Zen - Maximum Health

Yoga for Weight Loss: How Much Can It Really Help?

An evidence-informed look at yoga for weight management, including calorie expenditure, healthy habits, realistic expectations and how yoga fits with nutrition, cardio and strength training.

Rachel Zoey February 15, 2023

Yoga

Yoga for Arthritis: What the Evidence Shows and How to Practice Safely

An evidence-informed guide to yoga for arthritis, especially knee osteoarthritis, including realistic benefits, joint-friendly modifications, safety limits and when to seek clinical guidance.

Rachel Zoey February 15, 2023

Yoga

Yoga Poses for Beginners: Safety, Modifications, and Common Asanas

A beginner guide to common yoga poses, how to modify them, why pain is not a goal, and which advanced positions or health situations require extra caution.

Rachel Zoey February 15, 2023

Yoga

Prenatal Yoga: Benefits, Modifications, and Safety During Pregnancy

An evidence-informed guide to prenatal yoga, including when it may be appropriate, pregnancy-specific modifications, hot-yoga avoidance, warning signs and when to ask an obstetric clinician.

Rachel Zoey February 15, 2023

Yoga

Types of Yoga: Hatha, Vinyasa, Restorative, Hot Yoga, and More

A practical comparison of common yoga styles, including Hatha, Vinyasa, restorative, Iyengar, Yin, Ashtanga and hot yoga, with intensity and safety considerations for beginners.

Rachel Zoey February 15, 2023

Tai Chi

Tai Chi History: From Martial Art to Modern Health Practice

A concise history of tai chi, including Chen and Yang lineages, the debated origin stories, twentieth-century standardization and the shift from martial training to widespread health practice.

Rachel Zoey February 15, 2023

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Tai Chi

Tai Chi and Parkinson’s Disease: Balance, Mobility, and Evidence

An evidence-informed guide to tai chi for Parkinson's disease, including balance, falls, mobility, realistic evidence limits and why tai chi does not slow the underlying neurodegenerative disease.

Rachel Zoey February 15, 2023

Tai Chi

Tai Chi for Stress: What the Evidence Suggests

An evidence-informed guide to tai chi for stress, including relaxation, anxiety evidence, realistic expectations, beginner practice and when stress needs more than self-care.

Rachel Zoey February 15, 2023

Yoga

How to Choose a Beginner Yoga Class Safely

A practical guide to choosing a beginner yoga class, including instructor experience, class style, modifications, hidden costs, red flags and injury-prevention questions to ask.

Rachel Zoey February 15, 2023

Yoga

Hot Yoga and Bikram Yoga: Benefits, Risks, and Who Should Avoid It

An evidence-informed guide to hot and Bikram-style yoga, including heat stress, dehydration, stretching risk, pregnancy precautions and how to decide whether a heated class is appropriate.

Rachel Zoey February 15, 2023