Stanford Introduction to Food and Health

  • Created by Maya Adam
  • Course Duration 6 hours
  • Price USD$
  • User Rating 4.7
  • Platform Coursera
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Exercise is medicine. Regular and moderate exercise can effectively strengthen immune system so as to reduce the risk of virus infection and also improve or assist in the treatment of dysthymic disorders like anxiety and depression. This course provides suggestions for the general public about how to actively respond to the outbreak of novel coronavirus. It also explains: how the immune system reacts when viruses invade into the body; why exercises can enhance immunity and what is the mechanism; what the difference is between western sports and traditional eastern exercises. Besides, the course includes training lessons on Baduanjin, Zhanzhuang, Daoyin, Yoga and other exercises conducive to immunity improvement.

Mindfulness: An Approach to Stress Reduction

  • Created by Eunmi (Jina) Kim
  • Course Duration 7h
  • Price USD$
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The course focuses on developing mindfulness skills and techniques, enhancing self-regulation and self-awareness, and improving body awareness, with a strong emphasis on stress management and attentional skills

Science of Exercise

  • Created by Robert Mazzeo, Ph.D.
  • Course Duration 1-4 weeks
  • Price USD$Free
  • User Rating 4.8
  • Platform Coursera
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Learners who complete Science of Exercise will have an improved physiological understanding of how your body responds to exercise, and will be able to identify behaviors, choices, and environments that impact your health and training. You will explore a number of significant adjustments required by your body in order to properly respond to the physical stress of exercise, including changes in carbohydrate, fat and protein metabolism, nutritional considerations, causes of muscle soreness & fatigue, and the effectiveness and dangers of performance enhancing drugs. Active learning assessments will challenge you to apply this new knowledge via nutrition logs, heart rate monitoring, calculations of your total daily caloric expenditure and body mass index (BMI). Finally, learners will examine the scientific evidence for the health benefits of exercise including the prevention and treatment of heart disease, diabetes, cancer, obesity (weight loss), depression, and dementia.

Yoga for Beginners: A Full Body Introductory Routine

  • Created by Yoga With Dakota
  • Course Duration 12 minutes
  • Price USD$
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  • Platform Skillshare
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This 12 minute energizing yoga routine will kick start your body and mind for an amazing day ahead! No prior yoga experience needed to perform this beginner yoga vinyasa. Whether you are completely new to yoga or a seasoned yogi this quick 12 minute

Easy Yoga for Self Love

  • Created by Sarama Yoga
  • Course Duration 49 minutes
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Passionate about colors and sensations, Im a mixed media human project made of Yoga, Art and travels. I have 10 years of experience teaching Yoga, 8 years traveling America (non stop!) and my whole life as visual artist. Im constantly learning in the infinite sea of awareness, color and design, and teaching the most beauty things I know: Art and Yoga. My mission is to make people feel alive.

Discover the Power of Yoga for Beginners: Unleash Strength in Body & Mind

With this 5-part course I invite you to start your very own Yoga journey to create extraordinary changes within your life. Join me today and discover a renewed sense of ease, strength, freedom & lightness within your body, your mind and of course your life as a whole.

Engineering Health: Introduction to Yoga and Physiology

  • Created by Alexandra Seidenstein
  • Course Duration 3-6 months
  • Price USD$Free
  • User Rating 4.8
  • Platform Coursera
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Identify the role, structure, and function of human physiological systems Identify the the conditions and presentation of normal and abnormal functioning of human physiological systems Examine underlying physiological mechanisms that connect healthy functioning to yoga practice Practice yoga that targets therapy, prevention, and overall wellness