Suffering from back pain? Yoga can help. by Timothy McCall, MD Each year, millions of Americans suffer from debilitating back pain. Despite Western medicine’s phenomenal advances and powerful technology, two of the most commonly prescribed solutions—painkillers and surgery—do little to address the underlying causes of pain and can potentially cause side effects. In truth, a… [Read More]
Yoga for Weight Loss by Dr. Timothy McCall
In unexpected ways, yoga can help you lose weight. by Timothy McCall, MD Yoga is so much more than a weight-loss program, but it has helped many people shed extra pounds, even some who have spent years trying to slim down in other ways without success. Studies show that a complete yoga program—asana, breathing techniques,… [Read More]
Stress, Your Health, and Yoga by Dr. Timothy McCall
Stress, Your Health, and Yoga by Timothy McCall, MD As I travel around the globe teaching workshops on yoga therapy—the use of yogic tools from postures to meditation to help people heal—I am struck by what an enormous problem stress-related illness is. Everywhere I go, from ultramodern cities like Stockholm where I’ve spent the last… [Read More]
50 Ways to Heal a Yogi by Dr. Timothy McCall
Yoga Journal’s Medical Editor Explains How Yoga Improves Health by Timothy McCall, MD Just weeks before my trip to India in 2002 to investigate yoga therapy and Indian research on yoga, I developed intermittent numbness and tingling in my righthand. After briefly considering scary things like a brain tumor and multiplesclerosis, I figured out that… [Read More]
Western Science vs. Eastern Wisdom by Dr. Timothy McCall
Western Science vs. Eastern Wisdom Some of the most extensive medical research on yoga therapy is being done in India, but will it ever be accepted by Western medicine? by Timothy McCall, MD It’s 7:30 a.m. at the Vivekananda ashram—Prashanti Kuteeram, or “the abode of peace”—situated on a bucolic hundred acres outside the city of… [Read More]
