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Essentials of a Yoga Teacher Training Course
By: Daniel Fonseca    Saturday, Mar 24, 2012
Topic: Yoga Teacher Training
Conditions: personal development, certification
How to choose a Yoga Teacher Training Program? This is a good question if you consider that nowadays Teacher Training Courses and Yoga Schools are popping up like nothing. But if you would like to have a authentic experience and get qualified by a genuine school or program, have the following in mind: Proper Yogic Routine: A very good benefit of a Yoga course is that the people should be given the opportunity to really experience a Yogic Lifestyle for the time of the course. Doing Yoga asanas, breathing exercises will help to detoxify, rejuvenate and give a sense of well-being to you. Then, a  ...Read More
Essence of Yoga: Yoga Page 2
By: VitalityLink Finder    Wednesday, Feb 22, 2012
(Continued from Page 1) Hatha Yoga Hatha Yoga relates to the restraint of breath (Pranayama), Asanas, Bandhas and Mudras. 'Ha' and 'tha' mean the union of the sun and the moon, union of Prana and Apana Vayus. 'Hatha' means any tenacious practice till the object or end is achieved. Trataka, standing on one leg, (a kind of Tapas) and similar poses are all Hatha Yoga practices. Hatha Yoga is inseparable from Raja Yoga. Raja Yoga begins where Hatha Yoga ends. Raja Yoga and Hatha Yoga are interdependent. Raja Yoga and Hatha Yoga are the necessary counterparts of each other. No one can become a ...Read More
The 7 Chakras
By: Tony Riposo    Wednesday, Feb 08, 2012
Conditions: Understanding the Chakras
The Seven Chakras The following information is broken down into sections. The first section (technical information) is very technical and for that reason it may not be easy reading, but it is there to explain what the chakras are and how they work. The sections that follow are more practical. Technical Information: The word Chakra means wheel. There are seven major chakras located between the base of the spinal column and just above the crown of the head. The spinal column (cord) is the path that informational impulses travel to and from the brain to the rest of the body. The spinal column is  ...Read More
Scientists Show Long Term Yoga Practice Decreases Stress Related Chemicals in Women
By: Kat    Sunday, Jan 15, 2012
Conditions: Stress, diabetes, cardiovascular disease
There is an agency funded by the US government that looks at the usefulness and safety of complementary and alternative medicine and their roles in improving health and health care. Their list of scientific studies can be found at http://nccam.nih.gov/research/results/spotlight/ and the list of past studies is fascinating. One of the studies that caught my eye related to Yoga and the fact that long term Yoga practice can be shown to cause physical changes that result in a healthier (lessor) response to stress as well as to improvements in mood - ...Read More
Yoga and ALS (Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis)
By: Jeannie Stevens, E-RYT500    Wednesday, Jan 27, 2010
Topic: Yoga Teacher Training
Yoga and ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) By Jeannie Stevens (February 2008) Introduction This article is intended to inform and support all teachers and therapists working with the life-threatening disease ALS (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis).[1] Also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, ALS is a devastating neurodegenerative disease. Those living with the disease become progressively paralyzed due to degeneration of the upper and lower motor neurons in the brain and spinal cord. Eighty per cent of people with ALS die within two to five years of diagnosis. It is nearly one year since my ALS ...Read More