With all the recent studies about young girls and their body images, it’s understandable why parents would worry. One study showed that as many as 13% of girls own up to having eating disorders, and that a whopping 25% think that they need plastic surgery, and would go through with it if they had the [...]
Whether you’re a fellow yogi, sportster, model, artist, or what have you, everyone can benefit from a little extra flexibility. Not only can being more flexible help out with every day things (stretching and reaching, etc.). Flexibility can also be sexy, or simply a fun trick to show your friends. Whatever your reasoning for wanting [...]
In the past 5 years, the number of people who practice yoga has doubled, and is now at an estimated 15 million. An astounding three-quarter of America’s fitness clubs now offer some sort of yoga classes, and Trendwatch 2000 named it 1 of the 2 quickest growing branches of exercise. While there are quite a [...]
Hot yoga has only one elective piece of gear, but it will completely fulfill your practice – a sticky hot yoga mat. This mat cannot get slippery when it gets damp unless you actually enjoy bruised knees and sprained wrists. Thankfully, there are quite a few brands out there nowadays that are one-hundred percent cotton.
Kriya is a type of yoga meant to rid oneself of obstacles when it comes to the mind and body. This is done through meditation, breathing techniques, poses, and mantras. All of this is done in order to attain full pure self-awareness. Self-awareness is something that, sadly, many people ignore or do not have at [...]
For some pregnancy can feel like the end-all of your youth. You start gaining weight, which is very hard to lose afterwards, and feel like you’re never going to look the way you’d like to again. But appearances really aren’t everything. Pregnancy can also be stressful, with the constant worries and cravings.
As most practitioners know, yoga is a very complex system of formulated therapies from the East that have spread far and wide all over the world. Even though yoga has many branches, the “exercise” part of yoga is called “yogasana” and is wildly popular in the west. People who practice yoga swear by the physical, [...]
Kundalini Yoga is a great science, whose benefits cannot be fully felt unless you also practice your daily sadhana. Unusually for most yoga classes, the Kundalini instructor actually practices with the class as they watch over them. In most classes, instructors primarily explain a pose and correct students on their performance. That is most definitely [...]
Hatha Yoga, when practiced regularly, can help you be healthy and stay fit simply by expanding and preserving your mental and physical functions. It can slow down aging and keep you active and strong, regardless of age. Take into careful consideration that the poses I will be suggesting should be part of your daily Yoga [...]
Yoga can help to connect your mind with your body and your body with your soul. This is why so many people believe that yoga is a terrific way to help energy flow from one point in your body to another. Some may say that yoga isn’t a workout, but all yogis agree that it [...]