Dr. Yvonne Kristin Fulbright, a sex educator, relationship expert, columnist and founder of Sexuality Source Inc, says when a person lets himself or herself stray from any exercise routine, it can be difficult to get back into it. However, the beauty with yoga is that, in taking care of a person, yoga takes care of the individual.
When it comes to sex life, yoga can result in:
Increased sensitivity
Yoga's breathing exercises help a person breathe more fully, decreasing anxiety level and blood pressure. Recent research has suggested that meditation, prayer and yoga can improve health. These relaxation activities change patterns of gene activity that affect the body’s response to stress. When a person evokes a relaxation response, the mind actively turns genes that are 'switched' on or off by stress the other way. All of this makes a person more primed for intimacy.
More powerful orgasms
Yoga's influence on orgasms is two fold. First, in strengthening the sexual core, person has greater control over pelvic floor muscles and sex organs. Harnessing this during sex helps the individual to climax more magnificently. Second, the practice enables to release muscle tension, which, in turn, rocks the body for full body orgasms.
Improved energy
In being physically active, learning how to relax and alleviating stress through breathing and by simply having fun, a person will feel more energized. Yoga is invigorating.
Body knowledge and acceptance
Yoga is about embracing a person's form. A person becomes more aware of his or her body's strengths and limits. At the same time, he or she develops flexibility, coordination, balance and physical strength.
Greater fitness
By tapping unused muscles, a person will feel fitter. In working out, body will become more toned. Better muscle tone will increase sexual response.
New sexual positions
Since a person is exercising his muscles, he will be able to engage in a greater variety of sex positions for greater pleasure.
By www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com
THE LATEST YOGA NEWS, FROM IT IS YOGA
Tuesday, 30 September 2008
Monday, 29 September 2008
SIDDHA YOGA
TODAY WE spend millions of dollars to get rid of deadly diseases like cancer, AIDS and other incurable diseases. In India alone, the money spent on developing a national health system and healthcare projects, runs into thousands of crores of rupees. Even after these hefty efforts, rural India remains isolated from healthcare. The urban population always prefers private healthcare services. In addition to losing valuable foreign exchange, India is also losing manpower, as most rapidly spreading diseases are affecting the younger generation.
This destructive process can be reversed by adopting the time tested 'Siddha Yoga', absolutely free of cost, according to Guru Siyag. He was addressing the 'Shaktipaat Diksha', an initiation ceremony for learners of Siddha Yoga, on the evening of September 25, 2008, (Thursday) at Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India. If Siddha Yoga, based on the solid principles of Vedic science is adopted, nobody can stop India from emerging as a world power. To achieve this, we have to differentiate between the artificial Yoga and the Siddha Yoga. The Yoga being practised today is a kind of physical exercise and not the Siddha Yoga described by Maharishi Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras.
Diseases that human beings suffer from are classified by modern medical science under two broad categories, physical and mental. These are treated with internal medicines and/or external medicines or therapeutic applications. Ancient Indian sages delved deep into the mysteries of life through meditation and learned that diseases are not caused by accidental exposure to germs or pathogens, as medical scientists believe. The sages learned that much of human suffering is actually caused by the actions of each individual in his/her past life. Each action, good or bad, leads to a reaction in the same life cycle or is carried over to the next. Since each individual is trapped in an unending cycle of life and death, human suffering through diseases and the highs and lows of life continue ceaselessly. Modern science does not accept continuance of life after physical death. That is why it looks for physical solutions to diseases but fails to come up with lasting cures. If science finds a cure for one disease, other more challenging ones crop up. This is because they refuse to believe that the root of the problem lies far beyond the physical existence of human beings. Indian Yogis however learned that beyond physical and mental afflictions lies the spiritual disease. In other words, the spiritual Law of Karma, actions of the past resulting in diseases and other forms of suffering in the present life, governs human existence and life after life, in a never ending cycle. In his treatise 'Yoga Sutra', the Indian sage Patanjali classified diseases under three categories, physical (Aadhidehik), mental (Aadhibhautik) and spiritual (Aadhidaivik).
A spiritual disease needs a spiritual remedy. Only regular practice of Yoga under the guidance of a spiritual master like Guru Siyag can help the practitioner find a spiritual remedy for all his/her afflictions. It is only the guru who can help a disciple to cut through the web of the Karmic past, get rid of disease/s and realize the true purpose of his/her life through self realization. Guru Siyag has proved in a number of cases that the practical application of Yoga can indeed heal and even cure chronic ailments such as arthritis and diabetes and terminal diseases such as cancer and HIV/AIDS. Countless patients, practically given up for dead by doctors, have not only survived and regained good health but are also leading almost normal lives after seeking Guru Siyag's blessings as a last resort and getting initiated into Siddha Yoga. Yoga takes over and succeeds where modern medical science reaches its limitation in finding a lasting relief or cure for a disease.
