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Yoga Therapy And Preventative Health

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Yoga therapy has been sitting by quietly, while the mainstream population has begun to “try Yoga,” but that may soon change. With the world’s governments and financial markets struggling along, there will be many changes in the near future. The world’s governments will have to consider the massive cost of national defense, retirement programs, education, healthcare, energy, education, and preventative health.

At this time, prevention in healthcare is a “field of dreams.” As we know, some medical conditions are inherent within our specific genetic pool. However, there are many ailments, diseases, and conditions, which are preventable.

This is where healing modalities such as, Yoga therapy can become cost-effective alternatives to an over burdened medical system. Below is a question and answer session about the need for Yoga as a recognized form of therapy.

Q: What is Yoga Therapy?

A: Most of today’s Yoga therapy can be traced back to Sri Swami Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, who trained his share of modern masters, including his son T.K.V. Desikachar (Viniyoga) and B.K.S. Iyengar (Iyengar Yoga).

Yoga has therapeutic value and can be modified for any person. This is not the same form of Yoga movement seen in most health clubs. Yoga therapy involves teaching customized techniques, to one individual, based upon his or her specific needs.

This may encompass postures, specific breathing, meditation, and a large variety of Yogic techniques. The Yoga therapist’s primary objective is to treat the whole person. Complete physical health cannot be separated from emotional and mental health.

In fact, spiritual health also plays an important factor in recovery. We know that the power of prayer, mantra, and positive affirmation, will enable a person to heal faster. There is much conflict over which specific religion a person practices. Yet, this is a private decision and, as such, should be left to the individual.

Q: Why should Yoga teachers be concerned with Yoga therapy?

A: Some teachers are content teaching athletic forms of Yoga. This is a wonderful thing, but as we, and our students, grow older, teachers become aware of a variety of ailments. Constant pain creates a need for relief, because you can think of nothing else.

If you have a migraine, or back pain, can you think of much else? The mind is totally focused on pain. Hence, there is a need for inner calm and pain relief, which therapeutic Yoga can give.

Q: What is Yoga Therapy’s future role in alternative health?

A: Yoga is the source of many different healing modalities. As I have stated many times, “Yoga is the mother of all health maintenance systems.” Contemporary medicine and Yoga therapy have plenty of space together on the path to heal humanity.

There is no shortage of people who are in pain. Yoga is a cost-effective form of therapy. Together, medicine and Yoga can effectively help people who are suffering from a variety of ailments.

Copyright 2008 – Paul Jerard / Aura Publications

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Yoga Central – Legs Up The Wall Pose

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This is the latest article in our yoga central series and today we will be looking at a pose known as Legs up the wall Pose or deep lake pose. We will look at how to properly carry out the pose, the benefits you can get from it and anything that you need to consider before beginning. Please read the entire article before trying the pose.

How to Carry Out the Pose

We have put together instructions on how to carry out the pose correctly however there are also a number of modifications that can be done to make the pose easier as well as deeper. These modifications will be found lower in the article.

1. Begin the pose by placing two folded blankets on top of each other about a foot from a wall. If you dont have any blankets you can use a couple of pillows.

2. Sit sideways on the blankets and swing your legs around so that they are up the wall and lie back over the blankets. You should position yourself so that your sit bones are over the edge of the blanket and your sacrum is fully supported.

3. Ensure your legs are straight and use an eye mask to increase the relaxation. Position your arms straight out from the shoulders and close your eyes.

4. Bring your attention to your breathing, particularly in your stomach and use this pose to bring about a deep feeling of relaxation in your stomach. Allow your stomach to sink into the back body and allow your back to relax completely into the blankets.

5. Remain in this position for 2 to 3 minutes continuing to focus on your breathing. To come out of the pose slide the blankets out from under your back and roll on to your side to come up into a seated position.

Tips and Precautions

If you feel discomfort in your lower back when carrying out this pose, move your body back so that your sit bones are fully supported by the blankets. If you still feel discomfort then remove one blanket.

If you have difficulty straightening your legs then move the blankets further away from the wall until you can straighten your legs. You legs may also get tired doing this pose so you can reduce the difficulty by bending your legs, bringing the soles of your feet together and sliding your legs down the wall. You can do this if your legs get tired part way through or if you have difficulties and discomfort keeping your legs straight.

