Relaxation comes for some just by striking a pose and breathing deeply. If you've never struck a pose of Downward Facing Dog or the Warrior, you don't know how rejuvenating yoga can be. Give it a try, free of charge at Quarry Ponds where Hatha yoga classes take place every Saturday morning at 10 a.m.
By Susan Belknap
THE LATEST YOGA NEWS, FROM IT IS YOGA
Wednesday, 15 July 2009
Monday, 13 July 2009
THE BENEFITS OF REGULAR YOGA
HAZEL, ACTOR
Tell us about your diet
I wake up everyday at 8.30 a.m. and start my day with yoga. For breakfast, I prefer toast with jam and peanut butter. Lunch is brown rice with vegetables, tofu and salad. In the evening, I eat fruits. Dinner is early, at 7 p.m., and is just a sandwich.
What's your exercise routine?
I do yoga thrice a week, cardio and tread mill twice a week.
What's your favourite food?
Baked beans.
Is there anything you binge on?
Ice creams and chocolates.
What would you do if you had to put on or lose weight in a hurry?
I would avoid chocolates and ice creams and exercise daily to lose weight. No gaining weight.
How many times have you failed to stick to a diet?
I don't diet.
THE LATEST YOGA NEWS, FROM FIND PEACE IN RETREAT
Tell us about your diet
I wake up everyday at 8.30 a.m. and start my day with yoga. For breakfast, I prefer toast with jam and peanut butter. Lunch is brown rice with vegetables, tofu and salad. In the evening, I eat fruits. Dinner is early, at 7 p.m., and is just a sandwich.
What's your exercise routine?
I do yoga thrice a week, cardio and tread mill twice a week.
What's your favourite food?
Baked beans.
Is there anything you binge on?
Ice creams and chocolates.
What would you do if you had to put on or lose weight in a hurry?
I would avoid chocolates and ice creams and exercise daily to lose weight. No gaining weight.
How many times have you failed to stick to a diet?
I don't diet.
THE LATEST YOGA NEWS, FROM FIND PEACE IN RETREAT
Sunday, 12 July 2009
YOGA FOR MOTHERS AND BABIES
Emily Siemers of Edmond heard her baby laugh for the first time as she sang a silly song to her in her mommy/baby yoga class. She started taking baby Dylan to classes when she was 6 weeks old.
Dylan, now 6 months, never stops laughing, Siemers said. She's a happy baby, as are most of the babies in Karen Prior's Mamaste classes.
"Mamaste: The mama in me salutes the mama in you." It's a play on Namaste, a Sanskrit phrase that, in yoga, means "the light within me honors the light within you."
Prior, an Oklahoma yoga instructor, coined the term as a name for the mommy/baby yoga program she designed. It's a way for new mothers to exercise with their babies while socializing with other new mothers. It's also a great way to get back into shape after childbirth, Siemers said.
"We believe that babies have an intense need to be with their mothers," Prior said. "With Mamaste, Mom can take care of herself and bond with her baby at the same time."
By Times Record News
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Dylan, now 6 months, never stops laughing, Siemers said. She's a happy baby, as are most of the babies in Karen Prior's Mamaste classes.
"Mamaste: The mama in me salutes the mama in you." It's a play on Namaste, a Sanskrit phrase that, in yoga, means "the light within me honors the light within you."
Prior, an Oklahoma yoga instructor, coined the term as a name for the mommy/baby yoga program she designed. It's a way for new mothers to exercise with their babies while socializing with other new mothers. It's also a great way to get back into shape after childbirth, Siemers said.
"We believe that babies have an intense need to be with their mothers," Prior said. "With Mamaste, Mom can take care of herself and bond with her baby at the same time."
By Times Record News
THE LATEST YOGA NEWS, FROM IT IS YOGA
Wednesday, 8 July 2009
A YOGA REVOLUTION
In the 60s and 70s, when yoga was practised only by a small section of people, even in India, T.K.V. Desikachar quit his job as an engineer and embarked on a journey in yoga.
In 1976 he founded Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram (KYM) which 'revolutionised the yoga practice in the country,' said Kausthub Desikachar, co founder of Krishnamacharya Healing and Yoga Foundation, narrating how the KYM was founded. He was speaking at a meeting in honour of Mr. Desikachar here on Tuesday, on the occasion of KYM moving to its new premises. During the event, a photographic exhibition on Mr. Desikachar titled 'Portraits of a Grand Master' was inaugurated by cinematographer Madhu Ambat. The photographs in the exhibition were by Mr. Kausthub, son of Mr. Desikachar. The photographs spoke about the person behind the institution, Mr. Kausthub said, adding that each photograph expressed different facets of Mr. Desikachar's personality.
Mr. Desikachar was 'someone who is the great torch bearer of the timeless legacy of the great Yogacharya Krishnamacharya,' said N. Murali, Managing Director, The Hindu, who was the guest of honour. Mr. Desikachar had learnt yoga from his guru and father Yogacharya Krishnamacharya.
By The Hindu
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In 1976 he founded Krishnamacharya Yoga Mandiram (KYM) which 'revolutionised the yoga practice in the country,' said Kausthub Desikachar, co founder of Krishnamacharya Healing and Yoga Foundation, narrating how the KYM was founded. He was speaking at a meeting in honour of Mr. Desikachar here on Tuesday, on the occasion of KYM moving to its new premises. During the event, a photographic exhibition on Mr. Desikachar titled 'Portraits of a Grand Master' was inaugurated by cinematographer Madhu Ambat. The photographs in the exhibition were by Mr. Kausthub, son of Mr. Desikachar. The photographs spoke about the person behind the institution, Mr. Kausthub said, adding that each photograph expressed different facets of Mr. Desikachar's personality.
