By Jon Yaneff, CNP About Migraine and Yoga for Migraine A migraine is an intense, debilitating, and chronic headache that causes attacks on more than 15 days monthly. This type of headache produces severe pain on one side of the head, and some sufferers may…
By John P., Guest to Natural Blaze Are you interested in yogic relaxation for stress relief? Yoga is an increasingly popular activity for relaxation, and it comes with many other benefits too. In this guide to yogic relaxation, you’ll learn everything you need to know…
By Anna Hunt At the center of our bodies resides a long, wiry nerve called the vagus nerve. It extends all the way from the brain down through the chest and beyond the stomach. In addition, it connects to all major organs, including ears, eyes,…
By Anna Hunt A school in Jonesboro, Arkansas, has joined many others in turning to an alternative method of discipline. The Success Achievement Academy has stopped using in-school suspension as punishment. Instead, the directors started using yoga as a means of helping students relieve stress…
By Anna Hunt Many people participate in practices such as meditation and yoga because they help us relax. At least those are the immediate effects we feel. But much more is happening on a molecular level, reveal researchers out of Coventry University in England. Published…
By Organic and Healthy Many Americans struggle to fall asleep, and the answer may be far simpler than you realize, as the following yoga poses are both easy to do and proven to help you fall asleep and stay asleep. Once back in a regular…
We’ve all had times where we’ve had some pesky belly fat, and ridding ourselves of it can be a major pain. Fortunately, this ten exercise yoga routine can help you get a flat midsection naturally and quickly. Check out the ten yoga poses that best…
By Carey Wedler A review of multiple studies focusing on the effects of mindfulness practices like yoga and meditation has found that these efforts may have the potential to reverse genetic expressions of stress. As the analysis, published this month in the journal Frontiers in…
By Amanda Froelich The activist initially created these tracks for himself, but later decided that the entire public should benefit. Because more people could (and should) benefit from stress-relieving and ambient tunes, internationally-acclaimed electronic artist Moby recently shared a collection of recordings designed for mindful…
By Brianna Acuesta Yoga is seriously one of the best hobbies you can take up for both your mind and body. As though yoga needed any more evidence of its positive effects on the body, two recent studies found that its effects are far-reaching and…
By Amanda Froelich To many, yoga class is a great time to de-stress, lengthen, and balance one’s body. For 86-year-old Anna Pesce, yoga class is an opportunity to do all that, as well as gain more mobility and, in effect, more freedom. Though present pictures…
By Heather Callaghan The real magic of the following yoga photos comes from one of the world’s greatest underwater photographers of all – Elena Kalis. Enchanting doesn’t begin to describe her unique photography that honestly takes you into another world. The underwater yogis below are wearing…
By Christina Sarich Learning how to embrace mental silence or do a few Downward Facing Dog poses just might keep your brain from becoming a human piñata as you age. A recent study suggests that the cognitive disarray that can result from aging — the…
By Josh Richardson There are various states of consciousness, however meditation is one of the most important of them. It increases cardiovascular quality, lowers blood pressure, decreases anxiety and among quantum physicists is considered the fourth state of consciousness in which the entire brain is…
By Daily Superfood Love I love yoga. I really do. It’s the most relaxing form of physical activity I’ve ever tried and leaves me feeling rejuvenated. Unlike higher-impact exercise, yoga focuses on core strength and flexibility. Since I’ve never been particularly flexible, it’s given me…
By Amanda Froelich Practices like yoga, meditation, and kirtan can help curb the need for general health care services by almost 50 percent! Imagine if before and after a hectic day of work, everyone took twenty minutes to stretch and objectively contemplate their life’s journey….
DTRHRadio On the September 22nd edition of DTRH, Popeye welcomes back to the broadcast friend, author, and researcher Heather Callaghan of Natural Blaze. The two of them get into a bunch of topics including: PTS – why do we call it PTS? How nutritional deficiency…
By Power of Positivity Today, we live in a world where modern machines do much of our work for us, which greatly eliminates the need for manual labor. Not to mention, over 34 million Americans have office or sales jobs, forcing them to remain sedentary…
Natural Blaze Pilot study finds symptom improvement, gene expression changes, in patients with irritable bowel syndrome, inflammatory bowel disease A pilot study has found that participating in a nine-week training program including elicitation of the relaxation response (mind body stress reduction techniques such as yoga, meditation…
By Jenny Hills Yoga is an ancient spiritual science that combines philosophical teaching with physical and mental practices. It originates in India, where it was first mentioned in The Vedas – the sacred text dating back to 500 BCE. The beginnings of Yoga pre-date this text,…
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