By Amanda Froelich To many, yoga class is a great time to de-stress, lengthen, and balance one’s body. For 86-year-old Anna Pesce, yoga class is an opportunity to do all that, as well as gain more mobility and, in effect, more freedom. Though present pictures of Pesce reveal her looking […]
By Heather Callaghan The real magic of the following yoga photos comes from one of the world’s greatest underwater photographers of all – Elena Kalis. Enchanting doesn’t begin to describe her unique photography that honestly takes you into another world. The underwater yogis below are wearing boho dresses in the low […]
By Christina Sarich Learning how to embrace mental silence or do a few Downward Facing Dog poses just might keep your brain from becoming a human piñata as you age. A recent study suggests that the cognitive disarray that can result from aging — the loss of your mental goodies, […]
By Josh Richardson There are various states of consciousness, however meditation is one of the most important of them. It increases cardiovascular quality, lowers blood pressure, decreases anxiety and among quantum physicists is considered the fourth state of consciousness in which the entire brain is engaged. But it also does […]
By Daily Superfood Love I love yoga. I really do. It’s the most relaxing form of physical activity I’ve ever tried and leaves me feeling rejuvenated. Unlike higher-impact exercise, yoga focuses on core strength and flexibility. Since I’ve never been particularly flexible, it’s given me a much better range of […]
By Amanda Froelich Practices like yoga, meditation, and kirtan can help curb the need for general health care services by almost 50 percent! Imagine if before and after a hectic day of work, everyone took twenty minutes to stretch and objectively contemplate their life’s journey. According to a Harvard study, […]
DTRHRadio On the September 22nd edition of DTRH, Popeye welcomes back to the broadcast friend, author, and researcher Heather Callaghan of Natural Blaze. The two of them get into a bunch of topics including: PTS – why do we call it PTS? How nutritional deficiency is mislabeled as mental illness, […]
By Power of Positivity Today, we live in a world where modern machines do much of our work for us, which greatly eliminates the need for manual labor. Not to mention, over 34 million Americans have office or sales jobs, forcing them to remain sedentary for eight or more hours […]
Natural Blaze Pilot study finds symptom improvement, gene expression changes, in patients with irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease A pilot study has found that participating in a nine-week training program including elicitation of the relaxation response (mind body stress reduction techniques such as yoga, meditation and prayer) had a significant […]
By Jenny Hills Yoga is an ancient spiritual science that combines philosophical teaching with physical and mental practices. It originates in India, where it was first mentioned in The Vedas – the sacred text dating back to 500 BCE. The beginnings of Yoga pre-date this text, as it was developed by […]