Tag: yoga
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Physical pain can often be caused by a mechanical source, which is why pills don’t always work. Trigger points are painful sites inside our muscles or connective tissues. They behave like a burr caught in the moving parts of our body
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We don’t get injuries from “hunting and gathering” in the field, we get them from “hunting and pecking” at a keyboard.
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Insomnia is very often a simple disorganization of ones time, diet, or habits. But for many, the lack of sleep makes them look terrible, and feel even worse.
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Doctors have often recommended Yoga for their patients, to help with back pains, injuries to the limbs, or for routine post-operative care. However, that does not mean Yoga is automatically safe for all.
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The human body was built for “hunting and gathering”, not “hunt-and-peck” typing. Our DNA and our evolution is built on movement. However, we now have invented a work form that is virtually movement-free: the modern office.
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Constipation, or passing stool with difficulty less than three times a week, is a common reaction to modern stress. This is at first glance curious, because our bodies were hard-wired for centuries for the exact opposite response.