Monday, July 3, 2017

YOGA FOR BONE HEALTH (OSTEOPOROSIS)


Dr. Loren M. Fishman, a physiatrist at Columbia University who specializes in rehabilitative medicine, has been gathering evidence on yoga and bone health for years, hoping to determine whether yoga might be an effective therapy for osteoporosis. In one of his studies, he had the participants perform 12 assigned yoga poses daily or at least every other day.  His findings showed improved bone density in the spine and femur of the participants who were moderately or fully compliant with the assigned yoga exercises.

The following list outlines the 12 yoga poses performed during the study:
  • Tree
  • Triangle
  • Revolved Triangle
  • Warrior  II
  • Side-angle
  • Locust
  • Bridge
  • Supine hand-to-foot I
  • Supine hand-to-foot II
  • Straight-legged twist
  • Bent-knee twist
  • Corpse
You may perform the poses in any order. Remember to be kind and gentle with your body as you perform each pose. Each pose is held for up to 30 seconds. The entire regimen, once learned, should take only 12 minutes to complete.

Reference: 12 Minutes of Yoga for Bone Health, Jane E. Brody, December 21, 2015.
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Monday, February 6, 2017

Beginner Sun Salutation


Here is the version of the Sun Salutation that we have been practicing in class.  I hope you make use of it in your home practice.



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Larkey is certified as a yoga instructor by the Himalayan Institute in Honesdale, PA. She is also a certified Silver Sneakers Yoga Stretch instructor and has completed additional certifications in Yoga Therapy and Women's Yoga. She has been practicing yoga for over 20 years and has been teaching yoga since 2004. Larkey is a member of the Yoga Teachers Association of Pittsburgh and the Himalayan Institute Teachers Association. She recently taught yoga part-time at the Westminster Presbyterian Church (WROC) near South Hills Village. Larkey previously taught group yoga classes at the Himalayan Institute in Mt. Lebanon, PA, at the Bethel Park, PA Community Center, at the Southpointe Health Club and the Frank Sarris Library in Canonsburg, PA, at the Community College of Allegheny County, and at the Changing Seasons Center for Conscious Living and the Stephen Szabo Salon in McMurray, PA, as well as a number of private individual and group classes.