How to Lose Weight With Yoga - Melt Away the Fat
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Tracy BosemanYoga is an extremely healthy form of exercise to practice, but many people wonder if yoga can help them to lose weight. The answer to this, is yes. Weight loss with yoga is possible, and you can use yoga to not only lose pounds, but help maintain your weight as well. There is however, a bit of a catch if you are considering using yoga as a form of weight control.
Yoga itself is a great strength building form of exercise. It is also good for maintaining flexibility to your body. Given the nature of yoga however, it can often be difficult to obtain the raised heart rate that is necessary in order to actually burn calories and melt away fat.
If you want to practice yoga for weight control, it is important to note that you will need to perform a vigorous form of yoga, at least 90-minutes three times a week. Fortunately, there are various forms of yoga that you can try that are vigorous enough, including Ashtanga yoga and power yoga. You can also do your yoga routines in a hot room, such as a sauna, which will induce more of a sweat and raise your heart rate.
Once you decide to give yoga a try, there are different options available to you. You can try to locate a yoga studio in your area that offers yoga classes, or you can find a private instructor that will teach you the yoga style you are interested in. If there are no yoga studios or instructors in your area, or you are uncomfortable trying yoga in front of other people, you can also find yoga videos that you can play right in your very own home, which will teach you all that you need to know in order to successfully lose weight with yoga.
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Using Yoga to Strengthen Your Abs
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Bill NadraszkyYoga has become a very popular form of exercise. There are different types of yoga. It reduces stress and exercises your body and mind. It is actually the body's way of healing itself. It is a mind, body connection. However, did you know you can also work your abs using yoga? The stretching exercises in yoga are good for your abdominal muscles because they make the muscles tone and firm. The best part is that you can do yoga right in your own home. Remember to start out slow and don't overdo it. Remember to warm up first and consult a physician as you would before beginning any physical workouts.
Here are a few exercises you may want to try:
1. The torso stretch - Place your hands at your sides and lift yourself up towards the ceiling while holding your breath for about 40 seconds.
2. The yoga crunch - Lay on your back and bring your knees up to your chest, hands over your head. Flex your feet towards the ceiling. Do not arch your back on the way down.
You will want slow and controlled movements when doing these exercises. You should feel the burn after several repetitions. You should also control your breathing process. This helps to stretch your abdominal muscles. one of the best forms of yoga is Pilates. This form of yoga focuses on the core/torso of the body and the rear, which control most of the body's actions throughout the day. There are movements for every fitness level. Pilates has become very popular at working the abdominal region. There is a yoga movement known as "the plank", where you basically push up your entire body on your arms and toes. It is very difficult, but very rewarding. There is also the "side plank". These are both beneficial movements, but may take a while to master.
If you take a few minutes out of your hectic day and try some yoga, it will not only benefit your abdominals, but your total body and mind as well. You will gain confidence by accomplishing the more advanced yoga movements. Along with your newfound confidence, you will also gain focus in your life.
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What Methods Do People Use to Deal With Emotional Stress and Tension?
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Gaylene SlaterYou are tense, nervous, worried, and unable even to relax in bed, but you are not alone. When you get all tied up in knots, you can feel like you're losing your mind. And you use lessening tablets, energy tablets, tranquillizers, something to push you, and then you're surprised at the consequential horrible side effects.
Could Yoga be the answer?
Clearly, without question, it can do that.
Neither Yoga allows drugs nor does your body, therefore if we are fed up of conventional medication to relax your fatigued body and mind, why not attempt Yoga? Yoga is proven to be effective when medicine no longer works. Breathing properly is relaxing and good for the mind as well as the body. Your thoughts mirror your breathing style, and as such, your mind will be affected if your breathing is off balance.
Through your daily experiences, you can confirm this to be true. When you are watching television, absorbed in a book, or listening to an interesting talk on your radio. Your breathing slows. Your breathing will become irregular when you are mad, upset, or sad. If you are scared you breathe and seize your breath, and if you are uninterested you yawn.
All the exercises formulated by the Yogis of ancient times that have a connection with the respiratory tract are based on a close observation of the body's natural impulses. Most people neglect this bodily function so much that they barely inhale enough oxygen to maintain living. To clear your mind of worries learn to breathe correctly since mind and breathe are intertwined.
Your breathing is slow and steady when you are relaxed so if you learn to control your breathing, you can help your mind reach that state of restfulness. If you are breathing in a calm and controlled manner,you can't be worried and upset,and if your breath is coming out in hurried jerks you can't remain calm.
Starting off strong, this is the first thing.
Try the Yoga COMPLETE BREATH where you will use the lower,middle and upper lung. To be a successful at the COMPLETE BREATH in yoga, your breathing needs to use three body areas-diaphragmatic, inter costa, and clavicular in one quick inhalation. You should take it easy if you are a beginner.
Lie flat on a solid surface like the floor, without pillows, and rest your hands over your diaphragm. When you are practicing yoga always remember to wear loose clothing, and females need to loosen their bras.
The technique " Complete Breath Slowly" involves exhaling as much air as possible from your lungs. As you inhale air through your mouth, do so very, very slowly so that you breathe the air in evenly without any unexpected bursts. If your hands are positioned evenly above your diaphragm you will locate that this is the primary part to spread out.
You will feel a very slight retraction of your lower abdomen as your inhalation progresses. When you are taking a breath in you will notice your shoulders rise, and your lungs expand. Use little exertion and breathe through your mouth slowly. Expel as much air as possible by contracting your abdomen each time you breathe out. Once you finish your first Complete Breath, stay quiet for a several moments. Do not try to sit upright for a bit of time or you can feel minor faintness or wooziness because of hyperventilation produced by an unexpected, too much, and unfamiliar inhale of oxygen.
If you get dizzy from the breathing, relax, it just means you needed to do it and it will pass.
When beginning this exercise work carefully at first and with a little practice you will soon be able to do it without pain or difficulty.
Once you reach this phase, you can do this exercises sitting straight with your hands placed in your lap and your head level or you can stand straight up placing your hands by your sides.
Remember, you should always do your breathing techniques with a window that is open, or outside.
For the first few days, take no more than two Yoga Complete Breaths a day, but then, you can increase the number gradually, ad lib, to to to sixty full breaths per day. This should be a slow process and you should not attempt the full quota of sixty a day straight away. At first, be content to take just a few at a time.
Hi I am Gaylene Slater, the author of Living The Good Life in Love, Life and Family. With many stressful tension related situations through out running your own business and having a family, I find these simple yoga based solutions ideal. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do and make every effort to put these simple actions into practice. They are very simple, need next to no apparatus and are very affective. I have written a book on Balancing Love Life and family and deal with a lot of every day challenges and some simple solutions, check me out here.
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Seven Reasons to Choose Yoga For a Better Body and a Calmer Mind
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Craig PerkinsYoga has been around for centuries. Embraced equally by film stars, rock stars, high powered CEOs and New Age gurus, yoga's stress-relieving, strength-building, low impact poses appeal to a wide range of individuals and body shapes. Even beginners can see and feel a difference after just a few short weeks of practice. All arguments aside, yoga works. So why haven't you tried it?
