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- 6 Beginner Yoga Poses: The Secret To Accelerating Your Fitness Goals (These are Good!) - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2011 from Anna WehrFor those who often feel stressed out because of having to juggle so many things in their fast-paced lives, one of the best ways to seek peace and relaxation is to take at least one hour a day to practice yoga. In the recent years more and more people have turned to yoga as a way to find ...
Views: 1155(2 votes) - 8 Asanas For a Healthy Body - by Submitted on Jun 19, 2019 from Chandra YogaIn today’s blog, we are going to discuss eight yoga asanas that help to maintain a healthy life with a healthy body. Yoga has several health benefits if practiced regularly. It affects an individual physically as well as mentally. Moreover, few asanas per day can bring a significant change ...
Views: 682(1 vote) - Adopt Naturopathy and Yoga Before It's Too Late - by Submitted on May 27, 2011 from Bhavna KhannaNaturopathy is a science and art of drugless system or Alternative therapy of healing for healthy living. It teaches us how we should live, what we should eat and how our daily routine should be. Its main emphasis is to change the living habits of people and educate them to adopt healthy ...
Views: 1210(1 vote) - AWAKENING THE FEMALE SERPENT ….. UPLIFTING DIVINE POWER - by Submitted on Nov 22, 2012 from Yuga Rishi Shriram SharmaThe 6 Chakras are also called the 6-fold wealth. In spiritual science it is called Sham (mental control), Dama (sense organ control), Uparati (dispassion), Titiksha (forbearance), Shradha (faith), Samadhan (concentration). Sham means serenity. Meaning destruction of agitation, tension, ...
Views: 1357(1 vote) - Benefits of Yoga Nidra meditation - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2009 from Conrad RawYoga Nidra is deep sleep. Many people mistakenly believe it's twilight sleep, that stage between awake and dreaming, but it's even deeper than that. It goes beyond the dreaming stage and into a state of conscious deep sleep. While that sounds like an oxymoron, it's not. It's the third of the ...
Views: 2690(1 vote) - Bumblebee Breathing - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2009 from Intent.com AuthorsI've been teaching Bumblebee breathing a lot lately. I'm not exactly sure why. Maybe springtime inspiration? Or by the plight of the honey bee? There have been some funny reactions in my classes: all out laughter, a sudden opening of the body and mind to chant Om, the sense that the room was ...
Views: 2056(2 votes) - Chakra Energy Healing - by Submitted on May 07, 2011 from Eva LangdonIntroduction: This is a simple guide for healing each chakra, starting at the root and working upward. Some people do a meditation for all seven chakras daily, others choose to work with an individual chakra energy healing each day, week or month. Aligning the chakras can greatly enrich our ...
Views: 1317(1 vote) - Cleansing of the Seven Chakras - by Submitted on May 07, 2011 from Eva LangdonChakras are openings in the aura through which energies move through the body as well as in and out of the spiritual and physical being. These openings are found in the aura and not the physical body and are not visible to the naked eye. Despite that fact that we cannot see them, they do exist ...
Views: 1414(1 vote) - Cure Cervical Cancer through Diet, Yoga and Meditation - by Submitted on Jan 13, 2010 from Allison BiggarCervical cancer is the second most common cancer among women and almost 4,000 cases were fatal just last year. Conventional treatments for cervical cancer such as chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, hysterectomy, or the removal of lymph nodes and ovaries can often leave the woman infertile. ...
Views: 1857(1 vote) - Expanding & Contracting: Trust Life's Process - by Submitted on Feb 09, 2010 from Erica BoucherIn yoga, we learn to tune into our breathing and let our bodies expand and contract around the breath. And the only way to stay healthy is to allow our breathing to be steady, consistent and natural. If we hold the breath in, or out, we cut ourselves off from life source energy. So the ...
Views: 3269(4 votes) - Feel the difference with yoga! - by Submitted on Jul 04, 2011 from Bhavna KhannaToday most of us lead a busy life, so we don’t have much time to focus on exercise. An increasing number of individuals, all over the world are practicing yoga for its numerous benefits. Yoga since ages has been used to heal the body. In fact, for most of the natural means of healing such as ...
Views: 834(2 votes) - Find Yoga Holidays To Relax, Detox And Revive The Mind, Body And Soul - by Submitted on May 20, 2012 from Casey GainesInstead of spending hours scouring the Internet to find the ideal holiday vacation spot for you, you may want to check out a new website that takes care of all of this legwork for you. They provide the most innovative and exquisite variety of yoga holidays available around the world. They ...
