...Okay, I just finished 4 games of basket ball with the guys at the gym and before that had done sets of pull-ups, dips and the ab-wheel. While the rest started winding down to get showered and changed, I all of a sudden got into the 8-limb staff yoga poses to loosen up my whole body, the way only this pose seems to.

Say man; you do yoga? one of the guys called out I said yes.

He asked if I teach it and I told him I was in the process of trying to get a license to do as much.

All the more intrigued he said when I have assembled all the steps and necessities required for such a cause, I should pass it on to him so he could inform his girlfriend of such an opportunity.

Well, after ...more

Benefits of Yoga

...yoga practices are: Asana (postures); Dharana (Concentration); Dhyana (Meditation); Niyama (5 observances); Pranamaya (Lengthening); Pratyahara (Abstraction); Samadhi (Liberation); Yama (5 abstentions).

In this over consuming world the stressed mind state needs relaxation and yoga practice is a best natural remedy that lets you control yourself and you become self-disciplined by concentrating on your core. Tangible benefits of Yoga are on your health, fitness, and wellness:

Complete relaxation of mind and body: Rejuvenate your mind, body and soul with yoga practices.

Lubrication of joints, ligaments, joints and massage of all organs - Get relief of pain and stiffness in different parts of body, yoga practices lets free movement of body parts and joints. It stimulates all your internal organs and parts. Softly r...more

Yoga Stories - I Am Connected

...t most of the night shift and some during the day. I even culled through old Billboard charts to see when popular songs were played to pinpoint when certain events of my life happened as my life sort of had a music track to it. I worked on the timeline for three months, and was able to finish up during this switchboard time.

One particular evening, I got to reflecting on a certain experience, when I was in iowa for two weeks at a different yoga retreat site. I pondered deeply about what that path of spiritual inquiry had meant to me. In particular what d...more

Do Yoga Teachers Struggle for Success?

...m the prospective Yoga teacher interns personality, when he or she was a Yoga student.

Yet, what kind of a Yoga teacher training program avoids teaching the spiritual aspect of abundance and the Law of Karma? How could a Yoga teacher be unfamiliar with the Law of Karma?

If you train Yoga teacher interns to believe that Yoga is an exercise program, with a couple dozen asanas, and a quick certification scheme, then they understand nothing about the spiritual, mental, and emotional benefits of Yoga.

In this case, a Yoga teacher, who is trained to instruct the public, in this way, could not even help him/ or herself. How could this person be qualified to help his or her Yoga students? In a quick Yoga certification program, you do not have to le...more

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