The contemporary world is work focused and employment based. We spend the majority of our waking hours at the workplace and that has its own benefits and problems. One of the most common of these problems is workplace stress. that is a chronic ailment caused by conditions that negatively affect your…

This week I was walloped with a flu. The kind where your skin hurts so badly pajamas feel like spandex and it seems like your internal organs are having their own mini sweat lodge.

Some say that sickness like that is a “cleanse”–the body burning off additional emotional and/or physical toxins. So…

In these days of ultra contemporary materialistic jet set era, where ambitions are sky high, dreams are unlimited and needs are countless but achievements are so few and far within. Is it any wonder next that nearly every human being can suffer from some scheme of stress at some point in their life?…

A few weeks ago, I wrote about Yoga Month, which is making its debut that year. At the heart of the initiative, a grassroots and global campaign to educate citizens about the health benefits of yoga, is a 10-city Yoga Health Festival Tour. Next stop: that Saturday in San Francisco.

Despite the fa…

With what seems like very poor economic times just around the corner, many of you may be considering cutting back on weekly yoga classes. I urge you to look into donation-based classes in your area. (And, by all means, keep attending your regular yoga class whether you can. Yoga teachers have to con…

What is spirituality? Very simply put spirituality is the core of our belief systems. These belief systems are often based on deities, supernatural forces, or universal energies. The purpose of which is to supply a deeper meaning for our physical existence. Furthermore, the need to define our exi…

When Swami Vivekananda attended Chicago’s World Parliament of Religions 1893, he called for a temple that would teach meditation and yoga to the masses. The building is finally a reality, 115 years later, reports AP. The 32,000-square-foot temple, located in the Chicago suburb of Homer Glen, opened …

Last week, Krista Tippet interviewed Los Angeles’ own Seane Corn on her Peabody award-winning radio show Speaking of Faith. In the candid Q&A, Corn shared how yoga helped her deal with OCD and how spending day on the mat eventually led her to work as an activist, advocating for children.

You can …

Yoga has become more popular with those in the military, not only to improve flexibility, balance and concentration, but to treat combat-related injuries and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. That’s why Jim Terr created the directory www.ReturningSoldierYoga.org— he hopes to connect returning vetera…

Next month is National Breast Cancer Awareness month. Aside from a tide of pink consumer goods that donate varying amounts to the cause, the month plus brings some cool-sounding yoga-related programs.

Om yoga has two big things going on. One is a free class on Tuesday afternoons for women before a…