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My name is Dr. Mark Weiss, and I am an addiction physician practicing in Toronto. Through my personal journey and work with clients, I have come to believe that meditation and yoga can play an important role in cultivating physical, emotional and spiritual balance. Illness represents an imbalance of our physical, emotional and spiritual being and the practice of yoga and meditation can often assist us to re-balance our life and heal illness. I am a certified Kripalu Yoga teacher and have started incorporating yoga and meditation into a therapeutic context.
Over the coming year, I will be expanding my services within Toronto and offering one to one yoga instruction, as well as workshops on yoga, meditation and mindfulness. I hope to add videos and articles on yoga and meditation and review some of the scientific research, which has been done on yoga and meditation.
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Types Of Yoga
~ Mindfulness Meditation and Yoga Toronto ~
If you search for a yoga class in Toronto you will find many different types of yoga. If you are new to Yoga, then the multitude of yoga styles may lead to you wonder, which style would be best suited for you. Below are short descriptions of some of the more popular styles of yoga. I will update the list over time.
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What Is Yoga
~ What is Yoga ~
One the fastest growing fitness areas is yoga. Increasingly yoga is being sought out as a form of exercise, and stress management. Yoga props such as mats, yoga blocks, and videos can be found in Chapters, Amazon.com, Walmart and other retail outlets. Yoga studios are popping up everywhere in Toronto and scientific literature is beginning to appear that demonstrates potentially significant health benefits.
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What Is Mindfulness Meditation
~ MIndfulness In Toronto ~
So how was your day today. Did you taste your food, notice your breath, feel calm and relaxed? Perhaps like many people in our western culture your day has felt rushed, exhausting and stressful. In 2010 in the city of Toronto, it might feel like an almost impossible task to get through most of your day without feeling overwhelmed. Eastern spiritual practices examine the causes of human suffering and offer some potential solutions to living life in a way that feels more fulfilling.
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Health benefits of Yoga and Meditation
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~ Yoga benefits both strength and flexibility. ~
Yoga is an excellent way to cultivate strength and flexibility. The misconception is that you have to be strong and flexible to do yoga. A qualified yoga instructor will modify and teach yoga to clients with very different abilities or limitation. Start somewhere and work towards the more advanced postures over time. The magic words are “just start somewhere, start anywhere, just start”. Yoga can be done by all individuals of all ages and physical abilities. Studies have shown that if you take a slow and steady approach your strength and flexibility will improve within a short period of time.
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Mindfulness Based Addiction Recovery
Mindfulness Based Addiction Treatement, or Mindfulness Based Addiction Revovery is an approach to healing addiction that blends eastern philosophical practices such as yoga and mindfulness meditation with conventional addiction treatment. Traditional western approaches to treatment have been based on cognitive behavioral approaches to treatment. The integration of yoga and mindfulness meditation into the therapeutic process emphasizes training the mind and body to slow down and experience greater stillness. From within this stillness is the potential to discover the wisdom needed to find joy and move beyond addiction.
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