Psychology Today has published an interesting articale about depression and yoga. 

They write: To date, the most persuasive evidence of the benefits of hatha yoga, and in particular pranayama, stems from research conducted by the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuroscience in India. New studies have shown a high success rate—up to 73 percent—for treating depression with sudharshan kriya, a pranayama technique taught in the U.S. as "The Healing Breath Technique." It involves breathing naturally through the nose, mouth closed, in three distinct rhythms.

Read the whole article here: http://psychologytoday.com/
 

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"Dancing in the yoga studios? That's what practice is all about in all-new Yoga Dance classes with the most recent addition to our team,

Hari Om. If you've marvelled at the shaking and twisting in those flamboyant Bollywood films, get a taste of how it's done - Bollywood Fusion, Bollywood Dance, Bhangra Funk, Indo Hip Hop and Kuchipudi Dance classes kick off this February!

Hari Om is the quintessential teacher of Yoga Dance, having started dancing at the very tender age of 3 and having performed since he was 5. Not only did he introduce Hong Kong to Yoga Dance for the first time in 2003, he has since nurtured hundreds of students who have gone on to win competitions in India.

Shake it up with Hari Om - the funky rhythm of yoga and Bollywood fun are right here at Pure Yoga Hong Kong!"

Source: http://www.pure-yoga.com

All over the world, people have difficulty doing a consistent morning home practice due to insomnia. And then we are too tired to practice after a long day of work or school. Yoga does help insomnia, but the question is, how? John Friend, the founder of Anusara Yoga, offers the following tips for those of you can't sleep at night:

• Maintain a regular yoga practice. Try to alternate your sequences—some backbends followed by forwad bends. Backbends are stimulating, while forward bends are calming; practicing forward folds after backbends calms the mind for sleep.
• Meditation every day is essential. Meditation allows you to delve into a place of peacefulness. Choose a time that is convenient; even if it's just for 10 minutes, the practice will relax the mind.
• Massage your feet. Massaging feet with sesame or olive oil helps calm the nervous system.

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Wake up each morning to a free one-hour yoga class from beautiful Jackson Hole, Wyoming. World class yoga instructors Adi Amar, Neesha Zollinger and Sarah Kline will take you through a session that focuses on strength building, flexibility, stamina, and meditation-in-motion. Yoga Today delivers a different show, 7 days a week, keeping your workouts fresh and energizing.

Try it and see if you like it! Visit there website at http://www.yogatoday.com

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