Teaching Yoga for Parkinson’s Disease
Here are some tips on teaching Yoga to a group of students with Parkinson’s. Together, we can help proliferate Yoga for Parkinson’s…
Can Yoga Mudras Help Meditation?
Practitioners of Yoga, meditation and energy medicine have long claimed that mudras amplify their results. In 2009, their claims were validated when the National Academy of Sciences published research showing the hand movements stimulate the same areas of the brain as spoken or written language.
Pranayama for Stress and Anxiety
In Yoga, breathing is considered a very important process as it is the most vital means of absorbing Prana into the body. The Shastras explain how Prana gives consciousness and life to every creature which breathes. According to Taittiriya, Brahmana and Maitri Upanishads and Shiva Swarodaya, the breath is referred to as the vehicle of Brahman or cosmic consciousness.
Why Do People Practice Yoga?
If you are practicing Yoga on your own, you may wish to set aside a period of time after you have completed the active portion of your practice to rest in the spaciousness of your own being. Allowing you a dedicated period of time to meditate is one of the keys to establishing a regular meditation practice. If you meditate at approximately the same time everyday and in the same area of your home, the meditative energy will begin to build, and this energy will enable you to more easily dissolve into the light of Shiva residing in your own heart.
Forgiveness for Your Health – Yoga for Releasing Baggage
When you are ready to practice the Rose Meditation at the end of your Yoga practice, you may wish to put some warm socks on and to gather a Yoga bolster, blanket and an eye bag, if you are using these props. It is also a good idea to turn off your cell phone, if you are able to, so that you will not be disturbed. When you are ready, place your props appropriately and lie back in Shavasana. Take a few, deep breaths and place your right hand over your heart and your left hand on your abdomen, just below your belly button.
Balance the Kapha Dosha With Yoga
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Balance the Pitta Dosha with Yoga
People with a predominantly Pitta dosha can also be very quick to anger and just as quick to forgive. They have a strong zest for life…
Balance the Vata Dosha With Yoga
If the Vata dosha is most pronounced in your body and mind, your basic nature tends to be very light, spry, energetic and highly…
Yoga Pose Transitions for Weight Loss
A regular, moderate to vigorous practice of Yoga will help to boost your metabolism, burn calories and drop unwanted pounds. Yoga will…
Changing Habits with Yoga
On an emotional level, a regular practice of Yoga postures, breathing exercises and meditation techniques will quickly elucidate thinking patterns that create negative emotional states. Frequently, just slowing down enough to step on the mat and be present will immediately illuminate our own angry, impatient, self-critical, or negative states of mind. Instead of becoming more angry and impatient with ourselves, this awareness presents us with the opportunity to gently nurture and patiently reorient ourselves towards a more positive state of mind.