It is not surprising therefore that most patients who have lost all hopes of survival even after trying out every possible medical option, usually come to Guru Siyag for help. Bhanwar Lal Jaat, a resident of Jodhpur (Rajasthan India) was one such patient who had become a full blown case of AIDS in its final stage. Doctors treating him discharged him from the hospital one day and asked his relatives to take him home as he was on the brink of death. It was in this condition that Bhanwar Lal was brought to Guru Siyag on a stretcher one October afternoon in 2002. He could neither speak nor move his limbs. He barely managed to blink his eyelids in affirmation, when Guru Siyag asked him if he could hear. Guru Siyag then gave Bhanwar Lal a divine word and asked him to silently chant the mantra continuously. Desperate to live, Bhanwar Lal did as he was told and began to show visible signs of recovery in a matter of one week to the utter astonishment of all around him. He later put on weight and regained normal health. Since then, he has been leading a normal life. He has no HIV negative certificate though. Despite the tell tale signs of Bhanwar Lal's amazing recovery from AIDS and his apparent healthy condition today, the local medical fraternity refuses to probe his case as it scoffs at the idea of a spiritual cure of a disease that even doctors in the advanced West have not been able to find.
The case of Sushila, a resident of Bikaner (Rajasthan India), who suffered from leukaemia, was also similar. In April of 2000, her WBC count had reached dangerous levels. As a last resort, her family sought alternative healing and were soon told by friends about Guru Siyag. In May 2000, Sushila took initiation from Guru Siyag. Just nine days after taking initiation from Guru Siyag, Sushila began to show amazing recovery. Within two months of practising Siddha Yoga, Sushila's WBC count was found to be within normal range. Word about the spectacular recovery of patients like Bhanwar Lal and Sushila spread like wild fire and soon desperate HIV/AIDS and cancer patients started pouring into Guru Siyag's Ashram to seek his divine help for their survival. The same has been the case with people suffering from cancer. Adhyatma Vigyan Satsang Kendra (AVSK), the spiritual organization headed by Guru Siyag, has compiled a list of the large number of terminal and chronic cases of the diseases cured. Typically, however, in almost every case of amazing recovery of a patient through Guru Siyag's Siddha Yoga, physicians have refused to acknowledge the incredible reversal for which they had no plausible explanation.
The benefits of Guru Siyag's divine powers can be extended to a greater number of people in India and even abroad. However, his repeated attempts to reach out have run into a wall of indifference erected by the bureaucracy, politicians and the urban elite, which has no real faith in the healing powers of the divine force. It is in the face of this persistent indifference and even a degree of hostility at home in India that Guru Siyag is now trying to reach out to the West to take the benefits of Siddha Yoga to humanity around the world. He is aware that people with the scientific approach in the West have an open mind about probing new horizons of knowledge even if such knowledge doesn't fit into the rigid criteria of physical science but gives the desired results all the same.
By www.merinews.com
THE LATEST SIDDHA YOGA NEWS, FROM IT IS YOGA
This destructive process can be reversed by adopting the time tested 'Siddha Yoga', absolutely free of cost, according to Guru Siyag. He was addressing the 'Shaktipaat Diksha', an initiation ceremony for learners of Siddha Yoga, on the evening of September 25, 2008, (Thursday) at Jodhpur, Rajasthan, India. If Siddha Yoga, based on the solid principles of Vedic science is adopted, nobody can stop India from emerging as a world power. To achieve this, we have to differentiate between the artificial Yoga and the Siddha Yoga. The Yoga being practised today is a kind of physical exercise and not the Siddha Yoga described by Maharishi Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras.
Diseases that human beings suffer from are classified by modern medical science under two broad categories, physical and mental. These are treated with internal medicines and/or external medicines or therapeutic applications. Ancient Indian sages delved deep into the mysteries of life through meditation and learned that diseases are not caused by accidental exposure to germs or pathogens, as medical scientists believe. The sages learned that much of human suffering is actually caused by the actions of each individual in his/her past life. Each action, good or bad, leads to a reaction in the same life cycle or is carried over to the next. Since each individual is trapped in an unending cycle of life and death, human suffering through diseases and the highs and lows of life continue ceaselessly. Modern science does not accept continuance of life after physical death. That is why it looks for physical solutions to diseases but fails to come up with lasting cures. If science finds a cure for one disease, other more challenging ones crop up. This is because they refuse to believe that the root of the problem lies far beyond the physical existence of human beings. Indian Yogis however learned that beyond physical and mental afflictions lies the spiritual disease. In other words, the spiritual Law of Karma, actions of the past resulting in diseases and other forms of suffering in the present life, governs human existence and life after life, in a never ending cycle. In his treatise 'Yoga Sutra', the Indian sage Patanjali classified diseases under three categories, physical (Aadhidehik), mental (Aadhibhautik) and spiritual (Aadhidaivik).
A spiritual disease needs a spiritual remedy. Only regular practice of Yoga under the guidance of a spiritual master like Guru Siyag can help the practitioner find a spiritual remedy for all his/her afflictions. It is only the guru who can help a disciple to cut through the web of the Karmic past, get rid of disease/s and realize the true purpose of his/her life through self realization. Guru Siyag has proved in a number of cases that the practical application of Yoga can indeed heal and even cure chronic ailments such as arthritis and diabetes and terminal diseases such as cancer and HIV/AIDS. Countless patients, practically given up for dead by doctors, have not only survived and regained good health but are also leading almost normal lives after seeking Guru Siyag's blessings as a last resort and getting initiated into Siddha Yoga. Yoga takes over and succeeds where modern medical science reaches its limitation in finding a lasting relief or cure for a disease.