Here are seven really good reasons why you should:
7.) Symptom Relief - Several scientific studies have proven that yoga practice can greatly reduce the frequency and duration of asthma attacks, as well as the amount of medication needed to control or prevent attacks. Yogic breathing, pranayama , helps to strengthen the lungs and build breath control while back-bending poses open the chest and help increase air flow. Carpal tunnel syndrome can be alleviated with certain yoga poses. The lengthening and strengthening of the tendons offered in many yoga poses aids in relieving the pain, and in restoring the grip. The slow, low-impact nature of yoga exercise lends itself perfectly to arthritis sufferers. Joint pain and swelling can be reduced from the gentle exercise and from the stress relief granted tight, tensed muscles. The stress relieving nature of yoga has been shown to reduce the severity and frequency of headaches for migraine sufferers, as well.
6.) Disease Prevention - The stress relief offered through yoga practice can reduce the risk of heart disease, the number one killer of women in the US and Canada. Of further interest to women is yoga's ability to strengthen and build bone density, preventing osteoporosis. It's believed that yoga may reduce cortisol, and thereby aid in keeping calcium in your bones. The meditative nature of yoga can help raise levels of GABA in the brain, preventing the onset of Alzheimer's disease. Lastly, yoga has been known to stimulate the pancreas in its production of insulin, lowering blood sugar levels and helping in the treatment of Type II diabetes.
5.) Good Form of Exercise - Not all forms of exercise are good for all of you. Yoga is low-impact, providing a safer way to stretch and strengthen. Yoga is non-competitive, allowing you a stress-free, introspective work-out. Yoga can be practiced indoors or out, so that it fits in with all climates and lifestyles. Beneficial yoga practice can be completed in as little as 10 minutes a day, making it the ideal exercise routine for today's busy, on-the-go world. Yoga builds balanced muscle tone, strengthens the body's core, and improves dexterity, hand-eye coordination and reaction time. It has also been clinically proven to increase joint range of motion and flexibility.
4.) Improved Body Chemistry - Yoga can have drastically good effects on your body's inner workings. The increase in movement and blood flow offered in yoga practice can lower cholesterol and triglycerides in the blood stream. It is believed that yoga actually increases the amount of red blood cells in your blood, providing better oxygenation of the body, as well as increasing energy and reducing the risks of anemia. The lymphatic and endocrine systems also get a boost from yoga. The lymphatic system boosts immunity and raises your body's disease fighting ability, while the endocrine system regulates hormones, and through yoga, both systems help increase the overall health and balance of your body.
3.) The Inner You - Much has been made of yoga's effects on the psychological and emotional health of its practitioners. Yoga reduces stress through its slow movements and controlled breathing. It elevates and regulates your mood with its mind-body consciousness, its ability to improve your health overall, and its introspective nature. The attention required in yoga causes one to focus inwardly, reducing stress and anxiety, building a sense of calmness, alertness and even improving your memory.
2.) The Overall Inner You - Let's recap a bit here. Yoga reduces stress, which lowers blood pressure. It stimulates your endocrine system, balancing hormone levels and lowering blood sugar. It helps increase the overall functioning and health of your circulatory and respiratory system. It lowers your heart rate. It raises your tolerance to pain. It relives certain chronic problems. It improves brain chemistry. Your internal organs receive a "yoga massage," improving their functioning and disease fighting abilities. Your gastrointestinal health improves.
Overall, there isn't a body system not impacted positively by regular yoga practice.
1.) The Outer You - After examining all the things that yoga can do for the inside of you, let's see what yoga can do for you that you can actually see. Yoga can reduce the signs of aging through its detoxification of the body. Increased blood flow and oxygenation can also improve skin tone and color. Yoga helps to induce better sleep, improving overall health, awareness and skin and muscle tone. Yoga poses build strength, lengthen muscles and get the body moving, all of which cause a reduction in weight, prevent cellulite from forming and improve posture. Lastly, yoga can boost your energy, and not just your everyday, running hither and thither and yon type energy. Yoga has been proven to improve your energy and performance in the bedroom, as well. You look better, you feel better, your body is more in tune with itself and you with it - all of which leads to an increased confidence that can't be kept all to yourself.
Yoga may not be the cure of all ills, but it certainly can improve many. It's an overall workout - inside as well as outside - that shows in your face, your eyes, the way you stand, the way you move, the way you live. What are you waiting for? Give yoga a try today!
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Why Good Yoga Pants Are Essential For Practising Yoga!
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Sheryl PolomkaIt is possible to practise yoga without a good pair of yoga pants, but you will find most serious yoga practitioners will not even practise unless they are wearing good, comfortable pants.
Women, of course, tend to me more fussy than men regarding their yoga apparel and if their pants don't give the perfect fit, they are not likely to wear them when practising yoga. This is why it is really important to get a great pair, that fit perfectly, and give the best comfort, right from the start. There is no point in spending lots of money buying pair after pair of cheap pants, only to find they aren't comfortable and you keep looking for another pair. Even though a good pair may cost a little extra up front, it will save you money in the long run as once you have them you wont keep buying new ones.
You should always consider both the quality and the fit of yoga pants when making your purchase. Always make sure that you try the pants on before purchasing them so that you know if they have that perfect fit or not. While in the fitting room you can even try a couple of bends and stretches to see if the pants move comfortably with your movements.
You may want to consider the fabric of the pants also. Some fabrics can make you feel itchy or irritated, so make sure that you buy pants that have a nice, smooth texture and feel good on your skin.
The shorter capri pants are also an option when shopping for yoga pants. These are particularly good in hot weather as they allow air to pass through and leave you free from perspiration.
A good fitting pair of yoga pants really is essential for practising yoga. If your pants are so comfortable that you don't even think about them, then your body and mind can be at rest allowing you to focus all of your energy on your yoga poses.
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Yoga Exercise - How I Changed From Feeling So Tired to Feeling Good
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Heather GreavesIt's past my bedtime I'm feeling so tired; and I've decided to use some yoga exercises and techniques to change to a feeling good state so I can complete this article. I also want to finish the writing in the shortest time ever. My strategy is:
1. Energize with stronger breathing
2. Posture - sit well to increase alertness
3. Self Talk - remind myself that it is possible
4. Accept Imperfections - go easy on me
Breathing - I chose a technique called Kapalabhati which means shining skull. It's a powerful exhalation and a passive inhalation, that kind of sounds like a choo-choo train. This technique can be practiced for 5 minutes. I practice for just 10 seconds with a steady gentle rhythm. It is enough. I feel more alive instantly. This is a cleansing breath and good to do if you feel you are getting a cold. I've practiced another round of ten powerful exhalations and will probably do another before the article is finished.
