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15 Yoga Poses for Stress Relief

Yoga offers a gentle yet powerful way to calm the mind and relieve stress. This collection of 15 poses is designed to help you release tension, restore balance, and find inner peace, whether you're new to yoga or a seasoned practitioner.


Easy Pose: This pose promotes calmness and helps center the mind, reducing stress and anxiety by encouraging steady breathing and relaxation.

Seated Twist: A gentle spinal twist that helps release tension in the back and shoulders, improving spinal flexibility and digestion, while calming the nervous system.

Cow Face: Stretches the shoulders and hips, releasing tightness in these areas and aiding in stress relief through deep breathing and focused stretching.

Cobbler’s Pose: Opens the hips and groin, improving circulation and reducing tension in the lower back and legs, which promotes relaxation.

One-Legged Downward Facing Dog: Strengthens and stretches the legs, arms, and spine while improving balance and concentration, helping to reduce mental fatigue.

Triangle Forward: A strong stretch for the hamstrings and hips, this pose helps release built-up tension in the lower body while enhancing stability and calmness.

Warrior II Pose: Builds strength and endurance, focusing the mind and improving concentration while also providing a deep stretch for the hips and thighs.

Shoulderstand: An inversion that helps calm the brain and relieve stress while stimulating the thyroid and improving circulation.

Seated Forward Bend: Stretches the spine, shoulders, and hamstrings, calming the mind and relieving stress, particularly beneficial for relieving anxiety and fatigue.

Extended Puppy Pose: A heart-opening stretch that releases tension in the shoulders and chest while promoting relaxation and reducing stress.

Downward Facing Dog: Energizes the body while calming the mind, this full-body stretch improves circulation and alleviates tension in the back and legs.

Leg Up: An inversion that promotes circulation, reduces swelling in the legs, and helps calm the mind, making it excellent for stress relief.

High Lunge: Strengthens the legs and stretches the hips, building focus and mental resilience, while opening up the chest and improving energy flow.

Forward Fold: Releases tension in the back, shoulders, and neck, calming the nervous system and helping to reduce anxiety and stress.

Bridge Pose: Opens the chest and stretches the spine, promoting relaxation by releasing tension in the back and improving circulation to the brain.



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In-Print, Fit Body National Content November 2024
Tick Talk

Spring officially sprung on March 21. We have turned our clocks ahead. We are looking forward to warm winds, sunny skies and the smell of fresh cut grass. The daffodils and tulips have recently bloomed and we are just starting with the yard work that comes with the warmer weather.  Sadly, another season has started ramping up.  Tick season.

•             The best form of protection is prevention. Educating oneself about tick activity and how our behaviors overlap with tick habitats is the first step.

•             According to the NJ DOH, in 2022 Hunterdon County led the state with a Lyme disease incidence rate of 426 cases per 100,000 people. The fact is ticks spend approximately 90% of their lives not on a host but aggressively searching for one, molting to their next stage or over-wintering. This is why a tick remediation program should be implemented on school grounds where NJ DOH deems high risk for tick exposure and subsequent attachment to human hosts.

•             Governor Murphy has signed a bill that mandates tick education in NJ public schools. See this for the details.  Tick education must now be incorporated into K-12 school curriculum. See link:

https://www.nj.gov/education/broadcasts/2023/sept/27/TicksandTick-BorneIllnessEducation.pdf

•             May is a great month to remind the public that tick activity is in full swing. In New Jersey, there are many tickborne diseases that affect residents, including Anaplasmosis, Babesiosis, Ehrlichiosis, Lyme disease, Powassan, and Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis.

•             For years, the focus has mainly been about protecting ourselves from Lyme disease. But other tick-borne diseases are on the rise in Central Jersey. An increase of incidence of Babesia and Anaplasma are sidelining people too. These two pathogens are scary because they effect our blood cells. Babesia affects the red blood cells and Anaplasma effects the white blood cells.

•             Ticks can be infected with more than one pathogen. When you contract Lyme it is possible to contract more than just that one disease. This is called a co-infection. It is super important to pay attention to your symptoms. See link.

https://twp.freehold.nj.us/480/Disease-Co-Infection

A good resource from the State:

https://www.nj.gov/health/cd/topics/tickborne.shtml

 

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