Yoga and it's benefits

The art of combining Yoga and walking while integrating mindfulness techniques into your awareness will help you to integrate and resolve...

Students are drawn toward Yoga teachers who are knowledgeable, and can answer any questions or concerns that come up during the course of...

For thousands of years, sages have taught that meditation increases positive emotions and decreases negative ones. In our chaotic modern...

For thousands of years, sages have taught that meditation increases positive emotions and decreases negative ones. In our chaotic modern...

Corporate Yoga can take on a number of different forms. Often times, a company hires a certified Yoga instructor to lead a series of...

When teaching yoga, I used to start the yoga session in Tadasana asking the students to breath in and out, feeling each vertebra of the...

The benefits of yoga are well-documented. Flexibility, relaxed muscles, strength and tone, and the sense of calm you gain from doing yoga are great. But many individuals find that they do not have the time in their busy schedule to visit the gym, or even to spend some time in front of the TV with their favorite yoga video.

Yoga is great for people of all different ages, but is it beneficial in a preschool setting? The answer is a resounding yes, and here's...

The typical office setting often includes quiet cubicles, where people spend most of the day sitting in a chair, facing a computer keyboard. Perhaps, they roll over to a fax machine once in a while, pick up the phone, or turn and bend to pull open a file drawer. Sitting for up to eight hours a day, while performing very little physical activity, can affect the overall health of a person. Studies even show an increase in heart disease, diabetes, body weight, cholesterol and more, in people who sit all day long.

Here is an option for your Chair Yoga classes. There are seated flows and standing flows from the back, or side, of the chair. “The flow,” which we know as “Vinyasa,” is synchronized breathing with movement. This brings to mind vigorous Yoga classes for young, energetic, and fit Yoga students.

If you find that you get frequent colds during this time of year, you may want to consider incorporating Yoga asanas that are therapeutic...

“How often should I practice Yoga?” is one of those questions most frequently asked of Yoga instructors. Like other theories involving...

Does meditation during childbirth have benefits? Few people would dispute childbirth as one of the reigning champions in the area of human pain.

There was a time, when I was young, that I thought Yoga props were for people who were in need of them. As a young Yoga teacher, I was...

We can restore a little balance and eliminate stress with a regular Yoga training session. Asanas, deep breathing and meditation all contribute to clean mind and body.

As meditation is made a daily habit, the sessions will grow easier and in time, a person with OCD will have an essential detachment from...

Children can begin to feel the positive results of a yoga class, making them more likely to choose yoga as a lifelong activity. Yoga...

One of the biggest advantages of distance learning yoga courses is convenience. People with busy schedules are able to squeeze learning...

Most Yoga teacher training courses are comprehensive and geared toward people that already have a fair level of knowledge about Yoga...

Choosing techniques for a lesson plan depends on a number of factors. Some of those factors will include the types of classes you will be teaching.

Yoga is an ancient science originating from India. It has many different forms, but in the western world Hatha yoga is the most well...

It is possible to either cause an injury or exacerbate an existing injury if not mindful during the yoga practice. Here are four more...

Yoga poses for muscular tension in the hip area also reduce lower back tension. When our lower backs are tense, our neck and shoulder...

Experienced Yoga students have great difficulty learning to train the mind, through meditation – if they have not learned to relax their minds. There are many forms of relaxation in Yoga classes. At the Aura Yoga teacher training, interns learn stage-by-stage, body scanning, and visualization.

Outside of India, Yoga for men's health is a new concept, but medical and scientific studies are breaking new ground with results, which...