by Women's Health | Jul 11, 2011 | Fitness
It’s one thing to put your feet behind your head. It’s another to get inside it… “By stimulating certain glands, yoga causes your brain to release mood-altering chemicals,” yoga instructor Sara Ivanhoe says. Do these poses to balance your...
by Women's Health | Apr 29, 2011 | Workouts
If you get sick all the time, you may be able to blame your immune system. Yoga can help stimulate the four main physiological systems that are linked to the immune system: the circulatory, digestive, nervous, and endocrine systems, says Surya Kolpakov, a certified...
by Women's Health | Apr 4, 2010 | Fitness
Image from Freepik.com/yanalya How to tell what your pain means – and how to fix it… Lower Back Strain You feel: A tearing sensation in your lower back followed by a sharp pain during straight-leg forward bends. Now heal this: Ice for 20 minutes, says certified...
by Women's Health | Apr 4, 2010 | Fitness
Image from Freepik.com Try these manoeuvres that take a new angle at an old knot… For some of us, the only kinky thing we’ve got going is our muscles. Those tension knots you feel begin when calcium and other minerals collect in your muscles and radiate...