Yoga

Resorts are the places where the people come to rest, relax, rejuvenate themself. Normally resorts have a lot of activities like horse riding, camel riding, and body massage etc...to make them more rejuvenating; Yoga is one of the best choices among them. The visitors normally stay 3-4 days to 1 week in resorts. So it’s a good challenging job to make them refreshing/relaxing yoga in minimum time. Normally some guests have Yoga practice history, some are very beginners, teaching them all together is very interesting. The resorts normally offer group classes and also private classes with different styles of yoga with guest’s choice. The practice of yoga techniques like Yoga nidra, Pranayamaas in beautiful nature, beach of the resort give additional satisfaction for the yoga Practitioner. After yoga classes a rejuvenating herbal tea in beautiful nature makes the guest rejuvenate a lot through yoga. In total, a few hours of Yoga practice is very advisable to make your stay happy ...

Gulf is the Oil rich Muslim nations of the Asian continent. Normally the thinking which comes in our mind is, is it possible to teach yoga in religious countries…? But after four years of teaching yoga in gulf I clearly understood that yoga is beyond the barrier of region and religion. It’s a way of life. Every human being has to follow it, and started to follow it. I am teaching Yoga in Abu Dhabi, which is the Capital of United Arab Emirates. Same like other gulf countries UAE is also filled with expatriates. Eighty percent of the countries population is filled with other nationalities, out of them most being Indians. Each countries people have different mentality, prospectus about yoga. Americans and some Europeans want yoga with most stretching’s, where as Indians and some other nationalities prefer slow poses with breathings and meditation. So it’s a challenge to teach all mentality people in a group. In Gulf nations religious things are more sensitive, so normally whil...

‘Bandha’ means to hold or lock. In the practise of bandha specific part of the body powerfully contracted or tightened… Normally the bandhas are practice with combination of asana or pranayama. The practice of bandhas effects on the physical, pranic and metal level of the follower. There are 3 Bandhas…They are • Jalandhara bandha • Uddiyana Bandha • Moola bandha. When one practised the Asana and pranayama done with bandhas its effect will be more. All bandhas should be practise in empty stomach; early morning is the best time the practises. JALANDHARA BANDHA In Sanskrit ‘Jalan’ means net, ‘dhara’ means stream, the word meaning of ‘jalandhara bandha’ is the Physical lock that controls the network of nadis (energy channels) in the neck. Benefits: 1. The practise of Jalandhara bandha helps to control the flow of ‘prana’ in the body. 2. The regular practise gives mental relaxation, and makes the mind fit for the meditation… 3. While practising pranayama especially with kumbhaka (ho...

With out breath we cannot live for a minute. Breath is the reason and secret behind life. Even though it is so important the most neglected thing in our life is breath. We never aware of how we breathing? Are we breath equally through both the nostrils etc.? All these questions never come in our mind. The life span and number of breath per minute have direct relation. If we observe the life span of the animals, birds; it’s clearly shows that the creature which have higher breath rate per minutes have less life span, and which have lesser breath rate have higher life span; for example the birds breathing very speed, around 40-50 per minute they live lesser year where as animals like elephant, tortoise-breathing rate is very less they live longer. A normal human being breathes 15 times a minute. This means he takes 4 seconds for one complete inhalation and exhalation. So in a day his breaths 21600 times, that complete one day for his body. If one breathes in this speed he will ...

‘Agni’ means ‘fire’, ‘saara’ means ‘essence’, ‘kriya’ means ‘action’. This is a purification process of the body which will increase the digestion. The long-time motion less sitting office work leads to sluggish digestion, laziness of the entire body. The internal digestive organs become inefficient; the best way to overcome from these entire problems is Agni Sara kriya. BENEFITS: 1. Agni Sara kriya massages internal organs of the abdomen, stimulates the nerves associated with the digestion. So it leads to proper and normal secretion of digestive juices. 2. The regular practise of this kriya helps to increase the good assimilation of nutrients, there by leads to good health for the follower. 3. Its helps to reduce fat from abdomen, so helps to reduce obesity. 4. One of the best yogic practises to overcome from acidity, gastritis, indigestion, constipation etc. 5. For a healthy person this kriya practise helpful to prevent any type of abdominal disorders’ in future. 6. The re...

‘Pregnancy’ is a precious and important event in every woman’s life. Today one can well plan to become pregnant when needed and take well care to have a healthy child. Pregnancy period is very important period to make the Child's growth proper. The healthy pregnant period is very important to have a normal and safe labour… Practice of  Prenatal Yoga Asanas in Pregnancy   brings many health benefits. Principles and practices of Yoga  makes an important role for this healthy pregnancy and safe labour. The physical and psychological status of the women plays major role in pregnancy. Present days the physical work for women is less compare to older days. Earlier days they are used to do lot of sitting works and home routines, which makes their pelvic region stronger, now all those works like, grinding, washing etc, replaced by machines. So the exercises, body movement is less compare to earlier days, so the pelvic region and abdominal muscles are weaker compare to e...

