September 2009 Blog Posts (22)

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Free Yoga - Pier 39





With my yoga students, I have repeatedly stressed developing the ability to become focused & not be moved by external forces. I encourage them to remove the influences of smell, touch, sound, vision and taste so that "one can see roses where there are roses & thorns where there are thorns." I invite them to… Continue

Added by tony eason on September 29, 2009 at 10:12am — No Comments

Yoga and Cancer

If you're reading this, you're probably a yogi or your considering yoga. We've all read articles about the benefits of a yoga practice. But, on Yoga Bear, we have real people to ask.



Our YB friend, Marilyn S., shared her yoga and cancer story with me and I asked to share it with all of you.



"I feel yoga was a big factor in my attitude and healing process. It has been 3 months since my last chemo treatment… Continue

Added by Jean Di Carlo-Wagner,MA,E-RYT500 on September 29, 2009 at 4:30am — No Comments

Delving Into Seane Corn's Wise Words On Fear, Surrender And Yoga

In my previous post I linked to an interview with yoga teacher Seane Corn, and I was so profoundly moved by her words that I thought I'd focus a bit more on it today. If you haven't had a chance to listen to the clip in its entirety I highly suggest you do so if you can find a few minutes (I did my laundry to it today - hurray for multitasking).… Continue

Added by Kate on September 28, 2009 at 6:08am — 2 Comments

Weekly YogaLetter , September 25, 2009

Hello Yoga Bear friends,

Yoga 101 in SF went great this past Saturday! People that attended all enjoyed the exchange of information and breathing exercises.



As the event promised, we delivered information on everything a beginner practitioner would like to know (how to choose a yoga mat/teacher/class? Different mats? What is pranayama/ujjayi breathing, etc.)

Thank you - all of you that helped to spread the word out! Special thanks to Lori and Frances for reaching out to… Continue

Added by Moran Serr Hirsch on September 25, 2009 at 12:16pm — 3 Comments

How to find out more about clinical trials available to you...

The American Cancer Society offers a clinical trials matching service for patients, their family, and friends. You can reach this service at 1-800-303-5691 or at http://www.cancer.gov/clinicaltrials.



Based on the information you give about your cancer type, stage, and previous treatments, this service can put together a list of clinical trials that match your medical needs. The service will also ask where you live and whether you are willing to travel so that it can look for a… Continue

Added by Traci Bismonte on September 24, 2009 at 8:01pm — No Comments

More research needed in the area of Survivorship & reducing recurrence

We hear a lot these days about the steps we can take to reduce our risk of getting cancer.



Don't eat splenda! Eat splenda! Stay out of the sun! Stop smoking! No drinking! Only white wine! Only red wine! No red meat! All these messages, often conflicting one another, we're told will reduce the risk of getting cancer.



But what about the 1-in-3 of us who have already had cancer... do we follow the same guidelines? Stricter ones? Different ones?



A leading cancer… Continue

Added by Yoga Bear on September 23, 2009 at 7:24pm — No Comments

Side Effects to Treatment

We are living longer and cancer is becoming a chronic illness for many types of cancer patients. So, what about side effects to the treatments? During the initial phases of diagnosis and treatment plan, many of us have surgery followed up with chemotherapy and radiation. My sister was on a hormone suppressing drug for five years that had a range of side effects.

The Health and Wellness section of the Wall Street Journal (September 15, 2009) had and article with several websites. If… Continue

Added by Jean Di Carlo-Wagner,MA,E-RYT500 on September 22, 2009 at 4:30am — No Comments

30 Breaths to Better Health

In the time it takes to read this blog, you will have taken about 30 breaths. We are breathing, whether we pay attention to our breath, or not, it is the life force of all our days. Recently, while considering how to encourage a simple practice, I calculated what an 'average' number of slow, deep breaths would be and came up with the number 30. In general, if we inhale for 5 seconds and exhale for 5 seconds, we will breathe 6 breaths in a minute. Following? So, for five minutes of conscious… Continue

Added by Jean Di Carlo-Wagner,MA,E-RYT500 on September 22, 2009 at 4:30am — 1 Comment

Weekly Wisdom On The Web

Hello YogaBear friends! Here's a quick look at some cool things to check out on the web this week:



* A great article in the New York Times about women creating small empires around self-help and healing.

* R.I.P. Patrick Swayze. The actor lost his battle with pancreatic cancer but left behind a bevy of… Continue

Added by Kate on September 21, 2009 at 1:00pm — No Comments

Weekly YogaLetter



Hello Friends!



This week's YogaLeter is brought to you by Plank Pose! This pose strengthens the arm and spine, and is just plain fun. We made a little video for you to learn all sorts of modifications for this pose. Enjoy!



Talk around town...