Views: 937(1 vote) - Food that Helps Balance Chakras - by Submitted on May 07, 2011 from Eva LangdonIt may be surprising to know that the types of foods eaten can affect the chakra balance. Just because chakras are energy vortexes does not mean they only react to spiritual things. On the contrary, the physical body must be nourished properly in order to support and fuel the chakras. Eating ...
Views: 5763(1 vote) - Grow Taller Naturally Using Yoga - by Submitted on Apr 14, 2010 from Hayden CarterAs it turns out, yoga class isn’t just for flexibility and health. Many people that participate in specific yoga exercises report that they grow taller after just a few weeks. The positive effects that yoga has on posture, flexibility, and general health and well-being make it one of the most ...
Views: 3809(5 votes) - Hatha Yoga and Its Effects - by More than 18 million Americans now practice yoga, up from 6 million in 1994, according to a 1998 survey conducted by the Wall street Journal and NBC!!! Come experience the transformation of YOGA…taking you beyond! In a wonderful hour of “hatha yoga” class I include a practice incorporating 4 ...
Views: 6386(2 votes) - How can I possibly learn the sun salutation surya namaskar - by Submitted on Jan 13, 2010 from Daya Devi-DoolinHow can I possibly learn to do that, the sun salutation (surya namaskar? http://abc-of-yoga.com/yogapractice/sunsalutation.asp. Learn by doing and practicing two poses at a time. When you feel it starts to flow for you with those two, add one more and one more. When you realize how ...
Views: 2362(2 votes) - How to be a Yoga Teacher - by Submitted on Apr 05, 2012 from Caroline KleblYoga means union with supreme consciousness. Yoga practices began developing in India about 5000 years ago. Yoga practices are designed to eliminate disease and liberate the yoga practitioner from suffering on all levels of being, physical, psychological and spiritual. The six traditional ...
Views: 1336(1 vote) - How To Become A Yoga Teacher - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2011 from Sergio DiazGranadosAre you interested in becoming a Yoga teacher? The Yoga industry is thriving right right now not only because it can be a lucrative career financially, but more so because of how rewarding it is. If you have practiced Yoga, you know how fulfilling this experience can be. But being a teacher ...
Views: 1069(1 vote) - How To Do Yoga? A Beginner’s Guide - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2010 from Neelima ReddyYoga is definitely something everyone can do. Even children can learn poses with just a few sessions and benefit from its advantages at a very early age. If you want to start learning how to do yoga, here’s a short and simple beginner’s guide to choosing the right kind for you and everything ...
Views: 3551(1 vote) - How to get rid of Sinusitis with Yoga - by Submitted on Jul 07, 2011 from chetan mohanYoga can be used to cure any disease. Every disease can be treated with the help of yoga without any side effects. Sinusitis or respiratory infection is one of the most common diseases which affect millions of people around the globe. Some of the most common symptoms of sinusitis are puffy face, ...
Views: 2025(1 vote) - How to improve your health through yoga therapy? - by Submitted on May 17, 2011 from Richard LogueUnfortunately, modern medicine with its latest achievements and Drug Administration can not always solve all our health problems. To defeat the disease and improve their health, people looking for alternatives, one of which is yoga. It must be remembered and to know that the use of yoga therapy ...
Views: 1034(1 vote) - Interactive yoga jewelry helps achieve balance - by Submitted on Aug 04, 2009 from Daniel NoyesModern life can be a maze of challenges and stresses to our natural energetic state. Ideally it is optimal to have our energetic state balanced, in particular the chakras and acupuncture meridians. For reference I will call this ideal state "perfect balance". Practicing yoga is a great way to ...
Views: 1743(2 votes) - Invest in Your Body, Mind and Spirit Connection for Success in Business and at Home - by Submitted on Sep 02, 2010 from Kay HutchinsonIn these times of economic challenge, people often wonder about how to effectively invest their financial resources. Yet, people often overlook the value of investing in their body, mind and spirit integration as a way of building prosperity. When we nourish and integrate these three ...
Views: 2637(2 votes) - Ishvara Pranidhana - by Submitted on Mar 07, 2014 from Sonja AppelIshvarapranidhana means love and surrender to the divinity within the individual. In Sanskrit Ishvara = creative source, purusha, (the authentic self which is eternal) pure consciousness, God, Goddess or Supreme Guru. Pranidhana = with sincerity, dedication and devotion, practicing the ...
