Daheia Barr-Anderson, Ph.D., assistant professor in the School of Kinesiology, was featured in a WCCO-TV news feature March 11. Barr-Anderson was interviewed about a research study she is conducting to examine the effects of yoga on reducing the symptoms of “strong woman syndrome” — high blood pressure and high levels of stress that can affect women who get little to no exercise and are overweight. “We have a tendency to take care of everyone else but ourselves,” Barr-Anderson says. Yoga may alleviate  symptoms such as blood pressure and stress, and, she says, yoga can be modified so that everyone can do it.  Barr-Anderson is in the process of recruiting 50 African American women to join the study. Participants will receive 12 weeks of free yoga. Watch the video and read the story at this link.