Posture - I've planted both feet on the ground, and am sitting up tall. I feel strong. My body feels solid. There's a bit of discomfort at my left shoulder blade, so I twist a bit to see if it would make a difference. The discomfort is planning on staying. Perhaps a soak in the tub will help. I catch myself crossing ankles and uncross them. When both feet are firmly on the ground, there's an increase of mental and physical stability and determination.
Self Talk - With the intention set to encourage myself, the mind got the message and is cooperating. Focus is here and I'm moving through the article with great ease. I appreciate that the mind is staying on track at this time. The technique of setting the intention is a powerful one. I was quite clear and determined that it is possible to write quickly, and somehow must have believed that my goal could be achieved even more than I realized. I've been wanting to increase my efficiency for a few days now.
Accept Imperfections - There's an energy sapper - always wanting perfection. Precious time and energy spent making sure every 'i' has a dot and every 't' crossed. I did it again. Went back to the top and made an improvement, only one, then I caught myself. Deep breaths. It takes time to change habits. I accept this imperfection - that I want the article to be clearer and clearer. Of course, it can always be better. I love and accept myself as I am, and am learning to let go of the desire to be perfect.
There, it's done. I am still alert. My feet are crossed. I uncross them. My posture is upright. My mind is still. Time for bed. The discomfort in my shoulder blade is practically gone.
May you learn ways to move from a feeling so tired state to a feeling good state, whether through yoga exercises or some other form of self care.
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Yoga Techniques For Slimming
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Dr Rajesh NairAccording to Ayurveda being overweight is an indication that the vata, kapha and pitta doshas in the body are out of balance. In obese persons, meda (fat) is nourished excessively, while other basic elements get malnourished. Lack of physical exercise, sleeping during daytime, consuming fatty and sweetened food items and the wrong diet and lifestyles, which increase Kapha are the common causes of obesity. Yoga has a effect, which is permanent in nature for weight reduction.
It helps achieve control over mind and behaviour(one can easily control food habits and change life style to reduce the obesity.) Yoga deep breathing helps in increasing the oxygen intake to the fat cells resulting in burning up of fat cells. Another amazing aspect of Yoga is it reduces anxiety, which reduces anxious eating.
Various Yoga techniques can be practiced effectively to reduce the weight and achieve healthy condition of Body and Mind, they are:
Asanas
Yoga positions or postures are useful to reduce the fats in various parts, especially forward bending, twisting and backward bending asanas help reduce the fats near abdomen, hips and other areas.
Sun salutations
The practice of Sun salutation is a sequence of seven asanas practiced in order, which tones all muscles and internal organs are stretched increasing blood & oxygen supply to these parts.
Regular practice of sun salutation with breathing gives good exercise to the lungs. Mantras have relaxing effect on mind.
Pranayama
Pranayama is very important technique in yoga, which is control and extension of Prana or Vital energy/Life force. People suffering from obesity can practice Kapalbhati, Bhasrika & fast breathing.
Agnisar
Fast movement of abdominal muscles in and out, is very good exercise to get rid of the accumulated fats in the abdominal region.
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Control Your Thoughts - The Yoga Way
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Sanjay BehuriaI start from where I left off my last article? What is Yoga?
We defined Yoga as the connection between body and mind, physiology and psychology with the connecting link being the breath. For our purposes we are following the instructions so lucidly and succinctly laid down by Patanjali at around the 2nd century A.D. or bit before around the time of Jesus Christ, but definitely after the time of Buddha.
The purpose of Yoga is achieved when we are able to cease all thoughts and rest in our own form uncontaminated by the conditioning of collective consciousness or our own. When we connect with our Self, the duality of object and subject does not remain to confuse us. We are all one and a part of each other. There is no you, me, them, us, this, that - there is just the Self and all Self are merged into one.
So how do we cease the thoughts that prevent us from reaching our higher potential - that of connecting us to our Self? In other words, how do we cause cessation of our thought processes which arise to cause obstacles on our path to reach our supreme consciousness where we can see objects as they are without being colored by our past conditioning?
Patanjali is a very practical man. He does not at this stage say that we must always be without thought - that would have been thoughtless of him! After he says that the purpose of Yoga is to cease the thoughts that prevent us from being in our supreme consciousness, lest he be misunderstood, he immediately clears the concept by saying in Sutra 1.4, that other times, when one is not without thought; we are in the same mode as our thoughts are.
Sutra 1.4 in Sanskrit: Vritti Sarupyam Ittaratra.
Vritti - wandering thoughts
Sarupyam or Sarupa - in other forms other then our own form, phenomena
Ittaratra - at other times
When we are not in our own form, when we are not free from our wandering thoughts we are in the form of whatever our mind comprehends the object to be, or sometimes without any comprehension. When we are upset with an event, we continue to think what upset us and stay in the mode of being upset as long as we continue to think of what upset us.
In such a state of thoughtful wandering we lose track of our own form and potential. The thoughts lead us in their own way and we meekly follow. We find ways and means to justify our thoughts. Our conditioning takes over and we get stuck in whatever others say than what we need to do. It becomes difficult to be focused. We stop the flow and have no explanation to all the negative consequences that flow from this mindless thinking.
For our benefit, so that we can reach the sate of Yoga, Patanjali in Sutra 1.5, actually states the five mental thought patterns and then spends time on each pattern in the next five Sutras (thought processes) that prevent us from connecting with our Source to reach the state of supreme consciousness where we become one with our Divine Self.
Sutra 1.5, in Sanskrit: Vrittayah Panchtayyah Klishtaklishta
Vrittyah - wavelike psycho-energy patterns; conditioned thought processes
Pancha- five Tayyah - categories or groups
Klishta - afflictive
Aklishta - neutral of afflictive results
In English: there are five categories of conditioned thought processes or wave like psycho-energy patterns that may lead or be derived from obstacles and hindrances or may be neutral of such obstacles and hindrances. While these five obstacles are very useful for the evolution and development of our entire species, we need to stay within the context of Yoga, where they act as obstacles. Elsewhere, they are as per use and application. What are these five obstacles that prevent us from reaching supreme consciousness in yoga? Patanjali answers them in the next Sutra.
Sutra 1.6, in Sanskrit - Pramana, Viparyayo, Vikala, Nidra, Smriti
Pramana - proof, evidence, correct perception, belief systems
Viparyayah - false beliefs, incorrect perceptions
Vikalpa - conceptualizations, intellectual thought constructs
Nidra - sleep
Smriti - memory
Pramana - Conditioned and biased thought processes as a result of belief systems (BS) believed to be right, correct, or even superior. We do not have to go far to see the evidence of this. All through the ages war, strife, terrorism and all that threatened to destroy the fabric of our existence have been caused in some way or other by our belief systems which we are convinced are true and superior to others. Evidence (Pramana) leads us to hold limited experiences in narrow confines as the Truth. Proven theory is just that, a proven theory. Just as a map is not the territory, a proven theory is not reality, the truth or right. Belief systems (so called accepted or politically correct views/beliefs) is thus a conditioned psycho-energy pattern and acts as a hindrance in the process of Yoga, and needs to cease (not suppressed) for us to stay connected with our Divine self.
