here are many styles and types of yoga classes available, ranging from physically demanding lessons, such as Ashtanga Yoga to gentle flowing restorative types such as, Anusrara Yoga. Here, we look at three popular styles – Sivananda, Iygenar and Bikram Yoga. What Does Yoga Mean? The word ‘yoga’ originates from the Sanskrit word “yuj” which…
Facts About Yoga Business Coaching Services
There was a time when the use of the words, “Yoga” and “business,” in the same sentence, would have been considered “shameful.” However, when you have a Yoga studio, pay for a lease, advertising, insurance, utilities, and more – you know this is serious business. Whether you own a Yoga studio, or are an independent…
Yoga: Is It Good For Your Body, Mind, And Spirit?
Yoga is a gentle set of universal self-improvement exercises that enriches the practitioner’s body, mind, and spirit. The birth place of Yoga may be India, however it’s for everyone, irrespective of one’s religion, gender, income, nationality, language, age, politics, or educational level. Yoga is grounded in exercising, breathing, strengthening, meditating, relaxing and renewing of the…
Why Is Yoga So Popular In The Modern World?
Yoga has a place in the modern world for several reasons. The modern world is dealing increasingly with stress. Everything in the philosophy of yoga brings us to stillness. The philosophy of yoga talks about stopping the fluctuations in the mind. Holding yoga postures for long periods of time bestows silence and stillness on the…
Yoga for Life: Health Benefits
Yoga has become a very popular form of exercise in recent years. About 11 million Americans use yoga as a form of exercise and relaxation. Many people use yoga for body, mind and soul through the different postures or asanas. The combination of yoga postures with the breathing function of the physical body and mental…
Beginners Yoga – Top 8 Tips
Those who are new to yoga practice can often find it quite difficult to settle in. It feels like you have to learn a whole new language as well as learning to control and manipulate your body into the various poses, called “asanas”. Yoga is not just difficult for beginners, it’s also challenging for long-term…
Yoga Equipment For Better Fitness
Yoga equipment is designed for health and well being via a therapy that comes down from generations of skillful practice and dedicated exhibition of the ancient art of yoga. The art is as ancient as the hills in the orient and is attributed the epithets and guarantees associated with the best names in the…
Modified Yoga Gives Relief for Depression and Anxiety
I have been teaching yoga for twenty-two years. I got into yoga at that time, because I was suicidal, not just depressed. During that time period, my state of mind, was so down, that I began to daydream constantly, on how to kill myself. My friend dragged me to my first yoga class, and insisted,…
Fitness Yoga Tips For Moms With Newborns
When the glow of childbirth wears off, what you will start wondering is just how much damage has been done. Not as much as you think, but getting yourself back to where you were will take some time, and you will have to take it slow and easy. Fitness yoga is a great way to…
Benefits of Yoga For Pregnant Women
Yoga can not only help you stay fit through a pregnancy, but also boost mind and body, helping to keep your pregnancy hassle-free. As an ancient Indian practice, tracing its roots back almost 5000 years, yoga is a tried and true means of dealing with your overall well-being, both mind and body. Each yoga pose,…