Runner’s Yoga – Official Blog

CALCIUM SUPPLEMENTS: ARE THEY HARMFUL TO YOUR HEART?

Commonly recommended for women over the age of 50 to improve bone health, calcium supplementation (plus vitamin D) has been considered relatively safe except for the increased risk of kidney stones. But could calcium supplements actually be harmful to your heart?

A new look at the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) study of the health of more than 160,000 women from 1991 until the present, suggests the answer is Yes.

In fact, researchers now suggest calcium supplementation may be associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease, stroke and heart attack.

Read more here

How yoga is transforming a Kenyan city

An organization in Kenyan capital of Nairobi is finding that including yoga is enhancing its other  outreach programs such as food distribution and schools.

Read more here.

Can Yoga Calm An Irregular Heartbeat?

In the past we’ve seen evidence that yoga can help reduce cholesterol and lower blood pressure. Now a preliminary study suggests that it may also help reduce the symptoms for people who suffer from an irregular heartbeat, with just three sessions a week helping to lower anxiety and halve the number of episodes. Read more here.

Some people think 30 minutes of yoga isn’t enough.

I’ve always felt it’s not so much what you do, as how you do it.

And over the years, folks have expressed surprise at how much we actually get done in the 30-minute Runner’s Yoga routine. There’s no mucking about – smarter, not harder, as they say.

Kinda like this guy who invented a brilliant way to move huge blocks of stone … easily.

Pretty inspirational.

I’ve just finished producing six free lessons you are sent automatically when you sign up at RunnersYoga.com. (Enter your name and email address in the pop-up box, or about half way down the Home Page.)

I gave the lessons the shamelessly enticing title of “Six Secrets to Becoming a Yoga Master; Including How to do Yoga’s Most Difficult Pose.” (You have to wait for Lesson #6 for that last bit )

The content it covers (proper yoga breathing, effective exercise stretching, etc.) is not specific to the Runners Yoga routine – it will be valuable to any yoga practice. (In fact, much of it can be applied to any fitness training, yoga for health, or home exercise plan.)

Also, the movie files in the complete Runner’s Yoga Program are now downloadable in MP4 format. (In addition to the previous WMV & MOV.)

I have also found a free solution to the challenge that some owners of Mac computers face playing different video formats. I’ll be posting the link to the Freeware on the product download page today.

That’s it for now. (Haven’t forgot about Part 2 of Why Runners Need Yoga. Just on overwhelm with other chores at the moment.)

Hey … HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Have an amazing ‘09.

All the best,

Van