Viparyayah - Filtering, bias, conditioning of thoughts and mental energy patterns due to mistaken beliefs based on errors of perception or interpretation. Anything that we believe without evidence, reasoning, culture, unsubstantiated beliefs fall into this category. Similar to Pramana, while Pramana is a hindrance due to evidenced belief, here there is an error in the process of perception, understanding, inference or in the data itself.
Vikalpa - Filtering through flight of fancy. We are often caught in thinking circularly about our plans to solve various problems. These are rarely tried out or do not see the light of the day.
Thus, considerable mental energy is wasted in finding solutions to problems which may not even exist or exists in our imagination. This is like feeling afraid of what the future holds. Until the future manifests itself, we have no way of knowing what the future holds. Yet, we spend considerable energy in making future plans and worrying about their success, without doing anything practical to fructify them.
Nidra - Sleep is also a state that acts as an obstruction to our Yogic state. Here, Patanjali does not mean just active sleep, but conditions of sleep, such as laziness, sleepy moods, dullness, inattentiveness, delusion and hallucination. This could be substance induced, a natural state, tiredness and exhaustion. We all have experiences of how this state affects our attentiveness and concentration.
Smriti - Memory of past events, our relationships with our family and others, our growing up experiences, past conditioning and some past life memories or archetypes in the collective consciousness act as hindrances to our achieving the Yogic state. Memories act to cause rigidity, as our references to past events act to harden our views on various phenomena and behavior.
With this short essay on what are the actual mental energy processes that hinder us to connect with our source and achieve our highest potential Patanjali goes on to define and describe each of these patterns in detail. In the next article I will try to describe the five hindrances which may be obstacles or may be neutral in our efforts to achieve our goals.
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What is Yoga?
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Sanjay BehuriaI recently facilitated a workshop for a group of executives from a center of learning. I had criss-crossed the path of these executives for sometime and knew most of them individually. I had also executive coached some of them over a period of time. When I designed the workshop with the objective of aligning their personal definite purpose with their professional objectives, I slotted in an hour for Yoga. I was alerted by the HR responsible for contracting this workshop, that I may fall short of meeting expectations as most executives will be accomplished Yoga practitioners. I took the risk nonetheless, as is my want, and discovered what I have always believed to be true. Lot of people know a lot about Yoga. However, they have no direct experience of the same. They have acquired the knowledge through vicarious sources of TV, Books and living room discussions. Intellectually they are aware, but they come up short in practice.
I was a bit amused ( I am sorry, amused as in humor and not arrogance) that almost all of them could write a treatise on Yoga and it's various characteristics, styles and benefits but had never done a short practice to internalize the experience. They knew the names, (especially the difficult ones) of some of the Asanas (sitting or exercise postures) and Pranayamas (breathing exercises) and were obviously very impressed with their knowledge, but none of these was for real practice. Practice was somehow meant for those who lived on another plane.
Yoga is believed by some to be a religion, some consider it a philosophy and some a cult - as in Tantrism. It remains to be verified; I recently read a report that the Malaysian government has banned Yoga as it is deemed to be a religious practice not in alignment with Islamic practices. Some of this misconception is justified as Yoga is mentioned for the first time (to my knowledge) in the Geeta, which is the religious book of the Hindus. There is no date to the Geeta, so it is not really known as to when the practice of Yoga came into existence. Patanjali himself does not write about any religion or God.
It is known that like all Indian traditions the Yoga was handed down in the oral tradition from the Master to the student until extensively mentioned in the Geeta. Chapter two and three of the Geeta are entitled the "Yoga of Knowledge" and the "Karma Yoga". In chapter II, from stanza 47 to 60 we have an exhaustive sketch of the "Yoga of Action" from 61 to 70 the 'Path of Love' or 'Bhakti Yoga, and in stanzas 71 and 72 'Path of Renunciation' or 'Sanyasa Yoga'. After having explained the basics of Yoga in the second chapter, the third chapter "Karma Yoga" extols Arjuna to action, by explaining to him that the "Path of Action" is a means to an end to ultimately achieve the goal of "Path of Knowledge". Moksha cannot be achieved by inaction or mere renunciation, but by active practice and duty.
The only codification of Yoga practices that ever took place was by Patanjali in his treatise famously known as the "Yoga Sutras". For the purpose of this article this is the one and only manual for Yoga Practice. Yes, as written and expounded by Sri Patanjali, the Yoga sutra is an instruction manual for Yoga practice. It is neither a religion, nor a philosophy. It is a step by step guide to achieve the goals of Yoga. As is the human tendency the Sutras have been interpreted and re-interpreted by various schools of thought to suit their purpose. The Yoga Sutras describe processes and practices as to how a normal person may be so motivated as to rid themselves of negative tendencies by reuniting with their source, which is their true form, and thus achieve their highest potential for which they exist.
Patanjali's Yoga Sutra is divided into four chapters. The first known as "Samadhi Pada" outlines the basic context, outlines, processes and goals of Yoga. The entire Yoga Sutra is written in 195 sentences (Sutras) - a Sutra is no more than a sentence, literally a string of words. Brevity thy name is Patanjali.
The first three Sutras define Yoga. Since, this article is entitled, "What is Yoga?" I will try to explain the first three Sutras as I have read, understood and experienced. They together define Yoga. There is no other definition that is universally accepted.
In Sanskrit the first Sutra reads, "Atha Yoganusasanam".
Atha - Now, here,
Yoga from the word Yuj meaning conjoining, combining, connecting
Anusasanam - The discipline, the instructions
Patanjali if he was writing in English would read, "This is the authoritative instruction of the discipline of Yoga".
If Yoga means Yuj and Yuj means joining, combining, what is the combination that would be called Yoga? This will become clear if all the 195 Sutras are read and combined to understand the meaning of many words that Sri Patanjali uses but does not explain. The commentaries to the Sutras are not that of Sri Patanjali himself. On my understanding of the Sutra the joining seems to be that of the body and the mind. With breath being the connecting agent. Therefore the three components of Yoga are the body, the breath and the mind. We have heard the famous quotes, "Emotion is created by motion", "Physiology is psychology" - all these seem to follow from Yuj or Yoga.
The second Sutra reads in Sanskrit: Yogash chitta-vritti nirodhah
In English: Yogash - Yoga is
Chitta - field of consciousness
Vritti - the wandering mind
Nirodhah - cessation
Yoga is the cessation of the wandering mind to liberate the field of consciousness from its limiting patterns.
Therefore the end goal of Yoga is the mind and the cessation of thoughts that corrupt the pure field of consciousness, and the means goals are bodily exercises and breath as mentioned in the other Sutras. Meditation is the end goal and the bodily exercises (asanas) and breathing exercises (pranayama) prepare us for the end goal. Thus, just meditation is not Yoga, neither is just asana or pranayama or any of the two. Though in Sutra 19 chapter 1 Patanjali does say that some lucky ones are born in the state of Yoga and do not need to either practice or discipline themselves.
