The Purpose of Yoga - Solutions for Releasing Anxiety
...Yoga is a 5,000 year catalog of health solutions and an evolving science of life. Therefore, here are some age old Yogic solutions for releasing anxiety. To make them work, you must realize that you have to make a habit of releasing a little anxiety, within acceptable limits, all day long.
Physical practice of Yoga postures (Asanas) will release muscular tension. Make a habit of physically practicing as you sit, stand, or lie down. You do not have to put on a Yoga show to sit straight, stand straight, tilt, twist, or bend.
As humans, we are in motion most of the time, but you can move or stand still with purpose and mindfulness. Once you establish Yoga into your life off the Yoga mat, you will be surprised how often you and people around you are regularly sitting, or standing, in poor posture, during the course of an average day.
Observation is very important. As you wake up, observe the muscle groups and joints, which have contracted, as you slept. These contractions can cause daily muscle tensi...more
Teaching Hatha Yoga - Reaching Happiness and Good Health From Within
...sult. For example: If I do my neighbor's landscaping, when he or she is ill - gratification occurs, because I want to do it.
On the other hand, if my neighbor shames me into doing his or her landscaping, because of his or her bad health, and I really do not want to, there is no gratification and no happiness. In fact, maybe the second scenario could become a weekly trap of obligation. One might say it is a form of Karma Yoga (selfless service), but there is no joy in it.
In life, there are many obligations, but we have to accept them as they are, and make the most of it. However, the quest for happiness will take place when we purposely make it our objective. Seeing the...more
Yoga for Depression: Blame and Control
...their lives. Others look at past mistakes and agonize over them. Mindfulness is a universal practice, taught in Yoga classes, that will help you live for now.
We cannot change the past, but we can learn from it, and do our best to help those who we have hurt in the past. Mindfulness and Yoga meditation techniques will help anyone appreciate the present moment and the prospects of a brighter future. How is this possible?
Each style of Yoga works on the mental aspects of health. Even the very physical styles, of Yoga, work on the mental component of health. A healthy mind will contribute to your physical health exponentially. As an example of this, l...more
Insider Secrets to the Business of Teaching Yoga, Part 2
...nlightening about going to bed on an empty stomach as a child. The Salvation Army Store has better clothes than I had. It did teach me humility and never to look down on others who are less privileged than I am. Why not put that into practice now and forget about poverty? Its not a glamorous lifestyle and not a good image for a Yoga teacher.
As your Yoga business grows, have someone else in your Yoga studio do the tuition collecting, so you dont have to be associated with the billing and collecting. To be honest, thats what I do. Its easy for me to bend and fall for...more
