... people to look at their way of thinking, that they have conditioned themselves to accept. Yoga can help people with addictive personalities to take the necessary steps to enforce changes in their lives. Yoga will allow them to change their thought processes thus eliminating their addictive behavior faster than most other methods of treatment.

The major benefit of using yoga exercises to assist in the treatment of addictions is that it helps people to change the way they feel about and see themselves. With this positive energy flowing over into many other aspects of their lives it will give them a more positive and productive approach to living, which in turn will reduce the chances of them developing any further negative addictive behaviour.more

What is Yoga?

... text and of oneself, and isvarapranidhama or living with an awareness of the divine.

Asanas or physical poses are the third limb. Asanas are designed to bring strength, vitality and relaxation to every bodily system.

Pranayama, or breathing exercises, encompass the fourth limb. Through disciplined regulation of the breath-the duration of inhalation, retention and exhalation, one strengthens and cleanses the nervous system. The result is increased life-force and a calmer mind.

The fifth limb is prathayara or withdrawal of the senses. One's focus goes inward, losing awareness of what is going on outside of oneself.

Dharana, or concentration is the sixth limb. One ...more

tantric Yoga Positions

...u in order to win it out.

This is how typical tantric yoga positions and courses go: With a mind free from obscene or unclean ideas and yearnings, the guru just sits peacefully. The student, on the other hand, assembles his or her own life force with the use of perception and cognition. Then it moves up from the tail bone to the neck, and through the spine, and until it reaches the yogi's forehead. The accumulated results will then eventually be disposed from the forehead to create a frame of light and energy which will unfold until it becomes the size of a human being.

The ficti...more

Yoga and Diabetes

...s. If a student has mobility problems, because of age or obesity, consider assisted back bends with props to support his, or her, body, neck, and head.

Digestion is improved through movements and breath control of yoga (pranayama). Pancreas and liver operation is also enhanced. The rotations of certain postures also massage the glands of the endocrine system, encouraging hormone production.

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