It is not surprising therefore that most patients who have lost all hopes of survival even after trying out every possible medical option, usually come to Guru Siyag for help. Bhanwar Lal Jaat, a resident of Jodhpur (Rajasthan India) was one such patient who had become a full blown case of AIDS in its final stage. Doctors treating him discharged him from the hospital one day and asked his relatives to take him home as he was on the brink of death. It was in this condition that Bhanwar Lal was brought to Guru Siyag on a stretcher one October afternoon in 2002. He could neither speak nor move his limbs. He barely managed to blink his eyelids in affirmation, when Guru Siyag asked him if he could hear. Guru Siyag then gave Bhanwar Lal a divine word and asked him to silently chant the mantra continuously. Desperate to live, Bhanwar Lal did as he was told and began to show visible signs of recovery in a matter of one week to the utter astonishment of all around him. He later put on weight and regained normal health. Since then, he has been leading a normal life. He has no HIV negative certificate though. Despite the tell tale signs of Bhanwar Lal's amazing recovery from AIDS and his apparent healthy condition today, the local medical fraternity refuses to probe his case as it scoffs at the idea of a spiritual cure of a disease that even doctors in the advanced West have not been able to find.
The case of Sushila, a resident of Bikaner (Rajasthan India), who suffered from leukaemia, was also similar. In April of 2000, her WBC count had reached dangerous levels. As a last resort, her family sought alternative healing and were soon told by friends about Guru Siyag. In May 2000, Sushila took initiation from Guru Siyag. Just nine days after taking initiation from Guru Siyag, Sushila began to show amazing recovery. Within two months of practising Siddha Yoga, Sushila's WBC count was found to be within normal range. Word about the spectacular recovery of patients like Bhanwar Lal and Sushila spread like wild fire and soon desperate HIV/AIDS and cancer patients started pouring into Guru Siyag's Ashram to seek his divine help for their survival. The same has been the case with people suffering from cancer. Adhyatma Vigyan Satsang Kendra (AVSK), the spiritual organization headed by Guru Siyag, has compiled a list of the large number of terminal and chronic cases of the diseases cured. Typically, however, in almost every case of amazing recovery of a patient through Guru Siyag's Siddha Yoga, physicians have refused to acknowledge the incredible reversal for which they had no plausible explanation.
The benefits of Guru Siyag's divine powers can be extended to a greater number of people in India and even abroad. However, his repeated attempts to reach out have run into a wall of indifference erected by the bureaucracy, politicians and the urban elite, which has no real faith in the healing powers of the divine force. It is in the face of this persistent indifference and even a degree of hostility at home in India that Guru Siyag is now trying to reach out to the West to take the benefits of Siddha Yoga to humanity around the world. He is aware that people with the scientific approach in the West have an open mind about probing new horizons of knowledge even if such knowledge doesn't fit into the rigid criteria of physical science but gives the desired results all the same.
By www.merinews.com
THE LATEST SIDDHA YOGA NEWS, FROM IT IS YOGA
Friday, 26 September 2008
YOGA FOR OLDER WOMEN
A study has concluded that women over the age of 65 may benefit from regularly practising yoga.
Conducted at the Temple University in Philadelphia, the research found that the women who did yoga increased their walking speed and the length of their stride, reports Dallas News.
In addition, flexibility was improved in the hip flexors, ankles and big toe joints. This led to body weight being even better distributed on the subject's feet.
Dr Song, who was involved in the study, commented: 'This might be good to continue to investigate, if yoga is an appropriate intervention for minimising the risk of falling.'
Yoga may be an attractive workout option for the money conscious keep fit fan as all that is needed is a yoga mat and fitness DVD.
By www.totallyfitness.co.uk
THE LATEST YOGA NEWS, FROM IT IS YOGA
Conducted at the Temple University in Philadelphia, the research found that the women who did yoga increased their walking speed and the length of their stride, reports Dallas News.
In addition, flexibility was improved in the hip flexors, ankles and big toe joints. This led to body weight being even better distributed on the subject's feet.
Dr Song, who was involved in the study, commented: 'This might be good to continue to investigate, if yoga is an appropriate intervention for minimising the risk of falling.'
Yoga may be an attractive workout option for the money conscious keep fit fan as all that is needed is a yoga mat and fitness DVD.
By www.totallyfitness.co.uk
THE LATEST YOGA NEWS, FROM IT IS YOGA
Thursday, 25 September 2008
YOGA AND DISEASE
THE VIRAL load test medical diagnosis laboratory reports of several patients suffering from AIDS/HIV disease have proved that Guru Siyag's Siddha Yoga can save mankind from this deadly disease. Not only AIDS/HIV, there are medical diagnosis lab reports clearly indicating the cure and improvement in patients suffering from so called incurable diseases like cancer, arthritis, hepatitis B, haemophilia, diabetes, high or low blood pressure. These reports tell the success story of Siddha Yoga in curing incurable diseases, without administering any kind of medicine and without spending even a single penny from the patient's pocket. The reports are available for viewing at the Adhyatma Vigyan Satsang Kendra, Jodhpur.
