Yoga Brings Unexpected Health Benefits to Seniors and Caregivers

August 18, 2018

Guest post by Harry Cline

You are never too old to get started in yoga.  And while most of us realize being active throughout life is good for us, science is showing yoga to be especially good for both seniors and their caregivers.  Physical and mental health benefits await those of all ages when involved with a regular yoga program.

Less pain.  One of the wonderful and unexpected health benefits to seniors who participate in yoga is reduced joint pain.  It turns out that yoga helps reduce inflammation due to arthritis and other health conditions.  Yoga can improve the strength and flexibility of joints through targeted poses.

Improved balance. Certain yoga poses can enhance balance, leading to less risk for falls, better focus, and better stability.  

Joseph Campbell on the Mythic Symbology of Release

July 25, 2018

One of our all time favorite teachers is the late Joseph Campbell. Joseph Campbell was a preeminent scholar, writer, and teacher who had a genius for finding the unifying symbols and metaphors in apparently distinct cultures and traditions. Campbell explores the enduring power of the universal myths that influence our lives daily and examines the myth-making process from the primitive past to the immediate present, returning always to the source from which all mythology springs: the creative imagination. He had a profound influence on millions of people--including Star Wars creator George Lucas. To Campbell, mythology was the “song of the universe, the music of the spheres.”

In the video below, Campbell discusses winged fish, the feathered serpent, the Bodhisattva, and the Christ -- all mythological images of a shift in consciousness. This video is a brief excerpt from interviews filmed with Joseph Campbell shortly before his death in 1987, previously unreleased by the Joseph Campbell Foundation.