Super Seeds
Small yet powerful, seeds offer a satiating combo of protein, fiber, and healthy mono- and polyunsaturated fats. Stock up on these tasty varieties, store them to maximize freshness, and enjoy often.
By Amy Gorin, MS, RDN
Pumpkin Seeds
Also known as pepitas, these chewy green seeds have a lightly sweet, nutty taste. Per ...
Great Grains
Given the popularity of gluten-free and low-carb diets, you’d think grains were out to get you. Yet you probably won’t get a better combination of fiber, vitamins, minerals, and complex carbohydrates than what’s found in whole grains. According to a recent Harvard study, people who eat at least three servings ...
Meditation, your best investment
It is said that all stress arises from within, and all disease originates from a state of inner disharmony. Meditation, a scientific technique that enables you to take control of your own mind, releases stress and produces deep rest— thereby activating the body’s own healing forces and significantly improving our ...
Learn to listen to your emotions
Meditate on your feelings to get calm, grounded, and healthy.
Our emotions can hold us hostage when their stormy winds of intensity and disharmony blow through the body. For example, when you’re angry, your belly can tighten, your heart might pound, and agitating thoughts can plague you for minutes, hours, or ...
Meaningful Mudras
Mudras are used in yoga and meditation to help you seal your energy and set an intention—two aspects of your practice that can be especially helpful during the hectic holiday season. Here, Coral Brown, a licensed mentalhealth counselor and senior Prana Vinyasa Flow teacher, shares four great mudras for this time ...
My neck is constantly tight. How can yoga help?
Find balance to ease neck pain
Virabhadrasana II (Warrior Pose II)
Stand with your feet 3–4 feet apart, the back foot turned out 45–90 degrees; find heel-to-arch alignment between your front and back foot. Raise your arms overhead as you bend the front leg to a 90-degree angle. Your hips will find ...
Briohny Smyth: Why Savasana made Yoga a necessity in my life
Yoga teacher Briohny Smyth is a former child pop star from Thailand who found solace in yoga after work pressure and stress at a tender age bogged her down—she had a platinum album at 13! Today she lives in Los Angeles, is a jetsetter and mother of two, and teaches yoga ...
Take it Slow
If ever there was a time to slow down your pace of life a notch or two, as well as your yoga flow so you could experience more calm, it's now. A lot has happened this year with Covid-19 . So now is the perfect time to reflect and find ...
Is it safe to practice yoga during periods?
There are no hard-and-fast rules—better to discover for yourself what best serves you. If you do choose to do yoga, skip inversions. During your cycle, your body’s energy is naturally moving downward, and inversions reverse that movement. There is a quietness in our bodies during the menstrual cycle; forward bends, ...
Connecting with my inner self at Museflower Resort and Spa
As a healer and meditation teacher, I am constantly urging people to accept life as it unfolds, to make time for themselves, to savour every moment. And yet, earlier this year, I found myself struggling to accept what was happening in my own life. “Physician, heal thyself,” said a voice ...
Rape and Racketeering: Ugly, Unpunished World of Indian Yoga Gurus
Yoga preaches humility, patience and kindness, and such traits are usually absent in self-professed know-all gurus. Some Indian men are bringing a bad name to a glorious practice.
Bikram Choudhury & Nithyananda. Photo Illustration: Yogahood Online
By Kavita Chandran
Published: 14 Dec 2019 on TheQuint
Just when a Netflix documentary about a self-proclaimed yoga ...
Book Nook: Ravenous
For mindful eaters, here’s a book worth picking up. In Ravenous: A Food Lover’s Journey from Obsession to Freedom, long-time yoga practitioner Dayna Macy travels across the United States, meeting farmers, food artisans, a Zen Chef, renowned yoga teachers, a forager, a chocolatier and others, to understand where her meals ...