Dr. Paul Jerard, E-RYT 500, YACEP, Author at Aura Wellness Center - Page 41 of 58

Dr. Paul Jerard, E-RYT 500, YACEP

The Amazing Health Benefits of Yoga

Yoga is a welcomed alternative to vigorous exercise routines. Yoga focuses largely on stretching the body and deep breathing. While not a high impact or strenuous workout, yoga is very powerful and has beneficial effects on the body, mind and soul. The stretching elongates the muscles and limbers them up making it easier to get around and accomplish everyday tasks in your daily routine. It increases blood circulation, pumping more blood to the heart and brain, which gives you a boost of energy and flexibility.

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What Should a Yoga Instructor Know?

Having a yoga instructor can really help to boost your yoga practice. They will demonstrate the asanas (postures) so you can really see what you need to be doing and they will help you by watching what you do and making small corrections to keep your body aligned and safe. However Yoga is a wonderful tool for stress management that you can learn on your own with the help of a DVD or book.

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What Is An Online Yoga Certification Course?

Yoga instructor courses were traditionally part of residential training, yoga studio or ashram activities. Yoga instructor diplomas were not common before the late 1900s. The traditional aspirant used to travel to India for the direct lineage with a Guru, an apprenticeship, and his blessing. It is still possible to enroll in courses in India, to advance your understanding of the philosophical underpinnings of yoga as a field of education, personal enlightenment, and holistic health. Today, organizations that handle yoga teacher credentialing courses are generally defined as teacher training programs.

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How Long Should You Hold Hatha Yoga Poses?

There are some asanas that are not meant to be done for minutes at a time. It is not always true that holding a pose for an extended amount of time is better. For example, the Peacock Pose (Mayurasana), the Eagle Pose (Garudasana), and the Crow Pose (Kakasana), are asanas that might not be executed for very long time, due to their ability to cause internal or external strain.

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Yoga Postures – Dynamic, Not Static!

For this humble author, the benefits of approaching yoga postures and practice as constantly shifting, growing, and deepening in these ways are undeniable. It takes the experience of doing so to truly understand and appreciate the magic that can result, however; there are endless possible qualities and feelings that can hardly be put into words. So, the mat is calling you to further discover what can grace you then – in body, mind, spirit, and more.

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Yoga as Mental Exercise

To give yourself a quick boost at the office consider doing the following exercise, it has been proven to increase mental focus and clarity and all that is necessary is a small bit of space, you can do it right in your office next to your desk. The exercise is simple; you place your tongue against your palette, then cross your arms with your left going under your right. Grasp your earlobes gentle with the thumb on the front index finger on the back.

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