Updated on Thursday, May 28, 2009 by Suzan Macco, R.N.

There's a current fad in the fitness industry and it's called rebounding. It's the practice of a trampoline for exercising and it has allowed many folks with the workout that they demand to keep them working hard and having fun simultaneously.

When you get started with your trampoline, it is a good idea to get used to being on it and how your body moves. Spend some time bouncing on the trampoline before

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How many nurses do you know who step outside for a cigarette during their break, or consume loads of junk food or caffeine at every chance they get? A few, you might say. You may even be one of those nurses yourself. Now, how many nurses do you know who take time out to stretch, quietly meditate, or do deep breathing exercises on their break? Probably none. Doesn’t really seem conducive to work, appropriate, or simply practical, you might add.

Well, more and more working nurses (both shift workers and non) are finding there is a need to engage in some form of mind-body practice in the workplace.

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Yoga has been practiced for thousands of years. It consists of ancient theories, observations and principles about the mind, spirit and body relationship. According to the principles of yoga the mind, spirit and the body are one and they together can heal itself.
Yoga has three main techniques:

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