Archive for the 'Yoga' Category

Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga Primary Series

Ashtanga vinyasa yoga primary series are a collection of yoga poses which will help you in giving lot of physical energy and mental energy. Each exercise of yoga pose is for different purpose and for different occasion. Therefore, you have to gain a proper understanding, before you take up the yoga series. Ashtanga vinyasa yoga, [...]

Kundalini Yoga Poses for Beginners

kundalini yoga is the best and the most effective form of yoga for people of all walks of life. It is the best form of hatha yoga. There are many good effective kundalini yoga poses for beginners. There are many apprehensions in the minds of people about the safety of the kundalini yoga. But you [...]

Madonna Denied Yoga Lessons

Have you ever wondered what it would take to piss off pop icon legend Madonna? Ever wonder just exactly what it would take? Boy do I have a four word headline for you: Madonna denied yoga lessons! If you’d like to know exactly how mad she was, just ask the famous Indian yoga legend Bikram [...]

Yoga and Ayurveda: The Inner Connection

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 [...]

Yoga Guide: Choosing the best Hot Yoga Mat

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.

Self-Realization Using Kriya Yoga

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 [...]

Benefits of Yoga during Pregnancy

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.

Benefits of Kundalini Yoga

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 [...]

Medical Benefits of 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 [...]

Science of Pranayama Explained

The Bumble Bee Pranayama, goes also by the name of the Snoring Pranayama and Bhramari, uses the vibrations and sound of the humming bee in order to induce a deep relaxation to your mind – quite similar to the deep realm of sleep. Bhramari pranayama isn’t a beginner technique; it comes in a bit later [...]