...>Those teaching Yogasana teach the students to achieve stability and comfort of the body parts and muscles by practicing slow, smooth muscle movements. However, if they fail to include the relaxation and meditation techniques as the student ages, the student will receive less benefit. The student will also not be able to advance into meditation.

If the Yogasana student continues to perform exercises at a rapid pace, the body will be under great pressure. As the heart rate, blood pressure and breathing increase, the muscles will be strained. The whole body will be forced to increase its workload. This is not within the intentions of yoga. Yoga seeks to regulate the heart beat, blood pressure and breathing. To achieve these, each simple posture should be performed at a leisu...more

What is Patanjali's Ashtanga Yoga? (Part-II)

...Patanjali's Ashtanga Yoga has eight limbs(parts). In my earlier article, Yama and Niyama have been described briefly. Yama and Niyama are external limbs of Yoga; these are to be practised while leading social life. The rest six limbs - Asana, Pranayama, Pratyahar, Dharana, Dhyana and Samadhi are internal limbs of Yoga. While practicing these six limbs one concentrates one's mind on true self and realises the divine truth. In this article Asana and Pranayama have been described.

Asana(posture)

Asana is a posture of the body by which the body rests on a plane surface. For different actions man chooses different postures. For Yoga one should choose a comfortable posture by which one may concentrate mind on true self. For choosing a posture patanjali describes - posture should be motionless and comfortable(II.46). So in Yogasana one rests one's body in a comfortable and static posture so that all other succeeding limbs are practiced easily and one reaches upto the last limb i.e. Samadhi.

Different Schools of Yoga teach different Yogic exercises in the name of Yogasana. These Yoga...more

What Yoga Can Do for You?

...People today are very conscious about their body and psyche. Both the inside and out parts of ones self. This is why there are so many inventions pertaining to self-enhancement that deals on the physical and psychological aspects of their lives.

Being healthy does not only manifest becoming physically fit. It constitutes all the factors of the well being of an individual. One important aspect is the internal health. Certain activities are participated by a lot of people just to gain emotional and psychological stability. Reiki and yoga are some of the most famous practices.

Yoga originated in India. It belongs to the anc...more

Universal Laws of Yoga - Part 1

...What is Yoga? Why do some religious fundamentalists fear Yoga? What is the objective of Yoga? These questions about the true purpose of Yoga always arise, but the answers are not quite clear. So, lets get to the heart of the matter.

Yoga is many things and there are many forms of Yoga. For example: Bhakti Yoga (Yoga of devotion) is commonly practiced in India, but is rarely practiced in the West. The most popular form of Yoga in the West is Hatha Yoga (Yoga of physical mastery).

It is understandable that Hatha Yoga and its many sub-styles would take hold in the West, especia...more

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