Yoga & Happy Heart Health

Yoga & Happy Heart Health

According to both the American Heart Association and the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, practicing yoga benefits your heart.  Remarkably, traditional yoga asana (like  those taught at AHA Yoga in Lake City, FL) includes slow or moderate movements, so they are not part of the vigorous 150 minutes of aerobic exercise recommended by the American Heart Association.  How, then, might yoga help heart health? Yoga lowers your blood pressure—often immediately.  It also increases your lung

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Restorative Yoga With Props, Definition, Poses, & Benefits

Restorative Yoga With Props, Definition, Poses, & Benefits

Are you feeling drained and overwhelmed by the demands of everyday life? If so, Restorative Yoga could be just what you need to unwind and restore balance to your mind, body, and soul. Overview Aspect Description Definition Restorative Yoga is a gentle, therapeutic style of yoga that uses props such as bolsters, blankets, and blocks to fully support the body in various poses. This enables deep relaxation and promotes healing

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Your Knees are Precious

Your Knees are Precious

A safe, beneficial yoga practice must take great care of your precious knees. Misalignment of the knee often happens over time, and through hyperextension or overexertion.  Our bodies are prone to this misalignment because our hip joints are wider than our knee joints.  As we age, this natural shape creates uneven contraction of the quadriceps, which can eventually pull kneecaps outwards.  Conditions worsen with hyperextension.  Even yoga, often hailed as

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On Tending a Good Environment for Practice

On Tending a Good Environment for Practice

It took me years to fully grasp the significance of this idea:  After all, the point of yoga is to create inner equanimity of the mind, precisely so one can accept life as it truly is, rather than resist the world and/or seek control of it.   Yet, the longer I practice and grow, the more important it is to me to ensure a healthy, beautiful environment, conducive to practice.  In

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What is Yin Yoga, and Why Do It?

What is Yin Yoga, and Why Do It? 

Yin Yoga is a slower, more passive form of yoga that leads to deep physical and mental opening. The focus is on gradually stretching to release connective tissue around the joints, especially in the knees, pelvis, sacrum, and spine. This approach requires slowing down, so the mental aspect of Yin Yoga is also at the forefront. It helps develop patience and body-awareness. Unlike most yoga practices that involve movement between

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Sitz Bones & the Art of Sitting

Sitz Bones & the Art of Sitting

In almost any yoga class, at some point in seated positions, you will be asked to sit up on your Sitz Bones.  For most new yoga students, this creates a raised eyebrow:  What the heck are those, and why do we need such precise directions just to sit, anyway? Your Sitz Bones (also commonly referred to as “sitting bones,” “sit bones,” or sometimes “buttocks bones”) refer to the very bottom

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New to Yoga? No worries!

New to Yoga? No worries!

“Eeek!  I am new to yoga.  What can I expect at my first class or private session?” We do gentle yoga, which focuses on stretching, breathing exercises, and relaxation techniques.  Most of the class time is spent stretching; these are the specific yoga postures (or “asanas,” pronounced “AHH—sah—nahs”) that most people imagine when they hear the word “yoga.”  We start with easy poses, and you are guided through each one. 

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