Aha…..here’s a nice piece of information I read this morning. No wonder Emily remarked last week that I seem to have lost more weight and am looking shapely. Sweet! Another added incentive for me to practice more yoga even though I am quite lazy most of the time.

A recent study of more than 15,000 men and women reveals that yoga may help prevent the weight gain associated with middle age. Most people between the ages of 45 and 55 gain about 1 pound per year, according to a new article in The New York Times. Yet among study participants who practiced yoga for 30 minutes once a week for 4 or more years, the weight gain was less, the article says. In addition, the overweight study participants who practiced yoga lost an average of 5 pounds. By contrast, their counterparts who did not practice yoga gained an average of 13 pounds, the article says. The study’s lead author emphasized that yoga is not a magic pill. Yet yoga offers “a safe and comfortable way for people who have never been physically active to begin regular physical activity,” the researcher said.