Yama And Niyama In Yoga
Yoga defines yama and niyama as the positive and negative aspects of behaviour respectively.
Traditional texts mention ten yamas and ten niyamas but Patanjali’s Yogasutra, which is considered the original treatise on yoga, defines five yamas and five niyamas. It has been mentioned that in Manusmirti that it is more important to [...]… Read more →
Yoga for Business People: Enhance your Business Acumen
While the neuro-surgeon himself swears by the mantra which he recites every morning, believing it is instrumental in making divine energy flow through him, he feels that the beneficial effects of yoga on all professionals, particularly businessmen, have hardly been talked about.
Yoga or meditation is very beneficial to [...]… Read more →
Yoga for Business People: Mind-Body Connection
Yoga, meditation, and other Eastern-born exercises are finding a growing audience among harried business people craving inner calm.
Classes are offered at health clubs, company fitness centers, corporate retreats and spas.
Ideas that once were left-of-center are finding greater acceptance with the public support. Mind-body executive fitness is a hot topic right [...]… Read more →
Yoga for Business People: Do Not Get Distracted From your Goal
Suresh Nigam, chairman of MetJet, one of the leading trainers of computer hardware engineers in India, not only practices yoga but preaches it at his 35 centers.
So what is it and how does it work.
At the heart of it is something which translates as the [...]… Read more →
Yoga for Business People: Workplace Implications
Mind-body fitness, which derives from Eastern philosophies and religions, improves physical and emotional well-being, and has implications for workplace performance.
The overall benefits of mind-body exercise are documented in an increasing number of scientific studies. They include everything from reducing cardiac risk factors to enhancing mood.
‘You’re under stress, but you have [...]… Read more →
Yoga for Beginners: How to take those first steps into Yoga
Yoga is all around us these days. From Sting to Madonna, to maybe even your next door neighbor, everyone is hooked upon this fitness craze and with good cause. As a form of physical exercise, Yoga indeed is a force to be reckoned with. But [...]… Read more →
Yoga for Kids: What Yoga Poses are best for My Child?
Yoga indeed has become a popular, mainstream alternative for exercise and fitness.
Yoga for Kids: Recommended Poses.
1. Sun Salutations: These are a group of poses that serve as a warm up to a yoga session or class. For staying fit, keeping obesity at bay and fun [...]… Read more →
Yoga For Children And Kids
Children are exposed to a lot of stress factors nowadays.
There is homework that they do daily…
the competition with other children…
TV and computer games…
and even over-scheduling.
And just like adults these kids need something relaxing to turn into and that could be: Yoga.
Yoga for kids helps then develop better body awareness, it also [...]… Read more →
Kundalini Yoga
The word Kundalini is a familiar one to all students of Yoga,
as it is well known as the power, in the form of a coiled serpent, residing in Muladhara Chakra, the first of the seven Chakras, the other six being Svadhishthana, Manipuraka, A nahata, Visuddha, Ajna and Sahasrara, in order.
Less is historically known of [...]… Read more →
Yoga For Beginners – Yoga techniques on the loose
If you currently do yoga, or are considering indulging in it then you need to know these techniques. Yoga is a great way to maintain health in your life. You can do yoga about anywhere from home to with an instructor in the gym. But, you must [...]… Read more →