Yoga has been developed throughout the years to be practiced by individuals to make their lives better. But times, they sure have changed and so now we have many people working on irregular time-shifts, following irregular diets amidst taxing life-styles. Many people are thus looking up to Yoga for answering their daily spiritual, mental and physical benefits. Practicing Yoga needs a basic set of    .. more …

Restorative yoga has many benefits, and it has been beneficial to many infertile women trying to become pregnant. It has also helped many women who have already become pregnant as they look to manage the various symptoms and discomforts associated with their pregnancy. If you feel discomfort, pain, or other symptoms during your pregnancy, it’s important to notify your medical doctor first. The    .. more …

The art of combining Yoga and walking, while integrating mindfulness techniques into both activities, will help you to integrate and resolve emotional difficulties – providing your body and mind with a great holistic exercise. Spending some time outside in the fresh air, and sunlight every day, will also help to regulate your circadian rhythms (body clock) and increase your serotonin levels, which    .. more …

1) Sit or lie down and become aware of your body: You can do this meditation either lying down on a flat surface. If you are lying on the surface, relax completely and loose your body. Take lots of deep breath. Close eyes if you wish. 2) Follow your energy throughout the body: Begin with your left foot, become aware of it. Be aware of your toes, ankle and foot. Then, be careful about left leg’s    .. more …

Twenty million people practice yoga in the United States. William Broad, a Pulitzer Prize-winning science writer for The New York Times , is one of them. Broad started doing yoga as a freshman in college in 1970 and has been practicing ever since.”I can’t imagine doing [my] job without it,” he tells Fresh Air ‘s Terry Gross. “It’s an excellent means of stress management. Yoga helps me relax. And    .. more …

Organic clothes are made from natural and sustainable resources such as organic cotton, bamboo, milk, soy, hemp and corn. Organic cotton is grown using minimum fertilizers and pesticides. Fertilizers and pesticides if used are 100% natural. Hence such fabric is not only eco-friendly but it also allows your skin and body to breathe well. The trend of organic clothing is growing so rapidly that    .. more …

Most of the recognized and accredited yoga teacher training programs are fairly intensive. The yoga industry and community certainly wants to ensure that anyone holding a certificate to teach yoga meets certain minimum requirements. Each school can set its own curriculum, but if it wants to produce qualified teachers it will generally comply with industry standards.There are programs in every    .. more …

PINELLAS PARK, Fla. (AP) ” The yoga teacher in the front of the room lay on the floor, her hands resting on her upper thighs. She lifted her right leg high in the air, foot flexed. Then she grabbed her right foot in her right hand and brought her leg toward her face as she raised her upper body a few inches off the ground.Students in class smiled in amazement as they watched the teacher’s knee    .. more …

PORTSMOUTH – At Portsmouth Yoga Shala, you will use the Ujjayi breathing style and technique. You will begin by heating your body with a system of postures. You will find precise gazing points. Upward Dog and Downward Dog are here within a series of Sun Salutations. You will end with the resting pose – savasana. You will experience all of those things and more, but most importantly, you’ll learn    .. more …

Fierce pose, or utkatasana, is one of the strongest and mightiest postures of them all. This posture is a great strengthener of the whole body. However, when I hear we’ll be using fierce pose in class, my mind sometimes screams, “OH NO!”This voice I call resistance comes from a dark part of my mind that I identify as self doubt. This part of the mind resists finding physical, mental and spiritual    .. more …