Yoga - One Size Doesn't Need To Fit All
...Although there are a lot of great reasons to try Yoga, most people won't even take a shot at it. I think I know why. Stay with me for a couple of minutes and I'll get there.
Years ago, I read one of the most truth filled statements I have ever encountered. Although I usually try to avoid generalities, I believe that most of them DO have a portion of truth to them. Unfortunately, many people either don't realize that these statements are not ultimate truths or they assume that since there are times that these old adages and generalities are NOT true, not only are they false, but completely without merit.
Most generalities, as I have stated, DO contain some truth, enough truth that we can often at least glean guiding principles from them even if we cannot live our lives exactly by them.
Now, the statement I made mention of was, "The only job where you start at the top is digging a hole!"
I normally would not actually say that to someone who expected to get to the top of the heap by tomorrow, but the idea behind the statement would be understood by most of us. Those people who have made it to the top of their profession, art, or even their hobby, usually put in a lot of practice time and made a lot of mistakes on their way to achieving the level of skill or competence that they have reached.
Which brings me (finally, you say) to Yoga....more
Universal Principles of Yoga, Part 6
...Yoga classes for physical and mental benefits only. However, as you can see, by what you have previously read, many of the main Indian Yoga styles do address mental, physical, and spiritual health.
The main point is that these forms of Yoga are not threatening to any religion at all. Yoga can be practiced by anyone of any religion, without the worry of a conflict. now, if you are an atheist, you may prefer to practice a form of Yoga that will not enhance your spiritual health. It is every Yoga students prerogative to choose a style of Yoga or a Guru that fits his or her needs. However, if you ever find a Guru who does not embrace spiritual health, what does tha...more
Learning To Love The Yoga We All Hate
...listen in to conversations after any yoga session, and were almost guaranteed to hear someone discussing this or that yoga pose that they hate and wish they never need to do again ever.
But why is it that there are certain yoga poses that we just dread? We can feel them coming, and start to hope the instructor isnt going to do it this time. Then we inwardly cringe when the instructor even mentions that postures name. Simply recognising our reaction and can tell us a great deal not only about our physical abilities but also a great deal about our character and our approach to difficulties, adversity and failure. We should all observe our approach to the poses we hate. Is our approach to put in little effort and avoid doing the pose properly or try to think more about why we dislike it, to figure out if were doing it wrong, or if we need to put in a little more effort to get past this challenge.
Whatever our approach to the poses we dislike, simply identifying which specific poses these are can tell us a lot about how to improve our practice.
It hurts too much I dont wan...more
Even for Asthma, Yoga can be Helpful
...he way) vegetarian.
For asthma problems, you may want to strongly consider this as giving up all processed foods and animal products such as meat, milk, eggs and the like from your diet is a must and a fact that has been in effect in several programs aimed at correcting respiratory health such as the "Breath Retaining Program For Asthmatics" developed by the Russian, Dr. Buteyko.
Within weeks of adhering to this advice, many a chronic asthmatic has been able to give up the use of ventolin inhalers.
So if you are looking for therapeutic drug-free methods of Asthma control naturally and effectively, you will do well to look into Yoga. It wont hurt and could possibly help out a lot.
Heres to free breathing
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