Just as recovery requires daily practice, so does physical fitness and a healthy lifestyle. In The Recovering Body, seasoned health writer, Jennifer Matesa ignites the recovery community with the first-ever guide to achieving physical recovery as part of your path to lifelong sobriety. In our former lives as practicing alcoholics and addicts, we likely punished our […]
Martial Arts in the Treatment of Depression
There are a number of martial art practices that have been researched in association with improving depression. Although any martial art will most likely help to alleviate the symptoms of depression, the following have received the most attention. Qigong The ancient Chinese practice of Qigong (pronounced “chee gung”), which involves meditation, breathing exercises, and body […]
Yoga Improves Sleep for Cancer Survivors
Insomnia is a sleep disorder characterized by a chronic difficulty in initiating and maintaining sleep which has a relatively high prevalence and a significant socioeconomic cost. There is good evidence that cognitive and/or physiological arousal, associated with sustained sympathetic activation, is one of the underlying causes of insomnia.Relaxation treatments such as progressive relaxation and meditation […]
Anorexia Athletica: Compulsive Exercising
We’ve all heard of the common eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa and bulimia nervosa, and most likely known or will know someone who suffers from an eating disorder. A newer disorder, however, has begun to emerge, and although it is not yet a recognized diagnosis, it is equally dangerous and carries its own consequences. […]