Diet

Chia Seeds Health Benefits

December 18, 2011

The following is an excerpt from my wife’s article Chia Seeds: Aztec Miracle, Modern Superfood by Victoria Challancin flavorsofthesun.blogspot.com   Health Benefits of Chia Seeds There has been a modern revival of chia seeds, which are currently being touted as a modern “superfood.”  With good reason.  Check out the following list to see why there [...]

Share
Read the full article →

How Mark Healed His Knee Pain

May 7, 2011

Guest writer Mark Du Bois practices Kriya Yoga and is a member of Paramahansa Yogananda’s Self-Realization Fellowship.     Norm, I just read the article and comments regarding Danielle’s knee problems. It’s nice to hear of others successes using the techniques you provide to students. I have been experiencing some knee problems myself recently. I [...]

Share
Read the full article →

Peter Berquist on Raw Low-Fat Vegan Diet

January 15, 2011

In my most popular article, Reduce & Heal Your Knee Pain, I advise an anti-inflammatory diet as a way to reduce swelling, inflammation and pain. Since many of you have asked for more information on anti-inflammatory diets,  I have asked musician Peter Berquist to share his resources and experiences in establishing his raw, low-fat vegan [...]

Share
Read the full article →

Reduce & Heal Your Knee Pain

May 18, 2010

While this article was created in response to a question from writer Rick Skwiot about how yoga might help him heal his painful knee, many of the principles and practices will apply to the healing of other joints and conditions as well. 1 > First: STOP whatever activity is aggravating the joint and causing the [...]

Share
Read the full article →

Fibromyalgia Healed

February 12, 2010

How Carol Healed Herself of a 20 Year Affliction with Fibromyalgia April 1995: Carol, a visitor to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, from  New York, came to see me and asked if I thought that yoga would help her. She said that she had been suffering from Fibromyalgia and Insomnia for twenty years. She said [...]

Share
Read the full article →

How to Overcome Fatigue

December 17, 2009

Q. What can I do about fatigue? It seems that no matter how little I exert myself, nor how much more I rest, I still feel tired. My doctor says I have no medical problems. It sounds like you might be going in the wrong direction: resting too much and exerting yourself too little. One [...]

Share
Read the full article →

Why You Don’t Want a Fat Free Diet

December 10, 2009

Q. I am planning a fat free diet in order get my weight down. How can I be sure that my diet is totally fat free? First of all, why do you want such an extreme diet? Unless you are intending to be on this diet just a short time, you run the risk of [...]

Share
Read the full article →

How Lemons and Limes Keep You Healthy

December 5, 2009

Q. In Mexico I see widespread use of limes. Do limes have any special value? Yes. Limes, and this includes lemons, are recommended by Yoga Science because they are good disinfectants. The juice kills many germs in the stomach and intestinal tract. This is especially important to help combat intestinal amoebas in warm climates like [...]

Share
Read the full article →

Breaking the Food-as-a-Drug Habit

November 30, 2009

Q. You recommend fasting as a way to rest the digestive system, eliminate toxins, and improve health. If I don’t eat at night, I have trouble sleeping. Wouldn’t it be wrong for me to fast? That depends on how you prepare yourself. Can you mentally accept the idea that you don’t need three or four [...]

Share
Read the full article →

Improving Your Eliminations Will Improve Your Nutrition

November 28, 2009

Q. What do I need to know about eating fruit? When tangerines are in season, I might eat three or four at one time. Is there anything wrong with this? Not at all. The only way there is anything wrong with you eating several tangerines at one time is if the tangerines don’t agree with [...]

Share
Read the full article →

← Previous Entries