Matsyasana: its benefits

The name given to every pose derives its inspiration from nature. Seeing as this pose happens to look like a fish it is known as matsyasna – fish pose. The common feeling is that Matsyasana is best-known as the destroyer of several diseases. This position has to be done in padmasana which may not be that uncomplicated for beginners. To shape it easy you can do this by stretching out your legs and then lie down on your back. Knees bent and hands by your side. It is 1 of the back bend positions which done in proper mode could be very productive and functional for you. Read more

Adho Mukha Vrksasana

Vrksasana is a tree pose which implies you are standing with your hand raised towards the sky. Adho Mukha Vrksasana can be explained as a tilted tree pose where your hands are supporting the entire body weight. This pose when done by yoga beginners has to be done very carefully as equilibrating yourself on your hand cannot be that easy. Read more

Yoga Positions For Beginners

Some yoga positions for beginners are quite simple but you should still slowly practice them. If you start to do yoga positions for beginners or any yoga exercises for that matter, early in the morning or before retiring at night, make certain you are not over-tired, but fully enough awake to relax and concentrate on what you are doing with these yoga basic positions.
Obviously little benefit would be derived from either asanas (yoga exercises) or mudras in this yoga positions for beginners performed while the mind is in such a state of fatigue that it cannot address itself to the task at hand. Read more

How to do yoga

How to do yoga is an introduction on the practice of yoga, including the benefits derived therein, the instructions for several exercises, and the attitude of diet. If you have been “on the mat” for years, and have “down dog” down pat, you know there are a many yoga positions and poses built to improve posture. Read more

Bikram yoga class

Bikram Yoga is for beginners, as well as advanced students of yoga. Bikram yoga is a challenging of 26 asanas, or postures, and 2 breathing exercises and is generally considered as the most intense type of yoga. Bikram Yoga is ideally practiced in a room heated to 105°F. Read more

Aids to Concentration – Attention without Tension

BEFORE you sit down to commence the practice of recall quietly but definitely decide what is to be your object of concentration and for how long you propose to sustain it. Sometimes people sit down and then begin to decide what to do; they start on one object and then change to another because they find it unsatisfactory, and at last they wake up to realize that their time has gone and they have done nothing. Read more

Control of the Body and Senses – How to Sit

I HAVE already spoken of relaxation and muscle balance, and their relation to the practices of concentration and meditation. These are necessary so that (I) the body may not be injured by the mental efforts and (2) the mental work may not be spoiled by bodily discomfort. Thirdly, we have to remember that bodily attitudes are associated with states of feeling, such as lying down with sleep, and kneeling with prayer. That has to be taken into consideration when you are selecting a posture, but there is no objection to your lying down to concentrate or meditate, so long as you find that it does not conduce to sleepiness. Read more

Why Physical Exercises?

The question arises: “why should one recommend physical exercises in a course of mental concentration?” Read more

What is Asana?

The term âsana literally means “sitting position” or simply “position”: it points out a bodily posture that contributes to the physical and mental stability and it generates a sense of comfort.

The term âsana is also used to point out a vegetable mat, or also a skin of well tanned antelope, which is a comfortable support to sit on the ground. In hatha-yoga the âsanas occupy a primary place, while they represent the third step in the eightfold yoga of Patañjali (astânga). Read more