...with the use of the Yoga exercise ball and a handy wall, it is made possible for everyone to perform it. Beginning students of the Hatha Yoga can achieve the benefits endowed by the Chakrasana for several minutes with the use of the Yoga exercise ball.

The Chakrasana is one pose that can be a fantastic way to improve a person's daily posture by refining the spine's elasticity. This posture also helps in gently stretching out the kidneys, liver, pancreas and most especially, the heart.

However, Yoga students who have high blood pressure are not advisable to perform this posture, categorized as an exercise inversion. Further, students with problems in their backs and spinal columns must obtain permission from their doctors and be under a proficient Yoga teacher's guidance in order to perform this posture.

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These Yoga Abdominal exercises will Literally Crush the Gut

...nds on a daily basis, you are bound to notice a marked loss of weight in you abdominal area and the added bonus of muscular tone.

-The Bow pose:

This simple pose involves laying flat on your belly and grabbing your ankles with both arms while simultaneously lifting your head up high. When performed correctly, you should be resting on your abdomen. Needless to say, it is a pose commonly recommended for weight loss and the prevention and correction of chronic constipation.

-The Peacock pose:

This is slightly more challenging. The objective is to balance your abdomen on your conjoined elbows while simultaneously raisin...more

The History of Yoga - A Comprehensive Global guide

... known as Ayurveda. Around 1900 B.C., the great Sarasvati River dried up, forcing the exodus of the Indus-Sarasvati civilization southward towards the Ganges River.

The Brahmins and Upanishads are spiritual texts, written around 600 to 800 B.C, and they were dealing with the rituals performed by Brahmin priests. The Brahmins is a text explaining the Vedic rituals and hymns.

The Bhagavad Gita (song of the blessed Lord), written around 300 B.C, is a spiritual poem on Yoga. The "Gita" is part of the eight chapters' epic called the Mahabharata. The Bhagavad Gita is a discourse delivered by Krishna (the Lord) to Arjuna (the hero) expounding on the goal of life. Between 200 and 800 B.C, Patanjali detailed all the knowledge about Yoga in 196 aphorisms (sutras). These sutras referred to as Raja Yoga. Patanjali is part of the classical Yoga, where they were...more

Understanding the Yoga Sutras

...there is room for different interpretations.

"Sutra" means, "to thread," and there are 194 Yoga Sutras that make up the "tapestry" of Yoga. Within these verses are guidelines to self-discovery and purpose. The first four Sutras, of the first section, are said to be the foundation of the entire work.

1:1 "And now the lesson on union begins..." This could also be interpreted as, and now the instruction of Yoga begins.

1:2 "Yoga is settling thoughts of the mind into tranquility." This can be interpreted into a number of ways. Quite simply, it is the settling of mind chatter into silence, which is the basis for meditation.

1:3 "When the thoughts have settled, the subject dwells in his/her own nature, which is unlimited consciousness." This would be, when you have calmed your mind, by restraining the mind chatter, you are ready for meditation.

1:4 "Otherwise, our nature is overshadowed by mind chatter." In other words, if you ...more

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