Jawaharlal Bohra, a share market broker from Mumbai got cured from cancer and hepatitis in 1998, Ramkishor from Nagaur got rid of high BP and mental tension in 2007, Vikas Kumar from Jodhpur was relieved from migraine in 2004, Lundaas Sant from Shergarh got cured of cancer tumour in 2008, Dalaram from Jalore got rid of AIDS in 2006, Jamtaram from Jalore was cured of AIDS in 2008. There are hundreds of such examples of suffering from incurable diseases in the past who are living a healthy life even today.
Maharishi Patanjali's Yoga Sutra clearly states that yoga is meant for the complete development of human being, and it is not just the cure of diseases. Aas these diseases are hurdles in the way of complete development of human being, these are cured in the first part of the process of Siddha Yoga. Mahrishi Patanjali's Yoga Sutra describes yoga as 'Chitta ki vrittion ka nirodh hi yog hai'.
The list of diseases cured by Guru Siyag's Siddha Yoga is never ending, as it not only eradicates all sorts of physical, mental and spiritual diseases, but also aims at all round and complete development of the human being.
Guru Ramlal Siyag from Rajasthan, is the founder and patron of Adhyatma Vigyan Satsang Kendra, Jodhpur. He describes Siddha Yoga as a process based on the solid principles of Vedic science. It aims at the complete development of human being. Guru Siyag clarified it as the 'next development in humans', as man is a transitional being, and not yet complete. As per the law of nature each and every thing in this universe is subject to continuous change. Some changes occur at high speed, hence they can be observed or felt by man in his life span, for example, the transformation of a seed to a big tree. On the other hand, changes in things, which take place at a very slow speed, take years to complete and cannot be observed or felt during one’s life time. For example, the development of the living organism, starting from a single celled 'amoeba', then developing into fish, tortoise, four legged animals, monkeys, gorillas, and through millions of years of development process, the living organism or the being has attained the form of human being.
By www.merinews.com
THE LATEST YOGA NEWS, FROM IT IS YOGA
Jawaharlal Bohra, a share market broker from Mumbai got cured from cancer and hepatitis in 1998, Ramkishor from Nagaur got rid of high BP and mental tension in 2007, Vikas Kumar from Jodhpur was relieved from migraine in 2004, Lundaas Sant from Shergarh got cured of cancer tumour in 2008, Dalaram from Jalore got rid of AIDS in 2006, Jamtaram from Jalore was cured of AIDS in 2008. There are hundreds of such examples of suffering from incurable diseases in the past who are living a healthy life even today.
Maharishi Patanjali's Yoga Sutra clearly states that yoga is meant for the complete development of human being, and it is not just the cure of diseases. Aas these diseases are hurdles in the way of complete development of human being, these are cured in the first part of the process of Siddha Yoga. Mahrishi Patanjali's Yoga Sutra describes yoga as 'Chitta ki vrittion ka nirodh hi yog hai'.
The list of diseases cured by Guru Siyag's Siddha Yoga is never ending, as it not only eradicates all sorts of physical, mental and spiritual diseases, but also aims at all round and complete development of the human being.
Guru Ramlal Siyag from Rajasthan, is the founder and patron of Adhyatma Vigyan Satsang Kendra, Jodhpur. He describes Siddha Yoga as a process based on the solid principles of Vedic science. It aims at the complete development of human being. Guru Siyag clarified it as the 'next development in humans', as man is a transitional being, and not yet complete. As per the law of nature each and every thing in this universe is subject to continuous change. Some changes occur at high speed, hence they can be observed or felt by man in his life span, for example, the transformation of a seed to a big tree. On the other hand, changes in things, which take place at a very slow speed, take years to complete and cannot be observed or felt during one’s life time. For example, the development of the living organism, starting from a single celled 'amoeba', then developing into fish, tortoise, four legged animals, monkeys, gorillas, and through millions of years of development process, the living organism or the being has attained the form of human being.
By www.merinews.com
THE LATEST YOGA NEWS, FROM IT IS YOGA
Tuesday, 23 September 2008
YOGA AT 90
KANTILAL TALATI, who turns 90 in October, credits yoga for his good health. He practices a yoga posture in the home he shares with his daughter and son in law in Arlington, Texas. He's a native of India.
He spoke as if he was seated on an examining table, talking with his doctor.
'I am feeling very 'goood,'' he declared.
Any pains?
'No headache. No fever. Never.'
Problem with medications?
Kantilal Talati smiled. 'No med i ca tion.'
The polite, gracious man from India, who turns 90 next month, summarized his well being in economical English.
'I never fall sick. Due to yoga only.'
Arpita Shah's grandfather knelt on the living room carpet of the Arlington, Texas, home where he has lived with his daughter and son in law since leaving Bombay, India, last summer. Limber as an Olympic gymnast, Talati curled his 5 foot, 125 pound frame into a tight ball, and using his head for balance, slowly raised both legs overhead until his inverted body punctuated the accomplishment, forming an exclamation point.
Then Talati lowered his bare feet, turning the soles inward until they met in a posture of prayer.
As he maintained the headstand, the king of yoga poses, his family watched with respect and admiration.
Talati performs a variety of positions, asanas, as part of his disciplined daily yoga schedule.
'Never do I lapse,' he said proudly.
Yoga, an ancient Hindu practice, is aimed at achieving a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquility.
