Baxter Bell, MD, is a physician, medical acupuncturist, and yoga educator. In addition to teaching internationally, he writes for the Yoga Journal blog Doctor's Orders, and his work appears in his own blog, Yoga for Healthy Aging. Learn more at bellyoga.info.

Yoga for Healthy Eating
Baxter Bell - Course ID: M2BELL

Saturday, January 19 — 11:00am - 1:00pm
Main Conference - Session 2
Mixed Levels

Come learn about your digestive system and how you can use yoga to foster healthy eating habits. A tailored asana practice can help you maintain, or improve, your digestion. Stress-reduction techniques, including restoratives and breathwork, reduce the stress hormones that may cause poor digestion or trigger stress eating. Mindfulness practices help you tune in to your body, and can help you learn to eat the foods that are best for your particular needs and circumstances.

Discussion and asana.

Yoga for Arthritis
Baxter Bell - Course ID: M6BELL

Sunday, January 20 — 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Main Conference - Session 6
Continue Your Education / Mixed Levels

Osteoarthritis can affect any joint in the body, from the toes all the way on up through the neck. Come learn more about osteoarthritis and how yoga can help you maintain, and perhaps even increase, your mobility in affected joints, while at the same time managing your pain. We'll move though all the important joints of the body, using simple, accessible yoga asanas to strengthen the muscles around joints and maintain flexibility and mobility while nourishing the joints themselves.

Discussion and asana.

Yoga for Healthy Aging
Baxter Bell - Course ID: AMBELL

Monday, January 21 — 9:00am - 4:30pm
Monday All-Day Intensives
Mixed Levels

Yoga is a powerful tool for fostering healthy aging. In the morning portion of this class, you'll learn how to maintain strength, flexibility, balance, and agility as you age by focusing your asana practice. In the afternoon, we'll focus on stress management and cultivating equanimity. Supported inversions, restorative yoga, and deep relaxation foster physical health and spiritual well-being. Mindfulness practices and yoga philosophy enable us to face life's vicissitudes with grace and composure.

Discussion and asana.