Kids are naturally full of energy and curiosity—they’re little explorers always discovering new things about themselves and the world around them. Now imagine if they could learn a secret power that helps them feel calm, strong, and super focused. That’s what yoga can do! But yoga isn’t just for adults; in fact, it might even be more fun when kids get involved. So, let’s roll out those yoga mats and dive into the world of yoga for kids and see why every kid could benefit from a little bit of … [Read more...] about The Amazing World of Yoga for Kids: Stretching, Breathing, and Growing Like Superheroes!
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How to Support Your Student’s Wellbeing During COVID-19
Approximately 1 in 4 people (in the UK) suffer from a mental health condition. Couple this with recent research suggesting that 300 million people practise yoga worldwide, and it is reasonable to assume that someone in your yoga class has experienced, is experiencing or will experience an episode of poor mental health. Given our current circumstances, this likelihood is significantly higher, as mental health charities have reported an increase in cases of anxiety, OCD and depression due to the … [Read more...] about How to Support Your Student’s Wellbeing During COVID-19
Why You Should Consider Fasting & 4 Tips to Prepare for Your First Fast
By Ram Jain People have been practicing fasting for many years for religious, spiritual or health reasons. Yogic philosophy also approves of fasting as a way to cleanse the body and to control both mind and body. When you practice fasting you learn to control the senses and not to react on the tendency to eat food out of habit or routine. Fasting allows the intestines to take a rest. They always work and because we keep eating, they never get to rest. While fasting, the intestines get … [Read more...] about Why You Should Consider Fasting & 4 Tips to Prepare for Your First Fast
Why Yoga is a Growing Part of Global Healthcare
When yoga was developed as a spiritual discipline in ancient India, it’s unlikely that its originators ever imagined how their practice would look thousands of years into the future. Intensely spiritual in its inception and throughout much of its history, yoga has evolved into something with a global scope and endless iterations - from the strictly traditional to modern inventions like beer and goat yoga. But it’s perhaps yoga's latest significant development--from a spiritually-centered … [Read more...] about Why Yoga is a Growing Part of Global Healthcare
Why Are So Many of Us Living With Unmanageable Stress?
It was recently reported in The Guardian that three in four Britons have felt overwhelmed by stress in the past year. Over in the USA, there’s a similar picture. The American Psychological Association’s 2015 ‘Stress in America’ snapshot found that 75% of adults reported experiencing moderate to high levels of stress in the month prior to the survey, and nearly half reported that their stress had increased from 2014. But with constantly-improving technology, healthcare and living standards making … [Read more...] about Why Are So Many of Us Living With Unmanageable Stress?
5 Ways To Manage Stress
By Andy Macia “I will breathe I will think of solutions I will not let my worry control me I will not let my stress level break me I will simply breathe and it will be okay because I don’t quit” – Shayne McClendon Managing stress has been a bit harder for me. I was an alcohol addict for many, many years, so for quite some time, stress meant reaching out for a bottle to drown my sorrows; my addicted self just did not care for absolutely anything else in my life. If I had any other issues, they … [Read more...] about 5 Ways To Manage Stress
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