http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Lucas+Rockwood Wellness, Fitness and Diet Lucas Rockwood Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=183617&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet Any yoga teacher will tell you that flexibility is more than just the length of your connective tissues. Your state of mind has an enormous influence on how far you can fold forward, bend back, or twist. An ancient proverb says, “What the mind can see, the body can do.” With yoga, I’d take it a step... Wellness, Fitness and Diet Lucas Rockwood Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=183615&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet As a yoga teacher, I’m always telling students to go slowly, breath deeply, and take it easy; but there’s always one person who doesn’t hear a word I’m saying… the guy who grits his teeth, grunts, moans, and sprays sweat across the room every time there’s a posture change. Why do people do this? We... Wellness, Fitness and Diet Lucas Rockwood Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=183616&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet Most yoga students HATE backbends, but desperately want to learn them. The truth is that most yoga teachers also HATE backbends, so often they don’t teach them very well or very often. My backbends used to be really pathetic—I mean REALLY pathetic. I went to class every day, asked my teachers for ti... Wellness, Fitness and Diet Lucas Rockwood Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=183614&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet “Superfoods” are naturally occurring edibles that are loaded with vitamins, minerals, nutrients, and phytonutrients at levels that far-exceed the average. Superfoods give you a buzz, heal your body, and make you feel fantastic. FOOD MAKES YOU FLEXIBLE? Sounds crazy, right? Well, it’s true. This is n... Wellness, Fitness and Diet Lucas Rockwood Thu, 13 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=183612&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet As a yoga teacher, I can tell you that there are 3 poses that everyone wants to learn as soon as possible: full lotus, headstand, and crane pose (bakasana). Of these three, full lotus is probably the most challenging—but it’s well worth the effort. The Hathapradipika says “there is no asana like pad... Wellness, Fitness and Diet Lucas Rockwood Mon, 10 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=183773&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet Circulation Oxygen is the source of life for every cell in the body. It heals our wounds, kills germs and bacteria, and ensures the strength and vitality of all living tissues. Blood is what carries oxygen throughout the body, and physical activities like yoga raise the heart rate and increase the c... Wellness, Fitness and Diet Lucas Rockwood Mon, 10 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=183772&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet When you first start practicing, it’s easy to get confused with all the different styles of yoga that are offered. Below is an overview of the most popular yoga styles to help alleviate any confusion. HOT YOGA (a.k.a. Bikram Yoga) Hot Yoga was founded in Los Angeles by Indian-born, Bikram Choudry,... Wellness, Fitness and Diet Lucas Rockwood Mon, 10 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=183770&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet Yoga has been a part of Indian’s rich spiritual tradition for many thousands of years, but it was the great sage, Patanjali, who first systematized the practice around two thousand years ago. In his Yoga Sutras, Patanjali describes the yogic path as having eight limbs that eventually lead practition... Wellness, Fitness and Diet Lucas Rockwood Mon, 10 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=183768&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet Most yoga students want to eat “healthy foods,” but when it comes to actually going to the grocery store and stocking up the kitchen, confusion often sets in: What is healthy food anyway? High protein? Low fat? Sugar-free? THE BEST HEALTH ADVICE I’ve studied and experimented with nutrition extensive... Wellness, Fitness and Diet Lucas Rockwood Mon, 10 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=183769&ca=Wellness%2C+Fitness+and+Diet When transitioning toward a healthier lifestyle and diet, it is always better to focus on all the good foods, nutritional supplements, and superfoods available, but you do have to know which foods are toxic so that you can avoid them. THE WORST OF THE WORST Below are some of the most-common offender...