Views: 2045(1 vote) - Just give me a minute! Yoga and Time - by Submitted on Jan 26, 2014 from Sonja AppelWe usually know time from changes in nature. We observe that the earth circles around the sun, and we call it "a year". Then we have the seasons that can be a subtle reminder that time flies. The earth turns around its axis and we call it "one day". To get more precise with time measurements, we ...
Views: 1771(1 vote) - Lead a Stress Free Life with Combined Effects of Yoga and Meditation - by Submitted on Feb 02, 2012 from Chandresh BhardwajLife can be full of fun and excitement at one moment and can be full of challenges and difficulties at the other. Such conflicting conditions can create stress and anxiety, which can become unbearable when we fail to handle the situation as there is a limit to what we can handle. Consequently, ...
Views: 1094(1 vote) - Learn the Principles of Classical Yoga Exercises - by Submitted on Dec 29, 2012 from Knut HoltYoga originated in India and has the purpose of stimulating both spiritual growth, mental wellbeing and physical health. Yoga contains many exercise programs, of which physical exercises, or hathayoga, is one. In the following the basic principles of hathayoga are outlined. An important part ...
Views: 907(1 vote) - NANO Yoga - by Submitted on Jun 22, 2010 from Doug HaywardThink of NANO Yoga as taking a bath or a shower for the inside of our body. However often you take a regular bath or shower is how often you do NANO Yoga. Daily would be great; however, that is not always possible. Skipping a day or two does not ruin it. 'Just as nanotechnology has the ...
Views: 3941(4 votes) - Physics and Mysticism, Om and Aum - by Submitted on Apr 24, 2009 from Rev. Keith HallMantra can be a very powerful tool to align the chakra system through the power of vibration. It puts the power of the body behind the intention of the mind. Om is the universal mantra, often described as the universal sound current. It is a "one size fits all" kind of mantra. Anyone can chant ...
Views: 3157(3 votes) - Planning For Your Hot Yoga Classes - by Submitted on Mar 14, 2013 from Ketsiya ClaretTo give equal relaxation to your mind and body at the same time, Yoga Classes would be the best option and for this reason, it is popular all around the world. So many kinds of Yoga are practiced around the world today and one of the most beneficial ones is Hot Yoga. There are some points that ...
Views: 938(1 vote) - Restorative Yoga - by Submitted on Dec 29, 2011 from Lisa TunneyI had taken yoga in the past to help heal some injuries. I would always do some form of yogic exercise to help with my back, but it had been years since I had taken an actual class. These days I was spending so much time at the gym though and I was getting bored. I needed to find something ...
Views: 1080(2 votes) - Sampoorna Yoga-The Integrated Path Of Yoga - by Submitted on Jul 18, 2008 from Shri Yogi HariWhat is Sampoorna Yoga? Overview Sampoorna means complete, full. We are the spirit, Soul or Atman, which is Divinity or fullness itself. The Atman, which is also referred to as the Self, is functioning through the vehicles of body, senses, mind, intellect and ego to experience the world of ...
Views: 3303(2 votes) - Six Ways Yoga Helps Me in Midlife - by Submitted on Mar 20, 2012 from Lisa KnellerIt can help you too! I took my first yoga class when I was 43-years-old. That's considered old for someone who would try bending into a pretzle and standing on her hands. But I had worked out my whole life and was really interested in trying something new and different. In all the other ...
Views: 1227(1 vote) - SUPER DIVINE POWERS OR RIDHII-SIDHIS: IT IS EASY TO TAKE BUT DIFFICULT TO GIVE - by Submitted on Dec 31, 2012 from Yuga Rishi Shriram SharmaWill power, concentration, discipline are the Yogic practices of an ordinary life and can be advanced through any medium. It is the perseverance of the mind wherein instead of allowing our thoughts to scatter away we focus and concentrate them at one point. By correlating it to our daily ...
Views: 1850(1 vote) - Taoism, Kundalini Yoga, and Tantra - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2009 from Rev. Keith HallYoga and Taoist practices share many similar techniques and paradigms while also having both subtle and dramatic differences. Each is a master system for human evolution abundant with complex subtleties that have developed over millennia. To try to concisely compare these practices is difficult ...
Views: 4987(4 votes) - The Benefits Of A Healthy Vacation - by Submitted on Nov 23, 2011 from Carol WilliamsGoing to a health farm for your vacation does not have to mean all weight loss all the time. There are luxury weight loss retreats designed to pamper their guests and provide everything needed to lose weight and learn to stay healthy. Staying healthy requires, reducing stress-levels, eating ...
