Where does your professional pilgrimage lead you? Did you know that in 2004, more than 13 million Americans were practicing yoga or tai chi and more than 9.6 million were doing Pilates (Sporting Goods Manufacturers Association)?
If you have asthma, why would doctors be interested in looking at your brain? There are plenty of good reasons, according to recent research in mind-body science, also referred to as psychosomatic medicine.
The benefits of yoga practice continue to expand. The expansion is literal in a recent study from Khon Kaen University in Thailand. Young and healthy Thais who participated in just 18 short yoga sessions showed significant improvements on six of seven measures of respiratory function.
According to buzz at the 2005 American Dietetic Association’s (ADA) Food & Nutrition Conference & Expo this past October, nutrition will continue to get very personal in the coming years.
A labyrinth is an ancient symbol that relates to wholeness. It combines the imagery of the circle and the spiral into a meandering but purposeful path.