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On this site you will find more than 60 kinds, types and sections of yoga from the simplest to the most advanced and difficult to understand. This site also has a Yoga Blog, Yoga Forum and a link to free online yoga courses.
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- YOGA-ARTICLE: How Does Hatha Yoga Develop the Mind?
It’s widely known that hatha yoga develops the mind. But how exactly? How does the thinking process relate to taking static postures? How do science and yoga explain it? We will try to understand the mechanics of hatha yoga’s effect on the mind and thought process through logical reasoning. Terms and definitions Yoga is a… Read more: YOGA-ARTICLE: How Does Hatha Yoga Develop the Mind? - YOGA-ARTICLE: Trick or treat
A good leader knows that every employee needs a different approach. Some need to be praised to get the job done efficiently and on time. For others this method does not work, and only imposition of fines or salary deductions can get them moving. Why are there such differences: some people are motivated by the… Read more: YOGA-ARTICLE: Trick or treat - YOGA-ARTICLE: Pregnancy is not an obstacle to yoga
«Life is not born in a vacuum». There is nothing more important on Earth than life. Life is something that is passed down from parent to child, from tree to seed. Life binds us all together. And before a new life is born, there is a stage of preparation of all the conditions for it… Read more: YOGA-ARTICLE: Pregnancy is not an obstacle to yoga - YOGA-ARTICLE: Phobias – Memories From the Past
We all face manifestations of certain fears, apprehensions, anxieties in life. A part of them lends itself to a logical explanation — we ourselves can find their cause and, therefore, overcome them; some fears are justified and appropriate because they warn against dangers. Others, on the contrary, have long lost their relevance, but continue to… Read more: YOGA-ARTICLE: Phobias – Memories From the Past - YOGA-ARTICLE: Pay your debts and expand your freedom
Each of us strives for freedom, but not everyone succeeds in achieving this state. The concept of freedom cannot be explained logically. Everyone understands it in their own way. Let’s think about freedom from the yoga perspective. Is there Freedom in this Universe? There are two opposite opinions on this subject. According to one opinion… Read more: YOGA-ARTICLE: Pay your debts and expand your freedom - YOGA-ARTICLE: Yoga. Myths and Reality
Yoga has always been surrounded by a lot of mysteries. Nowadays there are not so many people who have a holistic view of this ancient teaching. In this article we tried to highlight the most common myths about yoga and people practicing it. Myth 1. Yoga is an Indian gymnastics First, a lot of scientists… Read more: YOGA-ARTICLE: Yoga. Myths and Reality - YOGA-ARTICLE: Cleanliness is a recipe to a successful practice
We all know about the importance of keeping our body clean. But it is equally important to maintain the inner cleanliness. What does the cleanness of the inner Universe mean? What recommendations does yoga give for impurities elimination? A well-known proverb says “Cleanliness is godliness!” It can be paraphrased as “Cleanliness is a secret to… Read more: YOGA-ARTICLE: Cleanliness is a recipe to a successful practice - YOGA-ARTICLE: Dancing Through Life
“What brings happiness to our lives that makes the soul sing so that any deed turns into a bright moment and takes us straight to freedom? Or what is that sometimes oppresses us and we can’t take a step forward, when every new day is a disaster and makes us believe that the world is… Read more: YOGA-ARTICLE: Dancing Through Life - YOGA-ARTICLE: Working with a voice is a way to self-transformation
People who are proficient in their language have a very strong power of thought. They can influence other people and generally succeed in life. Beautiful, clear and harmonious mellow voice, literate and competent speech is fascinating by its expression. However, regretfully, not every person can speak perfectly. Is it possible to improve the world and… Read more: YOGA-ARTICLE: Working with a voice is a way to self-transformation - Y0GA-ARTICLE: Patanjali On the Obstacles In Yoga
In our lives, we often face a number of obstacles that prevent us from achieving our goals. In addition to the circumstances that we can not influence, there are those that are entirely dependent on us. It is in our power to manage our will, attention, effort, and time, and to make our goals and… Read more: Y0GA-ARTICLE: Patanjali On the Obstacles In Yoga - YOGA-ARTICLE: Every gesture has a meaning
One of the first manifestations of a human being in this world and one of the earliest ways of interaction with the Universe is a sound – the first cry of a baby, or child’s cooing, which translates into words and speech in the course of time. Every day we see and use thousands of… Read more: YOGA-ARTICLE: Every gesture has a meaning - YOGA-ARTICLE: Caste system in modern life
All of us have certain qualities that correspond with our perception of the world. Some like to work with their hands and make some useful things for other people. Others are capable of bringing a group of people together to achieve a common goal. They make excellent managers. Some of us are very good at… Read more: YOGA-ARTICLE: Caste system in modern life - YOGA-ARTICLE: Harmony In Breathing Is Harmony In Life!
