Saturday, May 13, 2017

How to Overcome Bad Mood with Yoga?

How to Overcome Bad Mood with Yoga? A bad mood is not really a medical condition but is in fact a conversational term used to describe a person’s temperament at the time. People tend to use the term quite liberally however and a bad mood could be used to describe someone’s mood or behavior...

21 reasons to practice yoga in the morning

Make yoga part of your morning for 21 days in a row and feel the difference it makes to your day. Here are 21 reasons why ... 1.Set your intention  At the beginning of many yoga classes, we’re offered the chance to set an intention for the practice. This could be an intention to practice...

5 Ways Yoga Benefits Your Mental Health

1. It moves you from the sympathetic nervous system to the parasympathetic nervous system, or from flight-or-flight to rest-and-digest. You typically have less anxiety and enter a more relaxed state. As soon as you start breathing deeply, you slow down out of fight or flight and calm your...

5 Health Benefits of Waking up to Yoga

   We all love our routines. For some of us they may involve a heavy-handed pour of coffee followed by a daily dose of reading, perhaps of YOGANONYMOUS or Facebook - let’s be real, but one piece of our routine we can’t deny is working out and hitting the mat.  You can yield many...

Monday, May 8, 2017

Yoga Child's Pose

Child's Pose Sit up comfortably on your heels. Roll your torso forward, bringing your forehead to rest on the bed in front of you. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Lower your chest as close to your knees as you comfortably can, extending your arms in front of...

Yoga Crow Pose

Crow Pose Get into downward dog position (palms pressed into mat, feet hip-width apart) and walk feet forward until knees touch your arms. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Bend your elbows, lift heels off floor, and rest knees against the outside of...

Yoga Pigeon Pose

Pigeon Pose Targets the piriformis (a deep gluteal muscle) Begin in a full push-up position, palms aligned under shoulders. Place left knee on the floor near shoulder with left heel by right hip. Lower down to forearms and bring right leg down with the top of the foot...

Yoga Cobra Pose

Cobra Lie facedown on the floor with thumbs directly under shoulders, legs extended with the tops of your feet on the floor. Tighten your pelvic floor, and tuck hips downward as you squeeze your glutes. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Press shoulders...

Yoga Seated Twist Pose

Seated Twist Stretches shoulders, hips, and back; increases circulation; tones abdomen; strengthens obliques Sit on the floor with your legs extended. Cross right foot over outside of left thigh; bend left knee. Keep right knee pointed toward ceiling. Place left...

Yoga Triangle Pose

Triangle Pose Extend arms out to sides, then bend over your right leg. Stand with feet about 3 feet apart, toes on your right foot turned out to 90 degrees, left foot to 45 degrees. Allow your right hand to touch the floor or rest on your right leg below or above the knee, and extend the...

Yoga Bridge Pose

Bridge Pose Lie on floor with knees bent and directly over heels. Place arms at sides, palms down. Exhale, then press feet into floor as you lift hips. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Clasp hands under lower back and press arms down, lifting hips until...

Yoga Tree Pose

Tree Pose Stand with arms at sides. Shift weight onto left leg and place sole of right foot inside left thigh, keeping hips facing forward. Once balanced, bring hands in front of you in prayer position, palms together. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); On...

Yoga Warrior Pose

Warrior Stand with legs 3 to 4 feet apart, turning right foot out 90 degrees and left foot in slightly. Bring your hands to your hips and relax your shoulders, then extend arms out to the sides, palms down.   (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Bend right...

Yoga Downward Dog Pose

  Downward Dog  Start on all fours with hands directly under shoulders, knees under hips. Walk hands a few inches forward and spread fingers wide, pressing palms into mat.   (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Curl toes under...

Yoga Mountain Pose

   Mountain Pose Stand tall with feet together, shoulders relaxed, weight evenly distributed through your soles, arms at sides.  (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); Take a deep breath and raise your hands overhead, palms...

Saturday, May 6, 2017

Reclining-Bound-Angle-Pose

   The asana helps in receiving symptoms of stress and depression. To do this, you need to first sit straight on your yoga mat and fold your knees. Then, follow the below mentioned points: 1.   Now press the soles of your feet together with the help of your...