Benefits and Focus

There are a large number of benefits to this pose and many of them are the same as those experienced with more complicated inverted poses. The main areas of focus are the abdomen and lower back with the aim of bringing about a deep feeling of relaxation. This feeling of relaxation can help with various different conditions including stress, anxiety and insomnia. It can also help with relieving stress and tension in your upper back which can be beneficial for conditions like headaches. This is mainly due to the fact that headaches can be caused by tension in the upper back. This can be a great pose to practise before going to bed and can really encourage a deep a restful nights sleep.

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Yoga Teacher Training Courses In Kathmandu Rather Than India

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Yoga Teacher Training Courses India
For years thousands of yoga practitioners have travelled to South Asia to practice in Ashrams, develop their yoga at intensive workshops or ultimately become qualified yoga teachers on one of the many Yoga Alliance certified yoga teacher training courses India has to offer. More and more companies are launching YA certified yoga courses in Varanasi and other spiritual surroundings around India.

Yoga Alliance Certified Teacher Training
Becoming a Yoga Alliance certified teacher has its benefits. Other than the great enjoyment and spiritual satisfaction that teaching to others gives you, the other benefit that cannot be ignored is that YA Certification is a recognized qualification that puts you on the right road to finding work as a qualified yoga teacher enabling you to make a living doing the thing that you love most in this world.

Why Teacher Training Courses India?
The traditional practice of mental and physical health which we have come to know as yoga originated from the North of India and what is now known as Nepal. Even though in recent times it has become more and more popular worldwide and is now taught all over the globe it is likely that the majority of all yoga teachers at one time or another traveled to India to practice yoga or get certified as a teacher; and what better place to bring you closer to yoga and some of the best yoga teachers in the world than the land of its origins, but why not Nepal?

Yoga in Nepal
Anyone who has visited a Himalayan ashram or practiced at a retreat with the magnificent Mount Everest as their backdrop will tell you of an enlightening experience that is not to be forgotten. There is something really special about practicing and learning yoga on the Roof of the World, the Himalayas. The historical association that Nepal has with Yoga, being cut off from the hustle and bustle off modern civilization and the beautiful background that the Himalayas gives the region all adds to the unique spiritual atmosphere of Nepal and so more and more companies have chosen to offer yoga teacher training courses in this wonderful country.

Yoga Teacher Training Courses Nepal
There are number of Yoga companies to choose from that offer yoga teacher training courses in the Kathmandu valley of Nepal but when it comes to making the choice of which company to take your teacher training course with how can you be sure that youre choosing the right one? Firstly the tell tale sign of a reputable company is whether they offer Yoga Alliance certified courses or not and if so then well, youre half way there.

Yoga Companies Kathmandu
When it comes to choosing a yoga teacher training course with a reputable yoga company in Nepal you can be reassured that you will get great value for your money. The prices for yoga training courses in Nepal vary from around 600 USD for a 4 week/200 hour course to around 900 USD for 6 week/300 hour courses.

300 Hours Yoga Courses
There are a number of Kathmandu Yoga schools run by reputable companies that offer an amazing 300 hours yoga holistic course including 200 hours of Yoga Alliance certified training, plus 5-6 weeks of complimentary holistic nutrition training. Unmatched by yoga schools in India these 300 hours yoga courses boast up to 50 hours of yoga teacher training, with a selected few also offering a Thai massage course that will get you certified in Thai massage inclusive of your YTTC price.

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Your Personal Mantra And Horoscope

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New! Your personal mantra based on your personal horoscope. Secrete know-how. You can not find it anywhere else. We guarantee real lasting positive effects. Calmness, health, energy, success in love and business. Your future is in your hands!

Mantras are prayers for unbelievers, who need spiritual proofs. As a start to make sure you are on the right path you can try general mantra. Aum Yeum Om. Aum means wisdom, Yeum means force and Om means love. The rhythmic variant – Aum Yeum Aum Yeum Yeum Yeum Aum Yeum Yeum Om Yeum Om Om Om Yeum Om – makes repetition and concentration easier. This general mantra gives spiritual energy to your soul and awakens your spirit.