Talati devotes one hour every morning to 'pranayam' (breathing exercises), followed by an hour of yoga.
After breakfast he gives yoga lessons to his hosts.
In the afternoon he does another session alone, performing more challenging yoga poses and movements that massage internal organs, enhance blood circulation and act on the joints, increasing strength and flexibility.
According to a yoga philosophy, it's not the number of years that determines a person's age but rather the suppleness of the spine.
Talati credits his 30 year regimen for his good health and longevity.
'I am very young now,' Talati said. "If someone asks me 'How old are you?' I always say, 'I am 18 years!''
By DAVID CASSTEVENS
THE LATEST YOGA NEWS, FROM IT IS YOGA
He spoke as if he was seated on an examining table, talking with his doctor.
'I am feeling very 'goood,'' he declared.
Any pains?
'No headache. No fever. Never.'
Problem with medications?
Kantilal Talati smiled. 'No med i ca tion.'
The polite, gracious man from India, who turns 90 next month, summarized his well being in economical English.
'I never fall sick. Due to yoga only.'
Arpita Shah's grandfather knelt on the living room carpet of the Arlington, Texas, home where he has lived with his daughter and son in law since leaving Bombay, India, last summer. Limber as an Olympic gymnast, Talati curled his 5 foot, 125 pound frame into a tight ball, and using his head for balance, slowly raised both legs overhead until his inverted body punctuated the accomplishment, forming an exclamation point.
Then Talati lowered his bare feet, turning the soles inward until they met in a posture of prayer.
As he maintained the headstand, the king of yoga poses, his family watched with respect and admiration.
Talati performs a variety of positions, asanas, as part of his disciplined daily yoga schedule.
'Never do I lapse,' he said proudly.
Yoga, an ancient Hindu practice, is aimed at achieving a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquility.
Talati devotes one hour every morning to 'pranayam' (breathing exercises), followed by an hour of yoga.
After breakfast he gives yoga lessons to his hosts.
In the afternoon he does another session alone, performing more challenging yoga poses and movements that massage internal organs, enhance blood circulation and act on the joints, increasing strength and flexibility.
According to a yoga philosophy, it's not the number of years that determines a person's age but rather the suppleness of the spine.
Talati credits his 30 year regimen for his good health and longevity.
'I am very young now,' Talati said. "If someone asks me 'How old are you?' I always say, 'I am 18 years!''
By DAVID CASSTEVENS
THE LATEST YOGA NEWS, FROM IT IS YOGA
Monday, 22 September 2008
YOGA FOR EVERYONE
Costa Ricans can take a deep breath, and stretch. The first national yoga festival, Yoga Para Todos (Yoga for Everyone), takes place tomorrow and Sunday.
The festival, set to coincide with Sept. 21 International Day of Peace, warms up tomorrow morning with free yoga classes at centers, including Bikram Yoga, Casa Ames and Casa Lamat in San Jose, Ser Om Shanti in Playa Tamarindo, in the northwestern Guanacaste province, and VidAsana in Central Pacific's Playa Hermosa.
By www.ticotimes.net
THE LATEST YOGA NEWS, FROM IT IS YOGA
The festival, set to coincide with Sept. 21 International Day of Peace, warms up tomorrow morning with free yoga classes at centers, including Bikram Yoga, Casa Ames and Casa Lamat in San Jose, Ser Om Shanti in Playa Tamarindo, in the northwestern Guanacaste province, and VidAsana in Central Pacific's Playa Hermosa.
By www.ticotimes.net
THE LATEST YOGA NEWS, FROM IT IS YOGA
Friday, 19 September 2008
ARMCHAIR YOGA
For some, yoga conjures up images of impossible and rather funny looking poses. For others, it is the answer to mental and physical well being. But what about those who can barely manage to leave a chair?
'This is a class for people who have issues doing a regular yoga class,' Barbara Reynolds said, as she lowered her arms to her side into the mountain pose.
Beginning its second year, the weekly chair yoga class is back at the Destin Community Center.
Chair yoga is intended for seniors who are seeking to improve their balance, breathing, flexibility and endurance.
The clientele that come to stretch and make a mind-body connection are typically people who have cardiovascular issues, hip and knee replacements, suffer arthritis, are confined to a wheelchair or have another condition that limits their mobility.
The premise behind chair yoga is that just because someone is limited physically, it does not mean that they are exempt from gaining some of the benefits that yoga has to offer.
'If anybody can breath, then they can do this class,' Reynolds said.
And breathing is key.
As inspirational music pumps through the gym, chair yoga students are instructed on how to inhale and exhale with the movements.
'Yoga is a practice, a journey,' Reynolds told the class.
The class is made up of three parts. The first part concentrates on moving with your breath. This technique relaxes the student and helps them to get centered, or focused on their inner self.
The second part of the class is a little more challenging, as poses are held for longer repetitions. The body's chakras, or points of physical and spiritual energy, are called to attention.
Relaxation and serenity set in as the body releases toxins and tension with the gentle movements.
In the third segment of the class, those who able are prompted to balance and perform modified yoga poses off the chair.
Reynolds said that balance is a vital skill to retain as one gets older. It helps to prevent stumbling and injury.
Class attendance is off to a slow start so far this year, but last year during Snowbird season, as many as 30 people attended.
