OM symbolizes the profound realities: OM Mantra itself is not a mere human invention, accompanying cultures or groups. Rather, the Mantra OM (or AUM Mantra) is a symbol of deeper realities that already exist. For example, the quality of the deep vibration is experienced definitively by the mystic traveler, whether or not they have never […]
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These Ashtangis have something planned. Now I totally understand if you get the ass his mat at 05 a.m. sounds like a special kind of torture for you, but not really something to say about the art of making your practice first thing when you wake up in the morning. Yoga is magical and healing […]
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Start on all fours with your knees directly under the hips and hands directly under shoulders. Palms are firmly grounded on the mat and extend your fingers. Collapse melt the stomach and chest toward the floor. Tuck your toes underneath you. Lift your knees off the floor, lengthen your spine back and shoot the tailbone […]
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Health Benefits of Sphinx Pose Sphinx pose is also a pose used a lot in Yin yoga. The idea is to hold this pose for minutes at a time in Yin yoga. The benefits being that it creates and maintains a healthy lower back curve. Long periods of sitting and growing older seem to cause […]
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Yoga has been an age old practice in India and now it is practiced all over the world by people who are health conscious and want to stay fit and healthy. It also has the power to prevent various diseases and other ailments like pain in the joints, back ache, migraine and other body pains. […]
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Rishikesh: day 27. Its official. I can teach ya’ll Hatha & Astanga Vinyasa, Pranayama, Meditation, Yoga Therapy, Ayurvedic Nutrition, Yoga Philosophy with a little bit of Reiki in the mix. Okay, that’s a large statement. Yoga Teacher Trainings are designed to be a launch pad of eternal self enquiry and self study. We are always the […]
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The Noose pose, or Pasasana, is a twister. It challenges our faith in what the body can, and should, be able to do. The pose stretches and twists the upper body, and demands a stable foundation. Our sense of balance is challenged when we have to squat and twist at the same time, not to […]
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Happy Baby Pose, also known as Dead Bug Pose. When performed correctly, this posture can provide significant relief to lower back pain or discomfort. The best part about it: as you lie there, this supine stretch works out kinks in your hips, back, and buttocks. Precautions should be taken when doing Happy Baby or Dead […]
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Benefits of Low lunge / Anjaneyasana: Enter from the lunge pose with the hands supporting you at either side of the leading foot. Gently place the back knee down then let the front knee extend over the foot. (Not all the way after a little while passes slowly deepen forward with the knee.) Take the hands […]
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Step by step From Mountain pose / Tadasana. Exhale as you bend the knees as if you’re about to sit down on a chair. Bring your thighs as close to parallel with the floor as possible. Send your hips back rather than your knees forward, so that you can still see your toes. Keep the […]
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