By Bhavan Kumar How can you increase happiness with yoga? Since yoga moved onto the world stage, asana, pranayama, meditation, and other Yogic stress-reduction exercises have been studied as possible alternative treatments for mood-related disorders. However, the body of literature on the therapeutic benefits of yoga was relatively limited until the Internet propelled it forward. …
In terms of Yoga practice, the internal process of self-reflection that leads to a visceral awareness of the essential divinity that lies within our own beings is similar to the process of peeling back layers of an onion. Many of our thoughts and beliefs are based on fundamental assumptions about ourselves and the world at large. These thoughts and beliefs are typically generated by our own life experiences and the effect that people have had on us through the years.
After our exchange, I thought about yoga as a method for self discovery, and how we, as yoga instructors, can promote the emotional…
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All in all, yoga is a tool for helping those many people in our society who might struggle with keeping with their well intentioned New Years’ Resolutions – or those made and attempted at any time of the year. Yoga instructors can be powerful facilitators in those processes through knowledgeable instruction appropriately tailored to each individual student’s needs and abilities.
Yoga instructor training is a small step through a gateway and a life-long journey of self-acceptance and empowerment. What you learn…
The benefits of Yoga practice are obvious to those who have a firm commitment to take positive action. The difference between empowerment, and failure, is that successful people never give up. Yoga is a mechanism by which practitioners gain mastery over their lives.
One of the methods we demonstrate during Yoga teacher training courses is to write the problems and possible solutions down on paper…
Yoga is a great tool for self-empowerment. The word Yoga actually means union with the divine. The beauty and empowering part of Yoga…
Practicing Yoga can prepare one for many challenging situations in life. That it can be difficult to get along with everyone you meet goes without…