Word: yoga
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Rashad said she found an answer to her career confusion in Siddha yoga, a form of meditation focused on creating stillness and peace within the mind...
...Truthfully speaking, my entire career and life is based on [Siddha yoga],” she said. “My greatest moments on stage or before camera are times during which the mind isn’t thinking, but everything around me is still taking place...
Athletes may not be turning in their rackets and oars for spandex and yoga mats just yet, but an increasing number of Harvard athletes are doing yoga to sharpen their physical and mental game. The nation’s largest Division I program with 41 varsity sports, Harvard has more than 1500 student-athletes juggling athletic and academic commitments. According to the National College Health Assessment 2004, 33.7 percent of Harvard undergraduates indicate stress as an impediment to performance, both academic and otherwise. From the varsity men and women’s squash team to the varsity men and women?...
...have a lot more health problems down the road compared to boys particularly because they don’t get involved with physical activities when they’re young,” said Troychansky. The day’s main activities consisted of four workshops on nutrition, yoga, body images, and track and tennis, as well as a panel and lunch. Harvard students involved with the Girls’ FitNut program and Project HEALTH ran the workshop on nutrition, which emphasized the concept of balance in a healthy lifestyle. A makeshift scale was used to illustrate the need...
...said. “Group exercise wasn’t a big deal. Now, we have an indoor cycling room, and seven or eight classes a day, classes fill up. There is huge demand.” According to Murdock, Harvard now offers 20 different classes such as yoga, pilates, and interval training that meet 47 times a week. Murdock also said all the instructors are nationally certified. Certification requirements vary—yoga instructors spend 600 hours training, while other instructors might only train for a weekend. “Being certified basically just ensures that you know...