“Posture Perfect?”

We are always told to “sit up straight”, “throw our shoulders back,” and “don’t slouch,” but is it really necessary to have the seasoned posture of a drill sergeant?

“Some of the health benefits [of good posture] are proper organ function, because if you’re stooped over, all of the organs cannot function,” local chiropractor Dr. Maryanne Ducey explained. “With bad posture you can have headaches, dizziness, pain, and difficulties with activities of daily living.” [These activities can be as simple as tying shoes and washing your hair].

Kirpalu? Birkam? Who thought something besides the gym would work?

Almost everyday beautiful and skinny models advertise a new diet book or cardio work out video. These exercises do not help all people to lose weight, but there is a fitness regiment that has been around for hundreds of years that is making a comeback. This not so new craze is yoga.

To explain it simply, yoga is a form of exercise. But there are many different aspects of yoga. First of all, there are many types of yoga, but the most popular (at least in our community) are Kirpalu and Birkam. 
Kirpalu is one of the oldest forms of yoga and it involves working with your body by using poses to stretch and calm it instead of straining yourself.