Saturday, August 16, 2008

Can Yoga Cure Obesity?

...onsume pills in the U.S. and it tackles the problem for a short duration. But once the intake is stopped the weight begins to increase again.

Studies have shown that yoga can reduce weight and that too within a month. Many of them think it incredible, but it holds true. But you need to follow a few steps such as drinking 5-6 glasses of water every morning. Practicing a lot of asanas such as Pranayam, which is a very beneficial exercise. It literally means ...more

introduction to the Science of Kundalini Yoga

...is the fundamental energy whose flow through the organism allows for all its systems to operate, at all levels of consciousness. It is the energy of awareness, it can be said that where your awareness is, that is where Kundalini is flowing or that where Kundalini is flowing is where your awareness is. To awaken Kundalini means to dissipate blockages in the gross and subtle systems in your being and allow for greater and greater flow of energy and awareness. As blockages are cleared trapped energy is released and pathways are cleared. Kundalini then is able to flow freely though those regions, healing, nourishing, rejuvenating and balancing them. The dissipating of blockages can also be thought of as the clearing away of the subconscious mind, the collection of unresolved emotional and physical disturbances, where lies the root of many of our attachments and fears. So overall Kundalini Yoga is a system by which one, through the process of dissolving the past, allows the infinite to shine through into the present.more

The Basics of Yoga Pilates

...While Yoga exercises are quite old, the Pilates method of exercising was invented by Joseph Pilates in the 20th century. Yoga Pilates is a combination of the two exercise routines and can be very helpful especially when the principles of Pilates are applied properly to a Yoga workout.

There are over five hundred exercises that can be performed by combining Yoga and Pilates and they do not require any expensive or elaborate equipment. Every pose of Yoga can benefit from some of the breathing and posture enhancing skills contained within the Pi...more

Tips On Getting The Most Out Of Corpse pose In Yoga

...until you are ready to get up. This helps quieten the motor neurons of the brain, and induces a feeling of greater relaxation, or 'letting go'. If you are positioned well, with enough space to allow your torso to relax and lengthen, you won't need to move until you finish.

You can either breathe through the abdomen or through the diaphragm. It is recommended that you practice abdominal breathing unless you are either an intermediate or advanced student of yoga. Breathing through the abdomen is the most relaxing, and diaphragmatic breathing is more of an energizing technique. It uses the chest and abdomen without interrupting the relaxation of the rest of the body. If you tend to breathe through your chest habitually, you should avoid this type of breathing, as you will tend to have a restricted type of thoracic breathing that is counterproductive to the aims of yoga generally, and corpse pose particularly.

Breathing thr...more

Certification Training Yoga

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