The Science of Yoga

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Improved Brain Function

Lower Stress Levels

Alter Gene Expression

Increased Flexibility

Lower Blood Pressure

Improved Lung Capacity

Improved Sexual Function

Reduced Chronic Pain

Anxiety Relief

Relief from Chronic Back Pain

Lower Blood Sugar Levels in Diabetes

Improved Sense of Balance

Stronger Bones

Healthy Weight

Lower Risk of Heart Disease

A Report on Sleep - By: Do Lectures

Diaphragmatic (Belly) Breathing By: The Daily Bandha

The Real Reason Downward Dog Is So Good For You

By: Sara Calabro

From an acupuncture perspective, downward-facing dog has gained its rightful place at the top of the yoga-pose heap because it activates the "Bladder Channel."

The Bladder channel, sometimes referred to as tai yang, is the longest channel in the body.  It has 67 acupuncture points that run from the inner eye, up and over the head, down the entire spine and posterior leg, along the side of the food and ending at the pinkie toe.

Amy Cuddy: Your Body Language Shapes Who You Are

Go to the Limits of Your Longing By: Rainer Maria Rilke

God speaks to each of us as he makes us,
then walks with us silently out of the night.

These are the words we dimly hear:

You, sent out beyond your recall,
go to the limits of your longing.
Embody me.

Flare up like a flame
and make big shadows I can move in.

Let everything happen to you: beauty and terror.
Just keep going. No feeling is final.
Don't let yourself lose me.

Nearby is the country they call life.
You will know it by its seriousness.

Give me your hand.

Book of Hours, I 59