Yoga Fitness

This simple introduction to both the Bhagavad Gita and Patanjali's Yoga Sutras is a gentle way to ease into these ancient texts. Crafted for use in Hatha Yoga studios, teacher training programs and experiential classroom venues, students will find the language of the book friendly and engaging while teachers will find a rich offering of dialogue-encouraging questions and activities to enrich the learning experience.

Kundalini awakenings can have profound physical, emotional, and mental effects, making it difficult to cope with everyday life, yet these powerful awakenings can also allow you to release past trauma, see past the illusions of the false self, and awaken your spiritual heart, enabling you to recognize the divine self. In this step-by-step guide to the three-phase process of Kundalini awakening, Mary Shutan delivers practical information on how to deal with such a spiritual emergence in our modern world.

By the end of Close to Om, listeners will not only know a lot about yoga and its poses, but they'll also know more about themselves: who they are, what they want, and how to get there - on and off their mat. The progression in Close to Om is the architecture of every yoga practice - and will show listeners that how they do their yoga is how they do their life.

This is the inspiring autobiography of one man’s quest for a more peaceful, spiritual approach to life. Spanning the years from his childhood in a remote village in India to his current role as spiritual head of the Himalayan Institute, this vivid account reveals his experiences and encounters with numerous teachers, sages, and his mentor, Swami Rama. Touched by Fire is a heartfelt book offering many valuable lessons.

Hell-Bent explores a fascinating, often surreal world at the extremes of American yoga. Benjamin Lorr walked into his first yoga studio on a whim, overweight and curious, and quickly found the yoga reinventing his life. He was studying Bikram Yoga (or “hot yoga”) when a run-in with a master and competitive yoga champion led him into an obsessive subculture—a group of yogis for whom eight hours of practice a day in 110- degree heat was just the beginning.

Just Breathe is a fun and accessible go-to meditation guide authored by none other than Mallika Chopra, wellness expert and the daughter of Deepak Chopra. For kids ages eight to 12, this audiobook is full of specific exercises to help deal with day-to-day challenges and tips to lead a healthier, happier, and more connected life. The audiobook includes practical advice on breathing techniques and guided meditations for a number of topics and scenarios

I sette chakra sono i sette principali centri di energia della tradizione dello yoga. Con questa tecnica guidata imparerai a rilassare il tuo corpo, le tue emozioni e il tuo spirito a un livello molto profondo. Questa tecnica agisce, infatti, sul rilassamento dei chakra la cui azione coinvolge non soltanto la dimensione fisica ma anche e soprattutto la dimensione emozionale e la dimensione spirituale. Grazie a questa tecnica guidata attiverai un rilassamento progressivo, lungo tutti i sette chakra, che ti permetterà di raggiungere un perfetto, profondissimo rilassamento.

Asanas, Mudras and Bandhas: Awakening Ecstatic Kundalini provides a practical approach for incorporating yoga postures and specialized inner physical maneuvers into a compact daily routine of practices that includes spinal breathing pranayama and deep meditation. Kundalini awakening is covered with clarity, including a discussion of symptoms and specific methods for self-pacing and regulating the inner energies to provide for progressive and safe unfoldment of abiding inner silence, ecstatic bliss, and outpouring divine love.

Yoga is thought of by many as a fitness hobby—a gentler alternative to SoulCycle and CrossFit—but its underlying philosophy offers much more than a good workout. Yoga can relieve stress, focus the mind, and provide a path to reinvention, resilience, and a meaningful life. In Beyond the Mat, physician, executive, and yoga instructor Julie Rosenberg reveals how the essential lessons of the four-thousand-year-old Yoga Sutras contain a relevant framework in which to thrive both personally and professionally.

I never claimed to be great at yoga. It's strenuous and demands complete concentration. That's not too easy when an Alpha Male Shifter stud is your yoga instructor. A bear Shifter! Each class I'd do the best that I could despite my curves. Those gorgeous golden eyes. That strong, compassionate voice. I couldn't stop thinking about him. Sometimes I was sure he was speaking only to me. I kind of had a thing for him, if I'm being honest. But then I realized his attentions were elsewhere.

The Yoga Sutras of Patañjali is a collection of Sanskrit sutras (aphorisms) on the theory and practice of yoga - 195 sutras (according to Vyāsa and Krishnamacharya) and 196 sutras (according to other scholars including BKS Iyengar).

This easy to follow class is suitable for those with little or no previous experience of yoga. It has been created by Sue Fuller, a leading yoga professional and resident yoga expert at Natural Health Magazine, to offer a practical introduction to basic yoga breathing techniques. When practiced regularly these techniques will improve levels of health and vitality, encourage relaxation, reduce anxiety and increase mental focus.

Concise answers to the most commonly asked questions about yoga and illuminating little-known facts and esoteric aspects of the philosophy and practice - by renowned yogi Richard Rosen.

Do you find yourself getting to the end of the day feeling so frazzled that you can't sleep? Have you tried all the latest fad diets only to put the weight straight back on? Do you want to want to exercise regularly but don't have time to get to the gym or go out for a walk? You can transform your life by practicing simple yoga routines daily even just for a few minutes. It doesn't matter what shape you are in now; you'll soon find yourself with more energy to get through the day, more strength and tone to your muscles, and better able to handle stressful situations. Yoga is for everyone.

What exactly is yoga? How can you practice it, and how does it benefit you? These common questions pop into our minds whenever we hear someone rambling on about the amazingness of yoga.

One popular type of yoga today is Korean Yoga. Yoga is a several-thousand-year-old tradition that has pervaded multiple countries and cultures, evolving and branching into numerous subgroups and styles. Although the roots of the practice are in South Asia, mainly inside of India, there are major schools of yoga across the globe. One very divergent method of practicing yoga is the Korean technique. Avoiding most of the traditional poses inherent in Indian Hatha yoga, Korean yoga more closely resembles Zumba and Tai-Chi in certain aspects.

We live in a world where we feel completely lost and just riding along. We feel as if we just exist without any particular purpose in life. When that happens, anxiousness, stress and depression start creeping in, and we stop taking care of how we look as well as our health. The result is an unhealthy lifestyle, which may even advance to various health complications. Have you gotten to that point of your life where you feel you need to find your purpose and bring order to your currently disorderly life?

"Tuck your tailbone to protect your back." "Increase your breath." "Pull your abdominal muscles into your backbone." Following these movement cues is often believed to benefit your yoga practice and protect your body when entering and holding poses. However, what may seem like a helpful correction can actually lead to injury or physical harm. In Yoga Myths, Judith Hanson Lasater draws on almost fifty years of experience as a yoga instructor and physical therapist to address the most common mistakes in our yoga practice and provide clear instructions for correcting these errors.

Do you suffer from lower back pain? Inflexible and painful hips? Are you a runner, cyclist, or office worker that sits down for eight hours a day or more? In my short audiobook, you will learn all you need to know about hip flexors. You will learn what they are and why they are important. You will receive step-by-step instructions to teach you how to strengthen and stretch them out.

What is the relationship between the INFJ and Kriya? This short audiobook explores some introductory concepts on the mystical relationship between the Myers-Briggs type and the experience of the awakening of Kriya.