Why do some people feel happy and others don’t? Some of us are strong, full of energy and luminous and others are passive, sluggish, dull and uninteresting. Why are some people successful in all matters and achieve their goals within a short time, and for others things fall apart, whatever they do? Why do some… Read more: YOGA-ARTICLE: Harmony In Breathing Is Harmony In Life! - YOGA-ARTICLE: Yoga instead of smoking
Everybody has a certain set of habits. Some of them affect us positively, others can only ruin our health and mood. How can yoga help us quit smoking? What does yoga recommend? When a person makes a choice to start smoking once, it will be difficult to change it. There is a joke credited to… Read more: YOGA-ARTICLE: Yoga instead of smoking - YOGA-ARTICLE: To the top of yoga through love
1. Introduction. A gift or a punishment? Is it a mistake or are we losing it ourselves? 2. Stages of falling in love. 3. Loss due to karma. How to get rid of the seeds of karma? Groups of the instruments. 4. Falling in Love — the main entrance; all types at the same time. … Read more: YOGA-ARTICLE: To the top of yoga through love - YOGA-ARTICLE: Yantra yoga. The cognition of the world through forms
Our emotional state is closely connected with the forms around us. Home interior, city architecture, natural landscape — all of these affect us in a certain way. Why does one sort of images evoke in us a sense of calmness, peace, security, and contribute to the restoration of emotional balance, while other sort of images,… Read more: YOGA-ARTICLE: Yantra yoga. The cognition of the world through forms - YOGA-ARTICLE: Harmony in yoga practice
How often during the day do we make ourselves do something? Is it possible to have fun at the same time? Do we allow ourselves to relax and to enjoy the process often enough? How often do we feel harmony in our daily routine? And what does the word “harmony” mean? The modern lifestyle with… Read more: YOGA-ARTICLE: Harmony in yoga practice - YOGA-ARTICLE: Live easy!
So often we hear phrases like, “It’s not a trifle!” or “The game is not worth the candle!” Should life be taken so seriously? Trying on different roles, do we become different, or does our personality remain unchanged? Which games are worth playing and which are not worth playing? From an early age, a child… Read more: YOGA-ARTICLE: Live easy! - YOGA-ARTICLE: It is never too early or too late to practice yoga!
Yoga is a system of self-exploration that includes physical and mental exercises and helps to expand our freedom. When should we start practicing yoga to make the process of engaging in practice as easy as possible and to build the habit faster? How can you understand that a person is ready for yoga classes? Is… Read more: YOGA-ARTICLE: It is never too early or too late to practice yoga! - YOGA-ARTICLE: How much does the spirit evolution cost?
