Sandra Nicht Ayurveda & Yoga Therapy

05/31/2025

These are especially important to pay attention to as you age

05/31/2025

I also teach Weight Training and Yoga classes at Severn Senior Center in Anne Arundel County and will hopefully begin offering a few at Brooklyn Park Senior Center in the fall.

Attendees must be members of the Senior Center and register via Anne Arundel Community College and pay a fee each semester (but can sign up for as many classes as desired).

These are especially important to pay attention to as you age

04/07/2025

Leslie Kaminoff on Breathing:

"As soon as you start coordinating your postural movements in space with your respiratory movements, you find efficiency. That, by definition, gives you a healthier relationship with the space around you, meaning posture, and the space inside of you, meaning breath."

03/16/2025

yoga is good for older adults too (and as an older adult with no cartilage in my hips I practice so I can delay any future hip replacement surgery, AND it helps my knees too):

Elderly female yoga practitioners have greater cortical thickness in the left prefrontal cortex, suggesting that yoga may protect against cognitive decline.

03/16/2025

yoga is good for you (and yoga therapists can teach you what's appropriate for you):

IntroductionVarious physical activity-based interventions have been tested to determine their efficacy in improving cancer related cognitive decline (CRCD), ...

03/04/2025

"Earlier this year, the Air Force revealed that the general who oversaw its lobbying before Congress had inappropriate romantic relationships with five women, including three who worked on Capitol Hill.

Maj. Gen. Christopher Finerty’s colleagues told investigators the relationships were “highly inappropriate” as they could give the Air Force undue influence in Congress. “I honestly felt sick to my stomach,” one said, according to a report about the investigation, “because it just felt so sleazy.”

Ernst, an Iowa Republican, is one of the most influential voices in Congress on military topics. Ethics and military experts say her relationships with top Air Force and Navy officials created potential conflicts of interest.

03/04/2025

the leopard is now eating more faces

03/04/2025

Svadhyaya - study of the Self

Study of the Self

12/17/2024

new Substack is up

Austerity is the fire that burns away impurities

11/16/2024

Contentment (will ALWAYS be challenging)

11/16/2024

new Substack post up, you can also see all the old ones there if you wish

Contentment (will ALWAYS be challenging)

11/02/2024

and yet many men are okay with this? I have read about some who voted early for him now regretting it after his hate rally in MSG but geez, THIS is truly disgusting and anyone who hasn't voted yet needs to make sure they vote for someone who at least isn't disgusting.

Trump’s comments to right-wing media figure Tucker Carlson last night at an event in Glendale, Arizona, about former representative Liz Cheney (R-WY), coming as they have after the extraordinary racism and sexism of Trump’s Sunday event at New York City’s Madison Square Garden, have have highl...