Yoga Pose of the Day – Agnistambhasana
If you are anything like the vast majority of adults living in the Western hemisphere, your body has probably lost the majority of the amazing flexibility you were born with. From the moment you get up in the morning, your day may include: sitting at the dining room table for breakfast, sitting in your car as you drive to work, sitting at a desk for the next 9 hours, and so on, ending with sitting on the couch watching TV for a few hours before bed. All that sitting, standing, walking, and lying down can result in shockingly tight knees and hips – and you won’t even notice it,...
Read MoreEvery Day Yoga – Five Minutes, Five Postures #2
It’s generally agreed that a regular yoga practice can keep your body limber, flexible, and pain-free, as well as preventing injuries. It’s also pretty widely recognized that life is busy, and it can be hard to find the time to do everything that you know you should do to be healthy (get enough sleep, eat well, get fresh air and exercise, have fun with friends and family…). So, I’ve given careful thought to where we need the most work (knees, hips, lower back, shoulders, and neck is what I came up with), and what yoga poses are particularly good for those parts of the body, while still being...
Read MoreRecommendation – YogaJournal.com
As I browse the web looking for information about various wellness-related topics, I occasionally come across websites that I return to again and again. I’ve decided to share those websites with you, my readers. Each week, I will tell you about a fantastic website that’s out there, including my thoughts about what in particular makes it so fantastic. This week, I’m going to tell you about YogaJournal.com/. YogaJournal.com is the website presence for Yoga Journal magazine, and it’s absolutely loaded with valuable information about incorporating Yoga into your life. What I find...
Read MoreEvery Day Yoga – Five Minutes, Five Postures
It’s generally agreed that a regular yoga practice can keep your body limber, flexible, and pain-free, as well as preventing injuries. It’s also pretty widely recognized that life is busy, and it can be hard to find the time to do everything that you know you should do to be healthy (get enough sleep, eat well, get fresh air and exercise, have fun with friends and family…). So, I’ve given careful thought to where we need the most work (knees, hips, lower back, shoulders, and neck is what I came up with), and what yoga poses are particularly good for those parts of the...
Read MoreBikram Yoga – What It Is, and Why You Should Give It a Try
Bikram Yoga is one type of Hatha Yoga – which is the physical form of yoga (other branches of yoga focus on breathing, meditation, and morality…). It was developed by Bikram Choudhury, and has been growing in popularity since the first Bikram studio was opened, in Houston Texas, in 1995. What Differentiates Bikram Yoga If you’ve ever heard anything about Bikram yoga, then you’re already aware of its nickname – ‘hot yoga’. This is because studios teaching Bikram yoga classes are heated to 104 degrees (40.5C), with a relative humidity of roughly 40%....
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