Barbara Beecher is one of Reynolds returning students. She said chair yoga was the perfect solution.
'I had done yoga years ago and this sounded interesting,' Beecher said, noting that she was attracted to the program after attending Reynolds’ Zumba class.
'In the class that I was taking before, it was hard to get off the floor and the poses hurt,' she said.
When the three phases of posing, stretching and breathing are completed, Reynolds closes the class by bowing with her palms placed together at the brow chakra.
'Namaste,' she said, a salutation meaning 'I bow to you.'
Want to try chair yoga?
Experience the benefits of yoga without having to get on the floor. Chair yoga classes are offered by Barbara Reynolds on Thursdays at 11 a.m. at the Community Center. Cost is $2. Reynolds also teaches Zumba, a Latin inspired aerobic dance, on Tuesdays at 4:30 p.m. and Pilates at 5:30 p.m. Zumba is $6 and Pilates is $5 per session, or enjoy both for $10. For more information, contact Barbara Reynolds at 622 1764.
By Jennifer Rich
THE LATEST YOGA NEWS, FROM IT IS YOGA
'This is a class for people who have issues doing a regular yoga class,' Barbara Reynolds said, as she lowered her arms to her side into the mountain pose.
Beginning its second year, the weekly chair yoga class is back at the Destin Community Center.
Chair yoga is intended for seniors who are seeking to improve their balance, breathing, flexibility and endurance.
The clientele that come to stretch and make a mind-body connection are typically people who have cardiovascular issues, hip and knee replacements, suffer arthritis, are confined to a wheelchair or have another condition that limits their mobility.
The premise behind chair yoga is that just because someone is limited physically, it does not mean that they are exempt from gaining some of the benefits that yoga has to offer.
'If anybody can breath, then they can do this class,' Reynolds said.
And breathing is key.
As inspirational music pumps through the gym, chair yoga students are instructed on how to inhale and exhale with the movements.
'Yoga is a practice, a journey,' Reynolds told the class.
The class is made up of three parts. The first part concentrates on moving with your breath. This technique relaxes the student and helps them to get centered, or focused on their inner self.
The second part of the class is a little more challenging, as poses are held for longer repetitions. The body's chakras, or points of physical and spiritual energy, are called to attention.
Relaxation and serenity set in as the body releases toxins and tension with the gentle movements.
In the third segment of the class, those who able are prompted to balance and perform modified yoga poses off the chair.
Reynolds said that balance is a vital skill to retain as one gets older. It helps to prevent stumbling and injury.
Class attendance is off to a slow start so far this year, but last year during Snowbird season, as many as 30 people attended.
Barbara Beecher is one of Reynolds returning students. She said chair yoga was the perfect solution.
'I had done yoga years ago and this sounded interesting,' Beecher said, noting that she was attracted to the program after attending Reynolds’ Zumba class.
'In the class that I was taking before, it was hard to get off the floor and the poses hurt,' she said.
When the three phases of posing, stretching and breathing are completed, Reynolds closes the class by bowing with her palms placed together at the brow chakra.
'Namaste,' she said, a salutation meaning 'I bow to you.'
Want to try chair yoga?
Experience the benefits of yoga without having to get on the floor. Chair yoga classes are offered by Barbara Reynolds on Thursdays at 11 a.m. at the Community Center. Cost is $2. Reynolds also teaches Zumba, a Latin inspired aerobic dance, on Tuesdays at 4:30 p.m. and Pilates at 5:30 p.m. Zumba is $6 and Pilates is $5 per session, or enjoy both for $10. For more information, contact Barbara Reynolds at 622 1764.
By Jennifer Rich
THE LATEST YOGA NEWS, FROM IT IS YOGA
Thursday, 18 September 2008
YOGA AND NINTENDO
This new yoga companion is personal and portable, but not really 'quick'. Players get more than 180 poses and different camera angles (referred to as point change, not camera angle), a possible target for player perversion due to some compromising stances motion captured and approved by Mai Hashimoto and the Swami Vivekananda’s Yoga Research Foundation.
The journey begins after confirming a special exercising agreement, then records are kept as players maneuver through daily power yoga, prescription yoga, free selection and practice logs. Players can read all the information in English or Sanskrit and search several challenging poses by posture and action. Information on specific details and benefits help players customize their experience. Actions can be added to the practice menu as lessons are learned. Eventually, players can make their own routines. Skip step and rewind/fast forward options are available…if you can touch the screen with the stylus while exercising.
Players have no real guidance or interactivity, plus constant glancing at the screen during these physical activities. Special voice features eliminate voice overs, but not the need for them. Players also use the microphone to check breathing techniques. The voice features should be helpful throughout the text heavy sets, viewable on both screens, but are not really practical unless you have a headset on. Even then players must move and perform the actual poses, a challenging task without trying to keep up with viewings (yes, the font is a bit small) and voice commands (a voice recognized 'pause' would have been nice, but players can still touch the screen for one).
Other features show calories burned, also represented by food and special relaxation techniques to treat insomnia, ease worries, tired eyes, and clear that head. The tools mode includes quizzes, terms, search options (a great place to start), breathing practice and a physical test that determines 'how old your body is'. Music (with limited options) and sound effects provide limited cues for breathing and progression.
