Archive for March, 2010

yoga for fibromyalgia

Dealing with sciatica is far from easy. A life with sciatic pain means the simplest things, like a trip to the grocery store, suddenly become almost unbearable.
Because the sciatic nerve is in the lower back, the pain can go from the back to the buttocks, and even all the way down your leg. Stubborn pain [...]

yoga for elders

Daily routines seem to be boring phenomena to many. Especially if you have to wake up at six, reach office by nine and come back home by eight in the evening, after pushing your head through a mad traffic, you will start hating your life. Our elders always choose to advise us to be disciplined. [...]

Enlightened Times, or Dark Ages?

We’re living in times of unprecedented technological advancement … or at least we’ve been hearing that line for a decade or more now.
In a recent Time Magazine article entitled “The Boring Age,” the author, Michael Lind countered that notion by pointing out that “the gadgets of the information age have had nothing like the transformative [...]

lord ganesh

Complaining
But who are you, O man, to answer back to God? Will what is molded say to its molder, “Why have you made me like this?” (Romans 9:20) Talking back or complaining to God is a manifestation of pride. People go through difficult situation all the time; it’s a given. The children of Israel grumbled [...]

learning yoga

Yoga is not a ‘remedy’ for menopause – not least because menopause represents a stage of life, rather than an illness. A woman’s experience during menopause is completely individual, and yoga is not specific like the drugs of modern medicine. There is no one set series of postures that thus make up a ‘remedy’ for [...]

laya yoga

Yoga. An associate of mine from the US remembers his days as a young kid watching “Yoga For Health” and “Lilias Yoga and You,” both on PBS channels. He remembers how he used to think “How in heaven’s name do they bend like that?” After trying some of the positions he saw he [...]

different style of yoga

Is it possible for someone to practice every kind of yoga daily? I’m trying to understand yoga.?

I know there are different types of yoga, for example, I have been practicing kunduli yoga…but there are many different styles, correct? So can someone practice every kind of yoga out there?

Most yogis, teachers and practitioners, have one or [...]

apana

While Hawaii music tends to revolve around the steel guitar, slack-key guitar, and the ukulele, it is important to realize that there is much more to it than just the instruments. Music from Hawaii also involves the famous people who influenced it, the long history and tradition of the Hawaiian culture, and the modern [...]

ancient yoga

Yoga is an ancient practice and has been in existence for millennia. The word yoga comes from the Sanskirt work yuj. Yuj is often interpreted to mean union or a method of practice. .
It is believed that an Indian Sage named Patanjali created one of the first comprehensive guides on yogi. The book, called Yoga [...]

anahat

OM or AUM is the most important and significant word of Mantra tradition. It is considered as the root mantra of all mantra. In a majority of Mantra, you will find OM.
OM is the most often chanted sound among all the sacred sounds on earth. This sound is considered as the sound of the existence.
It [...]

karma yoga

What is Karma? Can Karma be a cloud hanging over us? Here are some ways to look at Karma, regardless of your religious belief.
Karma is the universal law of equal reaction for any initial action. If you give anything, you will receive the same, or more, in return. We commonly see [...]

jyotisha

The origins of the science of astrology are obscured by time but without doubt all the ancient records from various civilizations refer to it as a sacred science, and, particularly in past times, it was studied alongside what was then regarded as its twin science: astronomy.
Astrology probably evolved from primitive times when man first related [...]

junk food addiction

The idea of detox diets seems, on the surface, to make sense. Toxins are, after all, toxic, and no one in his or her right mind deliberately seeks them out. Yet all of us live in a world in which the foods we eat, the air we breathe, and the water we use to drink [...]

fish posture

Trying to figure out what is wrong with my back please help!!?

I am 22 years old. and my back has been bothering me for the past 6 months. I know what caused the back pain but i dont know if something serious is wrong. let me tell you how it started. I am a fishing [...]

yoga for runners knees

Is it ITBS or a torn lateral ligament?

I am a consistent runner for a while now and have been practicing yoga. About 2 weeks ago my knee just started to hurt, there wasn’t anything that I remember doing to my knee that would cause this pain. It’s just a mild to moderate pain over my [...]

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