Sutra 1.3 in Sanskrit: Tada Drastuh Swarupe Avasthanam
Tada: So that - cessation of thoughts is accomplished so that
Drastuh: The perceiver, one who is in the state of Yoga
Swarupe: In their purest form, in their pure Self
Avasthanam - established
Cessation of thought processes is Yoga, so that the perceiver in full awareness is established in their purest form - Self. It ceases all evolutionary and life conditioning so that there is only pure Self - as IS.
Now that we have a definition of Yoga, we can understand all literature and observable Yoga phenomena from the perspective of the Master (Patanjali) himself. Any other interpretation is colored as it inserts words into the Sutras that Patanjali himself has not written. Later interpretations have done justice to their own schools of thought, but not to the originator. The originator was only interested in defining Yoga.
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10 Things to Love About Yoga in the Winter
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Deborah BernsteinDo the long, dark winter months have an affect on your well being? Do you find yourself feeling depleted and in search of opportunities to hibernate? Be aware of what your body is asking for - it usually has a good reason, and often it is wise to listen to it.
At times the best way to serve ourselves is to talk a lesson from the bears and hibernate. Try it for a day. Forgive yourself not being "productive". Interesting the next time you call on yourself to be productive, you may be a whole lot sharper after having given your body a rest.
And while you're raising your awareness about your body's winter needs, here are some fun reminders of why our yoga practice can be special and unique in the winter.
10 Things to Love about Yoga in the Winter
1) Not having to wake up quite so early to do your practice while the sun is rising.
2) More time to attend workshops on the weekends when it's not competing with yard work (understandably, gardening IS yoga for many of us...but not so much for me)
3) How well our twisting postures prepare us for shoveling.
4) A warm toasty studio or meditation spot on an icy cold day.
5) That yoga allows us to practice impermanence. That all sensations (in this case, cold ones) pass (unless you live on the North Pole).
6) Snow cancellations give us "extra" time that we can use to practice, read, meditate.
7) A meditation walking through a snow storm and listening to the sounds (a kind of buffered quiet I've never heard elsewhere)
8) Bundling up in blankets for savasana.
9) Heating up your body all on your own through a vigorous practice.
10) More opportunities to stay indoors and develop a home practice.
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Yoga Postures For Eating Disorders
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Orit MorseYoga postures may help prevent and overcome the problem of eating disorders. There are different forms of eating disorders affecting over 10 million women and a million men and most of them are teens. The common and widespread eating disorders are represented by anorexia and bulimia.
The factors that are associated with these types of disorders have been recently recognized as only mental factors, which were earlier thought to be responsible for these conditions. Eating disorders are complex and chronic illnesses that are caused by social, biological, psychological, and behavioral items.
A calm and focused mind has an improved possibility of reducing the destructive effects of eating disorders. It is also proved that yoga will reduce depression and restore a state of balance and well-being.
Increase the Levels of Self Esteem by Using Yoga Postures
Various yoga postures will help to promote heightened levels of self-esteem and encourage a positive view of your body. However, this is a crucial factor in eating disorders and has been shown to radically increase recovery and healing.
Yoga establishes a strong relationship between the mind and the body, allowing these two elements to work mutually in order to decrease any negative effects.
Regular yoga practices increase the overall fitness of the body by providing a good chance of combating against illnesses such as anorexia, which affects the energy levels of the body, reduces the bone density, and creating negative effects.
The system of yoga categorizes eating disorders as illnesses related to the primary chakra and there are various poses such as crab, full wind, pigeon, locust, staff can be used to balance it.
Using grounding postures such as goddess, standing squat, mountain and prayer squat can increase strengths and courage.
The yoga postures restore the strong mind-body connections and also conquer most physical problems. The depression can reduce by using back bending postures and forward bend postures generally reduce the anorexia effects and tranquil the spirit.
As the mental factor plays a significant role in eating disorders, yoga postures such as meditation helps to reduce destructive thoughts and feelings. An energetic, particularly targeted meditation and yoga postures will be very effective.
Less obvious outcomes can also be obtained with the usage of a general meditation technique.
The yoga postures work better if the exterior elements are left aside and the meditation focuses on inner characteristics of you.
Paying a special attention towards breathing and inner feelings will provide a condition of calmness and increased awareness. This new condition allows you to further discover new concepts, which will facilitate you to accomplish the goals that were problematic in the past.
Being aware of the eating disorder problem and having a stable and powerful desire to overcome that problem is a great method of reducing the bulimia and anorexia effects. And an early implementation of yoga techniques can make the patient to get more awareness regarding the problem.
However, these yoga postures are typically used in the recovery stages of the problem. Most of the anorexics or bulimics go through a strong rejection stage, which intensifies their disorder condition all the more. Yoga postures works best in preventing the problem, when the negative effects are low and easier to eradicate.
Orit is a psychotherpist with over 22 years of counseling experience currently focusing on recovery from eating disorders. Orit has completed an M.A. degree in Counselling Psychology at the Adler School of Professional Psychology. She is a member in good standing with the Academy of Eating Disorders (AED) and the North American Society of Adlerian Psychology (NASAP) as well as a Certified Clinical Member of the Ontario Association of Consultants, Counsellors, Psychometrists and Psychotherapists. (OACCPP). She was a student of psychodrama as well as other body-oriented therapies.
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Peaceful Kids - The Effect of Children's Yoga
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Steve D EvansYoga for Children is great, the combination of special yoga moves, breathing exercises and relaxations will energize, strengthen, loosen and balance little bodies, while helping to calm and control and relax little minds. Regular attendance provides a wonderful opportunity for the child to learn life skills that can be incorporated into their daily routine.
The skills they improve take place across a very wide range they are all useful and almost all are uniquely well taught within yoga, from breathing and relaxation techniques, helping the child to focus, concentrate or be calm, and this extends into postures that will help their endurance, flexibility, balance and coordination.
Yoga for children is most successful if the children are encouraged to use their imagination. A dynamic, creative and stimulating approach grabs the children's attention.
Kids get to prowl, growl and wiggle through yoga animal poses from Alligator to Zebra! Certified children's yoga instructors are available, and they are well able to introduce stretching, breathing, standing poses and simple meditation to their young pupils.
Kids yoga also provides away into the psyche of children who are harder to reach and may not respond well to less physically based tuition, although we do apply our creed which states that every child has an good heart down inside them. There is a great capability within yoga to allow a child to deal with daily stress, and this speaks very deeply to them. Kids need a way to manage all of their stress and anxiety and yoga definitely helps in buckets with that. It is not healthy for a child to feel so much anxiety over any given situation and thank heavens for yoga to be able to match the challenge.
Yoga for children is certainly one way to ensure that our children grow up healthy and happy.
There many schools of yoga. For example, the principles Yama and Niyama reinforce the universal values such as Truth, Non-violence, Cleanliness and contentment. The Asanas help a growing child develop physically, emotionally and psychologically.
