Man Bites Downward-Facing Dog: Dr. Timothy McCall Takes On William Broad of The New York Times

by Nina Mugsy, the Yoga Dog by Nina Zolotow Could yoga make you fat (especially if you're a woman)? Does it cause hundreds of strokes pe...

Blueberry Almond Scones (The Chronicles of Home)

Today, our food contributor Jennifer is sharing a healthy recipe for blueberry almond scones.  I really want to try these because my son lov...

Welcome Bridget Frederick, Our New Editor!

by Nina Photo Credit: Steve Jones I’m excited to announce that Bridget Frederick has joined the staff of Yoga for Healthy Aging as a copyedi...

Achieving Stillness in Turbulent Situations

by Ram Cataract by Brad Gibson In chapter 3 and verse 2 of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, we are introduced to the topic of meditation (dhaya...

Staying Safe with Degenerative Disc Disease

by Shari I thought I would follow up on Baxter’s excellent post about preventing spinal degenerative disc disease Degenerative Disc Disease ...

Blue Monday Be Gone

I'm happy to report that I completed week 10 of the Live Fit Challenge last week, which means I only have two weeks to go to finish it. ...

Friday Q&A: Spinal Stenosis and Osteoporosis

This question of the week for this week came in about an older post from A Pair of Serendipities Re: Spinal Stenosis. Q: Hello, I found this...

Featured Pose: Supported Child's Pose

by Baxter and Nina This is one of the most comforting restorative poses. The position is one that small children take naturally when they ar...

Yoga and The Pursuit of Happiness

by Nina “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalie...

Degenerative Disk Disease and Yoga

by Baxter Spinal Vertebrae and Discs In my ongoing attempts to stay up on the developing information about yoga, aging and health, I look at...

Anger Management: Philosophy, Science, and Yoga

by Ram Prickly Catcus by Brad Gibson The Bhagavad Gita is a dialogue between Lord Krishna and Arjuna, and serves as a guiding manual for th...

Friday Q&A: Benefits of Squatting

Q: I recently decided to try the experiment of sitting cross-legged more, starting out on my sofa, as sitting in this position seems to help...

Cultivating the Opposite: Yoga Philosophy for Healthy Eating, Healthy Aging

by Nina Seattle Garden (A Detail) by Joan Webster “People in America are addicted to sugar, and to fat and to salt,” he says, and as a natio...

Sweet Potato Hash and Eggs (via The Chronicles of Home)

I'm all about breakfast for dinner, so I'm excited about Jennifer's ( The Chronicles of Home ) recipe for this week, Sweet Potat...