Hatha Yoga for Beginners: Discover Peace of Mind

Each of the following fours subjects we discuss can cause us damage to our mental and physical state of health. Let’s determine what we can do and if they are real. In each case, Yoga can give you inner strength to deal with these troubles.

Yoga And Sex: Kundalini Yoga Favors Sexual Energy For Mental Strength

While most of the religious practices prefer ascetism and sexual abstinence as a way to uplift soul, Kundalini yoga considers carnal indulgence as a medium to increase self exploration. This practice of yoga lays great emphasis on leading a healthy sexual life. Kundalini yoga suggests to “feel sex” instead of “merely performing sex.”

Yoga Meditation 101: Breath Awareness and Posture

What do you think of when you hear about Yoga meditation? Do you picture a Yoga teacher, Guru, mystic, monk, or priest, guiding a group through meditation? Are you a bit confused about the whole process of Yoga meditation? Let’s look at one of the many types of Yoga meditation and the benefits of daily practice.

Hatha Yoga Certification Home Study Courses

What should you be looking for in a home study course designed for Hatha Yoga instructors? What material should a Hatha Yoga home study course contain? Will there be Yoga certification videos or DVD’s. Should the whole Yoga instructor’s training course be designed for online learning?

Yoga Invigorates Your Sex Life

Yoga has proved it's efficacy in almost all aspects of health. Sexual health also happens to be an essential aspect of being healthy. Sexual philosophy advocated by Yoga says that for getting sexual pleasure your mind and body should remain in a rejuvenated state and this rejuvenation could be only brought about by various yoga practices.

Teaching Hatha Yoga: Prana and Pranayama

Prana, which is also known as vital energy, is in the air, our bodies, and objects around us. One of my students remarked that Prana could not be in his Yoga mat, since it was an inanimate object. After all, his Yoga mat was not a living being, so how could it contain Prana? How could ancient Yogis know of the existence of Prana about 5,000 years ago? We cannot visibly see vital energy?

Yoga Positions – Positioning Yourself For Health

Yoga – the ancient art of breathing and stretching – has long been favored as a natural way to achieve optimal fitness and ward off stress. Today, more and more people are turning to yoga to help them achieve what traditional exercise has not – a mind/body connection that offers a greater level of health and inner peace.

Teaching Hatha Yoga: My Yoga Students Do Not Want to Meditate

There are many new and interesting ideas to develop the mind and body connection, but Yoga teachers should not be discouraged. When most of our Yoga students get a mind and body connection through asana practice, this is a small start for the evolution of Hatha Yoga in western culture.

Learning Yoga Techniques

Yoga is an ancient form of exercise wherein participants use certain postures in combination with dedicated breathing techniques to improve physical and emotional health. Unlike many other forms of exercise, yoga connects mind and body in a journey towards overall health. There are many forms of yoga techniques in practice today. Deciding what technique works best for you is a very personal choice.

Yoga: Three Reasons You Should Not Do Yoga Posture - Warrior III

The Warrior III posture tones and invigorates the whole body. The Warrior III is a posture that combines strength, balance and focus. It also brings harmony, poise and power. Once in the posture, the body extends flat, perpendicular to the standing leg and parallel to the floor. The balance of the Warrior III comes from the strength of the standing leg and it is important to trust the power of that leg to take your weight. To keep the balance of this posture the brain has to be attentive and the mind alert.

What Is Yoga?

Yoga is the best means of achieving balance, mentally, physically and spiritually and it is a discipline, which has been around for thousands of years. It is made up of six branches, each one designed to suit a particular personality.

Teaching Hatha Yoga: Methods for Focus, Concentration, and Tranquility

When I was giving a motivational talk about Yoga, one gentleman raised his hand and stated, “If Yoga really worked, all Yoga teachers would be immortal.”

Learning Yoga Postures For Increased Health And Vitality

In today's chaotic world, more and more people are turning to the practice of yoga to improve their physical wellness as well as increasing mental sharpness and emotional well being. Yoga – an exercise practice that establishes a strong mind/body connection – includes a variety of yoga postures to be learned.

Karma Yoga - The Yoga Of Selfless Service

Karma Yoga is the Yoga of achieving Liberation through the practice of selfless service to humanity. Karma Yoga is the consciousness, which enables the practitioner to act without the expectation of success or failure, without attachment to the fruits of his/her action.

A Beginner's Guide To Yoga Asanas

Asanas are very helpful in bringing rejuvenation to your body and mind. Asana happens to be one of the limbs of yoga practices. You learn tolerance, balance, patience and perseverance through yoga asana.