Tag: yoga
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Top Yoga Magazines
There are different online and printed Yoga publications. The following are the top five: LA YOGA Santa Monica, California The publisher and chief executive officer is Douglas Corbett. He has a long and storied career in the magazine enterprise during the last three decades. The editor in chief and president is Felicia Tomasko, an…
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What is Kundalini Yoga?
Kundalini Yoga is a merger of three kinds of Yoga: Bhakti (devotion and chanting), Raja (mediation or mental and physical control) and, Shakti (manifestation of power and energy). If you attend a Kundalini Yoga class, it feels like having therapy or engaging in a fulfilling workout in the gym. Kundalini Yoga provides a means where you…
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What is Hatha Yoga?
Hatha Yoga is among the most common forms of Hindu discipline Yogain the west. The word Hatha (forceful or willful) indicates the practice of physical postures like Power, Ashtanga, Vinyasa, and Iyengar. It is the yoga of activity and balance meant to align and soothe the body, spirit, and mind. Hatha is an appropriate preparation…
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What is Soham Chanting?
Soham, So Hum, Hansa, or Hamsa refers to Sanskrit terminology with special connotation in Vedic philosophy. This mantra is frequently given to new practitioners of Yoga and meditation. Soham means distinguishing oneself with ultimate existence or the universe. For those who want to meditate, the first word SO is inhaling, and HAM is exhaling. Put…
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Meditation and Chanting: What is the Difference?
The practice of modern meditation helps soothe our minds and acts as stress reliever. By meditating, we become more focused and relaxed. Religious Guru Nichiren (1222 – 1282), who founded a Japanese Buddhist sect, practiced intense meditation for two decades as he investigated the practice that brings about enlightenment. Nichiren concluded that chanting “Dharma of…
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A Mantra from Yoga-Sutra: Heyam Dukham Anagatam
Heyam Dukham Anagatam: In English, it means “The pain that is yet to come can be avoided.” Another popular translation is “Avert the danger that has not yet arrived.” The root word “Dukha” is Pali, Sanskrit, and Tibetan translated as Suffering in the English language. Sufferings are part of our lives which come in a…
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Spirituality and You
Spirituality has different perspectives. It calls for searching meaning in one’s life. Spirituality is a universal experience that affects everybody. Some people prefer to call it religious or sacred. Others refer to the terminology as uplifting or profound sense of consciousness. Spiritual life is associated with religion, church, or prayer. It could be relationship with…
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Ways to Lead a Yogic Life
Yoga benefits can go beyond the actual physical practice. It remains in us after we have rolled the mat and go about our daily routine provided we live the practice 24 hours daily. The physical part of yoga is edifying and rewarding. However, the more trying test starts after we stop performing the physical workout.…
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What is Sattvic Meal?
Certain foods have subdued effects on people’s minds and moods. Ayurveda, the conventional Hindu system of medicine and sometimes called the “sister science of yoga” explains how various foods affect the mental, spiritual, and physical well-being of a person. Ayurveda is dependent on the balance in body systems. It makes use of diets, yogic breathing,…
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Top 5 Yoga Subscription Boxes
The Yoga subscription box has emerged as the newest fad in this practice. Different categories are coming out which Yogis all over the world did not fail to notice. The purpose of this innovative box is support startup entrepreneurs and promote merchandise or services such as teaching yoga, making soap or building a blog site.…