Balasana
Balasana INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Prepare a padded surface, such as a yoga mat or a folded blanket or towel. Begin by kneeling on the floor, sitting on your heels with …
Deep Water Exercises For Water Aerobics
A THEORETICAL BASIS FOR POTENTIZATION When water was imprinted and then serially diluted, the original frequency disappeared, to be replaced by that frequency multiplied by the dilution ratio; but …
Bhujangasana
Bhujangasana INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Prepare a padded surface, such as a yoga mat or a folded blanket or towel. Begin by lying on your belly with your legs stretched out …
Salabhasana
Salabhasana INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Prepare a padded surface, such as a yoga mat or a folded blanket or towel. Begin by lying on your belly with your forehead against the …
Phalakasana
Phalakasana INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Prepare a padded surface, such as a yoga mat or a folded blanket or towel. Begin on all fours, with your forearms flat on the mat …
Salamba Bhujangasana
Salamba Bhujangasana INSTRUCTIONS: 1. Prepare a padded surface, such as a yoga mat or a folded blanket or towel. Begin by lying on your belly with your legs stretched …
Adho Mukha Vrksasana Pose
As a beginner, you will need to practice this pose in front of a wall to start with until you have been able to master your balance in the …
The Technique of the Presence
This technique outlined by the Tibetan in Glamour: A World Problem19 is a core foundational practice for disciples reaching towards the Third Initiation and seeking to practice Agni Yoga. …
How to Use a Mantra in Yoga Practice
The theory of the power of mantra repetition holds that by repeating the syllables with accuracy, and by means of tuning to the wavelength of the mantra, we are …
Mindfulness Meditation
This type of meditation grew out of Buddhist meditation practice, and it refers to the state of being awake or mindful. Mindfulness meditation means paying attention, in a particular …
What Is Meditation?
Meditation is discovery, the unfolding of the mind. While meditation is often considered an esoteric religious rite, it is actually a tool that aims to strengthen the mind’s ability …
Pranayama Yoga
Asana requires good breathing skills; it is the breath that helps you maximize each asana. Pranayama is the science of breathing; how you breathe is as important as the …
Dhyana and Element Meditation
After discussing in the insert above various Brahmin meditative practices, we will now take a brief look at the practice of dhyana. It is often translated as meditation and, …
The Upasana Ritual Under Change
While I find it very doubtful that the practice of dhih is still-mind-meditative, several Indologists suggest that the practices of upasana and dhyana could be early Brahmin candidates for …
Upasana Meditation or Ritual
Upasana – worship-meditation’ – can be classified as falling somewhere between analysis, worship and meditation. It seems to me that upasana has a distinct analytical and cognitive dimension, namely …
Restorative Yoga Poses : Heart Pose with a Chair
Heart Pose with a Chair Backbend • 3 to 5 minutes PROPS Bolster (or 2 rolled blankets or a large pillow) Chair PRECAUTIONS If you feel pain or discomfort …
Restorative Yoga Poses : Legs Up the Bolster
Legs Up the Bolster Inversion • 5 to 10 minutes PROPS Bolster (or 2 rolled blankets or a large pillow) 2 blocks (or large hardcover books) Yoga sandbag (or …
Restorative Yoga Poses : Supported Half Frog
Supported Half Frog Hip Opener • 3 to 5 minutes per side PROPS Bolster (or 2 rolled blankets or a large pillow) Long eighth-fold blanket BENEFITS Gently stretches your …
Restorative Yoga Poses : Supported Pigeon
Supported Pigeon Hip Opener • 3 to 5 minutes per side PROPS Bolster (or 2 rolled blankets or a large pillow) PRECAUTIONS If you have a knee injury, substitute …
A Classical Pilates Mat Workout : All Moves
PILATES MOVES : ROCKiNG, ROUNDED BACK Recommandations The distance between your chest and legs should always be the same. Perform the movement using only your abdominals. Do not tilt …
10 Best Restorative Yoga Poses
How It Works Contemporary yoga practices may look like an exercise regime but, at its core, yoga is a spiritual discipline. Yoga uses many tools to reunite your body …
Who Can Do Restorative Yoga?
Who Can Do Restorative Yoga? Everyone can benefit from restorative yoga—these days we all need to reduce our stress levels. Fortunately, it’s such an accessible practice literally anyone can …
The Benefits of Restorative
The Benefits of Restorative Yoga Restorative yoga has the power to drastically improve the quality of your life and, subsequently, the lives of those around you. What’s more, this …
Pilates 10 Minute Workout – Top 10 Pilates Moves
SpiNE STRETCH Recommandations Your head, the nape of your neck and your back should form a single straight line. Do not bend your stretched leg. For a more effective …
What pilates does for you
Joseph Pilates Pilates is named after Joseph Pilates, its inventor, who was born in the late 19th century in Germany. His health was fragile due to a malformation of …