Sun generates heat and light necessary to sustain life, with out sun, there is no life or world for a single minute. By knowing this the ancient people worshipped sun as god Most of the ancient civilizations developed religions which are based on sun worship. it was identified as different deities. As Mithras by Persians, Osiris as in Egypt, Baal as in Chaldeans, Apollo as in Greek, Soorya as in India. Even though god is one, its worship in different forms in India.. Out of them sun is one form of god. Sun is worship as Lord since time immemorial in India..Different form of gods has some special method of worship to please them easily. Lord shiva by Abhishekam (Holy water bath), Lord Vishnu by Alankara (Decoration). Same way the to please the Sun the best way of worship is Salutation.. So sun salutation is not only part of yoga, it’s a part of Indian culture.. In olden days the daily life starts with saluting to the sun,. Traditionally sun salutation was doing with mantras.....

The purpose of food is to increase the duration of life, purify the mind and aid bodily strength. The modern science classifies the food on the basis of its function on body as carbohydrates, protein, fat etc… In the same way the yoga divides the food on the basis of its effect on mind as satvic, rajasik and tamasik foods. The yoga tells food and mind has direct relations; the type of food you taking same type of mind develop., one of the Upanishad( last part of Veda) says, ‘Yatha khadyatennam, tatha nigadyate manaha’, which means the type of the mind is depend on the type of food eaten. If one goes through scientifically also the food advised in yoga are very good for good health …The Yogic classification of food are as bellows : 1. Satvic Food: This type of food is very good for mind. It gives calmness and steadiness of mind. Satvic food increases the duration of life purify ones existence, gives strength, stamina, health and happiness. The food coming under Satvic category are g...

Which style of yoga you teaching? It’s the common question in present days from the peoples who visiting yoga centre for enquiry. Originally yoga is one, but as the time advances depend on the people tastes the yoga also under gone some changes, and became different styles of yoga. Some people want more stretching where as some want more meditations, some want more breathing. In general Asians want more medium level postures with pranayam and meditations, where as Europeans and Americans want more stretching… At present some styles of Yoga are more famous in world, some of them in brief are as below. Ashtanga yoga: In Astanga yoga more concentration is giving on breathing, each posture contains four things- Shvasa, Vinyasa, Sthithi and Dristi.It’s also called as vinyasa flow. In this type every body movement should synchronize with breathing. Yogacharya Krishnamacharya was the founder of this style of Yoga. It’s most famous in united states, Europe’s. Its main centre is in Mysore. Hat...

India has given lot of valuable contributions to the World. ‘Yoga’ is one among them. Yoga is present in India from time immemorial. Indian philosophy is based upon the concept of Shaddarshanaas. They are Sankhya, Nyaya, Vaisesika, Purva Mimamsa, Uttara Mimamsa and Yoga. Thus Yoga is an integral part of Indian culture. Even though, the primary objective of yoga is individual growth it is a prerequisite for community welfare. The present world is becoming more and more materialistic because of globalization and urbanization. A man has to face tough competition and run the risk and tension in his strive to achieve luxuriant life. This leads him to several psychosomatic disorders. The only way out is ‘Yoga’ which soothes both mind and body. In the present world the life style of present generation has changed a lot. The physical work is less and a man has to face Stress in each of step of his life. The human being is exposing to stress, tention more and more due to mor...

The regular practice of Yoga is good for maintaining health compare to all other physical exercise, due to its extreme benefits as well as its superiority. The some of the main difference between the Yoga practices along with the physical exercises are listed as below. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOGA AND EXERCISE 1. By the exercise body becomes stiff and inflexible. 1. By the practice of yoga the body become flexible 2. Exercises affect only muscles, not nerves. 2. Nerves get properly affected. 3. Blood will not be purified 3. Yoga removes all impurities from the blood. 4. Unregulated breathing is observed after the practice. 4. Harmonized breathing is observed breathing is regulated. 5. Digestion becomes weak as blood supply to other parts of the body increases. 5. Digestion improves by the regular practice of Yoga. 6. Only external muscles get affected. 6. Affects internal organs as well. 7. Only Physical body gets affected. 7. All the bodies including the spiritual ones get affected (benefi...

1. GYANA MUDRA - MUDRA OF KNOWLEDGE 2. PRITHVI MUDRA - MUDRA OF EARTH 3. VARUNA MUDRA - MUDRA OF WATER 4. VAYU MUDRA - MUDRA OF AIR 5. SHUNYA MUDRA - MUDRA OF EMPTINESS 6. SURYA MUDRA - MUDRA OF SUN 7. PRANA MUDRA - MUDRA OF LIFE 8. APANA MUDRA - MUDRA OF DIGESTION 9. APANA VAYU MUDRA - MUDRA OF THE HEART 10. LINGA MUDRA - MUDRA OF HEAT AND ENERGY

1. What age one can start practising Yoga? The minimum age for yoga practice is 5, starting from Five year till the end of life one can practice yoga; yoga texts clearly says children’s, youths, old people , diseases like this every one can practice yoga. 2. My body is stiff, can I practice yoga? The flexibility is different for each individual, Flexibility not a matter for yoga practice, if one practices yoga regularly surely he will get flexibility. 3. How often I should practice yoga? Yoga has to do regularly, one should take yoga as a part of daily routine, In case one have lack of time at least practicing 4-5 days in a weak with 45 minutes each day is better. 4.Is yoga is religious? No. Originally yoga was practicing for spiritual purpose, but for anyone to get more concentration on their religious practice yoga is surely helpful. 5. How should I breathe while doing yoga? One should breathe only through the nose, except some pranayamas (breathing exercises). 6...