Yoga Unbound

05/25/2025

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"For physical and mental balance, chakras must act in concert with one another," writes yoga educator Tony Sanchez.

05/11/2025

A healthy vagus nerve supports your digestive system, regulates sleep patterns and calms nerves. Here are 4 practices to promote vagal tone.

05/11/2025

In this article, Eva Norlyk Smith explores the aging process and spatial medicine or the science behind slowing down the aging process.

03/17/2025

The vagus nerve can be thought of as a superhighway that connects your body and your brain- a connection we talk about a lot in yoga! It innervates most organs in the body; the messages zip along its five lanes of traffic with four lanes delivering information from the body to the brain and one lane...

03/17/2025

Yoga teacher Megan McCrary shares information about connective tissue or fascia and the health importance of safe stretching.

03/17/2025

“The research shows that using the legs, particularly in weight-bearing exercise, sends signals to the brain that are vital for the production of healthy neural cells, essential for the brain and nervous system. Cutting back on exercise makes it difficult for the body to produce new nerve cells .....

02/16/2025

As a dog lover, I’m not alone in believing these creatures have important knowledge to pass along to us humans. With this in mind, I want to discuss how aging affects your body and bring to your attention some recent evidence from the scientific literature on how stretching–and Downward Dog Pose...

02/16/2025

The risk of developing Alzheimer’s increases with age. But it’s not inevitable. Here are 5 ways yoga may help prevent dementia.

02/16/2025

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This powerful practice relieves aches, pains, and movement restrictions by targeting our nerves.

01/29/2025

Chronic stress, and the resulting inflammatory response, is a known cause of numerous illnesses. Although yoga is found to reduce stress and increase wellbeing, we know little about the molecular mechanisms mediating these effects. Interestingly, increasingly research suggests that one pathway for t...

01/20/2025

This article by Dr. Arielle Schwartz focuses on recognizing your stress and trauma and using conscious breathing and yoga to stimulate the vagus nerve.