September 2, 2010
- Free Online Yoga
Tracy Renning asked: As the many benefits of Yoga are brought to light, it is becoming an increasingly sought after form of therapeutic exercise. Though it was once practiced only in India, it is now being introduced and embraced by millions of people all over the globe.This unique form of exercise has been around for [...]
September 1, 2010
- Yoga – The History Of Practice
Tracy Renning asked: There is no way to determine exactly when Yoga was first practiced. We do know its roots are steeped in the ancient Hindu culture, where it can be traced back at least 5,000 years.Some scholars believe Yoga was born out of Shamanism during the Stone Age. This belief is based on a [...]
August 28, 2010
- Signs of a Good Yoga Teacher
Laurie Desjardins asked: Yoga is an excellent way to combine exercise and meditation, as you’re learning to limber up both your body and mind. It also can be beneficial to join a class, so that you can have help with learning the more challenging poses. However, just like anything else, there are just as many [...]
August 26, 2010
- Private Yoga
Carol Wright asked: People of all shapes and sizes are trying to get their bodies in better shape. Some people turn to diet and aerobic or anaerobic exercise to help them tone their body and drop a few pounds. This can be hard on your body. More and more people are turning to yoga to [...]
August 24, 2010
- Yoga Strength and Stretch Class
T. T. Renning asked: Strength and stretch classes help in learning the basic concepts of muscle contraction. Many people use stretching as a warm up exercise or also for cool down. But, for serious practitioners, it is a complete workout in itself. For the aid of such people, there are strength and stretch classes. These [...]
August 23, 2010
- Yoga Equipment
Sun Vivi asked: Yoga is a gentle exercise that can help align the body, ease the mind, and restore a sense of balance and wholeness to your life. Best of all, unlike other forms of exercise like weight-lifting, yoga equipment is relatively simple and inexpensive.You don’t need special shoes as most people perform yoga barefoot. [...]
- Teaching Hatha Yoga – Physical Benefits of Yoga Practice
Paul Jerard asked: Although Hatha Yoga is much more than exercise, we can make factual comparisons, to other forms of physical exercise, to understand how this ancient practice manages to have such an enthusiastic following. On the physical level, the practice of Hatha Yoga can help a student develop strength, balance, flexibility, and cardio vascular [...]
August 21, 2010
- Teaching Yoga For Parkinson’s Disease
Paul Jerard asked: Parkinson’s disease affects motor and speech skills and is characterized by muscle rigidity and tremors. This degenerative disease is also chronic, meaning life long and progressively crippling.People with Parkinson’s disease appear stooped and move slowly as the disease progresses. Age is a factor, as is evidenced by a great deal of the [...]
- Yoga and Respecting the Nervous System
Aadil Palkhivala asked: The nervous system is our communicator with Spirit, our connection with the inner worlds, a gateway between the physical and spiritual. The nervous system is a transmitter as well as a receiver, an electrical system emitting powerful electromagnetic waves that connect and harmonize all aspects of our being.An agitated nervous system fails [...]
August 20, 2010
- What is Holy Yoga?
Christina J Mroz asked: Psalm 63 1,4: ‘God, you are my God and earnestly I seek you, So I will praise you as long as I live; at your name I will lift up my hands’Holy Yoga – or any form of Christian Yoga – is not a religion. Rather, it is a physical practice [...]
- Yoga Supplies – The Benefit Of Using Yoga Supplies
Bertil Hjert asked: Yoga supplies are very important when it comes to performing yoga and focusing on the right types of the postures and concentration.Yoga is a beneficial form of exercise that works towards providing amazing benefits of health. However, if one is not able to concentrate properly or gets distorted easily or get in [...]
August 19, 2010
- Understanding the Different Types of Yoga
Suzanne Morrison asked: Yoga is becoming a more and more popular activity in the Western world today. The number of places holding Yoga classes is on the increase and there is a plethora of different types of Yoga. With a choice of Hatha Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga, Power Yoga, Iyengar Yoga, Bikram Yoga, Vinyasa Yoga and [...]
- Starting Yoga – Why You May Want To Consider Yoga
Scott Hughes asked: Although most people have heard about Yoga, not so many know much about it. Many people just think of Yoga as flexibility training. Yoga is actually much more than that. It consists of all-around mind and body fitness training. Together your mind and body affect everything you do, so Yoga can help [...]
- Yoga – Overcoming Obstacles With Backbends
As we practice asanas with awareness, we not only feel better but we are also better able to feel–that is, we become more sensitive to everything in our lives. As our sensitivity deepens and widens, we begin to practice asanas in such a way that we are practicing the larger yoga: the discovery of our [...]
August 17, 2010
- Yoga Lower Back Stretches
Right Steps to avoid lower back pain.
Generally lower back stretches are said to be stretching exercises done for avoiding the threat of lower back pain. Lower back stretches are also advised to be done by the people who are actually suffering from the lower back pain. This advice is admissible only when it is [...] - The Magic of Yoga – Inspiration For Beginners
As you practice Yoga, you begin to notice changes in the way you react to events at work and situations at home. With aches and pains no longer nagging you, with your nervous system in a state of calmness, and with your mind not congested with frantic thoughts, you find that you are able to [...]
August 15, 2010
- Cotton Yoga Mat and Yoga
During a yoga session, complete relaxation and proper concentration are essential, and how could one get connected to the higher realms of consciousness if body discomfort is disturbing? The choice of the wrong yoga mat can often ruin the practitioner’s efforts to achieve some form of mental relief by the asanas. A cotton yoga mat [...]
August 14, 2010
- Best Yoga Mat – Choose The Yoga Mat That Would Suit You
The best yoga mat for you will depend on what types of yoga you practise. Different types of yoga have different requirements and this is reflected in the type of mat to use.
The Best Yoga Mat For Hatha Yoga
Hatha yoga practitioners generally prefer using sticky yoga mats. The sticky mats will help with [...]
August 13, 2010
- California Yoga Certification
California is a wonderful place for yoga certification. It’s laid back and health-conscious nature makes for very profitable yoga instructors. If you are interested in cashing in on the west coast mind-set, consider getting your California yoga certification. With the right certification class, you’ll be spending time doing what you love while setting up your [...]
August 9, 2010
- The Truth About Christian Yoga
As Yoga has grown, outside of India, so have the many contemporary styles. Among the contemporary styles is Christian Yoga. Just mentioning the words, Christian and Yoga in the same phrase, could start a controversy, depending upon who is listening.
Some fundamentalist Christians will state that Yoga and meditation are evil. To go a bit [...]
