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YOGA DURING PREGNANCY

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‘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...

SOORYA NAMASKARA (SUN SALUTATION)

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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.....

YOGA AND DIET

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 FOLLOWING?

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...

YOGA FOR THE PRESENT WORLD

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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...

WHY YOGA?

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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...

MUDRAS

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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