Alternative Medicine

#WeSeeYou: First Black-Owned Yoga Studio Opens In New Orleans

In December 2015, Adrianne "Ajax" Jackson created a GoFundMe campaign to help bring her dream of owning a yoga studio to life. A year later, ... Read More

Yoga For PTSD

Experiencing a traumatic event isn’t rare. In fact, about 10 out of every 100 women develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) sometime ... Read More

Master Teacher Yirser Ra Hotep Unites Culture & Black Health Through Kemetic Yoga

Yirser Ra Hotep has been practicing yoga for 42 years. Although he’s now an internationally-known Kemetic yoga master, his lifestyle wasn’t ... Read More

The Olympics & ‘Cupping’: What Does It Do?

Eyebrows raised in Rio over the weekend when Olympic athletes like swimmer Michael Phelps started showing up with circular purple bruises on ... Read More

Meditation May Fight Off Memory Problems As You Age

A regular meditation practice might benefit older adults beginning to notice memory problems, a small pilot study finds. The ... Read More

Mindfulness: How It Can Help You Stress Less

Mindfulness, a meditation originating from Buddhism that expanded to a secular practice in America, may have a particular ... Read More

Meditation To Cope With Low Back Pain

The last thing you want to tell someone suffering from low back pain is that the pain is all in their head. But, according to new research ... Read More

How To Use Raw Honey As Medicine

Honey has a long medicinal history dating back to the wound-dressing of ancient Egyptians. Today, many people swarm to honey for its ... Read More

7 Ways Yoga Can Boost Your Health & Sex Life

In celebration of the beautiful Black female body, I thought it perfectly fitting to give a special healthy salute to yoga and all the ways ... Read More

The Sweet Smell of Sleep

Looking for ways to get high quality sleep? Try the calming aroma of lavender and/or chamomile. Some research has shown that these scents ... Read More