This latest yoga video game training assistant does not really qualify as a game and furthers mild displeasure with inconvenient navigation and functionality. This companion could use several improvements and might be used initially in more private settings due to the occasionally confusing instruction and required close proximity. Find a reachable viewing spot even with your eye line, possibly even completing sets by posture (sitting, standing, laying down, etc.) so you can complete several at a time. Once past the considerable learning curve, this title provides a helpful portable yoga companion for players willing to invest the time.
By Tall Writer
THE LATEST YOGA NEWS, FROM IT IS YOGA
The journey begins after confirming a special exercising agreement, then records are kept as players maneuver through daily power yoga, prescription yoga, free selection and practice logs. Players can read all the information in English or Sanskrit and search several challenging poses by posture and action. Information on specific details and benefits help players customize their experience. Actions can be added to the practice menu as lessons are learned. Eventually, players can make their own routines. Skip step and rewind/fast forward options are available…if you can touch the screen with the stylus while exercising.
Players have no real guidance or interactivity, plus constant glancing at the screen during these physical activities. Special voice features eliminate voice overs, but not the need for them. Players also use the microphone to check breathing techniques. The voice features should be helpful throughout the text heavy sets, viewable on both screens, but are not really practical unless you have a headset on. Even then players must move and perform the actual poses, a challenging task without trying to keep up with viewings (yes, the font is a bit small) and voice commands (a voice recognized 'pause' would have been nice, but players can still touch the screen for one).
Other features show calories burned, also represented by food and special relaxation techniques to treat insomnia, ease worries, tired eyes, and clear that head. The tools mode includes quizzes, terms, search options (a great place to start), breathing practice and a physical test that determines 'how old your body is'. Music (with limited options) and sound effects provide limited cues for breathing and progression.
This latest yoga video game training assistant does not really qualify as a game and furthers mild displeasure with inconvenient navigation and functionality. This companion could use several improvements and might be used initially in more private settings due to the occasionally confusing instruction and required close proximity. Find a reachable viewing spot even with your eye line, possibly even completing sets by posture (sitting, standing, laying down, etc.) so you can complete several at a time. Once past the considerable learning curve, this title provides a helpful portable yoga companion for players willing to invest the time.
By Tall Writer
THE LATEST YOGA NEWS, FROM IT IS YOGA
Monday, 15 September 2008
LAUGHTER YOGA
Goddess Diana and her husband Noah Wiesenfeld want to achieve world peace through laughter, one person at a time.
So on most weeknights you'll find them in Hollywood or Hallandale Beach, giggling among a group of people as they do the hokey pokey while they turn themselves around.
The two are practitioners of laughter yoga, a free form exercise that includes laughing, singing and dancing.
With a faithful following, the couple holds sessions at Topeekeegee Yugnee Park in Hollywood, the Hollywood Beach Culture and Community Center and Memorial Senior Partners centers in Hollywood and Hallandale Beach.
'What happens is that after five to 10 minutes, the shoulders start to go down and the people start to relax,' Diana said. 'We do a lot of breathing. We do some stretching and we laugh. We let the inner child come out and play.'
She said members of the group make sure to hug each other.
'It is really important that we hug so that people can really feel that bonding power of laughter, plus it makes them feel good,' she said. 'They go out into the community and they're happy and they make other people happy. It's kind of like a ripple effect.'
Developed in 1995 by Indian physician Madan Kataria, laughter yoga has grown from just five people to more than 6,000 clubs in 60 countries.
By Sergy Odiduro
THE LATEST LAUGHTER NEWS, FROM IT IS YOGA
So on most weeknights you'll find them in Hollywood or Hallandale Beach, giggling among a group of people as they do the hokey pokey while they turn themselves around.
The two are practitioners of laughter yoga, a free form exercise that includes laughing, singing and dancing.
With a faithful following, the couple holds sessions at Topeekeegee Yugnee Park in Hollywood, the Hollywood Beach Culture and Community Center and Memorial Senior Partners centers in Hollywood and Hallandale Beach.
'What happens is that after five to 10 minutes, the shoulders start to go down and the people start to relax,' Diana said. 'We do a lot of breathing. We do some stretching and we laugh. We let the inner child come out and play.'
She said members of the group make sure to hug each other.
'It is really important that we hug so that people can really feel that bonding power of laughter, plus it makes them feel good,' she said. 'They go out into the community and they're happy and they make other people happy. It's kind of like a ripple effect.'
Developed in 1995 by Indian physician Madan Kataria, laughter yoga has grown from just five people to more than 6,000 clubs in 60 countries.
By Sergy Odiduro
THE LATEST LAUGHTER NEWS, FROM IT IS YOGA
Thursday, 11 September 2008
CHILDRENS YOGA WORKSHOP
The Sutter Lakeside Wellness Center is hosting a seven week Saturday yoga workshop for children ages 5 through 8 and for youths ages 9 through 13 beginning Saturday, Sept. 27.
The Bitta Yoga workshop (for ages 5 to 8) will occur from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Instructor Rama Deva will lead the children through an imaginary journey were they will climb mountains, venture through the jungle and meet friendly animals along the way. Participants also will learn songs and dances. A healthy snack and special treasure will be provided at every class.
