Sunday, May 25, 2008

Yoga Retreat

- By: Bertil Hjert, 2008-05-23


Yoga retreat is generally a place occupied by the people who are committed to the art of yoga. It is considered as the place of relaxed community where the people can enjoy the fun of practicing yoga within a social setting. This is the only place which acts as a platform for the people to share their passion for yoga and its benefits.

The retreats generally occupy the beautiful and peaceful locales in order to proffer the higher levels of relaxation to the participants. These retreats are lead by the experienced yoga instructors so as to offer guidance to the people practicing yoga.

Not only this, there is an exclusive arrangement of food and accommodation during a yoga vacation. They proffer you a wondering opportunity to free up yourself from insaneness of the world and to concentrate only on the goal of relaxation and to achieve peace of mind and body.

- Why to attend yoga retreats?

a) A yoga retreat proffers you an excellent opportunity to liberate yourself from the various perplexities of day-to-day life. You can get plenty of space for yourself where you can tranquilize your body and soul.

b) One of the most fascinating features of the retreats is that they serve you with an extensive range of nutritious vegetarian meals so as to deliver you the healthier lifestyle during your stay. This will further inspire you to make few healthier improvements in your daily routine diet.

c) They will permit you an ample of time to be dedicated in practicing various yoga asanas. Not only this, under the supervision of trained yoga instructors, you can enjoy the fun of learning many more new yoga exercises which will enable you to unwind your body from various stresses and to achieve the state of physical and mental peace.

d) A yoga retreat acts as a platform to meet enlightened and intelligent people with whom you can tie up long lasting friendly relations.

e) The centers are generally located at the beautiful locales where you can feel the closeness to the nature proffering fresh sigh of relief.

f) Moreover, these retreats dedicate some portion of their practice to pranayama or breathe practice so as to deliver calmness to the mind and also to supply oxygen to the various parts of the body more efficiently which will further enhance the rate of metabolism.

g) There is also a provision of enjoying the thrill of slow and quiet walking meditation which is practices early in the morning so as to connect your body and mind with the beauty of nature.

h) A weekend yoga vacation will take you to the path of spiritual growth where you can again reconnect your spirits and truth within you. Not only this, you will begin to listen to the desires of your heart and become courageous to live in the spirits.

i) According to our medical science, it has been found that we all need 8-9 hours of sleep to work optimally in our daily routine. But, due to today’s hectic lifestyle, it has become bit difficult to go for such a long sleep. Therefore, by practicing yoga at yoga retreat, you can prepare your body for an early night’s rest.

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Wednesday, May 21, 2008

Yoga - Enjoy the Benefits of Siddha Yoga Practice - By: Bertil Hjert

, 2008-05-21

The main aim behind the various practices of this Yoga is to sustain life by maintaining a proper alignment with the dogma of the Siddha Yoga path. The meditation is one of the most significant practices, which enables the individual to experience his divine consciousness that is considered as the true nature.

Along with meditation, other practices include Chanting, Seva, Dakshina, Hatha Yoga, Satsang, and Retreat which take the students to the path of enlightenment with the grace of the Guru through Shaktipat inititation.

All these spiritual practices further help in developing a stronger and balanced mind along with an increased potential for love, magnanimousness, and service.

A) Basic awareness regarding Siddha Yoga information

It is one of the most mysterious and ancient arts in the world, which has covered a period of thousand of years. The various hidden truths of Siddha Yoga make everyone to learn the exact way of living their god-gifted life. It is also known as the yoga of activity, as it edifies the correct actions to be taken in all invigorating situations.

As discussed earlier, that this practice is a path towards internal development and internal improvement, therefore it protects the individual from being occupied by the internal dreams which have cropped up due to the bewildering influences of the external life.

The teachings of this Yoga have enabled the people to amend their destinies. Not only this, they can even bring a change in their internal attitude for various things and in their own actions.

Therefore, the life domineered by the principles of Yoga is totally different from that of an ordinary life, as the person becomes capable of facing the various troubles, difficulties, and failures of life after undergoing various practices of Yoga, but this is not so in the case of ordinary life.

B) Contribution in curing diseases

As we all know, that our modern medical science has classified the diseases in two major categories of Physical Diseases and Mental Diseases which are treated with various medicines or therapeutic applications.

But according to the studies of the Indian Sage, Patanjali, the diseases are categorized into three classes: Physical (Aadhidehik), Mental (Aadhibhautik), and Spiritual (Aadhidaivik).

This is so because, according to the ancient Indian sages, the sufferings in humans’ life are not due to the exposure to germs or pathogens, rather because of their actions in their past lives which is known as “The Spiritual Law Of Karma”.

It has been found by various spiritual masters that a spiritual disease can be cured by spiritual remedies which can further be done by practicing Yoga under the supervision of spiritual masters. Because, these spiritual remedies will enable the sufferers to cut down their web of Karmic past so as to free themselves from various diseases and to understand the main purpose of their lives via self-awakening.

Not only this, it has also been proved that Yoga has come up with the fruitful outcomes in curing various chronic disorders like arthritis, diabetes and even deadly diseases like cancer or AIDS. Furthermore it has always succeeded in the cases where the medical science has reached to their final limitations to cure various diseases.

