A new study has found a link between lower muscle mass and a higher risk of cardiovascular events — at least in males aged 45 and over. This association, the research indicates, is valid even for males with no history of heart disease. Muscle mass loss is...
Lower back pain is very common and it affects individuals of all ages. According to the 2015 Global Burden of Disease Study, 7.3% of the global population — or 540 million people — experience activity-limiting lower back pain at any one time, and this symptom...
Experienced yoga students know the value of breathwork and the myriad benefits we can obtain from the vast variety of breathing methods that have been discovered and developed over millennia. In this article by Ruth Nina Welsh for https://www.beyourowncounsellorandcoach.com/ she focuses on how we can use...
If you have been thinking about starting or resuming aerobic exercise hopefully this execellent article from the Mayo clinic will help motivate you. If you want to read the original article there is a link to it at the the bottom of the page. "Regardless of...
Lately at Sefali's Yoga we have been looking at energy and energy management. To further our understanding let's look at the 3 gunas of nature. The following is an extract from an article written by Timothy Burgin. You can read the full article by going here: https://www.yogabasics.com/learn/the-3-gunas-of-nature/ "In...
Being a care-giver can be exceptionally challenging. As it is care givers week 2020 I felt it important to draw attention to this excellent article written by Melinda Smith MA. In this article Melinda does a fantastic job of covering the subject of care giver stress,...
During these unprecedented times, I have instinctively and promptly put in place a series of rituals and practices to ground me. These practices are built around my usual habits and I’ve now extended these to the community. By offering these out as follow-along classes, it’s...
You've been asking us to put our full library of video content on Patreon and we have finally done it! The videos currently on YouTube are around 10% of our full video library. The reason for this is that our full library covers a very wide range...