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Nov 11

Yoga helps enthusiasts achieve healthy eyesight, better mind-body connection

For years, millions of Americans have been performing the tranquil maneuvers of yoga to help them achieve healthy eyesight, foot pain relief and improved flexibility. According to some instructors, the holistic regimen – which originated many centuries ago in Asia – may also help enthusiasts connect more deeply with their innermost selves.

"The practice is actually opening people up to a more engaged life. In the '60s, there was this term 'drop-out.' Nowadays, I think what we need is this term: 'drop-in,'" said lecturer Michael Stone, quoted by the Vancouver Courier. "When you start going inward, you naturally also start going outward."

An author, activitist and Buddhist teacher, Stone runs a nonprofit yoga organization that aims to help people strengthen the bond between their minds and their bodies. Cementing this delicate union may be an effective method of improving their self-esteem as well as their physical well-being.

Whether you choose to engage in yoga's breathing exercises, poses and stretches for pain alleviation or stress relief, you may be certain that you are taking steps toward your full potential.

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Oct 11

Adding weights to yoga, which helps enthusiasts achieve healthy eyesight, can also strengthen muscles

Millions of Americans are adopting the holistic regimen of yoga to help them stay grounded, centered and calm. But what else can this gentle Eastern program do for them in terms of optimizing health? Well, many studies have shown that engaging in deep breathing exercises, poses, stretches and meditation can help enthusiasts achieve healthy eyesight and foot pain relief, as well as inner tranquility.

According to The Province, adding weights to this relaxing activity can be a great way to strengthen the body as well as the mind. In this way, yoga practitioners can help ensure that the regimen enhances multiple aspects of their well-being, including the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual.

Yoga enthusiast Joyce Johner explained that she supplements yoga with resistance exercises that engage her upper back and shoulder muscles.

"For many people, yoga is the foundation of their personal fitness and exercise program," she told the news source. "I want to suggest that [they] evaluate [their] total training plan as it relates to muscular balance."

By incorporating strength training into the art of yoga, enthusiasts can work their muscles as well as their minds.

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Aug 11

A happy marriage can promote healthy eyesight, stronger heart and all-around better well-being

Most of us tend to take healthy eyesight, fully functioning muscles and other aspects of our well-being for granted. Making positive lifestyle choices – such as eating a nutrient-rich diet and engaging in frequent exercise – can help keep heart disease at bay, reduce stress and prevent depression, but did you know that a happy marriage can also have these benefits? According to a popular article currently trending on CNN, content spouses are also more likely to live longer after having coronary artery bypass surgery, compared to unmarried individuals.

According to lead author Kathleen B. King from the University of Rochester's School of Nursing, men in particular benefit from being married. She explained that this may be due to the fact that married individuals often have more support when it comes to making healthy lifestyle choices, such as eating better and working out.

If an individual wanted to adopt, say, a holistic mind-body regimen such as yoga, they would potentially be more motivated if they had an encouraging wife or husband. Performing the exercises for stress relief and gentle poses with a loving spouse could also make it more likely that they stuck to the program.

"They are more likely to take the advice of someone they're in a good marriage with," King told the news source. "They're more likely to have a reason to live."

The study was conducted among 52 women and 173 men. Those who were happily married were more likely to live up to 15 years longer after heart surgery, compared to their single counterparts. According to the researchers, the benefits were less clear for ladies, but King believes that the survival benefit would probably be the same in both genders. 

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Aug 11

Yoga can help enthusiasts achieve healthy eyesight and inner peace

Many yoga practitioners believe that the holistic mind-body regimen – which consists of deep breathing exercises, gentle poses and soothing stretches – can help them achieve healthy eyesight. The program includes many techniques that are designed to not only bring about natural stress relief, but also strengthen and improve vision. These benefits are just a few experienced by the millions of Americans who engage in yoga on a regular basis. A popular Reuters article that has been shared and re-shared on Twitter reports that a volunteer instructor is bringing the tranquil art to women in a Pakistani prison.

Yoga teacher Aisha Chapra established the innovative yoga program to help the female inmates find inner peace, relax and alleviate tension. Such an environment can be stressful for many inhabitants, and Chapra believes that calming the prisoners with yoga can result in a more comfortable living space.

"I have seen a great change in the girls since they started doing yoga," said police official and prison administrator Sheeba Shah, quoted by the news source. "They have become less stressful and you can see a more positive attitude."

According to Chapra, she got the idea for a prison-based yoga program from one that she witnessed in India at the Bhopal Central Jail, which holds some of the country's most infamous convicts. Since the holistic regimen was introduced there, officials have reported significant reductions in violent incidents. Chapra was inspired by this idea and by her own devotion to the Eastern art.

"I teach yoga at another location and the money I get from teaching, I divert the funds for what the inmates might need," she told Reuters.

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