Yoga routines usually refer to the amount of exercises that one integrates in the life style pattern on a daily basis. Most of the time, by yoga routines we imply the workout meant to train both body and spirit and thus promote a very good physical and mental health. Yoga trainers insist that the yoga [...]
The appearance of kriya yoga is tributary to a combination of yoga styles such as Bhakti, Jnana and Raja. The word kriya describes effort or transformation. Although introduced to the modern world in the 19th century by master Lahiri Mahasaya, Kryia yoga seems to be much older. It is said to appear in the Bhagavad-Gita [...]
The necessity of yoga wear is not apparent, practice points out that the comfortable clothes especially designed to be worn during yoga classes make a difference from the t-shirt and training suit you’d normally use in sports. The need for the yoga clothes is justified if we think how the mind can relax only when [...]
Probably the most misunderstood of all the yoga forms practiced in the West, tantra yoga has the essence of the ancient teachings. In its purest manifestation, tantra yoga grew out of the ancient civilization in the Indus Valley and it pursued to help people achieve a form of non-dual life carried along a sacred path. [...]
The benefits of yoga exercises for health improvement are widely known, and this is the main reason why so many westerners start to practice it. To say the least, lots of people get to practice yoga as a means to explore their spiritual potential. Yet, there are others for whom yoga exercises become a way [...]
Jivamukti yoga is a method of yoga which was created by David Life and Sharon Gannon in 1984, and which reintegrates the physical, philosophical and spiritual aspects of yoga. Jivamukti is recognized at the international level as one of the main yoga practices together with Bikram, Kundalini, Viniyoga, Iyengar, Ashtanga, Integral and Kripalu. In the [...]
Choosing a yoga retreat over a popular holiday resort is no longer an unusual practice among westerners. When people think of yoga, they often relate it with stress relief, good health condition and physical shape, and it’s true, although the complexity of this ancient art is difficult to render in one short definition. A yoga [...]
In the western perception, yoga practice represents a way to evade from the material, stressful rhythm of a daily life ruled by money. Thus, a yoga class can easily turn into an oasis of peace and tranquility, a refuge from the crazy rhythm of the day. People who do not have the time or the [...]
The Atkins diet is really called the Atkins nutritional approach. Dr. Robert Atkins invented this low-carb diet. He had gained a great deal of weight while he attended medical school. He read about this diet in the medical journal. He perfected it and released it to the public.
Atkins, in his Atkins [...]
Namaste yoga represents a style of yoga based on the Hatha Vinyasa yoga practice. The meaning of the word namaste comes from the Indian greeting and it can be translated as follows: nama means bow, as it means I, and te means you; therefore namaste literally means I bow to you. The formula is equally [...]