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Maybe your doctor, chiropractor, physical therapist, or best friend told you Yoga would be good for you. You have heard so much about Yoga; it seems that Yoga is a “cure” for almost anything. The more you hear, the more confusing it is to understand what Yoga is all about. Should you go out [...]

Contrary to popular belief, Yoga is not merely a string of exercises which is practiced through various postures. It is a complete system set up to benefit the body, revitalize the mind and uplift the soul. For centuries now, Yoga has been a way of life and its exploding popularity is proof of the myriad [...]

Doctors say that they can treat only 20% of the problems that patients bring to them. As for the other 80%, in most cases, the problems can be traced to excessive stress. This all-too-common aspect of modern life causes a profusion of physical and emotional conditions. High stress is likely to be involved in contributing [...]

We usually assume that getting older means a loss of energy, strength, flexibility, purpose and even hope. And in their place: one or more major diseases and several minor conditions. For more and more people in the United States and around the world, the answer is holistic fitness training. In size, reach and reputation, one [...]

What do you do when you have a chronic disease, feel pain nearly all the time, try various treatments, and get little relief from your symptoms? For an increasing number of people in the United States and around the world, the last-resort answer is the holistic fitness training provided by the Dahn Yoga & [...]

Courses in yoga, the union of body and mind, continue to increase in popularity in the United States. Many different yoga systems are available, although they usually share the features of stretching, posture, breathing, relaxation and meditation. While most Americans think of yoga as coming the Indian cultural or Hindu traditions, there is a [...]

I am a long distance runner. I competed with my high school track team and I ran on my college team at University of California at San Diego. Now I train on my own. My present goal: qualify for the 2012 Olympic team trials. Only potential Olympic competitors and and their coaches truly understand the [...]

For Gail Stuart, who is finishing a beginner’s series, yoga is an antidote to the stress of her job at the Medical University of South Carolina, where she works with psychiatric research. You just walk through the whole process, and you feel yourself slipping away. It’s a different workout, she says, a welcome alternative to [...]

There are two paths to take when one studies the martial arts. These directions are art and sport. One of these methods leads straight to decay, the other leads, ultimately, to enlightenment. If one does the martial arts as a sport, he engages in contest, and that actually defines the difference between sport and art. [...]

Some of you may still do this, but remember when most people gave thanks, prayed, or said grace at the table? We can still be thankful to our family members or their company, the cook for his or her skill, to those who brought the food home, and to God, or your concept of a [...]