Archive for the 'Yoga' Category

Handstands - Pulling Up From a Forward Bend

Pulling up to a Handstand can be easier that jumping up to a handstand because we can use our hands to feel our center and keep it over our hands from the get go. In this article we look at pulling up into a handstand and the key elements involved in doing so. While it does help to have some flexibility, you may find that you can still lift up if you have some shoulder strength and ab control. Perhaps the most important thing is being able to use your hands to feel where your center is so that you can stay balanced.

Handstands - Jumping Up From Downward Dog

This article looks at the key elements of jumping up to handstand from downwards facing dog. This can be a challenging, since while we are jumping it is a bit more difficult to control our body. This article looks at the elements that we need to focus on to make doing this movement as easy as possible.

Relax Yourself by Taking Yoga

Think about how much better you feel after you have taken a deep breath during a busy day and calmed yourself down for just a moment. That feeling of relief can be wonderful for reducing stress during the day and for getting that moment to simply regroup and focus on what is important to you. Yoga can be the method you can use to achieve this feeling of deep relaxation each day to calm you down and have a more productive day to follow.

Information About Yoga

Yoga, a word that had budded from the Sanskrit word, “Yuj” meaning to join, is an ancient form of meditation-like practices that unites oneself with the universal spirit. Believed to be born in India over 26,000 years ago, individuals have since been partaking in this beneficial mental and physical exercise. There are currently over 11 million people who practice yoga today.

How to Choose a Hatha Yoga Teacher Training Program

With so many choices for hatha yoga teaching courses, it can be difficult to decide upon a yoga certification program for enrollment. This article gives tips and advice to help prospective hatha yoga teachers choose a yoga school for their teacher training.

Have You Been to the Edmonton Yoga Loft?

The Edmonton Yoga Loft is one of the most popular yoga studios in Edmonton. I have a full review on why I think it deserves the high ranking that it has received. Find out more.

How the Diverse Practices of Yoga Can Benefit You

Those who have tried yoga and discovered it’s incredible healing, calming and anxiety-reducing benefits can tell you from experience how therapeutic it can be. Many try yoga and never go back to traditional exercise, because they find they can get just as good a workout through the various yoga practices, as well as simultaneously improve their flexibility. Read on for the diverse yoga practices, and how they can impart peace, flexibility and physical fitness into your life.

The Concept of Yoga

In the west more and more schools teaching yoga and pranayam are coming up everywhere and people are taking to this hindu philosophy based practice that aims at balancing the body and mind in harmony as well as elevating the consciousness to a higher spiritual awareness. Yoga consists of breathing techniques, body postures both, sitting and standing postures combined with few cleansing rituals.

The Yoga System

Hindu Culture has given to the world the practice of yoga which works to balance and create harmony with body control and mind control thereby seeks to take the practitioner to a higher consciousness. The system has been practiced in India for centuries together and times immemorial. The yoga system consists of breathing exercises that stills the mind and improves mind control, besides the asanas or exercises for the body parts coupled with meditation.

Yoga For a Pregnant Woman

We cannot overemphasize the delicate condition that most women experience during pregnancy. In fact, as a pregnant woman, you are encouraged to seek prenatal and postnatal care to make this difficult stage in your life more bearable. Health care providers encourage you to perform regular exercises that are suitable to your condition.