...yoga is a broad term, but it has many styles that are encompassed within this health maintenance system. Most forms of yoga address physical, mental, and spiritual health - while some are a little strong in one area, but might be a bit lacking somewhere else.
One example would be Hatha yoga and its many popular sub-styles. When yoga traveled outside India, it evolved into non-Hindu cultures who chose to keep the spiritual aspect out of yoga classes. yoga is not a religion, but Hindu principles do exist within some yoga studios.
For example: Yama and Niyama are Hindu principles, but many of us would recognize them as universal principles within all religions. We are all familiar with not stealing, lying, or killing each other. However, some Hindu concepts, such as having multi-Gods did not mix well with Christians, Moslems, Jews, or Bu...more
...t me to go to Chiropractor as it may cause more injury when twisting my neck because I have HBP (High Blood Pressure). So he gave me instead a stretching exercises to do at home. I followed his advise and I thought of something more effective.
Well, I thought about yoga. I bought this $9.99 video yoga for beginners in K-Mart. Gues...more
...yoga is a very ancient form of exercise which has great abilities to provide solutions to several health related problems even today. This is the reason why great many numbers of people have been practicing yoga regularly for years and living a healthy life, not just healthy body but also healthy mind.
yoga aims at working towards bringing a balance in mind and body of a person, 'yoga' the word itself means union, i.e. union of body and mind for a healthy living. There is no organ in the body that yoga exercises do not address. Yoga exercises can give relief virtually from any ailment, relating to any organ of the body.
This applies even to gastrointestinal problems faced by u...more
...e are far too many yoga training camps and correspondence programs out there that only teach their students a small portion of what it takes to start, run, and grow a successful yoga practice and as for me, if I ever decide to pursue being a full-fledged yoga teacher the whole process of obtaining a yoga trainer license for me has got to be...well: ON POINT!!!
I mean I know enough from research, practice and study to teach the essentials of Yoga, but we all know that probably won't cut it in the broader sense of the world.
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