Modern society provides us with many opportunities to expand our freedom. Subject to the influence of new trends, we wonder more and more where to invest our money to reach a new level of development and to evolve. Various trainings, seminars, mental and physical practices require financial investments. If we pay less — do we… Read more: YOGA-ARTICLE: How much does the spirit evolution cost? - YOGA-ARTICLE: Parents and children from yoga point of view
Sooner or later every person starts thinking about starting a family, having kids and raising a new generation. Many new parents ask themselves: How should they bring up their children and what kind of personal example can they demonstrate? What does Yoga offer in this respect? The questions of relationship, family issues, the advent of… Read more: YOGA-ARTICLE: Parents and children from yoga point of view - YOGA-ARTICLE: How to get rid of importunate thoughts
Has it happened to you that some thought was stuck in your head? You would willingly get rid of it, but it would not disappear as a troublesome fly. How can we escape unnecessary thoughts? Can we put it under control? Many of you may know the expression by Charles A. Hall “sow a thought… Read more: YOGA-ARTICLE: How to get rid of importunate thoughts - YOGA-ARTICLE: Upgrade your yoga practice
How to upgrade your personal yoga practice? The answer to this question was given by the sage Patanjali in the 2nd century BCE in his treatise “Yoga Sutras of Patanjali”. He picked out eight main limbs that a person should go through to achieve the state of yoga – the restraint of fluctuations of consciousness.… Read more: YOGA-ARTICLE: Upgrade your yoga practice - YOGA-ARTICLE: The soul is in pain, but yoga will help!
Have you ever felt pain, either physical or mental? Surely, each of us at least once in a lifetime had a feeling of physical or emotional discomfort of various degrees of severity. Have you ever wondered what exactly pain is? Where does it come from and is it possible to avoid it? We shall try… Read more: YOGA-ARTICLE: The soul is in pain, but yoga will help! - YOGA-ARTICLE: Life is everything!
Life is the most important thing in the Universe. All living beings, from the simplest to the most complex, desire to bear life. They support life by giving birth and fostering a new generation of their own species. “If not for the source, the river would dry up.” The Universe, allowing us to be born,… Read more: YOGA-ARTICLE: Life is everything! - YOGA-ARTICLE: Who to blame for our failures?
At least once in our life each one of us has been in a situation, which was dissatisfying or unpleasant for us, and caused suffering and pain. Someone did not get the desired job or did not achieve the goal. Someone had a serious illness or could not build a relationship. When something negative happens… Read more: YOGA-ARTICLE: Who to blame for our failures? - YOGA-ARTICLE: Nyasa Yoga. Experience of the world through touching
A person can live to an old age without vision, sense of smell or hearing, but even if all these sensory organs do not function, we shall still have one very important sense — a sense of touch. Many people do not pay due attention to tactual sensations. A person builds up his/her own world… Read more: YOGA-ARTICLE: Nyasa Yoga. Experience of the world through touching - Y0GA-ARTICLE: Continued support
Everyone sooner or later asks whether there is something permanent in this world: something that will never go away? The body is aging, emotions replace one another, people come and go. Is there anything we can rely on? If there is something eternal, where can we find it? “A thief picks a pocket, old age… Read more: Y0GA-ARTICLE: Continued support - YOGA-ARTICLE: A little bit of yoga to make us happy
What is happiness? Do we need much in order to feel it? Where is the key to happiness and what does it depend on? How to be happy despite all twists and turns in life? “Happiness is a person’s state, corresponding with the most satisfaction of the living conditions, fullness and meaningfulness of life, and… Read more: YOGA-ARTICLE: A little bit of yoga to make us happy - YOGA-ARTICLE: Effective time management
Where does our time fly? What do we spend time on? Why do we have only 24 hours in a day? Why do some events last forever and others rush by us in a blink? We ask these questions from time to time, but it does not seem easy to get the answers. Time is… Read more: YOGA-ARTICLE: Effective time management - YOGA-ARTICLE: Do yogis have to be vegetarians?
Nowadays it is widely believed that before starting to practice yoga, a person must stop eating animal products and become a vegetarian. How much truth is in this statement? It is worth understanding. It is important to understand that Yoga does not control our every movement and does not impose any binding rules. Yoga makes… Read more: YOGA-ARTICLE: Do yogis have to be vegetarians? - YOGA-ARTICLE: Personal development in a society with high spiritual values
Humans are social beings: they create groups and communicate with each other on a regular basis. We have different feelings in different groups: in one of them we may feel discomfort, and another group can become “a second family” for us. How should we choose a group according to our purpose of spiritual development? What… Read more: YOGA-ARTICLE: Personal development in a society with high spiritual values - YOGA-ARTICLE: Getting stronger with yoga!