The kids workshop (for ages 9 to 13, though older children are welcome), which takes place from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., will feature exercises designed to teach increased relaxation techniques, build self confidence and improve mental focus and balance. Attendees also will participate in activities that are intended to sharpen intuitive responses. Healthy snacks will be provided in this session also.
The autumn session runs from Sept. 27 through Nov. 8. There also will be a winter session, from Jan. 3 through Feb. 14. The cost is $10 per class; $7 each if three or more classes are taken or $45 for the whole seven week-session.
Instructor Rama Deva, HHP, is a regular yoga instructor at Sutter Lakeside's Wellness Center. He has trained in Deep Yoga, in San Diego with Bhava and Sundari Ram, and achieved Level 2 in the Radiant Child Yoga Program taught by Shakta Kaur Kalsa.
Rama honors the 'beautiful energy that the youth of today hold' and focuses on fun during these two workshops. He has worked with kids in local schools and focuses his life work on creating a space for the youth to express themselves in positive ways, bringing balance into their lives as they grow strong, becoming the leaders of tomorrow.
Parents of interested children are asked to call the Wellness Center at 262 5171 for registration information.
By www.Lakeconews.com
THE LATEST YOGA NEWS, FROM IT IS YOGA
The Bitta Yoga workshop (for ages 5 to 8) will occur from 11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Instructor Rama Deva will lead the children through an imaginary journey were they will climb mountains, venture through the jungle and meet friendly animals along the way. Participants also will learn songs and dances. A healthy snack and special treasure will be provided at every class.
The kids workshop (for ages 9 to 13, though older children are welcome), which takes place from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m., will feature exercises designed to teach increased relaxation techniques, build self confidence and improve mental focus and balance. Attendees also will participate in activities that are intended to sharpen intuitive responses. Healthy snacks will be provided in this session also.
The autumn session runs from Sept. 27 through Nov. 8. There also will be a winter session, from Jan. 3 through Feb. 14. The cost is $10 per class; $7 each if three or more classes are taken or $45 for the whole seven week-session.
Instructor Rama Deva, HHP, is a regular yoga instructor at Sutter Lakeside's Wellness Center. He has trained in Deep Yoga, in San Diego with Bhava and Sundari Ram, and achieved Level 2 in the Radiant Child Yoga Program taught by Shakta Kaur Kalsa.
Rama honors the 'beautiful energy that the youth of today hold' and focuses on fun during these two workshops. He has worked with kids in local schools and focuses his life work on creating a space for the youth to express themselves in positive ways, bringing balance into their lives as they grow strong, becoming the leaders of tomorrow.
Parents of interested children are asked to call the Wellness Center at 262 5171 for registration information.
By www.Lakeconews.com
THE LATEST YOGA NEWS, FROM IT IS YOGA
Tuesday, 9 September 2008
YOGA FREE IN THE PARK
Miami's Bayfront Park can be a place for reflection, especially with the Dade County War Memorial and the monument to Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak, who died from wounds suffered during a 1933 assassination attempt on Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Down a walkway from those two monuments, at the Tina Hills Pavilion, a different sort of reflection is available. Three times each week people gather here with their mats and their water bottles for yoga classes, free of charge. On a recent summer day, instructor Jannee Alt was guiding about 70 students through various challenging moves. 'Imagine your favorite dessert, it makes it a little more bearable,' Alt tells the class, eliciting laughter.
One student is Dean Nieves of Miami, a self employed real estate investor. 'I was doing yoga at home and I found a better place,' says Nieves, who has been coming to the class for about two months.
This month marks the third anniversary of the free classes, which have become increasingly popular, especially with people who work in nearby office buildings. 'One afternoon, some people came to me from a bank across the street with their yoga instructor, and they had been doing yoga at the bank,' recalls Bayfront Park's director, Timothy Schmand. 'They asked me if they could do yoga in the park.'
Schmand thought that was a splendid idea, and so, with his blessing, the first class took place September 12, 2005. According to Schmand, a grand total of eight people showed up. One recent class attracted more than 120 participants.
by Sylvia Gurinsky
THE LATEST FREE YOGA NEWS, FROM IT IS YOGA
Down a walkway from those two monuments, at the Tina Hills Pavilion, a different sort of reflection is available. Three times each week people gather here with their mats and their water bottles for yoga classes, free of charge. On a recent summer day, instructor Jannee Alt was guiding about 70 students through various challenging moves. 'Imagine your favorite dessert, it makes it a little more bearable,' Alt tells the class, eliciting laughter.
One student is Dean Nieves of Miami, a self employed real estate investor. 'I was doing yoga at home and I found a better place,' says Nieves, who has been coming to the class for about two months.
This month marks the third anniversary of the free classes, which have become increasingly popular, especially with people who work in nearby office buildings. 'One afternoon, some people came to me from a bank across the street with their yoga instructor, and they had been doing yoga at the bank,' recalls Bayfront Park's director, Timothy Schmand. 'They asked me if they could do yoga in the park.'
Schmand thought that was a splendid idea, and so, with his blessing, the first class took place September 12, 2005. According to Schmand, a grand total of eight people showed up. One recent class attracted more than 120 participants.
by Sylvia Gurinsky
THE LATEST FREE YOGA NEWS, FROM IT IS YOGA
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