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 …
Yoga as Saviour
‘After uni, I became a maths teacher through Teach First (teachtirst.org.uk). I loved it – it was one of the best two years of my lite. Then I went …
40 MINUTES OF STRENGTH TRAINING AND CARDIO, THREE TIMES A WEEK
Exercising can make your brain work better right now and in the future – there’s growing evidence to suggest that regular workouts can help stave off the cognitive decline …
LOW INTENSITY WALKING, RUNNING OR CYCLING
Next time you’re stuck for ideas, head outdoors and shift your focus onto something else. Psychologists at Stamford University in California showed that walking is particularly good at improving …
LIGHT TO MODERATE TREADMILL WALKING AND STATIONARY CYCLING
If you’re struggling to commit your next work presentation to memory, get moving. ‘There are some interesting studies showing that if you want to learn something, such as a …
Rael Isacowitz The Founder of Global Brand Bası Pilates gives us a Behind The Scenes Glimpse İnto His Extraordinary Summer
THE HELIPAD ON TOP OF THE MNT HOTEL IN ISTANBUL, TURKEY ince the late 1980s, I have been traveling extensively around the world teaching Pilates. I never intended to …
Steps to a Walking Meditation
Want to try a moving mediation? A walking meditation is an easy way to start: All you need is a safe place to stroll, one where you don’t have …
TOOLS FOR FITNESS KNOWLEDGE FOR HEALTH
TOOLS FOR FITNESS. KNOWLEDGE FOR HEALTH Enhance Movement Open up a world of creative possibilities with the all-new OPTP Posture Bricks Assist Pilates exercises on both the reformer and …
As a Pilates Instructor What’s Your Opinion on Standing Desks?
• Yay or nay? A Your question has come at the most opportune time. Recently, I ordered a raised • Desk and have been spending about 50 percent of …
Top Pilates Fitness Studio
A Visit with Joe and Clara For Pilates Day, Lolita San Miguel organized a pilgrimage to the Pilates’ final resting place. by Anne Marie O’Connor. For years, people have …
World Record Sup Paddler Seychelle Hattingh
How did Seychelle Hattingh get the strength and stamina to propel a stand-up paddleboard for 24 hours straight— including throughout the night—breaking the world’s record in the process? From …