Preparing for Knee Replacement Surgery

by Shari Deciding to undergo a total knee replacement (TKR) surgery is not an easy decision to reach. There are many factors that lead us to...

Yoga and Pain Management

by Shari Since I have been on a “pain alert” myself for the past 10 days (a very cranky knee is having trouble settling down), I thought I w...

When to Stop Practicing Yoga

by Shari Swan at Rest by Brad Gibson Sometimes we do things that we think are healthy or beneficial for us, but which are actually not. Even...

Range of Motion: Yoga's Got It Covered!

by Nina and Shari Moving the Shoulder Joints In the spirit of trying to focus on the benefits of yoga practice (see We Didn't Mean to Sc...

What is Osteopenia? And How Can Yoga Help?

by Shari Femur Bone Last Friday Baxter answered a reader’s question about osteopenia (see Friday Q&A: Yoga and Osteopenia ), regarding w...

Ruminations on Health: What We Can and Cannot Control

by Shari Branches by Brad Gibson I grew up in an eastern European Jewish household where dinnertime conversation often centered around healt...

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 ...

Yoga and Shoulder Joint Replacements

by Shari Nina and Baxter asked me to finish up the total joint replacement series with a discussion about shoulder joint replacements. Like ...

Keeping Your Sacrum and SI Joints Happy and Healthy

by Shari Keeping His Sacrum Happy and Healthy Now that I’ve described how the sacrum moves (see Yoga and the Sacrum ), let’s look at how the...

Yoga and the Sacrum

by Shari Nina asked me to expand a bit on Baxter’s previous post on sacroiliac challenges with asana practice (see Friday Q&A: Sacroilia...

Knee Replacements and Yoga

by Shari X-Rays of Knee Replacements (from Wikimedia) Nina asked me to add to Baxter’s previous post Arthritis of the Knee and Yoga about w...