Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Yoga Fundamentals: The Seven Chakras
...In Sanskrit the word chakra means spinning wheel representing the seven spinal energy centers. The charkas correspond to your spiritual growth, behavioral characteristics and to specific areas of your body. All the charkas can be aligned together and made to spin in the same direction and speed through the art of yoga. You can bring a certain type of balance and peace to your mind, body and spirit by understanding how to fine tune and control your charkas through yoga and meditation.
Each and every part of your body from the perineum to the crown of your head is associated with the seven chakras alo...more
The Yoga Way to Health and Well Being
...Yoga is not a recent practice. It is a practice which through time, has developed and increased in significance and appeal worldwide. The rationale behind the appeal is greatly to do with the physical and psychological benefits experienced when integrating yoga into one's daily schedule. Yoga can be viewed as a breath of fresh air in this fast paced lifestyle that we live in.
The word yoga comes from the Sanskrit language and means "to integrate". Yoga promotes a harmonious working together of the body's components leading to both physical and mental training. Despite the fact that there are numerous forms of yoga; Hatha Yoga is still presently seen as one of the more commonly practiced yoga style...more
Astral Projection in Yoga Practices - How to Become One With Everything
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There should be no great surprise that astral projection in yoga practices are a reasonably common phenomenon. In the truest sense of the word, Yoga means "yolk" or union. Many astral projectors speak of the feeling on unity or "oneness" while out of the body. A major theme in most meditative traditions is the idea of "non-dual" realization, or for simplicities sake, there being no separation between ANYTHING in the manifest world. The water and the waves for examp...more
Teaching Hatha Yoga: My Yoga Students Do Not Want to Practice Pranayama
...w to mix Pranayama into a Yoga class
Instead of teaching Pranayama to Yoga students as a separate entity, it might be interesting to combine Pranayama, with mudras, for healing. Another option would be to change the pace of your Yoga class by focusing on one Pranayama technique for a few minutes, between vinyasa sequences, or while holding asanas.
Lastly, do not forget that the Yoga student / Yoga teacher relationship should be friendly, and mutually respectful, but do not allow your kindness to be perceived as weakness. Unfortunately, some people do take advantage of kindness. Therefore, measure and dispense loving kindness carefully.
Copyright 2007 Paul Jerard / Aura Publicationsmore