Personal mantras give calmness and energy, needed for solving your personal problems. They can be also both contemplative and rhythmical and have their meaning too. Mantra-yoga is experimental. You need not believe it, just try.

Besides your mantra you can get analysis of your personal horoscope. One concrete question, one general theme (love, marriage, children, money, job etc.), all questions or full analysis.

You have a free choice. Your horoscope can work on different levels. It depends on you how to use your planets in your real life. Your Sun may be your personal God, or your higher Self, or your creative potential. In mantra M means the Sun, other sounds mean elements, planets and zodiac signs. Mantras ending with M lead to spiritual resurrection and growth.

Spiritual astrology interprets personal horoscopes as spiritual programs. Spiritual astrologer helps to change your bad fate by meditation and prayer. God chooses the right level of your horoscope and your problem is solved. There are transcendental aspects of planets (derived from 7, 11, 13, 17 and 19), not used by traditional non-spiritual astrologers, who do not appeal to God. Transcendental meditation with mantras switches this hidden resources and improves the chances given by your horoscope, that is your fate.

Success in business. Lord, You are our success! Repeat this prayer before any business and God will help you to succeed. Business astrology can choose the right time for meetings, talks and contracts. It is possible to compare your horoscope with horoscopes of partners to test compatibility and horoscopes of firms, companies, enterprises and state organizations to find out their attitude towards your business and your possible success. Saturn is state, laws, rules, restrictions, logic, facts, reality and results. Jupiter is responsible for business in general, for business as private initiative. Its aspects both natal and transitive show all perspectives of your business idea and problems that are waiting for you in the near and distant future. Mars is competition and taxes, Venus is money, Mercury is commerce, Sun is gold, creative energy, inspiration and impulse for work. Aspects of all these planets in the beginning of any process can determine its end. Success in business depends on this combination of planets and on its interpretation by God. Meditation and prayer change negative combinations into complex harmonious, resolving all contradictions as in music in a finale chord.

Astral wars. Wars are unavoidable. People fight for love, for money, for success. Astral wars go on invisibly between all rival companies, or nations, or civilizations. Psychic energy works through unconscious and conscious contacts at long distance. For extrasensory perception destructive energy is black, constructive energy is white. Transcendental energy looks violet, it brings tranquility, serenity and contemplation. Black rays mean threat and danger, white rays mean perspectives of cooperation.

Light analysis can warn you of hostile, unfriendly plans of all your enemies. And help you to avoid their traps, to get ready for the battles that wait you in the future. Imagine the sun emitting white rays to your head (reason), breast (feelings) and belly (will). It will restore your health and strength and give you power to win the war. Black rays should be returned to their source and should destroy your rival. Astral wars develop extrasensory perception, fighting reflexes and your will. Don’t be afraid of them, just win.

Personal defense. Lord, You are our defense! Repeat this prayer if you are threatened by criminals, rivals or enemies. Reinforce your mantra by a direct and conscious appeal to the Source of all life. If you do not believe in God or do not trust Him, meditate on the Sun. Sun, You are my force! Sun, You are my life! Sun, You are me health! Etc.

God will help you because any sun meditation is addressed to the same Source of energy and success as all prayers. You needn’t believe Him, experiment and see what you get. If the danger is neutralized and you need something else, change the last word of the prayer to express your new wish. Lord, You are our wisdom! Lord, You are our reason! Lord, you are our love! No prayer is useless, God remembers everything and answers in appropriate time. Your personal defense and success depend on your own efforts. God. You are our faith!

Aquarius. The age of Aquarius opens space and new spiritual astrology for 2 thousands years. In the southern hemisphere it is accompanied by the age of Lion, ruled by Sun. Its element is fire and its quality is inspiration, creativity and direct revelation of God. Australia is the future spiritual center of our civilization and the start of the sixth race. Its development will be in the USA and Siberia, and it will last for 13 thousands years. The planet of the sixth race is Venus, the ruler of the sixth day of the week. It gives beauty and success in love and art. The sixth race is opened by new cinema. Hollywood is only a beginning. The future films will show the reality of space as fantasy. And the Earth will enter the community of Galaxy civilizations by its art and religion of Light.