Mr. Desikachar was 'someone who is the great torch bearer of the timeless legacy of the great Yogacharya Krishnamacharya,' said N. Murali, Managing Director, The Hindu, who was the guest of honour. Mr. Desikachar had learnt yoga from his guru and father Yogacharya Krishnamacharya.
By The Hindu
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Monday, 6 July 2009
YOGA ON THE BEACH
Everyday we hear about new workouts that promise great results. But there are also workouts that have been helping people improve their health for years. The ancient form of yoga dates back over 5,000 years, and has so many different forms of the practice to choose from. On this Fit at Five we take a look at one class that gives a jump start to your day, both physically and mentally. Kelly LaBrecque has more.
For Celina McMichael teaching yoga outside seemed like a natural thing to do. The class is a blend of traditional Ashtanga with a Vinyasa flow. It is a more vigorous practice, and known as a 'power' yoga.
People start a yoga practice for many different reasons. The initial draw to power yoga is the physical, but people quickly find that the benefits are so much more. The members in this class are able to start their day knowing that they just had a great workout. They are also happier, calm, and centered.
By Kelly LaBrecque
THE LATEST YOGA NEWS, FROM IT IS YOGA
For Celina McMichael teaching yoga outside seemed like a natural thing to do. The class is a blend of traditional Ashtanga with a Vinyasa flow. It is a more vigorous practice, and known as a 'power' yoga.
People start a yoga practice for many different reasons. The initial draw to power yoga is the physical, but people quickly find that the benefits are so much more. The members in this class are able to start their day knowing that they just had a great workout. They are also happier, calm, and centered.
By Kelly LaBrecque
THE LATEST YOGA NEWS, FROM IT IS YOGA
YOGA RESEARCH CENTRE
SANKALPA centre for Research in Yoga and Natural Health organised a free ayurveda screening and consultation between 5 pm to 8 pm at SANKALPA, 7th Cross, Bhuvaneswari Nagar, BSK III stage from Saturday to July 18. Contact: 9845338877.
Camp
Indian Institute of Ayurvedic Medicine and Research will conduct a free ayurvedic consultation camp for diabetic and its complications, diabetic wounds and diabetic neuropathy between 9 am to 1 pm at the Institute, Jayamahal Road, JC Nagar from Monday till July 11. Contact: 23530013.
Yoga
MES and Swami Vivekananada Yoga Kendra will conduct yoga classes in Basaveshwaranagar Ale Sanskritika Sangha between 10 am to 11.15 am and 11.15 am to 12.30 pm at the Kendra, 2nd Block, Judges Colony, 4th Main Road, Basaveshwaranagar. Contact: 9449445892 / 23323342.
By Times of India
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Camp
Indian Institute of Ayurvedic Medicine and Research will conduct a free ayurvedic consultation camp for diabetic and its complications, diabetic wounds and diabetic neuropathy between 9 am to 1 pm at the Institute, Jayamahal Road, JC Nagar from Monday till July 11. Contact: 23530013.
Yoga
MES and Swami Vivekananada Yoga Kendra will conduct yoga classes in Basaveshwaranagar Ale Sanskritika Sangha between 10 am to 11.15 am and 11.15 am to 12.30 pm at the Kendra, 2nd Block, Judges Colony, 4th Main Road, Basaveshwaranagar. Contact: 9449445892 / 23323342.
By Times of India
THE LATEST YOGA RESEARCH NEWS, FROM IT IS YOGA
Wednesday, 1 July 2009
YOGA AND FACIAL BEAUTY
You approach the mirror, and there they are, the signs of expiration.
Who replaced those apple cheeks with gecko skin?
Who deflated the neck?
Perhaps that factory manufactured a defective mirror, but chances are you have aged.
Technology has given birth to many so called 'cures' to aging, cheek implants and Skin Caviar' from La Prairie, to name a couple.
Botox is popular, but you're nervous about using nerve gas. And you like smiling. Folks with money turn to the facelift, but you see Joan Rivers. And, again, you like smiling.
Now, a Midtown man is giving vulnerable mortals some natural ammunition against the mirror: face yoga.
He's holding classes in Decatur, Sandy Springs and Marietta, under the name Mr. 'Happy Face Yoga.'
'I never noticed before, but my mouth used to sag, and I used to have bumps on my forehead because of wrinkles,' said Gary Sikorski, the yoga instructor.
He put a stop to those lines.
'Just by tightening the muscle, you get rid of them,' Sikorski said.
With face yoga, no knife punctures skin. It hurts your wallet less, too. The six week class costs $250.
By CHARLES YOO
THE LATEST YOGA NEWS, FROM IT IS YOGA
Who replaced those apple cheeks with gecko skin?
Who deflated the neck?
Perhaps that factory manufactured a defective mirror, but chances are you have aged.
Technology has given birth to many so called 'cures' to aging, cheek implants and Skin Caviar' from La Prairie, to name a couple.
Botox is popular, but you're nervous about using nerve gas. And you like smiling. Folks with money turn to the facelift, but you see Joan Rivers. And, again, you like smiling.
Now, a Midtown man is giving vulnerable mortals some natural ammunition against the mirror: face yoga.
He's holding classes in Decatur, Sandy Springs and Marietta, under the name Mr. 'Happy Face Yoga.'
'I never noticed before, but my mouth used to sag, and I used to have bumps on my forehead because of wrinkles,' said Gary Sikorski, the yoga instructor.
He put a stop to those lines.
'Just by tightening the muscle, you get rid of them,' Sikorski said.
With face yoga, no knife punctures skin. It hurts your wallet less, too. The six week class costs $250.
By CHARLES YOO
THE LATEST YOGA NEWS, FROM IT IS YOGA
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