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YOGA FOR LOWER BACKACHE

 Lower backache can have negative effects on a person’s overall quality of life.  Back pain can be debilitating, and a person who suffers from lower backaches can feel they are missing out on life and...

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The History of Yoga

 Yoga is an ancient art, drawing all the way back to the stone age.  The first evidence of yoga is found in depictions of yoga poses on ancient stone seals that date back to around 3000 BC.  Yoga grew...

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How Yoga Aids in Spiritual Development

 Yoga is most often touted for its incredible physical benefits, as it should be; however, yoga is not just a form of physical development, but also spiritual development.  Yoga strengthens the...

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What is Hatha Yoga?

  Hatha yoga is the most common form of yoga practiced today.  It focuses on meditation and physical posturing, while incorporating deep breathing techniques.  It is a gentle, calm, form of yoga,...

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How to Do Yoga

  Looking into practicing yoga?  Good choice!  There is no better way to promote a healthy and happy lifestyle than through this ancient, therapeutic and physical exercise.  Yoga can be practiced by...

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Simple Yoga Lifestyle Will Benefit Your Life

 Yoga is a lifestyle adopted by many; it is one aspect of the ancient Hindu religion, a philosophy that promotes unification of the soul and mind through a series of deep breathing, posturing, and...

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What is Ashtanga Yoga?

  Asthanga yoga is the most vigorous form of yoga.  The term Ashtanga literally means “eight limbs,” indicative of the eight limbs of yoga.  While it remains faithful to yoga’s ancient traditions,...

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Meditation and Yoga

 Yoga is one of the five principles of yoga.  It is probably also the more ignored principle.  However, the benefits of meditation yoga should not be ignored.  Meditation is a key component of the...

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PREPARATION FOR PRANAYAMA

   Pranayama is the yoga term for “control of breath.”  “Prana” stands for breath.  Breathing provides us with vital energy through oxygen.  Deep breathing is the backbone of any yoga practice....

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Pranayama – Your Vital Life Force is in the Breath.

 Pranayam is one of the eight limbs of yoga.  Pranayama, of breath work, is defined in yoga terms as the body’s life-force.  Pranayama is so essential to the practice of yoga that it is a science unto...

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