Yoga for Depression: Blame and Control

So, what did any of this have to do with Yoga? Yama and Niyama are the first two limbs of Yoga. The second Niyama is Santosha, also known as contentment.

10 Tips To Get The Most Out Of PreNatal Yoga

Prenatal yoga has a lot of advantages for women, and is a good way to strengthen the pelvic floor muscles. Here are ten tips to help tailor yoga and aqua yoga for pregnant women.

Five Keys Toward Detoxifying Your Body

Some of us may be harboring toxins and not even know it. That's why detoxifying yourself is a good idea. It can improve health and happiness.

Yoga: Three Reasons You Should Not Do Yoga Posture - The Pigeon

‘Eka’ means one, ‘Pada’ means foot, ‘Raja’ means king, and ‘Kapota’ means pigeon. In this posture the chest is pushed forward like that of a pigeon, hence the name given. The Pigeon is a superb advanced back bending posture in its complete form, demanding great flexibility in the entire length of the spine, as well as in the hips and shoulders. This intense backbend should only be attempted by very experienced practitioners.

Let's Take A Look At Some Of The More Common Branches Of Yoga

Yoga has been practiced for over two thousand years, so it's inevitable that over such a long period of time variations and divergences have occurred. Nowadays there are many different yoga practices and branches available to choose from.

Hatha Yoga Induces Spiritual Growth

The Hatha Yogi is a perfect scientist. He sees the body as the temple of God and wants to maintain it in a spic-and-span condition for the entry of God! What is Hatha Yoga? Most emphatically, its concern is mainly to tame the body for its onward spiritual growth.

Yoga Certification - The Beginning of a Yoga Teacher's Journey

Make a habit of writing in a journal, so that you can plan your Yoga teaching path. Pursue Yoga subjects that are directly related to your interests and the needs of your Yoga students. You must do both; the specific needs of your Yoga students take priority over your independent interests.

The Benefits of Practicing Yoga

Yoga is one of the most effective strategies to gain total control over the mind as well as the body of a person. Yoga is not a recently developed technique and the benefits of yoga have retained its popularity among people even now. The literature shows that yoga has a tradition of thousands of years, which was originally developed in India. Yoga can be compared with a holistic system of medicine as it focuses to attribute total control over the physical, mental and spiritual aspect of a person. However in the beginning stages, yoga was not recognized in the West as a potential system of therapy due to the suspicion about its efficiency. But the scene gradually changed as the scientific evidences supported the benefits of yoga.

Who Should Become a Yoga Teacher?

Consider this idea: If you know nothing about Yoga, but I know a little something - I can show you what little I know. This happens with any form of shared knowledge, and the person who knows a little more about Yoga, becomes a Yoga teacher.

Mind, Body, and Money: How to Reconcile Making Money In Your Spiritual Practice of a Yoga Studio

In the world of mind-body-spirit, we tend to have this paradoxical relationship with money. On the one hand, we sometimes want to think of the work we do as being above the materialism of money. Yet on the other hand, we all have bills to pay. How do we reconcile this apparent dilemma?

Yoga: Three Reasons You Should Not Do Yoga Posture - Lotus

Years of consistent effort may be needed to make this advanced posture feasible. In a Sanskrit language 'Padma' means 'Lotus' and in this posture the position of the legs look like a blooming lotus, hence the name. The position of the crossed legs and the erect back keeps the mind alert and attentive, which is why the Lotus posture has been given a great importance in yoga practice as it is best suited for concentration and meditation. The Lotus is a wonderful yoga posture but it is not practical for most Westerners as a meditative posture. It places a lot of stress on the knee and hip joints, and should be approached with caution, mostly by the novices.

Practice Yoga for Anger Management

Yoga helps develop awareness at all levels, and you must be able to identify the “triggers” to losing self-control. This technique cannot prepare you for every situation in life, but it can help you with knowing the source of your problems.

Yoga: Three Reasons You Should Not Do Yoga Posture - Monkey Pose (the Split)

Hanumanasana is dedicated to Hanuman, a powerful monkey-faced God from India's great epic, the 'Ramayana' and his famous leap across the sea from the southern tip of India to the island of Sri Lanka to rescue Sita, the Rama’s wife. Hanuman is known for his devotion to Lord Rama, the seventh incarnation of Vishnu and this pose honors that devotion. Commonly referred to as the split, Hanumanasana, is one of the most challenging poses in Hatha yoga practice, because it demands two seemingly opposite actions in the pelvis.

Structural Integration

Structural Integration is probably not something a lot of people think about. However, thinking about it and participating in it can greatly enhance life and health.

Yoga: Three Reasons You Should Not Do Yoga Posture - Downward-Facing Dog

In its ideal form the Downward-Facing Dog assumes the shape of an upside-down V, resembling the shape of a dog when stretching after lying down, with only the hands and the feet touching the floor. It is one of the most essential postures in yoga practice, stretching and rejuvenating the entire body from the feet all the way up to the hips and down through the wrists and hands. Because the head is lower than the pelvis this pose is often classified as an inversion posture.