Dana Davis
MA, Certified Yoga Teacher, Certified Balance Posture Teacher, Certified Relax & Renew Trainer
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Dana Davis Quick Facts
Dana Davis, MA, CYT: Dana is a Senior Certified Balance Teacher by the Balance Center in Palo Alto, Califo ia, where she has studied and worked with Jean Couch (author of The Runner's Yoga Book) since 1996. She has practiced yoga since 1984 and is a graduate of the 3-year Advanced Studies Program at the Yoga Room in Berkeley (a 500-hour program). She has studied Restorative Yoga with Judith Lasater, and is a certified 'Relax and Renew' Trainer. She has also completed advanced studies with Richard Miller, PhD, in Yoga Nidra/iRest.
She has a BA in Psychology and an MA in Spirituality and was a professional Flamenco dancer for 7 years in San Francisco, performing twice in the San Francisco Ethnic Dance Festival.
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Is Carrying a Backpack Bad for You - or Your Kids?
The results of a study on children carrying heavy backpacks was just published in January of 2010 in the journal Spine. The study showed that when weight was added to backpacks that children were wearing, their spines showed more compression and curvature. The weights were 9, 18, and 26 pounds. The children also reported more pain when more weight was added. So, is it bad to carry weight on your back? Actually, when wearing a backpack, the weight rests on the shoulders, as is common in many countries around the world where people still have natural, healthy posture.
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Pain-Free Gardening, Part 2
This month I’d like to give you some more tips for gardening pain-free. I’m a beginning gardener, and I’m trying to learn more by taking a Permaculture training at the Regenerative Design Institute (www.regenerativedesign.org). So far, there are SO many gophers in my yard that I’ve lost almost everything I planted there! Luckily, I started a container garden at the same time, which is doing much better! In "Pain-Free Gardening, Part 1" I talked about Bending following the guidelines of the Balance Posture Method.
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Dowager's Hump: How to Prevent or Correct It
Many people I meet are conce ed about getting more rounded and stooped over as they get older. This condition is called Kyphosis or ‘Dowager’s Hump’. It’s when the thoracic vertebrae in the upper spine curve forward excessively. This can lead to back and neck pain, due to strain on the muscles that occurs with misaligned posture, and loss of height. Over time, this change in bony alignment can even compromise the function of the organs, including negative effects on the circulatory system.
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Osteoporosis: the Posture Connection
Richard was a tall man – originally over 6 feet. He had noticed that over the years, he had lost height. In fact, he had lost over 6 inches of height over the past few decades. He was diagnosed with osteoporosis, an increasingly common complaint in the US.
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Pain-Free Gardening, Part I
This time of the year is a busy one for gardeners. There’s a lot to do in the garden, and when the weather is nice, it’s really pleasant to be outdoors digging in the earth. There are fragrant smells in the air from flowers, the warmth of the sun on your skin, and ripe vegetables enticing you to pick them. There’s nothing like a warm Sungold tomato right off the vine! Unfortunately, all that activity in the garden can also lead to aches & pains. Digging, raking, pruning and carrying can leave you with pain in lots of places: your back, neck, shoulders, wrists, and knees.
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Say Goodbye To Back Pain!
According to the National Institutes of Health, low back pain costs Americans at least $50 billion each year. It is a leading cause of missed work and the most common work-related disability. Conventional treatment for back pain includes bed rest, ice, exercise, medications, spinal manipulation, and surgery. Alte ative treatments for back pain include acupuncture, yoga and various forms of somatic education. Some of the causes of back pain, according to the NIH, are trauma to the back, stress, poor posture, aging, and degenerative conditions such as arthritis.
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Sonoma Body Balance
210 Vallejo Street, Suite C
Petaluma, CA 94952
(707) 658-2599