Yoga: Ancient Wisdom for Today's Health

We explore the relationship between body, mind and spirit as taught by hatha yoga. We relate the teaching to modern medical information.

Christian Meditation - The Yoga Alternative

Can Christian meditation be combined with Yoga, or is that a conflict of interests? This is the question Michael Hawkins asks in this article.

Yoga for Self-Confidence

How can Yoga help you to start living your own life, enable you to pursue your passions, and stop living for the approval of someone else's standards? How can Yoga help us discard feelings of guilt and self-doubt? How can Yoga help you to be pro-active about life, instead of waiting to solve problems when they surface? Let's look at these questions, and see how Yoga can help anyone establish self-confidence.

Yoga Teacher Training: Introduction to the Yogic Energy Body

The energy body (sukshma sharira), is often called the subtle, vital, or Pranic body. This is very often a mystery to many, and confusing to more, but let’s take a tour of the Yogic energy body and you will understand it much better.

Learn The History Of Yoga

Five thousand years of experience and experimentation lies behind what we today recognize as Yoga.

Yoga Teacher Training: The Spiritual Aspect of Yoga

How much of the spiritual aspect of Yoga should be incorporated into Yoga teacher training? Swami Vishnu Devananda, founder of the International Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Centers, believed that spiritual and physical aspects were the two most important, in relation to Hatha Yoga.

Beginning Yoga, Finding A Yoga Mat

You have decided to start yoga classes. Wherever you practice yoga, be that at home or at a yoga studio, there is one piece of yoga equipment you will need and that is a yoga mat.

The Super Divine Powers called Kundalini, Savitri and Gayatri Shakti

The investigation of Kundalini (Divine Serpent Power) commences with the discussion of the philosophy of Gayatri Mahaprajna. Fundamentally Gayatri worship is an experiment of religious ideology and divine sentiments. In it self-research is given chief importance and by generating devotion through meditation/ concentration, the Brahmic consciousness is brought closer and one’s psyche gets interwoven in it. Whether you throw a lighted matchstick on a pile of wood or you throw burning wood on petrol; both actions are identical. The only difference is that via self-surrender and by undergoing Advait (union with God) one quickly sees miraculous results.

Top Tips About Yoga And How To Get Started

Get started in yoga! Discover how to get started in this relaxing pass time today!

Yoga Can Help to Avoid Cancer

Cancer is the cause of twenty five percent of deaths in Western communities and there is a groundswell of evidence to show that a great deal can be done to prevent cancer by adopting and practising the living of a stress-free life. But how? Let Sally Janssen, a leading teacher of stress management through meditation, explain how Yoga can help.

Why Yoga Exercises Are Different From Other Forms Of Exercise

In need of exercise? If you are thinking of taking up a form of exercise with the aim of making yourself look and feel much better you should give very serious thought to yoga exercises.

Pilates 101 – The Basics

A concept developed by Joseph Pilates, based on the idea of physical-mind methodology, his system of non-impact exercises are meant to develop ones strength, balance, flexibility and self-consciousness. It's a great fitness and is both enjoyable and healthy, let's look at the basics of Pilates.

Breath Awareness

The act of breathing is so natural we often take it for granted.

Are Yoga Balls Helpful for Doing Poses?

Well, exercise can be made more fun and challenging using a ball - and Yoga is no exception. Read up on this author's tips for doing exercises with a yoga ball today.

Like Yoga Diagrams, Pictures Say a Thousand Words

Would you go on a journey without a map? Well, a journey learning yoga is no exception. This author shares his views on printable yoga exercises as a means of enhancing one's knowledge of Yoga.