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10,000 Steps and Counting: Keep Moving to Stay Fit

Dec 29, 2017 ● By Kathleen Barnes

Walking 10,000 steps a day began as a pedometer marketing ploy, but it’s become a goal worth striving for because of the way it beats back diseases like diabetes and breast cancer.

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Advanced Therapeutic Yoga Teacher Training at PCC

Nov 30, 2017

Pima County Community College District with Yoga Therapy College will add to its Yoga Teacher Training courses with the addition of the adva...

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Championing Holistic Athletes: The New Face of Sports Medicine

Nov 30, 2017 ● By Marlaina Donato

Athletes in a wide range of sports are finding that natural diets and holistic healing modalities help them achieve their personal best.

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Tai Chi Eases the Blues: Helps Depression Sufferers

Nov 30, 2017

Weekly lessons in tai chi along with thrice-weekly home practice sessions significantly lowered depression in Boston Chinese-Americans.

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Try Some Stretches: Four Ways to Flex Our Muscles

Nov 01, 2017 ● By Marlaina Donato

Not all stretches are alike, so it helps to know what kind to do for what purpose.

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The Therapeutic Yoga Teacher

Nov 01, 2017 ● By Maria Mendola

It is well known that practicing yoga can enhance a person’s physical, emotional and spiritual well-being. When yoga is practiced within a t...

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Aerobics Improve Brain Function: Boosts Volume and Gray Matter

Oct 31, 2017

People with mild cognitive impairment that exercised aerobically four times a week for six months had increases in overall brain volume and gray matter and enjoyed better cognitive functioning.

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Qigong and Enlightenment

Oct 01, 2017

ZY qigong is a practice of finding our true self and connecting our true self to the universe. It’s not a practice that’s based on knowledge...

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Building Better Bones: Bouncing, Leaping and Lunging Our Way to Bone Health

Sep 29, 2017 ● By Kathleen Barnes

Even in our later years, we can strengthen our bones with the right targeted movements.

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September is National Falls Prevention Month

Sep 01, 2017

Heather Chalon, MPH, Master Trainer at Tai Chi for Health Institute, wants to remind us that September is National Falls Prevention Month. F...

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Dancing: An Affordable and Fun ‘Health’ Insurance Option

Sep 01, 2017 ● By Krystyna Parafinczuk

"That was so much fun,” is the initial emotional response spoken by many who try dancing for the first time. Be it Zumba, swing dancing or t...

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Mindful Yoga Studio Celebrates Five Years

Sep 01, 2017

Mindful Yoga Studio, Tucson’s only Latina-owned yoga business, celebrated five successful years in business on July 30, with expanded yoga a...

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Yoga Eases Eating Disorders: Regular Practice Reduces Anxiety and Depression

Aug 31, 2017

In two studies, regular yoga classes or individual practice lowered anxiety, depression and negative thoughts in people with eating disorders.

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Rodney Yee on Yoga as a Way of Life: Simple Strategies for Staying on Track

Aug 31, 2017 ● By Marlaina Donato

The prominent New York yoga teacher counsels us never to berate ourselves about our practice and to set aside time for asanas and exploration of different yoga traditions.

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Take a Hike: Escape into Nature with a Day Trip

Jul 31, 2017 ● By Marlaina Donato

Blissful moments in nature can be found just minutes away from home, if we know where to look.

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