As it often happens, the inner weakness destroys our plans, our health and our life. At times, the following thoughts come to our mind: “This is not for me, I cannot do it.” Where does this lack of self-confidence come from? Our past failures raise doubts about our own abilities. We perceive any personal mistakes… Read more: YOGA-ARTICLE: Getting stronger with yoga! - YOGA-ARTICLE: Is it possible to lose weight by practicing Yoga?
People start practicing yoga for different reasons. Some are looking for answers to spiritual questions; others are motivated by the desire to get into shape or to lose weight. When you choose yoga for losing weight, the following questions arise: “Is it possible to lose weight by practicing yoga? Is it necessary to become a… Read more: YOGA-ARTICLE: Is it possible to lose weight by practicing Yoga? - YOGA-ARTICLE: How to live to the fullest?
Human development nowadays is very fast. We have to perform a large variety of tasks, process a huge amount of information and try hard to succeed in different areas of our lives. It seems impossible to achieve all goals and objectives without forcing ourselves and without losing out on our health and happiness. Each of… Read more: YOGA-ARTICLE: How to live to the fullest? - YOGA-ARTICLE: Can we solve many problems at the same time?
In modern society, people are often faced with multitasking. Solving several problems at a time became normal and watching those, who succeed in being all over the place, we admire them and think, that it is effective. But is it right? What is multitasking? Where did this behavior pattern come from? Is it possible to… Read more: YOGA-ARTICLE: Can we solve many problems at the same time? - YOGA-ARTICLE: Overcoming fear with yoga!
It is hard to define our fears, because we prefer to ignore them. We need to have considerable courage and to be honest with ourselves in order to face our fears. How can we learn not to be afraid of anything? How can we learn to be brave? For a start, let us see what… Read more: YOGA-ARTICLE: Overcoming fear with yoga! - YOGA-ARTICLE: Down with stress and fatigue!
All of us have heard the phrase: “Motion is Life”. However, every day we have to sit behind a desk at school, at the university, in the office, or in the car. Considering a sedentary lifestyle, we need to compensate lack of motion for our well-being. In a vanity of everyday life many people are… Read more: YOGA-ARTICLE: Down with stress and fatigue! - YOGA-ARTICLE: Egoism — a helper or an obstacle?
What is it — our Ego? Is there a difference between “Ego” and “egoism”? What is a fine line between reasonable individualism and fanatical satisfying of Ego’s desires? How can we get rid of pandering to selfish desires? In our life we got used to taking ourselves as a personality with certain characteristics that distinguish… Read more: YOGA-ARTICLE: Egoism — a helper or an obstacle? - YOGA-ARTICLE: How to expand our freedom in the right way
Is human a free being, or are we entirely governed by the laws of our universe? How is the freedom of a person realized in the modern world? How does Yoga recommend to use our freedom? In our everyday life we face with certain laws and mechanisms, which effect on all levels of our bodies,… Read more: YOGA-ARTICLE: How to expand our freedom in the right way - YOGA-ARTICLE: Trust the Universe and it will show you the way!
When we are born, we have to trust this world, represented by our mother and father, our relatives, the society in which we grow, and the country where we live. Growing up, we become strong and independent, renouncing everything that, in our opinion, restricts our freedom and everyone whose opinion is in contrary to ours.… Read more: YOGA-ARTICLE: Trust the Universe and it will show you the way! - YOGA-ARTICLE: How to find our destiny in life
Each of us is wondering what is our destiny. Some find the answer to this question in early childhood, while for others the decision comes not at once, but after years and years of searching. What does yoga say about the choices of life journey? In Indian philosophy there is a term “dharma”. The direct… Read more: YOGA-ARTICLE: How to find our destiny in life