Yoga: One Reason You Should Not Do Yoga Posture – The Plank

The Plank posture is a good precursor to more challenging arm balances postures. In the Plank the body is in a straight line from the ears, through the shoulders and hips, to the heels. The body should not arch or sag. During performing this posture the abdominal muscles are kept lifted throughout. If your body starts to shake, release the posture, relax for a moment and start to hold the Plank again.

Why Should I Practice Yoga Postures

This article presents the principal health reasons for practicing yoga and explains how yoga postures help one's body and mind.

Bhakti Yoga, The Yoga of Love

Bhakti Yoga is the yoga of love, of blissfully loving the Divine and of achieving union with the Divine. It is the most direct way of achieving God Consciousness, because love is the strongest emotion and therefore the best motivation for doing what it takes to become conscious of being part of the Cosmic Consciousness.

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.

Understanding Yoga and Pranayama

Learn the 3000 year old Yogic traditions from India.

Yoga Instructor Certification Courses: How Important is a 200 Hour Certification for Yoga Teachers?

Are you looking for continuing education credits for the Yoga Alliance -The Yoga Register, British Wheel of Yoga, The International Yoga Federation, or another registry of Yoga teachers? Do you want to enhance your knowledge and teach Yoga to your friends?

Yoga For Cancer Afflicted Folks

Regular Yoga practices tend to increase tissues capacity to overcome inner damages. Once you get this increased ability of resilience through yoga, you are less likely to fall prey to cancer. By enhancing your body's overall capacity to fight diseases, it furthermore lessens possibility of severe maladies like cancer.

Yoga: Three Reasons You Should Not do Bhastrika Pranayama

“Too much stoking burns out the boiler of the engine. So also too much practice of Bhastrika wears out the system as the breathing process is forceful” - BKS Iyengar. The meaning of the Sanskrit word ‘Bhastrika’ is ‘Bellows’, thus the Bhastrika Pranayama is called the ‘bellows breath’. This form of breathing increases the flow of air into the body to produce inner heat at the physical and subtle level.

Your Yoga Practice - 7 Guidelines For The Ultimate Beneficial Yoga Experience

To get the ultimate benefit out of your yoga practice then you need to follow 7 guidelines. These practice guidelines will ensure that you not only find the correct time for your yoga practice but have the correct focus and the right surroundings to get the greatest benefit out of your yoga practice

Using The Breath To Relax

Breathing techniques (Pranayama) are paramount to yoga practice, and have an amazing impact on the mind and body. If we start to focus inwardly on the quality and ratios of the breath we can start to create a feeling of inner tranquillity.

The Cleansing Power of Breath

Most of us have a near-constant fixation on food, always searching for the magic diet that will help us lose some weight or gain some muscle. We pay attention to drinking; making sure to consume 8-10 glasses of water a day. However, we rarely focus on the breath as a means of achieving a higher level of vitality. In this post I will discuss the importance of breath, and a method for enhancing your mind/body connection through a simple breathing exercise.

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?

3 Keys to Unlock Greater Benefits from Yoga Practice

There are many factors that influence the quality of your yoga practice and your satisfaction with the overall experience. These factors range from the style of yoga you practice, the instructor you choose through to the environment in which you practice. Some of the factors you can easily control, others may be more dependent on what's available to you. When starting out practicing yoga, you should keep searching for the perfect combination that makes your practice the most satisfying and enjoyable. There are however three factors that are 100% under your control, that affect not only your enjoyment of your practice, but just as importantly, the benefits you receive from each practice.

Yoga Meditation to Envision Success

When a Yoga teacher, or Guru, leads meditation, you are taught many methods, and visualization is one of them. Yoga meditation can help you in many ways by creating inner stability. In effect, Yoga meditation can lead to positive personality development. This results in self-confidence, improved self-image, better self-esteem, and a Yoga student who is successful in life.