The Yoga Cure for Road Rage

The Art of Living Foundation announced in an article this week that they will be offering breathing and yoga techniques to help people with road rage. The course is designed for students who will soon become new drivers, but the idea of using yoga and relaxation techniques to help behind the wheel is a subject many are addressing. Another article focusing on this very topic appeared in Jennifer Jordan’s “Mindful Manners on the Road,” where she says that the breathing component of yoga helps “to remove external stress factors, including that car honking in the background.” She emphasis the philosophical side of yoga as the most beneficial in thwarting road rage, including the concept that yoga heightens your awareness and strengthens your inner power to effectively deal with external annoyances. A company called DriveTimeYoga claims to be “Your resource to transform your commute, relax, tone muscles and arrive feeling great!” Here are links to the two articles: www.gulf-daily-news.com and www.ezinearticles.com. And you can find products at www.DriveTimeYoga.com:

Mind Your Mercury, New Video on Heavy Metal Toxicity

Empowered Health News has a new YouTube video that addresses a study recently put out by the Ohio State Medical Center that shows a link between mercury and heart disease. The study suggests that antioxidants and chelation therapy (a system used to remove metals from the body) may be useful in healing the arterial injury caused by mercury and other metals. The study was published in a recent issue of the International Journal of Toxicology. Does this mean you should run to the dentist and have your old fillings removed? It depends on how worried you are about mercury poisoning. Getting tested may be the first step. It is helpful, however, to know which fish carry the highest risks.

Is India Calling?

This week, a blogger discusses how when her yoga routine began to feel too “Americanized” and she yearned for something deeper, it took her a while to find a teacher who would fill the void in her practice. She also questions whether in this country we are truly “studying” yoga and decides that when her schedule finally permits, she will go to India where she believes yoga devotees make more of a commitment to their practice. She relishes the old-fashioned guru-type devotion where a serious yoga student would actually relocate to be near her teacher, as she says they do in India. The blogger cites a recent Business Week article that profiles India’s top five yoga centers. If you’re feeling the calling to practice in the birthplace of yoga, this is worth reading. See www.itsallaboutyoga.com.