Friday, May 23, 2008

Kundalini Yoga

...There are different types of yoga offered today. If you are interested in starting a yoga class you need to know what choices you have. If you haven't heard about Kundalini Yoga before that is because it hasn't been very popular. But Yogi Bhajan thought that everyone should have the opportunity to enjoy this kind of yoga. So he created 3H0, which stands for Healthy, Happy, and Holy Organization. Until 1969 it had primarily been practiced in the west.

The purpose of Kundalini Yoga is to reach the untouched energy that is located at the base of the spine. With Kundalini Yoga the en...more

Yoga Accessories- Getting What You Really Need

...Unlike some other sports, you dont need a lot of yoga accessories when you practice. With yoga, your body is really the most important equipment that you need. There are some items that are basic and which can help you be more comfortable and safer in your practice.

Standard Yoga Accessories

Clothing
Your clothing should be comfortable and breathable and allow you to move freely. You dont want anything that is going to get in the way of your movements or that will bunch up or create a distraction. For instance, oversized, loose fitting tee shirts can fall towards your face during some inversion poses and cause you to pay more attention to whether or not anything is showing, th...more

Teaching Yoga to students With Multiple Sclerosis

...Patients, with Multiple Sclerosis, can expect to feel benefits from regular yoga practice. Fatigue, pain, numbness, weakness, and lack of coordination, plague sufferers of Multiple Sclerosis (MS). Yoga can alleviate these symptoms with regular practice, and help students find their bodies again.

Yoga has been practiced for centuries - to holistically balance four elements of our existence. Our mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual health are addressed in the practice of Yoga. Historically, the vast multitude of diseases has shown a profound and wide imbalance of these elements. MS is a disease of the Central Nervous System.

This auto-immune disease br...more

Improving Your Life With Yoga

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Health

Studies have shown that consistent Yoga practice can lower your blood sugar, lower your cholesterol, decrease white blood cells, increase the body's thyroxin and vitamin C as well as offer a host of other health benefits.

Stress Management

Proper Yoga practice requires proper breathing exercises as well as regular meditation. Meditation itself has been shown to decrease blood pressure, stress, headaches and other physical and mental health problems.

Sleep Benefits

Practicing Yoga as well as meditation and proper breathing can also benefit your sleep patterns. You may get better, deeper sleep and wake more refreshed.

Balance

Yoga asanas are very balanced in the way they stretch,...more

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