by Sandy | May 24, 2011 | Healthy News
HEALTHY NEWS It only makes sense that balance is affected by anxiety, right? But can balance improvement affect anxiety level? Researchers now think so! “If you’ve had anxiety problems for long enough you may have experienced balance problems. You may have felt...
by Sandy | Apr 24, 2011 | Healthy News
HEALTHY NEWS Study shows that Loving Kindness Meditation enables you to become more satisfied with your life and experience fewer symptoms of depression! Time investment—only an hour or so a week?! I’m in! I featured my own personal Loving Kindness Meditation above...
by Sandy | Mar 24, 2011 | Healthy News
HEALTHY NEWS Meditators get skinny! In a study, dieters who spent about 7 minutes meditating each day experienced far fewer food cravings than their nonmeditating peers. And the meditators were far more likely to resist their cravings. Over a 7-week period, a group of...
by Sandy | Feb 22, 2011 | Healthy News
HEALTHY NEWS Yoga benefits people with Rheumatoid Arthritis! Yoga may help lessen symptoms of depression among rheumatoid arthritis patients, according to a pilot study published in 2009. After 10 weeks of taking three 75-minute yoga classes per week, 16 female...
by Sandy | Jan 24, 2011 | Healthy News
HEALTHY NEWS Yoga for dry eyes? You bet! Time on the yoga mat may be a source of relief for dry eyes. Last December, research published in the journal, Head & Face Medicine, hinted that yoga can soothe irritated eyes. Scientists in Bangalore, India, enrolled 291...
by Sandy | Jan 7, 2011 | Healthy News
HEALTHY NEWS Sing to Your Health! Scientists recently discovered that mantra and rosary recitation have possible physiological benefits for the heart. Reciting either Sanskrit mantras or the Ave Maria prayer regulated the breath and synchronized the heart rhythms of...