Yoga for Kids

Teaching yoga for children in an interactive way can help children learn to deal with life's pressures in a positive way. Yoga will improve strength and flexibility for kids as well as provide them with a foundation for a life-long practice.

What Should a Hatha Yoga Teacher Know? - Part 3

Therefore, reading and studying Holy Scriptures, mean nothing if you do not take positive action from what you learn. All of the scriptures tell us to live in peace. The worst crime against humanity is when a political or religious leader preaches hate and incites war or killing.

Yama and Niyama: The Foundation Stones of Yoga

Living in harmony with the society around you and with your inner self is the base of yoga. The yogic principles of Yama and Niyama provide a guide for ideal human conduct. This article is an introduction to the these ancient but still relevant principles of ideal human conduct.

Book Review: Yoga For Regular Guys

A professional wrestler writes a fitness book that is useful for everyone?! Is Diamond Dallas Page a new-era Jack LaLanne? Read the review of Yoga For Regular Guys and see if you can add this to your fitness routine.

Goddess Kundalini, Indweller in the Mooladhar Chakra

Kundalini Shakti (Divine Serpent Power) has been compared to electrical energy, power and aura. In one scriptural aphorism it is said to be as brilliant as the line of lightning. In another aphorism it is said that Kundalini is akin to divine Vaishwanar fire and an intense fire flame. In the Yogakundalyopanishad it is said that: Kundalini dwells in the center of the Mooladhar Chakra in the form of soul radiance and Brahman radiance. It is our life force in the form of radiance and is the vital force.

Lighting Up The Fire Of Vital Force Through Kundalini Worship

The activation and movement of Kundalini Shakti (Divine Serpent Power) is extremely difficult. This is because the flow has to be obstructed. One feels carefree and joyous when there is no discipline. Lusty people keep touching mental highs and lows and they go to extremes in all their activities. Vile activities which are beastly and unwholesome demote man downwards. Hence obstructing this fall is as difficult as building a strong dam.

Pranayama : Ujjayi Breathing

Ujjayi breathing can powerfully increase the amount of prana (life force) in the body leading to increased levels of energy and a greater sense of well being. It is easy to learn and has many health benefits in mind and body. Pranayama can be practised with yoga asanas, or as a lead up to Meditation.

Yoga is Suitable for Everyone

Yoga is suitable for everyone, of any age or physical condition. This is due to the nonstrenuous nature of our approach to exercise, even people with physical limitations can find it beneficial to practice yoga. There are many different schools of Yoga.

Yoga and Spiritual Self-Reconciliation

The sooner we all realize that peaceful co-existence, and tolerance, will bring about world peace, the better. These are the universal principles of Yoga, and they do not conflict with any religion.

What Is Yoga - History and Origins

Yoga has been referenced in many ancient texts, including the Bhagavad Gita. Find out what yoga really is, and trace some its history from India's pre-vedic civilizations.

An Introduction To Yoga For Beginners

Yoga is an increasingly popular form of exercise and stress relief. The health benefits are many; from fitness, to mental awareness, even to a boost in the immune system. Find out how to get started.

The Benefits of Practicing Yoga

Whatever that can mean today, Yoga in plain language means opportunity or luck. For example, if you inherit a legacy totally in an unanticipated way, it is your yoga that brought it your way. It is quite a common word in its usage, meaning luck, in India. Sample this: 'He had a bad yoga; he lost his business in the storm.'

Yoga: Three Reasons You Should Not Do Fish

The Fish – (Matsyasana) The Fish pose does not look like a fish but if it is performed in water it enables a person to float like a fish, hence the name. In this posture the chest is fully expanded and stretched, and the breathing becomes fuller. The Fish pose should be practiced after the Shoulderstand (Sarvangasana) and the Plough pose (Halasana) because it gives the neck an effective counter stretch and because it opens and releases any muscular tension of the chest after performing Shoulderstand and Plough. When these postures are practiced together the activity of the thyroid gland is regulated; a hypo active gland is stimulated and a hyper active gland is pacified.