by Shawn Radcliffe | Apr 7, 2015 | Science, Yoga
Buddhism has embraced the concept of karma for thousands of years, but neuroscience is quickly catching up as it unravels the mechanisms that determine how our brains are shaped by our thoughts and actions. Central to the Buddhist form of karma is the understanding...
by Shawn Radcliffe | Aug 19, 2013 | Fitness, Yoga
Ready to sweat it out in the yoga room? A new study examines the safety of hot yoga, and finds that doing yoga in a heated environment may not be that much different from less extreme styles. The moment you open the door to the yoga room, already packed wall-to-wall...
by Shawn Radcliffe | Sep 18, 2012 | Yoga
In addition to being overly focused on poses (asanas), there’s a glaring lack of diversity in yoga in the West. While some groups, like Street Yoga and the Prison Yoga Project, have taken important strides in reaching out to underserved communities, a more...
by Shawn Radcliffe | Sep 18, 2012 | Yoga
With 72 percent of yoga practitioners female and 84 percent white, a lack of diversity in yoga is a big problem in the West. Yoga teachers are aware of the issue, and sometimes talk about the importance of including diverse groups of people in yoga. But what is the...
by Shawn Radcliffe | Sep 18, 2012 | Yoga
In the world of high-priced yoga classes, trendy fashions, and rockstar teachers, diversity in yoga falls far short of the spiritual practice’s idealized definition as a “union.” In spite of its ancient roots, yoga in North America still remains a...
by Shawn Radcliffe | Jul 24, 2012 | Health, Yoga
Almost two dozen people were injured recently while fire walking at a Tony Robbins seminar at the San Jose Convention Center, with many of those hurt suffering second- or third-degree burns. An article in the New York Times about the incident is likely to ignite the...