Views: 806(1 vote) - THE BRILLIANT SUN IS AN INFINITE OCEAN OF ENERGY - by Submitted on Oct 26, 2012 from Yuga Rishi Shriram SharmaScientists of New Mexico-Albuquerque have developed such an apparatus which collects solar energy. In their very first experiment researchers melted a sheet of iron which was 4.5 meters long 1.8 meters wide and 1/4th inch thick. In comparison to this experiment decorated with invaluable ...
Views: 1474(1 vote) - The chemistry of weight loss and yoga - by Submitted on Jan 18, 2013 from Yoga AsanasObesity is nothing but a metabolic disturbance which is strengthening its roots throughout the world and approaching epidemic proportions each day. Weight loss and Yoga are purely interconnected and yoga has so much to do with the obesity control. An overweight person is prone to developing ...
Views: 884(1 vote) - The Key to Meditating - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2010 from Daya Devi-DoolinThe key to meditating is to focus on the breath. The mind has to follow your command and nothing else when you focus on the inhale and exhale. It cannot focus on doing two things at once. Breathing in a seated comfortable position on the floor or chair, if you cannot manipulate sitting ...
Views: 2089(2 votes) - The Most Common and Valuable Methods for Alleviating Stress at Work - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2012 from David SimpsonBefore we can begin a successful discussion of office stress relief strategies, it is important to understand the underlying causes of the stress that arises in the office. A basic initial step to lowering the pressure of the work environment is to just stay away from the things that cause ...
Views: 1128(1 vote) - The True Benefits of Pilates - by Submitted on Feb 11, 2011 from sarah labdarPilates is a form of physical fitness that has had a resurgence over the past decade. Joseph Pilates of Germany originally developed Pilates in the early 20th century. Described as ‘contrology’, Pilates is similar to corrective exercise or medical gymnastics where the mind controls muscle ...
Views: 1636(1 vote) - The Ultimate Benefits of Yoga on Our Health | Karlo Nazarian - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2012 from Karlo NazarianEveryone among us wants to be fit and healthy, but this has become next to impossible with the kind of lifestyle we have chosen for ourselves. People look for various artificial methods to have a fit and healthy life, but all that goes as a waste. And this is where, yoga steps in. Yoga not only ...
Views: 910(1 vote) - Trust Yourself or Trust Your Yoga Teacher? - by Submitted on Feb 28, 2012 from Melanie McGheeAnother yoga rock star, John Friend, has fallen, see this NY TImes Article. The unfortunate truth about people in power is that they sometimes abuse that power. Initially, these abuses of power are not typically grand. They are small betrayals that can lead up to big abuses if left unchecked. ...
Views: 1274(1 vote) - Warrior's Dance - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2013 from David LaderWarrior’s Dance is a powerful marriage of martial arts and dance. Traditional martial arts systems have evolved historically as warriors and spiritual seekers have experimented with and experienced the effects of various ways of moving. These systems originated as inspired students were moved ...
Views: 2075(1 vote) - What is Red Tantra and White Tantra? - by Submitted on Apr 20, 2009 from Rev. Keith HallWhat is the diffrence between Red and White Tantra? The short answer is that Red Tantra is focused on sensuality and sexuality, while White Tantra is more oriented towards a spiritual approach. There is also Black Tantra which is obsessed with power and its permutations, e.g., siddhis, ...
Views: 27399(3 votes) - What is Sampoorna Yoga ? Overview - by Submitted on Oct 10, 2013 from tara sukhuSampoorna means complete, full. We are the spirit, Soul or Atman, which is Divinity or fullness itself. The Atman, which is also referred to as the Self, is functioning through the vehicles of body, senses, mind, intellect and ego to experience the world of objects, emotions and thoughts. The ...
Views: 1544(1 vote) - What is Yoga? Yoga Therapy? - by Submitted on Aug 11, 2011 from Martin EisenMost people have erroneous ideas about classical Yoga. Yoga was a spiritual discipline. There were moral precepts and prohibitions that disciples had to follow. In addition, there could be dietary restrictions. Yoga had other paths to enlightenment besides asanas, breathing and meditation, ...
Views: 2599(1 vote) - YOGA ALLIANCE RULE FOR “YOGA THERAPY” - by Submitted on Jun 21, 2018 from Merry GreenThe number of “yoga therapists” and “yoga therapy” teacher trainings and categories square measure on the increase. In response to the current trend, yoga alliance certification (YA), a corporation that provides credentialing standards within the Yoga teacher training in India field, has ...
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