Anyone in MICHIGAN? Connect with… Continue

Added by Yoga Bear on September 20, 2009 at 7:00am — No Comments

Validating "Chemo Brain"

It wasn’t until I joined a support group after completing chemotherapy for breast cancer that I realized there was something to this thing called “chemo brain.” I had certainly experienced it: my head filled with so much fog that on bad days I couldn’t remember my own phone number. But then others in and outside of my group began to share their own… Continue

Added by Idelle Davidson on September 17, 2009 at 10:00pm — 2 Comments

Telling People: "I've got cancer."

This afternoon we were taking Buddy to "Dog Park" and one of my former yoga students, Janie, was there with her dog, Angel. We started talking about how others react when you tell them that you have cancer. Some people actually look frightened, and it takes every bit of calm to stay centered. We agreed that it may be best to

chose who we tell,… Continue

Added by Jean Di Carlo-Wagner,MA,E-RYT500 on September 15, 2009 at 4:30pm — 3 Comments

Practicing Non-Violence Toward Yourself

Last week I organically began sitting with the idea of ahimsa, which is commonly known as "non-violence" and is part of the Yamas ("ethical disciplines") in the 8 limbs of yoga. I was coming off a 10 day vacation spent on a lake in New Hampshire where there's still no cell phone reception and the loudest sound came from the lake's resident loon, and was marveling at how good I felt - for the first time in a long… Continue

Added by Kate on September 14, 2009 at 6:30pm — 2 Comments

Member Spotlight: Maggie Diaz Del Castillo

As a musician, artist, yogi and lover of life, Maggie Diaz Castillo has undergone various stages in her life that many of us can relate to in our own perspectives. In this interview, Maggie takes us through her life experiences detailing her journey of how yoga has made a difference in her life, and how she overcame some of her painful past experiences and turned them into something powerful!



Q: What made you enter the world of yoga twenty years ago?

Basically...… Continue

Added by Evelyn Suyen on September 11, 2009 at 1:30pm — No Comments

Organic, Keep it Real!

Eating Organic for a better you and a better world!



Eating organic simply means eating the way nature intended food to be. It is the way the world ate for centuries. The more recent style of production is referred to as "conventional," though organic production has been the convention for a much greater period of time. There was never a need to label food as organic until we stated producing toxic food.



It would make more sense to label food as toxic, including a… Continue

Added by Doron Hanoch on September 11, 2009 at 12:30pm — 3 Comments

Weekly Yoga Letter - September 11, 2009

Hello Yoga Bear friends,

Yoga 101 in San Francisco is around the corner - In September 19th Yoga Bear is having a social meeting to introduce yoga to all levels. We will talk about what to expect in class, how to choose a yoga style, yoga class etiquette and the spiritual aspects that ties in with body movements. We will also demonstrate few beginner poses and mingle. All questions, discussions and lots of laughter are welcome. Invite all your friends to learn discover Yoga with us.… Continue

Added by Moran Serr Hirsch on September 11, 2009 at 10:46am — No Comments

Consumer Beware: Think Before You Pink!

Every year we see hundreds of products from tennis balls to shampoo, to golf clubs to cars, decorated with a little pink ribbon, signaling to consumers that a portion of the proceeds will benefit breast cancer awareness. However, this “portion of proceeds” can be extremely minimal, sometimes pennies to the dollar. Meanwhile, retailers are boosting their image by purporting to care about breast cancer and doing little to contribute to its… Continue

Added by Halle T on September 9, 2009 at 5:30pm — 2 Comments

The Yellow Wrist Band

You can't talk about cancer and not mention Lance Armstrong's influence. The bright yellow bike shirt and wristbands identify cancer patients and supporters and tells us a lot about what it takes to deal with cancer. Livestrong now produces a guidebook that helps patients deal with the day-to-day logistics of appointments and family scheduling, to the ways to organize help.

Another friend of mine was just… Continue

Added by Jean Di Carlo-Wagner,MA,E-RYT500 on September 8, 2009 at 4:30am — No Comments

Yoga Bear in the Denver Post!

http://www.denverpost.com/fitness/ci_13284547



Yoga Month lets beginners go to the mat

By Kristen Browning-Blas

The Denver Post

POSTED: 09/07/2009 01:00:00 AM MDT





(Jupiter Images )

If you think downward-facing dog is a puppy- training training method and your sun salutation involves putting on dark glasses, September offers a chance for beginners and practitioners to learn more about yoga. Yoga can help beat the recession blues, manage stress and… Continue

Added by Katherine Coleman on September 7, 2009 at 12:51pm — No Comments

So You Can Touch Your Toes – But How Flexible Is Your Mind?

Commonly, flexibility is known as one’s ability to be physically limber - the muscles and the joints stretching and flexing in the body. I’ve had this quote from yoga teacher Erich Schiffmann highlighted for years that has always exemplified for me what we can accomplish with flexibility: “As you free your body and become more flexible [through your yoga practice], you not only restore lost movement, you actually erase all the… Continue

Added by Kate on September 7, 2009 at 8:30am — 1 Comment

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