The image of yoga has changed during the past years. If once, the first picture that popped your mind was of a group of white wearing weirdoes standing on their heads and breathing loudly, now you are probably thinking about Madonna’s well shaped arms. Currently, yoga is one of the most popular fitness activities worldwide. One of its appeal is that it can be practiced by elders and it can improve the overall physical fitness of athletes. (more…)
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Popular Types of Yoga
Tuesday, January 3rd, 2012Yoga for Weight Loss
Sunday, December 18th, 2011
Though there are many very effective weight loss programs in the United States, how do you know which ones are for you? Weight loss pills work, but as a rule are generally not the healthy alternative. Many weight loss programs are formatted particularly for someone within a certain range of obesity, so they are not right for just anyone. (more…)
Basics of Yoga
Monday, December 12th, 2011
Before becoming a regular practitioner of Yoga, before gearing up your soul to receive the multitude of virtues that Yoga is likely to impart, you ought to know its basic lessons. So here comes the question “what is Yoga?”
One has to travel back a giant distance of some 3000 years to trace the origin of Yoga. Yoga had its first cry in the India. ‘Yoga’ owes its origin to the Sanskrit word “yuj” which means to bind, attach, join or yoke. It is also interpreted as “union, to direct and concentrate one’s attention on, to use and apply”. Didn’t get it yet? In the simplest sense, Yoga is all about establishing a bond between your soul and God, by means of constant concentrating procedures. (more…)
