Karoun Yoga Studio Blog

Recently I was visiting my brother in Manhattan and decided to visit the rooftop garden. The view was spectacular: the harbor, the bridge, New Jersey, and all the lights. Soon there were other people all around me partying and drinking, and I was having trouble taking in the beauty.

Scientific study has found that as little as 10 days of yoga practice can lower "bad" fats in the blood, while raising "good" cholesterol (HDL).

Recently, while I was driving, the light was green and the person in front of me chose to slow down. I watched my reaction. (Anger. Honk the horn.) Wait, am I breathing?

Can yoga actually help to bring blood pressure to a healthy level? Medical research seems to say so.

One of my students informed me that since practicing yoga she brings her shoulders back and down while walking -- and it makes a big difference.

Medical research reminds us that the power to heal can in fact lie within. Many understand that yoga makes us physically stronger, more flexible and maybe even more relaxed, but scientists have found that the yoga practice goes deeper than that. For example, in people with high blood sugar (a pre-diabetic condition), research has shown that a yoga practice for as little as 10 days can significantly lower blood sugar, thus preventing or even reversing the development of diabetes (references below).