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Thursday, July 3, 2008

Teaching Yoga for Stress Management - Lowering Stress Levels

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Therefore, in regard to stress, the goal of Yoga is to reduce it to a manageable level. High levels of stress can cause head, back, and stomach aches, anxiety, trembling, vomiting, panic attacks, fainting, and worse.

Yoga teachers are equipped with many techniques to alleviate stress. Pranayama, mantra, japa, asana, meditation, mudra, proper diet, and relaxation, are useful aspects of the nine traditional branches of Indian Yoga. Coincidentally, all of these Yogic aspects can be refined separately, or in combination with each other, to make life less painful and less stressful.

After Yoga students experience the bliss of being able to reduce their stress levels, at will, they learn to appreciate life's ups and downs. It is hard for anyone to appreciate a challenge if they are overwhelmed by it.

Some people have reached a state, so full of anxiety, that they have lost touch wit...more

What is Fitness-Yoga?

...>Furthermore, for more fitness options, combining the use of Yoga with other types of body-weight exercises, such as calisthenics could also be a very wise choice for optimal fitness and health.

Several people are discovering these benefits and they range from athletes, to dancers to body-builders.

It has been said that old East-Indian Wrestlers and Yoga Sages have swapped ideas for fitness training programs and the results today a...more

Patterned Yoga Mats

...e want. There are also mats with traditional Indian designs like: Amrit pattern, Mysore pattern, Panipat pattern, etc. The colors of yoga mats can be very attractive, like orange, purple, indigo blue, raspberry, marmalade, fern, mango, beige, lavender, pink and others.

Patterned yoga mats can be found at special yoga stores. The best source for finding a good patterned yoga mat is the Internet. There are websites that host the best deals on yoga mats, which can be compared as well as ordered online.

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washing And Caring For Your Yoga Mat

...in measurements to extend its lifespan to the maximum can do this.

first, do not consider that the term "proper care" only goes into effect after the mat is dirty and worn. Proper care begins when you begin using the Mat. Wherever your Yoga space is, always make certain that the floor is clean beforehand. There are, after all, only two surfaces that your Mat should come into contact with. One is the floor, and the other is you, which brings us to the next item.

Take a shower before every session. Even the cleanest individual in the world be...more

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