Yoga for children comprises of dynamic movements, postures, breathing exercises and meditations and many more. Is it any surprise that the easy and simple stages of yoga tuition for children has proved to help the attention-deficit and hyperactive child far more than you would expect.. At its best yoga for children employs varied imaginative exercises, games, stretches, relaxation and breathing techniques to enable your children to become more confident and more aware of themselves and their bodies.
Through Yoga they are also encouraged to think in a caring, sharing way about each other and the world around them.
Yoga for children should always be at its simplest level a safe, fun and easy stretching class using the principles of yoga. Each class teaches the participants about the benefits of physical activity, how the body functions and the importance of posture and balance.
Children could start learning yoga from the age of five. Initially, it could be a session of fifteen to twenty minutes that could be gradually increased to thirty minutes for older children. Children who bring their own model tractor for the tractor parade will receive free admission to the museum. Children's yoga however do give a thought to whether yoga may not be suitable for your child if it suffers from physical illnesses or physical defects.
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Does Standing on Your Head Really Improve Your Health?
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Lisa LouPracticed in India for over 5000 years, yoga is credited with enhancing calmness, mental clarity, and general well-being. Styles of yoga include Hatha, Bikram, Iyengar, Kripalu, Kundalini, and Ashtanga, among many others. While the styles differ in emphasis and the rigor of the practices, most combine some form of breathing technique, physical postures, and meditation or relaxation.
Yoga has become increasingly popular in many parts of the world as an element of a healthy lifestyle. Recent studies by medical researchers suggest that yoga also has value in treating certain chronic medical conditions. Researchers are studying the role of yoga in the treatment of asthma, chronic low back pain, allergies, insomnia, fatigue, depression, multiple sclerosis, digestive disorders, cancer, and anxiety. Meditation, an essential part of most yoga practices, appears to slow age-related mental decline.
While all yoga's health benefits have not been proven, it is clear that the practice of yoga can:
- Improve mood and sense of well-being;
- Counteract stress;
- Reduce heart rate and blood pressure;
- Increase lung capacity;
- Improve muscle relaxation;
- Improve overall physical fitness, strength, and flexibility; and
- Have a positive effect on levels of certain blood and/or brain chemicals.
Different yoga postures, or asanas, have different effects on the body and mind. Some are energizing, while others are relaxing. Some asanas relieve back strain, while others are good for digestion. Restorative yoga is more directly therapeutic and aims to restore function after an injury or illness.
Risks of injury from yoga are minimal, but people with medical conditions should steer away from certain postures. For example, shoulder stands and headstands can exacerbate neck injuries. People with detached retinas or who have had recent cataract surgery should not do inverted postures, in which the head moves below the heart, putting pressure on the eyes. The asanas that benefit pregnant women change with the trimester. People with serious medical conditions should consult with their medical providers before starting yoga.
Yoga is easily adapted to the individual. Some yoga classes focus on specific conditions or stages of life. Many yoga teachers offer private sessions and can design yoga practices to meet personal needs. More and more physicians understand the value of yoga in overall health and support integrating yoga into a treatment plan.
Yoga can be practiced at home and in classes. Most urban areas have yoga classes in private studios, medical centers, gyms, community centers, or adult education programs. Costs vary according to the settings. CD's are readily available for home practice. Opportunities for practicing yoga abound and the benefits can be truly life-enhancing.
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Yoga and Weight Loss - Another Perspective
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Lynn K. AlexYoga can be used as a source of exercise, a stress reliever, or both. It is ideal for people that want to become both physically and mentally fit. Yoga and weight loss go hand in hand; yoga can offer benefits that cannot be found in any other exercise: the ability to spiritually connect the mind and body. This connection can move mountains in achieving weight loss because the two parts work as a whole when trying to get thinner.
Although yoga is not a high cardiovascular exercise, some types of yoga such as Hot Yoga and Power Yoga are great to improve your body shape and tone muscles. Hot yoga is a normal yoga session in a hot room. By the end of the workout, you will be sweating a lot, and this releases toxins and poisons from your system that can be a contributing factor in not losing weight.
Releasing these toxins helps to speed up weight loss. Power yoga gets you to hold the yoga poses for several minutes. This helps develop your body muscles and strengthens the will power.
Yoga is a great way to relieve stress and anxiety, which in turn reduces your amount of food intake. You will no longer have as many panic trips to the refrigerator in need of comfort food.
These exercises help you clear your mind and you are in a better position to make rational food choices. You will experience greater confidence in yourself, and a better sense of self. Your emotions will be more stabilized, and you can make logical long-term weight loss goals for yourself.
You can enjoy yoga with your family and friends, or do it completely on your own. You can choose to do it in the privacy of your own home, or at a public yoga center. The choice is completely yours. You can see that yoga and weight loss go well together, and the benefits of doing both together are terrific. You are getting set up for a thinner body, a more relaxed attitude, and better control over your day to day life.
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Your New Yoga Trainer - Wii Fit
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Johnny MoonI used to live in New York City and I used to go to some great local yoga classes that were included with my gym membership. I grew to really love yoga. Not only did it help me to achieve a very high level of fitness, it also became something that I really enjoyed doing.
But then I moved out to "the country" and there's no yoga classes to go to here. I tried using some Yoga DVDs as a replacement but I didn't find them very appealing as they lacked the interactivity that I was looking for.
When I heard that the Wii Fit game included yoga training I figured I absolutely had to try it out. Of course I went everywhere looking for a Wii Fit game for my Wii system and I couldn't find it anywhere. I was about to give up when I realized that I could probably buy it online which of course I could so I bought it online and started using it a few weeks ago.
Wii Fit doesn't have just yoga, it also has strength training, aerobics, and balance games and I use all of those as well but of course it's the yoga training that I'm most interested in. I've been using it every day since I got it for at least 30 minutes. I actually find it almost addictive. It's a great challenge to try to perfect my pose (and my balance) for each of the yoga poses (and there's every yoga pose I've ever heard of included.) The game keeps track of how balanced I am for each pose which adds a nice bit of interactivity that was missing from the DVDs.
It's definitely been a great thing to be able to do yoga again. Not only am I enjoying it a lot but I'm also seeing great results physically. On top of that I've realized that it's actually far less expensive than a gym membership or paying for yoga classes. With this you just buy the game once and you can use it as much as you want forever.
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Yoga For Kids Presents the Key to a Futuristically Brighter Society In General
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Dee Marie BoulderThis article has been written due to comprehensive case study. As a mother and professional in the field of Yoga, I'm confident it will help you understand this important subject.
Yoga for kids is generally considered not an educational formula but rather a way of showing children ways to cope with stress. In Eastern countries such as India, children receive yoga classes at very small ages, but in the West, parents make the choice whether to train their kids or not. The very good part about it results from the possibility of the children to develop self-awareness and spirituality more quickly and better than a grown-up. Yoga for kids teaches body and mind control as well as it helps create good behavioral patterns. It can be shown that yoga training does effectively decrease bullying and increase anger management for 4th and 5th grade students with whom I have personally worked. The rationale for this hypothesis was based on the first vow of raja yoga, ahimsa, that one vows to be non-violent to self and others.
