by Women's Health | Dec 9, 2015 | Health
By Laura Beil Turns out, there’s a lot more to yoga than we thought… 1/ It makes you smarter What seems like a slow start – breathing deeply, in and out – fires up your prefrontal cortex, the brain’s centre for higher thought. You just got smarter: In one...
by Women's Health | May 22, 2015 | Fitness
If you’ve always wanted to try mediation, this is a good place to start… Numerous studies have shown that regular mediation can be hugely beneficial to your body and mind, but if you’ve never tried it before, where do you even begin? We asked meditation teacher...
by Women's Health | Apr 21, 2015 | Fitness
Sleep on this: You’d have better sex if you were a loose woman. Limbering up with yoga will help you build a strong, supple body – and that leads to a lot more action in the bedroom, says Ellen Barrett, author of Sexy Yoga. “Yoga increases flexibility,...
by Women's Health | Apr 15, 2015 | Fitness
Exotic-sounding terms are commonplace inside the walls of yoga studios. And this can be an obstacle; you wouldn’t jump at the chance to take a kickboxing class in Swahili, would you? Skim our dime-sized dictionary and see if you find yourself feeling a bit more fluent...
by Women's Health | Sep 3, 2014 | Fitness
Flex your yoga muscle to see how far you’ve really come… Why yoga? Been focusing a lot on your arms lately? This is a great way to test another aspect of their strength! Called the side crow, it’s a really great way to see how strong your forearms...
