Digestive Health: Online Course and Free Interview with Baxter Bell!

by Nina

In his recent post Irritable Bowel Syndrome and Yoga, Baxter mentioned that he’s going to giving a two-part online course on Yoga for Digestive Health via Yoga U. It’s coming up soon, everyone! And it’s going to be good. (I know because—ssshh!—I’m helping with the presentation.) Here’s the course description:

Learn about the digestive system and how you can use yoga to improve digestive health. In this 2-part online yoga course, Baxter Bell, MD offers an overview of the organs of digestion, their basic functions and how you can use yoga to impact digestive health, from his experience as a western trained doctor and a certified yoga instructor. Dr. Bell will discuss the common digestive disorders and the early signs of digestive disturbances.

To take this online course, you’ll need to register (and pay) here. But Baxter has also done a special interview on digestion for Yoga U interview and this is completely free. Here’s a description of the interview:

In it, Dr. Bell discusses how the digestive system interfaces with other body systems, particularly – the immune system and the nervous system. The digestive system has a separate network of nerves called the enteric nervous system, which works independently of the central nervous system and the brain. Early research even suggests that the digestive system could even impact our mental, emotional, overall well-being.

Dr. Bell further discusses some of the common early warning signs of digestive disorders to be on the lookout for, and how to check whether your digestive function is normal. He also offers insights into the different ways in which our yoga asana practice can have an impact on digestive health, and which groups of postures are particularly important.

To download the interview with Baxter, go here. For those of you who can't practice in person with Baxter, this will give you a little taste of what his workshops are like.