The Earth longitude is divided into 12 Zodiac sectors by 30 degrees each. Europe is Pisces (0-30), Europe Russia, Iran, Iraq and Israel are Ares (30-60), India and Siberia are Taurus (60-90), Western China and Far East are Gemini (90-120), Eastern China and Japan are Cancer (120-150), Australia and New Zeeland are Lion (150-180), Alaska is Virgin (180-210), Western Canada and The Pacific coast of the USA are Libra (210-240), The rest of Canada and USA is Scorpio (240-270) and Sagittarius (270-300), Latin America is Sagittarius (270-300) and Capricorn (300-330), England and Spain are Aquarius (330-360).

These sectors are activated by the change of eras (2155 years each). Pisces, Christianity is Europe, Ares, Judaism is Near East, Taurus, Hinduism is India etc. Now Lion is in Australia and New Zeeland, Aquarius is in Great Britain and Spain. This explains the spread of Anglo-Saxons and Spanish language in Northern and Southern America. Planets, ruling these signs are activated as in the days of the week. Sun (Lion) is the 1ST, Austroloid race, Moon (Cancer) is the 2nd, Negroid, black race, Mars (Scorpio) is the 3rd, Mongoloid red race, Mercury (Gemini) is the 4th, Mongoloid yellow race, Jupiter (Pisces) is the 5th, Europeoid, white race, Venus (Libra) is the 6th, starting race, Saturn (Capricorn) is the 7th, distant future race.

So the 6th race will reach its peak in the era of Libra on the territory of the USA. (The start is the fire sign, Lion, Australia).The 7th race will reach its peak in the era of Capricorn on the territory of Latin America. The future influences the present and these territories develop according to the qualities of the ruling planets. Hollywood is Venus (beauty and love), the ruler of the 6th race. The sector of Scorpio gives Hollywood films and actors the risk and mystery that makes them attractive all over the world. The sector of Sagittarius gives Americans luck and success.

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Importance of Yoga Mats In Yoga Practice

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In this article, I am going to highlights the grounds that can motivate you in selecting an eco-friendly Yoga Mat over a synthetically or sticky manufactured one. In the entire article, I will discusses the features that make you understand that the eco-friendly yoga mats provide lots of benefits to the practitioners and the entire planet as these mats do not leave harmful effects in to the atmosphere.

As per my knowledge and experience, I know that selecting an eco-friendly mat is the wisest choice for you and the world. Most of common mat brands available in the market are designed and made using synthetic materials that are harmful for you and your atmosphere. The toxic materials like PVC (Poly Vinyl Chloride) in sticky mats can badly affect your respiratory systems and you may have difficulty in taking breaths. The production process of the mats using PVC generates toxic waste that harms the atmosphere around you. In addition to this, dioxins and several other carcinogens are discharged in to the environment during the manufacturing process of the synthetic Yoga Mats . On the contrary, eco-friendly yoga mats are designed and made using Eva foam, natural rubber and other biodegradable materials that do not affect the atmosphere and prevent the pollution.

The eco-friendly pads are beneficial during the practice of yoga. These pads have more grips on the floor as compared to the pads made of plastics or synthetic materials. So, you can do your yoga practice without the fear of slip. Most of eco yoga mats are thicker that others and provide better support to the practitioners during various asanas of yoga. The yoga mats having slightly rough textures help you in standing properly during the asanas of standing postures.

Natural or eco-friendly mats are made using natural materials such as jute, Eva foam, TPE (Thermal Plastic Elastomer), PER (Polymer Environmental Resin) and natural rubber. All these materials are sourced naturally and do not leave any side effects that can pollute the atmosphere. As these are biodegradable so you can destroy your yoga mats if not in use easily without affecting the environment. Further, the yoga mats made of eco-friendly materials are skin friendly and last longer that make your investment a wise decision. It is you who have to decide about the selection of your yoga mats and the right decision makes your morning enjoyable and comfortable during the practice.

Summary – As a wise customer, you should go for the Yoga Mats and Kabaddi Mats that are made of eco-friendly materials in order to save the atmosphere around you.

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