MEMBER STORIES ABOUT YOGA

- Nancy Why I Love Yoga!"Yoga Public is truly an amazing facility that provides the perfect balance between with Power, Strength and Balance of TRX with the Calmness, Focus and Inner Peace of Yoga. YP has assembled an amazing group of instructors who are extremely knowledgeable and passionate about what they do which flows directly into every class where they strive to help each student achieve what it is they are looking for that day. " - David "I have had various gym/fitness memberships...

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KARMA YOGA PROGAM

Yoga Public offers 7 donation based yoga classes per week in support of fundraising initiatives.For the month of June 2013, 100% of the proceeds donated will go towards sending all the Grade 6 kids from Dalhousie School to Summer Camp.  Minimum donation per Karma class is $5 for students and $10 for adults with every dollar raised going directly to the school.Enjoy good karma by enjoying a great class (regular drop in is $22) and by giving to a great cause!Please visit our website to see our up to date list of classes including JUNE karma class options.   June 2013 Karma Yoga...

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Yoga in America

               The latest "Yoga in America" study, just released by Yoga Journal (yogajournal.com) shows that 20.4 million Americans practice yoga, compared to 15.8 million from the previous 2008 study*, an increase of 29 percent. In addition, practitioners spend $10.3 billion a year on yoga classes and products, including equipment, clothing, vacations, and media. The previous estimate from the 2008 study was $5.7 billion*. Data for this survey, the most comprehensive study of the consumer yoga market available, were collected by Sports Marketing...

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Live Poultry Salmonella Outbreak Sickens

An ongoing outbreak of Salmonella Typhimurium from baby chicks and ducklings has now sickened at least 224 people across 34 states, according to the latest update from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Of those ill, 26 percent have been hospitalized and 62 percent are children 10 years old or younger. Investigators have traced the outbreak strain back to live poultry purchased from multiple feed stores and mail-order hatcheries around the country, but they are...

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Japan to help fight diseases by screening massive drug compound 'libraries' for treatments

Global Health Innovative Technology Fund puts Japanese pharmaceutical companies, research institutes on front-lines of battle against TB, malaria and 'diseases of poverty The Global Health Innovative Technology Fund (GHIT Fund), a new public-private partnership that’s bringing Japanese research and development (R&D) to the global fight against infectious disease, will announce at the 5th Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD V) a series of historic agreements to screen compound libraries at Japanese pharmaceutical companies and research institutes...

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Brazil Halts Happy Hooker Anti-AIDS Promo

Brazil's health ministry has removed a web page proclaiming "I am happy being a prostitute." The message was aimed at reducing the AIDS-related stigma suffered by prostitutes, but it was dropped from the ministry's website Tuesday. Health Minister Alexandre Padilha told reporters: "I don't think this is a message the ministry should be sending. Our campaigns orient people how to avoid sexual transmitted diseases....

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HPV a Growing Cause of Upper Throat Cancer

Doctors have known for some time that a sexually spread virus can cause some types of oral cancer. But actor Michael Douglas' comments on his own throat cancer in a newspaper story Monday threw a spotlight on a subject not often discussed. And it raises a lot of questions: —What virus can cause oral cancer? HPV, the human papillomavirus. It's best known for causing cervical cancer and genital warts. It also can be spread by oral sex, and men are more susceptible than women. It is a growing cause of certain types of oral cancer — those in the upper throat, at the base of the tongue and in...

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Eating Well Could Help Spread Disease, Water Flea Study Suggests

Plentiful food can accelerate the spread of infections, Edinburgh scientists have shown in a study of water fleas. Scientists studying bacterial infections in tiny water fleas have discovered that increasing their supply of food can speed up the spread of infection. They carried out the study to better understand factors that affect how diseases are transmitted. Researchers found that when a population of parasite-infected water fleas was well-fed, some of them became highly contagious,...

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