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Sit Less to Live Longer: Increasing Movement Adds to Longevity

May 31, 2019 08:47AM

Replacing a half hour of sitting or lying around with brisk walking and other moderate physical activities reduces the risk of dying over 14 years by 45 percent.

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Tame Your Hormones

May 01, 2019 03:19PM ● By Lydie Vagnerova

Many people accredit yoga to helping them find new balance in life, with its routine calm and mindful exercises bringing a flexibility and s...

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Dancing Prevents Senior Decline: Improves Daily Living

Apr 30, 2019 08:46AM

Elderly Japanese women who danced for exercise were 73 percent less likely to be impaired eight years later doing “activities of daily living” such as walking, cooking, dressing and bathing.

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Prenatal Yoga Reduces Caesareans and Labor Pain: Helps With Smoother Deliveries

Apr 30, 2019 08:46AM

Mothers-to-be that practiced yoga had fewer C-sections, fewer low-weight newborns, and milder and briefer labor pains.

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When Emotions Are Physical: Bodywork for Trauma and Grief

Apr 30, 2019 08:46AM ● By Marlaina Donato

Trauma can get hardwired into our nervous system, but body-centered approaches such as massage, CranioSacral Therapy and aromatherapy can release those tight emotional patterns.

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Exercise Improves Young Brains, Too: Not Just Seniors Who Can Benefit

Apr 30, 2019 08:46AM

Aerobic activities improve the executive thinking skills of both young and old people, report Columbia University researchers.

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Qigong and the Energy Body

Mar 31, 2019 08:07PM

The energy body and physical body exist as one and are joined with the Spiritual body. This energy body supplies most of what we need automa...

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Into the Woods: Hiking for Health and Happiness

Mar 29, 2019 08:53AM ● By Marlaina Donato

Hiking combines the heart-healthy and anti-aging benefits of walking with the calming and mood-elevating benefits of nature.

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New Opportunity for Whole-Person Fitness

Mar 01, 2019 01:02AM

Transformational Medicine with Transformations360 and Energetix is launching a whole-person program to get clients happy in their bodies onc...

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New Location on Broadway for Renew Body Wellness Center

Mar 01, 2019 12:54AM

Renew Body Wellness Center has moved to a new, better location that includes a yoga studio and bigger, fully furnished therapy rooms, at 455...

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Exercise vs. Allergies: All the Right Moves

Feb 28, 2019 09:48AM ● By Marlaina Donato

The last thing we may feel like doing in hay fever season is exercising, but yoga, Pilates, walking, weight training and other approaches can actually bring relief.

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Warming Up For Winter Sports: Sure-Fire Ways to Get Fit

Jan 31, 2019 11:06AM ● By Marlaina Donato

Before plunging into winter sports, we can prepare the body ahead of time by toning up major muscle groups.

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Trauma-Informed Yoga Therapy

Jan 02, 2019 04:55PM ● By Genevieve Yellin

Trauma-Informed Yoga Therapy (TIYT) is a specialized training developed for yoga professionals who intend to work with people who have a tra...

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Moving Through Life: Daily Motion Adds Up to Fitness

Dec 27, 2018 11:41AM ● By Marlaina Donato

Simply making small changes in routine tasks—from house cleaning to grocery shopping—can add up to better health than the daily hour at the gym we tend to avoid.

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Qigong and Awareness

Dec 06, 2018 12:05AM ● By Mark Frighetti

Where the mind goes, qi (chi) flows. This is a basic law of qi. When we are watching a sporting event, we are externally focused and are dir...

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