Articles on Fitness

Get Real: The Real Cost of Losing Weight

The formula for losing weight is simple: Eating less + exercising more = a smaller number on the scale. When it comes to covering the cost of personal trainers, fitness classes, workout...

Off the Couch and Onto the Mat: What to Expect from Your First Yoga Class

Inspired to try your first yoga class but have no idea what to expect? Get tips on how to approach your first class in this excerpt from Kimberly Fowler's book The No OM Zone: A No-Chanting,...

Pilates Your Way to a Comfortable Pregnancy

Women tend to have a lot of justifiable complaints during pregnancy, ranging from nausea to back pain to acute clumsiness. While some of the challenges pregnant women face are unavoidable,...

The Benefits of Yoga

The benefits of yoga provide both instant gratification and lasting transformation. In the fitness world, both are extremely important. Too much time with too few results can be incredibly...

ParaYoga

Origins: Opening a window from the 21st century onto the ancient principles of Tantra, the classic yet contemporary practice of ParaYoga was founded by Colorado-based master teacher...

Partner Yoga

Background: We often put a lot of pressure on our relationships, setting a high bar for how we look and act, and obsessing over how to keep our loved ones and ourselves healthy and...

Karma Yoga

Origins: Experienced yogis know that practicing asana without diving deeper into yogic philosophy and spirituality is like painting by numbers: you may be going through the physical...

The Buddy System

Last year, the only exercise I got during the holiday season was whipping out my credit cards and twisting the cork out of bottles of red wine. This meant that my bank balance shrunk...

Resolution: Get Fit, Stay Healthy

Despite the best-intentioned New Year's Resolutions to drop unwanted pounds, the winter weather doesn't exactly make it easy. Days are shorter. Frost blankets car windshields, leaves...

Defining yoga, one style at a time

Origins: On some days, a sweaty Vinyasa flow is just the thing to relieve tension and restore grounding. But other times, it’s important to honor your need for balance with an...