Yoga has many benefits for its users. Physically there are several disorders that can benefit from the cleansing practices of yoga. However, yoga is also aimed as uniting the mind, body and the spirit which helps to provide many other therapeutic benefits of yoga. Consider just a few areas where yoga has proven to be [...]

Yoga is the perfect exercise! Anyone can do it, it is easy to learn, requires no specialized equipment, and it is easy on your joints. Yoga combines stretching your muscles and improving your mental condition, along with working out your cardiovascular system. \rSo if you are looking for the perfect exercise, yoga [...]

In chapter 2, line 46. of the Yoga Sutras, Patanjali tells us:
sthiram-sukham asanam
The posture should be steady and comfortable.
As a teacher I am faced with continuous choices that affect how my students establish these qualities for themselves. Do I speak, do I not speak? Do I touch, do I not touch? Do I step [...]

Yoga through meditation works amazingly to achieve harmony and helps the mind
work in synchronization with the body. How often do we find that we are unable to
perform our activities properly and in a satisfying manner because of the confusions
and conflicts in our mind weigh down heavily upon us?
Stress is the number one suspect affecting all [...]

Why are doctors referring their patients, who have chronic back pain, to Yoga classes? How many studies have been conducted on back pain and Yoga? Is Yoga a cure all for back pain? What kind of Yoga class is best for back pain? Lets look at all of these issues and [...]

The most common reaction to any problem is to say, Why me? This is a normal response to the many problems, which overwhelm us. If you could handle every problem calmly, without anxiety, and make the best decisions under fire, all the time, you would either be very lucky or an enlightened soul.
So, [...]

No one is nearly as relaxed as we would like to be. Relaxation is not something that is unattainable. When it comes to our bodies, our stress levels and our ability to enjoy life, there are a number of different things that we can do to take control. Yoga stretching exercises are one [...]

Many students of yoga have found a correlation between the day they decided to steadily practice yoga and their life long decision to improve their health. Students report that they made healthier food choices, due to feeling uplifted and centered from yoga practice. This comes from a sense of focus and mindfulness of the body, [...]

Life is a stretch, frequently presenting last-minute, \runexpected change. Through our yoga practice we gain experience at \rbending our bodies, our wills, and mind to any task with a certain \ramount of equanimity and ease. One of the gifts of yoga is that it teaches \rus that true flexibility means adapting to the change in [...]

It is an acknowledged truth that health and Yoga are closely interwoven. Regular Yoga practice has been credited with bringing about improvements in physical health as well as mental and physiological well-being. More and more people are now taking up yoga in order to increase their flexibility, ease stress, reduce pain in the muscles and [...]