Essential oils, touted as a natural way to soothe a long list of common ailments including mood swings, eczema, motion sickness, insomnia ... Read More
Alternative Medicine
Bi-Weekly Massage: Self-Care or Selfish?
Massage is often seen as a pretentious act designed for the elite and those who can afford the service, but massage is actually a form of ... Read More
Allen “Rome” Batty Fuses Hip Hop, Yoga & Art For Worldwide Inspiration
There’s a new movement taking over Atlanta. It’s called Moving Art Experience, and it's a combination of yoga, art and hip hop, used to aid ... Read More
#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
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