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Nancy Sutton's
“Poise, Strength, Endurance... Yoga.” Redding, CA 96001 (530) 246-7256
FYI: Holidays we observe by closing our studio are: New Year's Day, Memorial Day Weekend, 4th & 5th of July , Labor Day Weekend, Evening classes on Oct 31st, Thanksgiving weekend, and two-weeks at Christmas . Spring Schedule began April 1st! ; Summer Schedule begins on June 1st! |
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YOGA & YOUR HEALTH...
Click here for specific Yoga Sequences for a variety of health challanges... Refer to the Yoga Articles page for much, much more...
HOLISTIC HEALTH CARE: As the name implies, holistic health care typically incorporates all aspects of a person: physical, emotional and spiritual. In today's Western style of medicine, known as allopathic medicine, the focus tends to be reductionist, i.e., emphasis on the pathology or disease of a specific body part. Some of the greatest successes of allopathic medicine are heroic in nature, that is in the emergency room, with antibiotics or surgically after a serious disease process has been established. When we are in need of these treatments, we applaud modern medicine. However, our society tends to be overly reliant on these heroic and often very expensive methods. We have overused treatments such as antibiotics to the point that we have endangered their efficacy. In addition, allopathic treatments often have negative side effects, as in the area of prescription drugs. Holistic, or alternative, medicine as it is often called, tends to be less flashy and more preventative in nature, addressing more subtle signals from the body before advanced disease takes hold. Holistic treatments, which often take longer for results to appear, also often have side effects. However, in general they tend to be positive: making one change positively effects multiple aspects of the mind and body. Simple examples include the use of diet and exercise to treat certain medical conditions: e.g., a dietary change to treat heart disease may also improve resistance to other diseases and improve digestive problems. Holistic health solutions tend to have proven their efficacy over time through practical use and are now being studied by the scientific community. Because there has been more economic incentive to develop pharmaceuticals than to study natural treatments, many physicians today don't feel that they have the data to back up the use of natural or holistic modalities. With pressure mounting to keep medical costs down as well as a grass roots effort by patients to receive the best and least invasive care possible, this situation is rapidly changing. Probably the oldest known system of medicine is the "sister science" of yoga known as Ayurveda, literally, "science of life". This system, which dates back at least 5,000 years, uses primary groupings to categorize people (body and personality types), foods, and activities. The objective in Ayurveda is always to bring balance, which allows the individual to heal naturally. Yoga, meaning to yoke or join, is a system that blends naturally with Ayurveda and other systems of medicine to balance the individual on all levels. This section of this website offers information on studies, techniques and resources on holistic health care which will help to empower you to enjoy the best possible health. This information is intended to be strictly educational and not a substitute for medical advice: any information found here or elsewhere should be discussed with your health care team to ensure its potential and proper application for your specific needs. |
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