The Yoga Executive: A Useful Frame, Not a Brand
“Yoga executive” sounds like a LinkedIn invention. It half is. The frame is useful as a side door — until people stop at the door and never get in.
Six Months Changed Everything for Seniors
A 6-month randomized trial of 135 seniors found yoga improved balance, flexibility, well-being, and energy compared to both exercise and wait-list control groups.
Gray Matter and the Yoga Brain
Yoga practitioners showed greater gray matter volume and prefrontal cortex activation compared to fitness-matched controls, suggesting yoga offers unique brain benefits beyond exercise.
Why Yoga Teachers Deserve a Union Like SAG AFTRA
Why should yoga teachers have the same protections as movie extras?
Take the Controls
Traditional practice tells you to obey the sequence. I could have written a post about agency — instead I built the instruments that hand you the controls.
Veterans Found Relief Together
Male veterans (average age 61) showed decreased depression after 8 weeks of Hatha yoga, with added benefit from practicing alongside fellow veterans.
Different Meditations, Different Brain Changes
A 9-month study of 300+ participants found that different meditation techniques produce distinct structural changes in different parts of the brain.
Sourced, Not Sold
Slop sells a sourceless myth. I could have posted a warning — instead I built the humanities companion that hands you the real sources.
Fifty-Two Percent No Longer Had PTSD
After 10 weeks of trauma-informed yoga, 52% of women with chronic treatment-resistant PTSD no longer met diagnostic criteria, versus 21% in the control group.
Shrinking the Fear Center
A study of over 15,000 people found that meditation and yoga practitioners had smaller right amygdala volume, the brain region tied to fear and negative emotions.