You may have seen hands and fingers take an interesting shape or form during yoga practice or meditation. The likes of hands in prayer position before Surya Namaskar or connecting the thumb and index fingers of both hands in meditation? Like other practices in yoga, they have purpose and significance. Read on to find out more about mudras!
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→ What is a Mantra? →What a mantra is not → Mantras & yoga → The Benefits of Mantra → Key mantras for yoga and meditation Sound is an important component of a yoga class. This is why a yoga class will typically begin and end with a sound or phrase that you may or […]
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The practice of Surya Namaskar has a rich history and great holistic benefits for the body and mind. Read more to find out about this widely known and ancient yoga practice!
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“There is a miracle in every new beginning.”Herman Hesse There are so many feelings when one decides to do something new. First, there is the eagerness, followed by a sudden rush of excitement. Then there is all the self-doubt and inner fear about whether or not it’s even possible. We all find ourselves in such spots […]
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The way we know yoga today has evolved a lot during the last decades. Of course, the core principles and philosophy have remained the same. But many aspects of yoga that we study in modern times, such as physiology and anatomy, were not so easily accessible just a decade ago. A lot of research has […]
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Yoga has become one of the fastest growing industries of recent times. The growth of online teacher training courses has made it easier for people to pursue teaching yoga professionally. In this article we shed some light on the benefits and drawbacks of online yoga teacher training courses. In the last few decades, yoga became a […]
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In the West, we are used to sitting on chairs, and we hardly ever squat down for anything. So, when yoga was brought to the West it, unfortunately, led to suffering knees. It doesn’t mean that we all can never do lotus. It just means that not everyone should try and if you have the possibility to safely try, it may take a long time until you get to a Full Lotus Pose.
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Our goal as Restorative Yoga teachers is to teach our students how to be present in the now, in the present. I recommend you bring the students’ attention to the breath because breathing consciously stimulates the lymphatic system, helps to relax the muscles and the internal organs, and keeps the students in the present. Bringing attention to the breath means keeping the mind on a leash. The importance of slowing down even for a short time is a principle that you should point out from the very beginning. This goes hand in hand with re-educating your students to the art of doing nothing.
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When we begin to study how the body is originally formed, we tend to veer away from whole embodiment. We usually examine the detail of how the body can be separated or broken down into its component parts and different systems. We turn to various works based on long-held knowledge in the fields of classical anatomy, physiology, and biomechanics. From a yoga perspective, studying what we could call “fascial anatomy” makes complete sense of yoga and brings the art of yoga into a powerful contemporary focus and relevance to health and wellbeing on every level.
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Emotions are born to be experienced. When they are, they dissipate. When they aren’t, they get trapped in the body and the subconscious mind. There they will live, like little creatures, desperately wanting to complete their life cycle. If we continue to ignore our emotions and stuff them into the subconscious, the emotions will start to create scenarios where they can be experienced. It won’t take long for us to see repeating patterns of the same pain over and over again.
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