Presently, some schools include kids yoga as an additional curricular activities, but most of the time classes are independent. Just like dance and karate courses, kids yoga can be easily squeezed in the child's daily program. Therapeutic studies indicate that yoga has had very good results in the case of hyperactivity or deficit disorder cases. Since with these disorders, kids constantly crave movement, kids yoga helps to the channeling of these impulses in non-destructive ways. Self-confidence, balance and calm are the great benefits to result from yoga-for-kids programs. The children learn yoga philosophy, practice yoga postures, learn breathing and concentration techniques, as well as, traditional conflict resolution strategies and dialogues.
Moreover, since yoga classes involve working in a community, children develop team skills while working to get in the poses. The anatomical flexibility specific to young age makes postures a lot easier to perform; adults on the other hand have to work a lot more to reach the mobility level necessary to practice yoga. Although the physical part is not that challenging, a major obstacle comes from meditation and relaxation, particularly because kids enter such states more difficultly. Therefore, visualization proves the best way of helping young and grown up yoga trainees get into the relaxed state of mind.
The names of the postures in kids yoga classes allow children to learn them more easily. Thus, instead of performing asanas they will make a bridge, a mountain, a cat, a dog or a cobra, to name only a few. Moreover, trainers never push the practice of kids yoga to the limit of pain, as the activity wouldn't be that attractive with an extra pressure.
A comprehensive yoga program can greatly reduce violence and bullying, but, the long term lasting effects are still unclear but should be obvious at this point. The results of this intervention acknowledge yoga as an effective method for increasing anger management skills and decreasing physical outbursts of violence for upper elementary school age children during the time of implementation of a competently applied program.
This article was written to provide you with knowledge about the subject of why Yoga for Kids is so important in today's world. I appreciate you taking your time to read it. Visit my site to see focused kids and proven results.
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How to Find a Good Prenatal Yoga DVD
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Jill BorashFinding a good prenatal yoga DVD that is safe for you and your baby can be challenging. There are many DVDs out there that can help you keep fit and healthy during this time so how do you find one that works for you and fits your lifestyle? Here are a few things to look for that can help.
Make sure that you are only looking at prenatal yoga DVDs. Other yoga DVDs offer great exercises but there are exercises on those DVDs that are not safe during pregnancy. There are several different yoga poses that could potentially hurt you or your baby. A good prenatal yoga DVD will be sure to stay away from those poses and will even offer modifications for poses that may become more difficult later in your pregnancy. It is better to be safe and underdo your exercise routine during pregnancy than to overdo it.
Look for reviews of the prenatal yoga DVD that you are looking at. Amazon.com is always a good place to find product reviews. This will help you get an idea of what other expectant mothers thought of the DVD and how it worked out for them. It can also help give you a better idea of the content of the DVD and if it is appropriate for you. If you have practiced yoga before your pregnancy, there may be a prenatal yoga DVD that is more appropriate for you than if you have never practiced yoga before. Getting a DVD that is appropriate for your comfort level is important and reviews from others can often help you in this area.
Do some research on the company that produced the prenatal yoga DVD and the instructor for it. There are several different forms of yoga and they all have a somewhat different format.
Researching the company that produced the DVD and more importantly, the instructor who is teaching on it will help you understand the type of yoga being taught. That can help you make a decision about whether or not the DVD will work for you. Some forms of yoga incorporate more a spiritual component than others and it is helpful to know that before you buy a DVD.
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Yoga - Where Do You Begin?
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Martin Miller-YianniYoga is something that has been around for as long as I can remember. It is something that has never really gone out of fashion, so why take it up? Many claim it will change your life and help bring balance to your body, spirit, and mind. Well, with claims like that is no wonder that many want to get started. But where do you begin?
The Internet is probably the best place to start. There are hundreds of sites on yoga, many offering excellent advice on yoga for beginners all for free.
Chat rooms, online forums and chat lines are also a great help for beginners who may meet other people asking the same questions as you. Also the Internet is also a great place to purchase yoga equipment. It is often much cheaper than high street stores and of course no hassle with crowds of shoppers or travelling miles to specialist stores. You will probably need a yoga mat and a yoga ball to start out with and later on further resources such as blankets, slings and blocks to assist with different yoga postures.
Books are another excellent resource to draw upon as a beginner, again use online bookstores to buy. There several good books about yoga specifically targeted to helping beginners get started with their yoga. If you are very keen you may want to buy your books, but why not pop down to your local library to borrow initially before buying. They will probably have a few DVDs that guide you through the initial postures and steps of yoga. Then is you like them you can then buy them.
A good book will give lots of diagrams and pictures giving you easily understood written descriptions of different postures. Good books can also give advice on meditation and breathing techniques.
There is a limit to the Internet bookstores they only go so far. If you really want to learn the yoga for real you should join classes. There are Yoga centre all around the country, there is bound to be one near you. Check out your local phone directory or local sports centre that should have details of Yoga clubs locally. You might also ask your local GP or hospital as yoga classes is often offered as part of their medical care.
There aren't many things that relax you and give you the benefits of mental therapy as yoga, which is why it has and continues to be as popular as it ever was.
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Yoga Breathing Can Beat The Blues!
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Meera Patricia KerrHave you ever noticed when you're nervous about something, your breath almost comes to a stop? Just when you need that beautiful oxygen the most, you give yourself the least. Yoga deep breathing can help you get more conscious of this habit, and help you relieve stress in the process
A technique called Deegha Swaasam, or the simple three part breath, can renew your oxygen levels, and at the same time, fill up your pranic bank account. Prana is the life force in the body.
We get it from the food we eat, the water we drink, and the air we breathe. Although the word "prana" comes from the ancient Sanskrit, it is also known as "chi" in the far east, "ki" in Hawaii, and of course, Yoda called it "the force"! There are many ways to lose this prana, through worry, frustration, anger, and anxiety, but fortunately, this breathing technique can help calm you down, and fill you up with energy.
To begin, breathe into the belly, allowing it to expand. Don't lift your shoulders or suck in your stomach on the inhale. This is one time you can let it all hang out. Then begin to let the air out, and at the end of the exhale, draw your belly in toward the spine just a little. Automatically, the breath will want to rush in again. Do a few repetitions of this belly breath, then increase the breath to fill up the rib cage area. First the belly expands, then the rib cage. Exhale from the rib cage, then the belly. After a few rounds of this two part breath, try filling the lungs up all the way, bottom to top. When the lungs are fully expanded, the collar bones will rise slightly. Relax the shoulders down, and begin to exhale from the top of the lungs, down through the rib cage area, and finally empty the belly of air. You're now doing the full three part breath. Continue for a few minutes. If you start to get dizzy, stop and try again later. When you've done several rounds of Deergha Swaasam, bring the breath back to normal and sit quietly and experience what just happened to your energy levels. I think you'll enjoy the results.
