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Publisher’s Page .........................................8
Yoga as a Cross-Training Alternative....14
The First Step........................................16
Sweet Surrender....................................18
Marathoners, The Phila. Marathon........20
Yes, Girls Can Be Ironmen Too.............22
Acne Induced By Exercise.....................26
Building Your Child’s Confidence.........27
Vince Papale..........................................28
Philly’s Fittest........................................30
Danny Briers.........................................32
ASK Fernando......................................35
Metamorphosis......................................38
Greater Expectations.............................40
Build Your Own Personal Brand...........43
Choosing Your Canine Companion......45
Physical Therapy For Animals...............48
Rabies....................................................50
The OFF Season....................................57
Belly Dancing, An Ancient Art.............60
Calendar of Events................................62
Treating Frequent Headaches................68
Stargazing: Healthy Horoscopes...........64
The PhilltFIT Challenge.......................66

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Yoga as a Cross-Training Alternative
by Meagan Satinsky

If you’re an athlete or a fitness enthusiast and have ever been curious about a new way to get in your resistance work, you might be surprised to find that yoga makes a perfect companion for athletes of all sports. Yoga can help you develop better a breathing technique while it improves your balance, flexibility, core strength, and endurance.

Yoga, which translates to mean “union”, is a centuries old practice that has gained tremendous popularity in recent years. It is the most rapidly growing health movement of today with more than thirty million devotees estimated to practice on a regular basis. In recent years, people’s attitude towards health, spirituality, one’s way of life and their place in society have changed dramatically as they search for answers to their everyday problems. Although we cannot always control these developments, yoga becomes a useful tool in learning to face them.

A regular yoga practice offers vast benefits: it helps to maintain energy and strength, increases flexibility and range of motion, improves balance, stimulates circulation and hormonal systems, relaxes tight and sore muscles, flushes out toxins and impurities, lifts depression, improves sleeping patterns and cognitive function, counteracts fatigue and lethargy, oxygenates the body and gives the mind and body a rejuvenating break. These benefits, which have been familiar to yoga teachers and practitioners for years, are now supported by research. ...

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