduce the severity of asthma

Across the nation, about 24.5 million people have asthma, according to the latest data collected by the CDC. In California alone, nearly 3 million people have the condition.

Across the nation, about 24.5 million people have asthma, according to the latest data collected by the CDC. In California alone, nearly 3 million people have the condition.

If the recent explosion of California ragweed pollen has your asthma flaring up, you may be interested to know that many researchers think that yoga breathing exercises might be able to help reduce the severity of this common respiratory condition.

Across the nation, about 24.5 million people have asthma, according to the latest data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In California alone, nearly 3 million people have the condition.

The UCLA Center for Health Policy Research came to the latter figure after surveying thousands of adults, teens and children. The organization found that severe asthma can be quite critical, resulting in more than 330,000 hospital visits in California each year.

So what can be done about this condition? Quite a few studies point to yoga breathing techniques as having the potential to improve respiratory well-being.

For instance, a report appearing in the journal The Lancet determined that regular yoga breathing activities appeared to improve the response of lung tissue to asthma attacks. Researchers estimated that, following the yoga-based intervention, it took significantly more histamine – the organic molecule that triggers inflammatory response – to result in an asthma attack.

Another study, this one published in the journal Thorax, determined that two weeks of yoga breathing therapy led to a modest reduction of symptoms.

The authors, a team of respirologists from the UK's Division of Respiratory Medicine in Nottingham, found that volunteers tended to experience less chest tightness and wheezing after doing the yoga breathing techniques. Likewise, participants reported using fewer puffs of bronchodilating spray each day.

A further study in the same journal came to similar conclusions, adding that patients who engaged in yoga breathing suffered from fewer asthma attacks and had a greater respiratory flow rate than those given traditional interventions.

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16
Sep 11

Quotes about personal growth and development goals inspire yoga enthusiasts

For those taking California yoga classes, here are a few inspirational quotes to get your mental juices flowing.

For those taking California yoga classes, here are a few inspirational quotes to get your mental juices flowing.

Improving physical wellness with yoga is one thing, but expanding one's consciousness is quite another. After all, personal growth and development goals can be just as important as a hale and healthy physique.

Even though many Americans use it as little more than an exercise regimen, yoga began centuries ago as a holistic regimen dedicated to discovering truth and ultimate unity.

For those taking California yoga classes, here are a few inspirational quotes to get your mental juices flowing. Some are about yoga specifically, while others are about illumination or vision, but all of them revolve around the exaltation that comes from spiritual pursuits.

"Be as a cup, and the universe flows into you. Be as an arrow, and the universe retreats from you." -Zen proverb

"I know myself now; and I feel within me/ A peace above all earthly dignities,/ A still and quiet conscience." -William Shakespeare, King Henry VIII

"The purpose of art is not the release of a momentary ejection of adrenaline but is, rather, the gradual, lifelong construction of a state of wonder and serenity." -Glenn Gould

"Peace is always beautiful." -Walt Whitman, The Sleepers

"Thought is deeper than all speech,/ Feeling deeper than all thought;/ Souls to souls can never teach/ What unto themselves was taught." -Christopher Pearse Cranch

"It costs so much to be a full human being that there are very few who have the enlightenment, or the courage, to pay the price… One has to abandon altogether the search for security and reach out to the risk of living with both arms. One has to embrace the world like a lover, and yet demand no easy return of love." -Morris West, The Shoes of the Fisherman

"…and the sea will grant each man new hope, as sleep brings dreams of home." -Christopher Columbus

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13
Sep 11

At 30,000 feet, you can do yoga breathing for relaxation

yoga breathing for relaxation on airplanes

If you answered yes to any of these questions, then doing yoga breathing for relaxation may be just the way to decompress during your next trip aboard an airplane.

Are you afraid of flying? Tired of it? Do you get bored or restless on a long flight, or feel like your calves and feet are swelling like crazy? If you answered yes to any of these questions, then doing yoga breathing for relaxation may be just the way to decompress during your next trip aboard an airplane.

Too little space

It is notoriously difficult to relax – much less get some shut-eye – on a long flight. Many people cite uncomfortable chairs, low headroom, narrow aisle and cramped bathrooms as reasons why their joints ache when they finally step off of a plane.

This is where certain yoga breathing styles may be able to help you relax. Of course, some yoga breathing regimens are a no-go. For instance, any rapid, diaphragmatic deep breathing will simply circulate your exhaled air around the cabin.

However, many yoga systems incorporate slow, measured breathing, which is designed to calm your nerves and slow your heart rate. This type of relaxation is especially good if you are…

AFRAID OF FLYING!

If you have an all-out phobia of flying, you're by no means alone. Research suggests that cruising at 30,000 feet is one of the most common fears among U.S. adults.

A seminal study in the Journal of Travel research found that one in three Americans – at the time, a figure equivalent to 25,000,000 adults – is scared of flying. Besides resulting in billions of dollars in net losses for airlines, this fear can be crippling on a personal level.

Fortunately, many holistic health experts recommend yoga breathing as a way to ease one's anxiety before, during and after a flight.

What about in-flight yoga poses?

Is it possible to do actual stretches during a long red-eye trip? Singer and pop star Madonna recently got into trouble – and irritated not a few fellow passengers – by doing yoga in the aisle during a flight. Fortunately, CNN News reports that there are plenty of yoga stretches that can be done in your seat without invading your neighbor's space.

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