Healthy Mind & Mind With Yoga
...oga Guru patanjali, who defined Yoga as: A steady and comfortable state of Body and Mind means Asana (posture).
While, doing any exercise, it is obvious that the strain on muscles increases, as does the requirement for blood and oxygen. However, practitioners of Yoga have found the reverse to be true, instead of feeling strained; each and every muscle of the body is relaxed, even as the requirement for blood and oxygen goes down. Doing Yoga Asanas, you will find, also reduces the strain on the mind, which becomes stable and focused. As well, the body twists and stretched postures improve the functioning of endocrine glands, digestive orga...more
Teaching Yoga as Therapy
...y Yogic therapy has been relief from an existing ailment. The list of potential ailments seems to be endless. We may naturally think of using a combination of standard medical practices and Yoga therapy for neurological disorders, such as: Multiple Sclerosis, Stroke, Ataxia, and Parkinson's disease. Yet, there are many more neurological disorders, diseases, and ailments.
Students and clients are seeing good results and improvements in their l...more
The Purpose of Yoga - Creating the World From Within
...iness. Is happiness a million dollars?
No, happiness is more about what you could do with a million dollars and it does not depend on money. However, if you had a million dollars, you could teach the poor to feed themselves; you could help the illiterate learn to read; or you could help people in a multitude of ways.
Notice the keywords, you could help. Instant millionaires need to learn how they can help. There are some lottery winners who become instant millionaires and many of them end up broke, within a short span of time. Many times the saying, Easy come, easy go applies to life.
People who instantly obtain wea...more
Yoga meditation for World Peace
...Does world peace seem like a fantasy? What is the number one obstruction to world peace? How can we overcome such a powerful obstruction, with Yoga? Does Yoga meditation give us the answer?
The ego is the largest obstruction to world peace. One persons ego can affect the collective consciousness of an entire country and the world. Consider historys most famous conquerors and tyrants; their personal ambitions became an excuse to justify sacrifice, cruelty, and warfare.
What starts out as a personal matter can become a social dilemma, if one person has the influence, and an ego, which is out of control. Each of us has an ego, but we often ask others to put their egos aside before we do. We are right and they are wrong. We imply that they should listen to our side of the debate first.
How is it ...more
