LA Yoga - Southern California's Free Bimonthly Magazine. Los Angeles, California.

January/February 2006
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FEATURE
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It's Yoga, Baby! :
By Felicia M. Tomasko

Prenatal and Postpartum Yoga for Mother and Child.

Pregnant women are adapting their yoga practices for nine months, and yoga neophytes are finding yoga, often for the first time, while pregnant. Doctors and midwives are recommending classes, which are even appearing at medical centers. To no one's surprise, women in prenatal yoga classes are convinced that yoga is the track to a healthy pregnancy, healthy birthing process and healthy baby.

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David Lynch Set to Direct Consciousness-Based Education Effort! :
Independent Director Gives Green Light to Dive With-in!

Famous, even fabled independent film maker David Lynch came to the USC Campus recently, home of the famous, even fabled USC film school. The director of The Elephant Man, Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks, Lost Highway and Mulholland Drive, among other forays into the peculiar, obtuse and the violent was there to talk about a reality very different from the one he creates on screen. He came to talk about peace, bliss and higher consciousness. eat).

IN THIS ISSUE
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EA	AYURVEDA Q&A: By Dr. Jay Apte Ayurveda has been practiced in the U.S. only about 25 years, yet it is the 5000 year old Indian system of medicine and yoga's sister science. Readers are invited to submit questions for "Ayurveda Q & A" to ayurveda@layogamagazine.com
	WORKSHOP REPORT: Ayurveda is Healthy in the U.S. But its leading Association may be asleep. By Julie Deife Ayurveda is expanding in the U.S. You wouldn’t know it from the recent NAMA Conference in Las Vegas. The Third Annual National Ayurvedic Medical Association (NAMA) conference in October raised important questions about the status of Ayurveda today, more questions actually than answers. This is particularly true when it comes to looking at the ability of the national organization to advance the field overall while it attempts to manage an organization and accommodate the varied interests of its individual members.
	RESEARCH BRIEF: Research Review: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) Childhood is a time of daydreaming, playing and exploring the world. Within this field of play, there can sometimes be a fine line between daydreaming and chronic inattention, playfulness and hyperactivity. For the children who struggle with the condition identified as attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD, formerly known as attention deficit disorder, or ADD), going to school, building social relationships and developing study skills can be challenging. These challenges, though, are not insurmountable..