Yoga teacher training courses are becoming very popular nowadays. There are many reasons why they are becoming popular. One reason is that there are many benefits of yoga for health. Another reason is that yoga has been proven to reduce stress and anxiety. In addition, there are many yoga teacher training courses available online. However, […]
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It can be intimidating and overwhelming to walk into a yoga studio for the first time. How do you know where to start? What do I need to bring? Do I need to buy anything? Don’t worry! Getting started on the right foot is easier than you think. It is possible to ease into your
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Performing Surya Namaskar or the sun salutation sequences, creates muscles in your upper body, lower body and back stronger, and more powerful, according to the Dept. of Physiology at M.R. Medical College in India. Researchers inferred that Surya Namaskar “can be an ideal exercise to keep oneself in the optimum level of fitness.” There has been recent interest
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If you’re a yoga beginner, the two most important poses to learn are corpse pose and standing forward bend. Although these postures are easy, you need to master them to gain the greatest benefits. Even if you don’t know how to do these poses perfectly, just practice them for a while, and you will get
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One of the most basic Hatha yoga standing poses is Padahastasana. What is “Padahastasana? It’s a standing forward bend and frequently the first pose of a standing series. Three variations include holding your big toes with the yogi grip, placing your palms underneath the ball of your foot or, depending on your flexibility, simply grasping
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Here is a complete Hatha yoga poses sequence for an intermediate class with a duration of 1.5 hours. You can follow this yoga sequence for your home practice or teach it to your yoga class. Just click on the yoga pose, if there is an active link, for a detailed explanation. I created this original Hatha
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Corpse Pose and Hand-to-Foot pose, known as Shavasana and Padahastasana in Hindi, are beginner level asanas you will also find in intermediate and advanced classes. Shavasana is one of the easiest poses to perform. Coming out of padahastasana, standing forward bend, may cause some beginners dizziness you can avoid with small modifications explained below. The
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ranayama combined with Sun Salutation relieves menopausal stress better than exercise, according to a study from the Swami Vivekananda Yoga Research Foundation published in a 2008 issue of the journal Menopause. Here is a yoga class, consisting of pranayama, Sun Salutation and meditation, you can use to relieve menopausal stress. Pranayama is the Hindi word to describe
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Yoga helps healthy people take bigger breaths and improves posture, according to a study from Khon Kaen University in Thailand published in a 2006 issue of the Journal of Physiological Sciences. We know aerobic exercise improves respiratory capacity, but this clinical study suggests a 20-minute Hatha Yoga sequence does, too. To get the most respiratory
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Here are the surya namaskar steps for Type A, Version 1. This version is ideal for beginners. I nominated this version of surya namaskar A as “Version 1” because it is very closely based on the famous, reference book Asana, Pranayama, Mudra, Bandha written by Swami Satyananda Saraswati, which was first published in 1969 for
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