Meera Patricia Kerr, B.A., R.Y.T., is founder of Big Yoga Media, a company devoted to bringing the health-affirming practices of classical yoga to those who may not have tried yoga because of their weight, age, lack of flexibility or injuries. Her original DVD, Big Yoga Hatha One, was described as "envigorating and restorative" by Dr. Dean Ornish, author of several books on using yoga to combat heart disease, and a best seller, "Eat More, Weigh Less". Meera is currently working on a series of new DVDs, including "Flex-Ability". The Big Yoga book is scheduled for publication in April 2009 with Square One Publishers. She is also an accomplished musician, having recorded original songs for RCA, and for TV and film.
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Yoga For Runners - The New Big Thing
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Ellen TayanaYoga is nothing new.
This special system of physical breathing and posture techniques has been benefited from for over one century. It is so popular among people of all ages all over the world mainly because it addresses problems before they get worse.
From the classical system there has developed a new trend, yoga for runners, most raved nowadays, a system that combines two somewhat opposite techniques that are mutually complementing.
Meant to enhance the general well-being of the individual, yoga for runners promotes certain techniques to improve your running abilities. It is a combination of running and stretching pushed to the extreme and requires flexibility, agility and, of course, a lot of practice.
Let us have a course of an average mile as an example. During this, your feet will make about one thousand strikes on the ground. The impact exerted by each foot is three times your weight, sometimes four. Thus, it is natural that most runners complain about knee, back, thigh and foot problems. Imbalances from running cause a lot of problems to those who practice it but yoga for runners comes to rescue.
Yoga for runners brings your body into balance
Yoga for runners has been created to specifically deal with problems arousing during running. With the help of these techniques, you will be able to run for years without feeling any pain attacks; your body will be brought into a state of good balance due to these techniques and your properly prepared muscles will act as shock absorbers while you are practicing. If your muscles are soft and provide the right flexibility, they will encourage free movement and protect your whole body from injury. Yoga for runners helps your body function better as a whole and connects it to your mind. Thus, your running results will painlessly exceed your former performance and the benefits of running will be more visible than ever.
The benefits of yoga for runners
Yoga for runners has been proved to counteract the strains of running. It also boosts the body wisdom and confidence. If you understand your body better, you will gain one important advantage: the ability to instantly listen and respond to your body messages sent to you.
Knowing how your body works and functions will allow you to communicate with your body better and this aspect is very important. Also, through yoga for runners, your body sends off a big amount of endorphins - the chemicals responsible for optimizing the natural painkillers in your body - thus preventing injury and illness.
To conclude:
Yoga for runners is what builds up your body strength and helps conserving your energy while you are doing the running routine. In this way, the effects of running will be more beneficial to the general health and less dangerous in the long run.
Runner's Yoga is a Total Mind-Body Workout you can do on your own ... almost anywhere ... in just 30 minutes! Why don't you
give it a try?! Good luck!
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Yoga, Health, and Wellness
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Pedro DanielAncient, fascinating and sometimes mysterious, this ancient science originated in India at the dawn of our civilization and is indeed a precious treasure for our physical and mental health. Although it is often described as an alternative health branch, Yoga is a science in itself with complexities that only the very advanced teachers can explain clearly. Although there are true masters in the West, born and educated in India, they have had the wisdom to develop a kind of "yoga for Westerners" that can be adapted perfectly to our lifestyle, our food, sexuality, temperament and social life.
All those who practice this discipline can assure you, that if you practice with a qualified teacher, you'll start to notice very nice changes in your life, not only physical but also on mental level too. Wherever you live there are schools of yoga and the prices are always very accessible.
The other advantage is that it is suitable for people of all ages, and there are different practices and special yoga routines for hypertension, hypotension, stress, depression, obesity, and so on. Although there are many variations and schools of yoga, the most famous in the West is called hatha yoga, which is mainly based on physical postures called "asanas". Every yoga asana or posture affects one or more organs, endocrine glands and muscle groups, making a very effective job of harmonization that prevents and relieves many physical ailments.
Each session ends with a profound relaxation that provides a neuromuscular rest, much deeper than the sleep that harmoniously distribute the flow energy mobilized during the session. For more advanced practitioners there are also concentration and meditation exercises, but the mere practice of the asanas is a dynamic meditation, because the practitioner must keep the mind focused on the specific body posture and breathing. This science is also based on a very complex system of energy centers called chakras, but this is something that we will develop in future deliveries. There are many websites that can give you a lot of information for free, so you can begin this way improving your life and knowledge with hatha yoga.
The author is the owner and CEO of an
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Basics of Yoga Sitting Postures With Their Benefits
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Michael J BThis article will try to explain you and help you learn the basics of Yoga Sitting Postures along with the major benefits.
JANU SIRSASANA: Correct foot placement
Sit up straight with legs evenly extended in front. Bend the right leg at the knee and place the foot so that the heel is in the right groin and the front of the foot touches the left thigh. Turn the foot so that the bottom of the foot is facing upward and press the knee back to form an obtuse angle with the body. This position will be difficult at first; don't force it. Put a folded blanket under the knee and also under the hips. Gradually the knee will move farther back. Just keep the foot correctly positioned.
JANU SIRSASANA: Correct, perfect posture
Having positioned the foot and knee correctly, stretch the left leg out, keeping the leg firmly on the mat. Settle the heel firmly and stretch the toes up. (The heel should pull gently away from the ankle.) Now inhale and bend forward over the straight leg, catching the foot with both hands if possible. Beginners should bend only as far as they can without rounding the back. When this posture is done correctly and completely, the body will roll forward over the extended leg, absolutely flat from the tail bone to the head. Stay there breathing normally for as long as you can. Inhale, release the handhold, come up smoothly, straighten the bent leg and relax. Repeat on other side.
JANU SIRSASANA: Wrong posture
The heel is not positioned against its own thigh. The knee has not been pushed back as far as possible to form an obtuse angle. The back is humped and curved because the pelvis is jammed and unable to lift properly. Instead of a smooth, complete stretching of the spine, the lumbar is over-stretched and the rest of the spine constricted. The left leg is not flat on the floor.
TRIANG MUKHAIPADA PASCHIMOTTANASANA: Sitting, forward-bending pose over one leg
This posture generally follows the previous one. Sit with your legs stretched in front. Bend the right leg so that the right foot is near the right hip. The toes should point back. The right calf presses against the right thigh. The body will tilt in this position so put a small folded towel under the left buttock to keep the hips level and the forward stretch even and extended. Hold the left foot with both hands, inhale and bend forward, keeping both knees together as you stretch forward over the straight leg. Many students will find it difficult in this position to even take hold of the foot of the outstretched leg. Do not despair. Just hold the knee, shin or ankle, and sit, breathing deeply, in whichever position represents your best extension. If the back is tight and the spine inflexible, this will take time. Release the hold and straighten the bent leg. Repeat on the other side.
Michael is a entrepreneur, health and yoga consultant since last 15 years. Visit his blog
A Kingdom To Be for useful information.
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