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Significance of Yoga Apparels while Practicing Yoga - By: Bertil Hjert

2008-05-21

Likewise other practices that require movements, Yoga also requires comfortable clothing so that you can make your movements easily and comfortably. The yoga apparels enable you to concentrate on your Yoga’s practice instead of annoying yourself by wandering about your clothing.

It is always advisable to opt for the proper yoga apparels depending upon the style of the Yoga which you are going to practice, as the tight apparels may restrict your movements or even circulation, whereas the loose ones may get twisted or caught up.

A) Finding a yoga apparel

Choose your Yoga apparel by considering the type of Yoga practice to be performed by you, as it will enable you to feel comfortable throughout. Now-a-days, there is an exclusive range of yoga apparels available in the market that are durable, flexible, comfortable, and even modish.

Such as Lycra tops with spaghetti straps are especially fabricated to proffer an extensive range of movements along with a high level of support, and they even make you to stay cool throughout your practice; tank tops with silkscreen writing; polar fleece jackets enable you to keep your muscles relaxed even after your yoga session has got over; thermal T-shirts; colorful hoodies; and yoga pants.

In case of taking yoga classes at a yoga school, it is always recommended to ask for the line of clothing offered by the school itself. Most of the schools have started offering their own line of apparels to their yoga students.

But if in any case, this is not so then you can search for the various websites which proffer an extensive range of yoga clothing. Not only this, these websites also offer an exclusive range of mats and towels which deliver comfort and easiness to the performers while doing yoga.

B) Tips to be considered while choosing yoga clothes

The followings are the certain tips which should always be taken into consideration while choosing your yoga apparels.

a) The very first thing is to look for the comfortability that is you should be able to make free movements in various postures of the yoga. In case of women, it is always recommended to opt for a sports bra, as it proffers a great comfort and support while performing various asanas.

b) Another major factor which should always be taken into consideration is the material of the apparels. Therefore, it is always recommended to opt for organic clothing so to protect your health as well as environment around you. Along with it, you should go for sweat absorbent clothing so as to deliver comfort even if you have sweat a lot during the various activities of yoga.

c) You should always opt for the yoga apparels that are of reasonable price instead of choosing the ones with extremely high price because of their faddy look or designing.

d) Last but not the least point is to opt for durable yoga apparels so that they should not get worn out due to stretching, bending, and twisting accompanied in various asanas. Therefore, it is advisable to go for the clothing composed of the longer fibers of organic cotton and hemp, as they are stronger and more comfortable as compared to other materials.

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Yoga - Reap the Benefits of Yoga Asanas by Performing Various Yoga Positions

- By: Bertil Hjert, 2008-05-21

As we all know, yoga is a group of ancient spiritual practices, which has shown a tremendous growth in generating awareness among the people all across the globe, regarding their physical fitness since last few decades.

Yoga is not only confined to the various aspects of physical fitness, rather it also enables to achieve the state of mental balance as well as enlightenment which will further lead to the betterment of the life.

The various types of yoga positions are the simple movements which are capable of being performed by the normal individual simply. But in order to obtain the best outcomes, the mind and body should work in accordance to each other. Therefore, all the movements should be performed gradually, amiably, and with an ease.

A) Yoga Positions (Asanas)

It has been found after undergoing various researches that the yoga positions are considered as the best practices for the toning up of muscles, lubrication of the joints, and massaging of the body as compared to other exercises.

Not only this, these positions enable each nerve inside the body, glands, ligaments, and muscles to exercise. Therefore, it is apt to say that the performing yoga asanas is the most outstanding method of self care.

B) Various types of yoga positions

Standing Yoga Asanas; One of the most effective standing yoga position is Tadasana, which deliver flexibility and pliableness to the joints and muscles in case of physical and mental stress.

a) Forward Bending

Paschimotanasana is one of the forward bending asanas, which is accompanied by the gradual stretching of the body for the extension of back portion of the spine so as to deliver elasticity which will further impart flexibility to the limbs.

b) Back Bending

Bhujangasana is a type of back bending asana, which extends the front portion of the spine. Therefore, the combination of Bhujangasana and the Paschimotanasana results in obtaining nimbleness for the body.

c) Matsyendrasana

The combination of Matsyendrasana with the Paschimotanasana and Bhujangasana delivers buoyancy to the spirit as well as a whole arrange of new bodily movements.

d) Adho Mukhavasana

Adho Mukhavasana is an inverted position which strives against the stresses of day-to-day life.

e) Padmasana, Vajrasana, & Simhasana

These three asanas are the sitting yoga positions, which enable the body to maintain upright position by correcting the defective posture as well as to help in toning up of the muscles.

f) Marichyasana

Marichyasana focuses over the abdominal and lumbar regions due to which it maintains the good functional state of various abdominal organs and results in the massaging and toning up of the pelvic and lumbar areas.

g) Sirsasana & Sarvangasana

These two positions play a significant role in making the forelimbs strong.

Therefore, it has been found that by going through various types of yoga positions, you can easily keep yourself physically, mentally, and spiritually fit. But, it is always recommended to avoid performing all the yoga asanas at one go, as this may lead to various severe outcomes instead of benefits. Therefore, you should always practice different types of positions each day for a variety.

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