Yoga is the practice of poses and stretches, or asanas, originating in India more than 5,000 years ago. Yoga strives to gently harmonize body, mind and spirit. Most, if not all, poses relieve symptoms of stress. This makes it an effective healing therapy for those suffering from acute or chronic injury.

According to Bikram Choudhury, founder of the Bikram style of yoga, you should do Bikram yoga once or twice a day every day for at least 100 days to see improvement.

Leg kickbacks are effective exercises for strengthening the glutes and building a shapely butt. Choose from kneeling kickbacks or standing cable kickbacks.

Spotting and nausea after working your abs could be a warning sign that something's wrong, or it could be a natural result of your menstrual cycle.

Yoga comes with a lot of side effects, most are overwhelmingly positive. This doesn't mean the practice isn't without its risks, however.

It wasn’t long ago that the only reason someone over 30 ran was to catch a bus; if you were 50 or older, well, you’d just wait for the next bus. Exercise for so-called seniors was in the form of either bowling or golf.

Whether you have a two-mile race coming up or want to drop your two-mile time on a solo run, you can get faster with some speed training. Speed workouts improve your lung capacity and help your body adjust to running faster even when you are tired, simulating race conditions.

A daily commitment to yoga seems excessive, but provides so many benefits. You'll feel better physically and mentally.

Being a teen girl is hard enough without the pressures to have the perfect body. Eat healthy and move more to achieve your right weight and flat stomach.

To gain back flexibility, you need to stretch your obliques, abdominal muscles, hip flexors and obliques, as well as your back muscles.

To improve your 800M time, you should practice sprints, distance running, leg exercise like squats, and plyometrics.

As a runner, you expect the occasional aches and pains like muscle soreness and blisters. But a foot that goes numb when you’re running is a strange sensation. You are undoubtedly used to the feeling of your foot “falling asleep” when you sit cross-legged on the floor too long.