Written by Nancy Palermo, MD, Thrive Center for Personalized Health and Wellness It is 2 am and you have just completed your to-do list for the third time. Included on the list is the desire to sleep more and to sleep better. If you are like many Americans you are not alone. In fact, the CDC reports that 50–70 million Americans report some form of sleep disorder and over nine million use sleep aids on a regular basis. The pharmaceutical industry has seen a three-fold increase in prescriptions …
Yoga Journal
Yoga as Medicine
WRITTEN BY Dr. Nancy Palermo Lietz Yoga has taken the western world by storm. In a 2012 “Yoga in America” survey by Yoga Journal, it was estimated that more than 20 million Americans regularly practice yoga. The first U.S. yoga studio opened in 1947 in California. Yoga studios are now popping up in all communities. In the U.S., you can perform yoga in heat, with rock music and even in the company of pets and children. Read the full post to learn more about yoga as medicine! …