Yoga For Beginners Guide

By: Virginia Iversen, M.Ed With each passing day, we are growing closer and closer to the heart of the holiday season. Hanukkah, the Winter Solstice and Christmas are just around the corner. The holidays can be a time of great festivity, fun and full of the warmth of family and friends. The holidays can also be a time of sadness for people who have lost loved ones or who are separated by circumstance from their loved one. This can be particularly true if you have lost a loved one at this time of the year or if the loss is recent.

If you practice yoga on a regular basis, you know the benefits it provides. You know the light, uplifted feeling of exhilaration that...

The pitta dosha boils down to one word, fire! The pitta element in the body is related to the fire of digestion and the synthesis of...

The online yoga study programs at Aura include a network of yoga professionals that you can consult with at any time. They also have a...

Doing Power Yoga can elevate your mood, strengthen your body and is a great way to relieve stress. It is definitely a viable option toward...

Practicing yoga for bone density is one more way to take care of skeletal health. Making yoga a part of your daily routine is a simple and...

Although Yoga mudras can be done in any position, the body should always be free of tension. Rubbing the hands together and holding them...

Pranayama should always be performed in a well ventilated area and should be done under the supervision of a qualified Yoga teacher. Yoga...

Yoga poses that make us feel better overall will help us to feel less irritable and more compassionate. To do a full Yoga practice, you...

By Faye Martins Vinyasa comes from the Sanskrit word meaning, "flow," and the flowing movements from one position to another are the essence of the many forms that constitute Vinyasa yoga practice. Vinyasa is often compared to a dance, and this aspect of the practice can pose special problem when teaching vinyasa yoga classes.

Most yoga classes feature common asanas which are performed to provide full-body stretching and strengthening. Asanas are often paired...

In Yoga classes, we often hear instructions about where to focus our drishti or gaze while doing Yoga postures. A Yoga practitioner or a...

By Faye Martins Yoga teachers work in close physical and emotional proximity with their students, and this makes it imperative that they have the highest ethical standards. There are too many compromising situations that can occur if a student is taught by a teacher with poor or no ethics. Therefore, it is important that everyone in the community work together to hold teachers to a high ethical standard. Here is a look at some of the yoga instructor ethics that are the most important.

Could Yoga hold the keys we need to cope with change without succumbing to stress? According to Yogic science, we live in two separate...

One of the biggest advantages of distance learning yoga courses is convenience. People with busy schedules are able to squeeze learning...

Children can begin to feel the positive results of a yoga class, making them more likely to choose yoga as a lifelong activity. Yoga...

If there is one refrain that I have heard over this time from students of all walks of life, it is this: "I practice yoga because it has changed my life."

As meditation is made a daily habit, the sessions will grow easier and in time, a person with OCD will have an essential detachment from...

In order for meditation to be effective during childbirth, it is necessary to establish the habit earlier on while the mind and body are...

One of the key elements to using Yoga as a therapeutic tool to heal traumatic memories is to remember practice pranayama throughout your Yoga practice.