Tag: health

How To Beat the Heat (and Reduce Your Footprint!)

Biomedicine, Ethnography and Culture, Health, Physical Benefits, Science, Studies

When the summer heat waves arrive in Michigan, most of us instinctively reach for the air conditioning. And while A/C is a nice creature comfort, we overuse it.  To our physiological and ecological detriment.

The thought of going into a hot room to actually handle the heat doesn’t make sense at first.  The usual thought response is:

“No way, it’s hot enough already!”

“Why would I choose to sweat more?”

Furthermore, since the more “mainstream” hot yoga classes in North America have become more movement based, I can understand why many non-bikram-lineage hot yoga studios are turning down their heat.

Inflammation and Our Health

Biomedicine, Ethnography and Culture, Health, Mental Benefits, Philosophy, Physical Benefits, Science, Studies

I am especially grateful for the connection with those of you who take classes regularly.

We seem to be on a pretty magical healing journey together.

Themes emerge spontaneously.  Questions come up.  Connections are made.  We all grow together.

One of the themes from the last week or two (or three?) has been the topic of inflammation.

This is not a brand new idea for us; our book Hope for Autoimmune Disease danced with the topic through the 15 health narratives that we documented.

Bikram Yoga: What Happens If You DON’T Practice

Current Research, Ethnography and Culture, Healing, Health, Mental Benefits, Philosophy, Physical Benefits, Practice, Student Highlights, True Stories
What Happens When You DON'T Do Bikram Yoga

by Ann Chrapkiewicz

For almost 20 years now, I have been sharing a certain topic with anyone and everyone who might want to listen.

Just a few minutes on this website will tell you what that topic has been.
An hour spent with our book on Bikram Yoga and Autoimmune Disease will also give you a clue.

Any guesses?

Answer: “What happens to humans when they do Bikram Yoga.”

Yep, that’s it. 

Healthy Choices for a Health Practice | Indoor Yoga during COVID |

Healing, Health, Online Classes, Physical Benefits, Science
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October 1, 2022 UPDATE: Masks are no longer required in our facilities but are welcome and invited for anyone who chooses to wear one.

Additional air purifiers have been added to our yoga room, and we are continuing to maintain a room capacity of 21 as well as a 6-7 foot spacing between everyone in the room.

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Original Post from July 22, 2022:

I am one of those people who pondered, even during the first weeks of COVID shutdowns,  whether there would ever be an “end” to the pandemic.