Are you one of the millions of Americans who suffer with lower back pain? Yoga can help. Try this series of simple, short practices that can help you on your road to recovery. 

Well, I just returned from the best SYTAR yet - and I can say that Buddha Breathing is definitely trending! Contrary to our common understanding that bigger breathing is better, Buteyko is actually backed by science and respiratory physiology.

Every day in my yoga therapy practice I have a similar jigsawpuzzle experience. Typical scenario: a client enters asking for assistance in alleviating pain. Although pain can show up in a variety of places in the body, heart, or mind, objectively speaking “pain” is not a complete descriptor of the experience any particular person may be having at any particular time. 

When I was 20, I worked for a life insurance company, so I learned early that I needed to save for retirement. Of course, it wasn’t easy. There were bills to pay, then full-time childcare expenses, for twins, then a career change. Even so, mostly thanks to my husband’s employers, we were able to put some money away and have a head start on a retirement nest egg.

It wasn’t until my late 40s, however, that I learned that money isn’t the only thing I needed to save. When writing an article about osteoporosis, I realized that I should have also been stockpiling muscles.