Here are the surya namaskar mantras in English and Hindi. The Hindi isn’t in Sanskrit. Instead, it’s the Hindi pronunciation with English letters spelling it out for you. You probably already know, but surya namaskar – also known as sun salutation – is a Hatha yoga series performed at the beginning of each Hatha yoga and Sivananda class. In […]
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Clinical evidence shows you can do surya namaskar to lose weight without changing your diet. However, changing to a healthier diet, where you consume less calories, will result in greater weight loss. The evidence comes from a study by medical doctors at M.R. Medical College in India published in a 2011 issue of the Asian Journal of Sports Medicine.
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Here is an eight-pose Iyengar Yoga sequence that “significantly improves balance and mobility in older people,” according to a study from the George Institute for Global Health published in a 2013 issue of Journals of Gerontology. This eight-pose Iyengar Yoga sequence induces “beneficial effects on balance and mobility in older people,” after completing this series twice
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Here are all the Hatha yoga poses you need to teach a 60-minute beginner Hatha Yoga class. This sequence is suitable for students at a community center, rather than a health club. The assumption is that some folks never went to a yoga class before and, for a variety of reasons, may have limited range
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The combination of pranayama, meditation, lecture and prayer improves cardiovascular function in healthy people in two weeks, according to a study from S. Nijalingappa Medical College published in a 2011 issue of Heart Views. It’s possible to improve cardiovascular function in healthy people in as little as two weeks of regular practice by reducing heart rate
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Try this 75-minute Viniyoga series proven to relieve chronic lower back pain, according to a study from the University of Washington published in the Archives of Internal Medicine and the journal Trials. Not only is back pain one of the most common health conditions for Americans, it’s the number one reason people turn to complementary and
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Try this breathing yoga series proven to lower a healthy person’s blood pressure in as little as two weeks of regular practice, even for beginners. What is Breathing Yoga? Breathing yoga, known as pranayama in the yoga world, is a kind of meditation. In a breathing yoga class, you won’t perform yoga poses. Instead, you sit
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This 60-minute Viniyoga series is proven to help reduce your number of nights with sleep disturbance caused by osteoarthritis pain. Unfortunately, 50 percent of older adults with osteoarthritis suffer from insomnia and experience restless sleep, have trouble staying asleep and have trouble falling asleep. It’s very likely that you, or someone you love, has or will get
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Hatha Yoga significantly reduces anxiety after only eight classes, according to research from the All India Institute of Medical Studies in New Delhi published in a 2006 issue of the Indian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology. Why should you reduce your anxiety level? Excessive anxiety is a “major component of unhealthy lifestyles.” The mental stress of chronic anxiety
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Here are the poses for a 90-minute Hatha Yoga class proven to reduce stress. Completing one class reduces perceived stress and completing one class per week for eight weeks reduces physical signs of stress. Stress is a known trigger for physical illness, mental disturbance and produces visible signs of aging. Long-term stress, known as chronic stress,
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