Guest guest Posted July 23, 2008 Report Share Posted July 23, 2008 One of the premier talks at NIH's Yoga Week was the lecture by Harvard's Sat Bir Khalsa, and what the evidence shows for the benefits of yoga and meditation. The event partially was sponsored by Dr. Dharma's Alzheimers Research and Prevention Foundation, which has helped alzheimers patients in studies at the University of Pennsylvania.----- Forwarded Message ----Rachel Permuth-Levine <levineracNIHYOGAWEEKMAY08Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 7:38:50 PMNIH Yoga Week PODCASTS, Save the Date for the Next NIH Yoga Week Dear all - this will be the final message of the summer and likely the fall too.We have wonderful news. Thanks to Ihanuman.com - we have wonderful PODCASTSof NIH Yoga Week presentations. Please check out the latest from AlanFinger of ISHTA Yoga, Susan Bowen from Thrive Yoga, and yours truly. Therewill also be presentations by John Schumacher of Unity Woods and TimothyMcCall, MD. Check out www.ihanuman.com for your podcasts!If you missed this first annual NIH Yoga Week in May, please save the datesfor next year! SAVE SEPTEMBER 7-11, 2009!! We anticipate big things as webecome the main Washington DC site for Yogamonth.org. Please check outwww.yogamonth.org for ways to participate in this amazing event. Our yogaweek will be the FIRST in this part of the United States.And DRUMROLL PLEASE...Thanks to the pioneering efforts of NIH Yoga Week andthe amazing work of Yogamonth.org founder Johannes Fisslinger, "September has been dedicated as National Yoga Month!"As of 2008, National Yoga Month in September is one of a select numberNational Health Observances (NHO) as listed by Healthfinder.gov, a guide tohealth information, which is sponsored by the Office of Disease Preventionand Health Promotion within the Department of Health and Human Services.Together we can do amazing work to keep ourselves and our loved ones healthy.Yours in health,Rachel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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