... training at home.

Some of our new Yoga students arrive, due to a physicians referral, but many have researched Yoga. Their research caused them to make an independent decision to improve their health on a mental, physical, spiritual, and emotional level.

As we approach middle age, body weight is harder to get rid of than it ever was. As a result, this extra weight can bring us many health problems and diseases.

In fact, shedding 10 or 20 pounds of body weight may just extend your life span. Heart problems, high blood pressure, diabetes, some forms of cancer, and more diseases, prey on those of us who carry extra pounds around.

So, we are not considering living at a nursing home for an extra decade, but increasing our odds to have an active and quality life to the end.

What can Yoga offer the active person, who is over 40?

For those of us who have been exercising for decades, we realize there is a flaw in the No pain, no gain theory. Premature joint wear is the biggest prob...more

Back Pain Yoga Is Definitely More Fun And Interesting That You Can Imagine!

...and glands. Through stretching and alignment, the poses make your body more balanced and flexible, which is essential in maintaining a pain-free back.

Like all forms of exercise, you will need to check with your practitioner to ensure that yoga is safe for treating your back pain. In most cases, your practitioner is likely to recommend yoga as it addresses some of the most common and basic back pain problems.

When you are starting out, it's advisable that you joined a beginner yoga class. This is because coordinating the stretches, poses and breathing can be tricky at firs...more

Jnana Yoga - Intellectually Becoming God-Conscious

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Jnana Yoga is the yoga of intellectual inquiry, using the mind to come to the profound realization that our God-Self, the consciousness that we are in reality a manifestation of God, is beyond and behind our mind. However, we should not fall into the mistake of thinking that we can discover God through the use of the mind alone. To achieve Cosmic Consciousness, what can be called Self-realization, we must continually ask "Who am I", in other words, am I just this material body and material mind, or am I in fact an integral part of something greater. That something greater is considered by yogis to be God, the presence of which everything and everyone is made up, whether or not the individual realizes it or not. The purpose of Jnana Yoga is to come to just that r...more

Practice Hard, Heal Fast? - Yoga Flexibility & Stretching exercises

...#4 of 7 - The secrets of Nutrition & Flexibility

As a yoga teacher, Im always telling students to go slowly, breath deeply, and take it easy; but theres always one person who doesnt hear a word Im saying the guy who grits his teeth, grunts, moans, and sprays sweat across the room every time theres a posture change.

Why do people do this? Well, that guy used to be me, so let me explain.

ENTHUSIASTIC NEW STUDENTS
A new student will often walk in the door expecting to snooze through class, but ninety minutes, 35 postures, and 3 OMs later, that same person walks away a weak, wobbly mess.

For me, this is the best kind of student because the shock of their first class often makes them ultra-motivated, committed, an...more

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