The Purpose of Yoga - Blissful Aging Right Now
...Fear of old age is one of humankinds most basic worries. Should you wait until next year to make a change in your lifestyle? Why wait? Lets look at two Yogic solutions, for aging, right now.
Movement or stagnation is a basic decision, but we all know that movement is a healthy choice. If you are limited due to: range of motion, physical condition, or something else - Chair Yoga, restorative Yoga, or Yoga therapy, will help you with mobility.
You may also realize that your pains and aches decrease with regular Yoga practice. While Yoga may not be a cure for y...more
Yoga: Two Reasons You Should Not Do Yoga Posture The Eagle
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The Eagle posture improves concentration, sense of balance and grace of the body.
By regular practice of this posture the joint mobility in the ankles, knees, hips, elbows, wrists, shoulders and of the scapula (shoulder blades) are increased. It opens the chest, hips, and back of the pelvis.
The Eagle posture improves the function of the central nervous system and the lymphatic system. It helps to gently squeeze toxins out of the legs. The Garudasana is recommended for preventing cramps in the calf muscles and it relieves sciatica.
Important: The more a...more
Raja Yoga, The Royal Road to Enlightenment
...ja Yoga and the states of mind involved. It should consequently show the great benefits, both in the material and in the spiritual worlds, of Raja Yoga.
Purpose of Raja Yoga
Raja Yoga, formed into a definite system by Patanjali 5,000 years ago, concerns itself primarily with the stilling of the mind to allow for Cosmic openness. This is achieved by sitting in a cross-legged position repeating a mantra, a word or words having spiritual power. This can be as simple as the word "Om", through the more complex "Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna, Krishna, Hare Hare" to the Guyatri mantra, which is several lines long. At first, one is aware of many thoughts in the mind, but if one does not become attached to them, does not concentrate on them, but, instead concentrates on the mantra, gradually one will find that the thoughts become less and less forceful until it is the mantra which occupies...more
Yoga and the Vegan Diet: A Match for Superior Health
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Yoga and the raw food diet offer many similarities in the ways they benefit the body. Yoga books describe the same euphoric experiences I have found in the raw food diet. Both purify and heal the body. Both offer powerful therapeutic effects in dealing with physical and psychological problems. Both promote radiant health.
Running, swimming and weight lifting are great for muscle building but do little for connective tissue. It is the flexibility of the joints and of the connective tissues that gives us the feeling of ease and lightness in the body.
Yoga postures and the...more
