What
is the Yoga Care Foundation?
The Yoga Care Foundation (YCF) is
a 501(c)(3) research and educational nonprofit founded in
2007 by Yoga Yoga and our Austin community of yoga students
and teachers. Formed to enhance yoga's role in addressing
the health and well-being of the community at large, the
YCF's three primary objectives are to:
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Research
the physiological, psychological and therapeutic effects
of yoga
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Make
yoga available to disadvantaged communities
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Educate
the public about the varied benefits of yoga
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here for
more information about YCF.
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UT
Cardiology Study
Research Study Explores Cardiovascular
Health and Yoga
 The
Yoga Care Foundation (YCF) is conducting a joint study
with the University of Texas Kinesiology Lab on yoga and
cardiovascular health. The project, led by
Hirofumi
Tanaka, Ph.D., Director, Cardiovascular Aging Research
Laboratory, is studying the effect of a regular yoga practice
on the risk of cardiovascular disease, the number one
cause of death in the United States.
 Tanaka
previously demonstrated that regular cardiovascular exercise
and weight training can impact the heart's arteries and
function. The study aims to replicate this finding in
yoga practitioners, comparing beginning yoga students
to those with an established practice of at least three
years.
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What
Brings You to Yoga?
Research Study Reveals Yoga Practitioners'
Motivations and Benefits
 Significant
clinical yoga research has been conducted with promising results
for mental health, chronic pain, and wellness. However, individual
yoga practice has not been emphasized. The purpose of a study
funded in part by the Yoga Care Foundation and developed with
an Assistant Professor of Medicine at the
Brigham
and Women's Hospital at the Harvard Medical School was
to provide in-depth data on individual yoga practice.
The overwhelming view of yoga was that it has many purposes
including exercise, a spiritual activity, and a way to manage
a health condition. Virtually all respondents agreed that
doing yoga would improve their health.
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about the study.
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Get
Involved
The Yoga Care Foundation needs you!
Want to know more about the Yoga Care Foundation and how you
can get involved? Join us for an introduction to the YCF community
meeting at
Yoga
Yoga North on the second Friday of every month from noon
- 1 PM Light snacks will be served. All are welcome.
The next introduction to the YCF meeting is scheduled for this
Friday, November 13. The next meeting will be on December
11. For more information, contact Paula Fracasso at
paulaf@yogayoga.com.
If you are interested in volunteering
or making a
tax-deductible donation to support
YCF's mission of growing the art, science and community
of yoga,
click
here!
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