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health benefits of yoga

10 Wonderful Ways Yoga Improves Your Health

Have you noticed how good you feel after practicing yoga? Your whole body and mind are completely relaxed. Not only does it make you feel good, but there are many health benefits of yoga.

I love yoga because it’s all about living – and practicing – your best life. It’s a total mind-body workout that combines strengthening and stretching with deep breathing and meditation. So it’s an effective way to stay healthy and happy – every day.

Did you know yoga has been around for more than 5,000 years and there are more than 100 different forms? Some are face-paced and intense. Others are gentle and relaxing. There’s a good reason that more than 20 million Americans practice yoga.

If you’re new to yoga, I encourage you to start slowly and build. I think you’ll be amazed at the effects regular practice will have on your body and mind.

If you practice regularly, you’ve probably noticed the many health benefits of yoga, including sleeping better, getting fewer colds and just feeling more relaxed and less stressed.

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Anti-Inflammatory Diet

Why You Need to Embrace an Anti-Inflammatory Diet Now

Did you know that everything you eat or drink impacts inflammation in your body? And that inflammation is the key to your health? I want to help you understand why and – most importantly – how an anti-inflammatory diet can put you on a path to your best health.

How Inflammation Works in Your Body

Imagine that you have an inflammatory faucet that gets turned up or down. This faucet is the representation of whether your biomechanical pathways are yielding end products that create more or less inflammation.

How Disease Links to Inflammation

We now know that all diseases of chronic aging are linked back to inflammation. Now, I am not talking about inflammation as in actual swelling in your body. I’m talking about inflammatory markers in your blood that drive processes of disease, aging, pain and inflammation.

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