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8 Yoga poses to help cervical spine and neck issues
In your neck, there are cervical discs. These discs are your body’s natural shock absorbers that stabilise your neck. Together, these discs make up your cervical spine. Your neck is one of the most fragile parts of your body. As a baby, it had to constantly be supported. As an…
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Yoga poses to help with neck issues
Neck issues, as well as pain in this part of the body, is extremely common. It may be caused by a number of factors which include daily activities that involve recurring forward movement patterns, poor posture or, alternatively, the habit of holding your head in one position. When you’re suffering…
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What Yoga poses can I do to curb anxiety?
Anxiety can hamper your life immensely. Whether you suffer from a generalised or acute anxiety disorder – or if the anxiety that you’re suffering from is just due to a supremely stressful situation at work –  this debilitating condition can create feelings of limited control, low self-esteem in addition to…
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Yoga poses to help with relieving sciatica
The term ‘sciatica’ refers to pain which radiates along the length of the sciatic nerve. (This nerve the branches off from your lower back and goes through your hips as well as buttocks. It then goes down each of your legs.) Usually, sciatica affects just one side of your body.…
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The Value of a Yoga Course
Being fit and healthy doesn’t just mean that you can run up a flight of stairs without breaking a sweat or being winded. Yes, this is an integral part of fitness; however, it goes much deeper than this. Being at the top of your fitness game means that you have…
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Exercises to help alleviate headaches
The easiest and quickest thing to do – and what most of us do – when we sense a headache coming on is to reach for the medicine cabinet. While this solution is nothing to be sneezed at, if you constantly suffer from headaches, especially related to tension, you need…
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Glute exercises to relieve lower back pain
A lot of doctors now urge lower back pain sufferers to become active. Medical practitioners also move their backs as well as related muscles as a better treatment for pain relief in this area of their bodies. According to researchers, exercise also increases blood flow to the lower back area.…
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Deep breathing exercises to supercharge your life
With all the dialogue happening these days around superfoods, maybe the most powerful of these energising elixirs all is clearly missing: deep breathing. You can take all the supplements in the world, however these will do little good if you don’t have the catalyst of richly oxygenated blood. With your…
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The destressing elixir that is Yoga
It’s no secret that, in today’s world, things are happening at a rapid pace – that’s getting quicker and quicker as the weeks and months move on. In fact, we’re so busy that one day it’s Monday and, before we realise it, it’s Friday and we haven’t noticed Tuesday through…
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Why practising Yoga is good for you?
Workout trends come and go however virtually no other exercise programme is as enduring as Yoga is – this ancient exercise form has been around for over 5 000 years. Yoga is responsible for more than burning calories and toning muscles. Yoga is a total mind-body workout which combines strengthening…
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What are the four paths of Yoga?
Yoga is the coming together of your body, mind, soul and spirit. There are four paths of Yoga which relate to people’s different inclinations. By adhering to one or more of these paths, you can achieve the union that Yoga sets out to achieve. In following each path and achieving…
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What are the benefits of Warrior 1 pose in Yoga?
Warrior 1 (or Virabhadrasana) is one of the most-practised yoga poses. It is easier than the more advanced asanas but still builds strength, confidence and bodily awareness. The Warrior 1 pose is often used as a warm-up in yoga class or as part of the Sun Salutation series. The name…
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