


Yoga research: The importance of protocols and a wider community
Western science and medicine professionals are increasingly researching yoga. Robust research not only helps yoga practices to be accepted in Western healthcare (and importantly, delivered to people in need), it also helps yoga therapists and teachers to understand...
NIH encourages deep breathing, mindfulness, and yoga to counteract effects of stress
What is the “stress reset button” and how can we access it? The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently updated their resource page for health information and stress, highlighting psychological and physical approaches like breathing, mindfulness, and yoga to...
Five yoga tools to help you fall back asleep in the middle of the night
By Monica Le Baron Sleeping is important—more important than we can imagine. But it can be disrupted by anxious thoughts, physical pain, or those tedious trips to empty the bladder in the middle of the night. Not being able to fall back asleep after waking up in the...