Yoga Smackdown

By Jennifer Garam

I was yoga-less all week. I’d already blown money on a seven-day Bikram yoga pass, but I didn’t want to go back after my first miserable class. Instead I seethed in resentment—pretty much the opposite of yogic behavior.

By Saturday I was a free agent again. So on Sunday evening, a sacred time usually reserved for watching TV in my pajamas, I traveled 45 minutes across New York City to attend one of my favorite Vinyasa classes. I needed to rekindle my love for yoga, so I selected the most un-Bikramlike session I could find, complete with soothing soundtrack and meditation. Read More

Ayurveda and its classifications

Ayurveda (which is in other words termed as the “Science of Life”), the most ancient medical system in India is considered as a holistic science which heals the ailments of body and mind and pertains to health and longevity. Ayurveda has been strongly influenced by theoretical views.
Ayurveda believes that there exist a strong connection between […]

Ayurveda in India

Ayurveda, no doubt is the most ancient form of medicine. The origin of Ayurveda was about more than 5000 years ago during vedic times. Ayurveda is also known as “science of life” (because Ayur stands for life and veda means knowledge or science). Apart from being a medicinal system, Ayurveda is also a philosophy. Ayurveda […]

Health Tip: Risk Factors for Gestational Diabetes

(HealthDay News) -- Gestational diabetes starts in women during pregnancy, then often disappears after the baby is born.

Women who develop the condition should be carefully monitored throughout pregnancy, and should carefully manage their diet.

Here are common risk factors for gestational diabetes, courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine:

• Being of African or Hispanic descent.
  
• Becoming pregnant when older than 25.
  
• Having had a child with a birth defect.
  
• Having had a baby weighing more than 9 pounds.
  
• Being obese.
  
• Having frequent infections.
  
• Having an unexplained miscarriage, or having a newborn who died.