By Suzana Altero Inhale, and God approaches you. Hold the inhalation, and God remains with you. Exhale, and you approach God. Hold the exhalation, and surrender to God." ~Krishnamacharya Pranayama (breathing techniques) are a key practice of Hatha Yoga, the mother of all physical or postural yoga. They are such a core tool in this tradition that the term Hatha itself is closely connected to it. Wanna understand how? What does Pranayama mean? The word pranayama can be technically translated as … [Read more...] about Breathing Techniques: Why are they essential to yoga?
Archives for August 2016
Establishing a Home Yoga Practice
Yoga in America is booming. A 2016 report by Yoga Journal and Yoga Alliance reported that 36.7 million people practice yoga, up from 20.4 million in 2012, and 28 percent of all Americans having taken a yoga class at some point in their lives. As a result, the demand for yoga instructors has never been higher and increasing numbers of practitioners are becoming inspired to teach — a career that can be as challenging as it is fulfilling. In their new book The Art and Business of Teaching Yoga: … [Read more...] about Establishing a Home Yoga Practice
How Yoga Improves Back Pain
The greatest medicine of all is teaching people how to not need it” - Hippocrates It’s estimated that roughly 80% of people will experience some type of serious back pain in their life. The world’s population is around 7 billion people. So statistically speaking, 5 billion people will encounter significant back pain. That’s an outrageously high number for a problem that is often curable and preventable. Unfortunately, people are unaware of how to prevent back pain, and how to handle it once it … [Read more...] about How Yoga Improves Back Pain
What if Yoga Just isn’t Your Kid’s Thing?
“Mom, I’m telling you flat out…I’m just not that into it. No offense. Yoga just isn’t my thing.” I felt my body tense as I ran through the options. Offer to buy him a fancy new mat? Take him to a different yoga studio? Tell him all the ways he’d be missing out if he didn’t continue? You would have thought he’d announced he was running away. The truth was more palatable than that…yoga just wasn’t his thing. The kids had both been interested in yoga when they were smaller. In an effort … [Read more...] about What if Yoga Just isn’t Your Kid’s Thing?
Cracks in the Pot Let the Light Come Through
A photo posted by Havoc Hendricks (@havochendricks) on Apr 1, 2016 at 5:33pm PDT //platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js By Alyssa Rachel Gross Have you ever scrolled down Facebook and felt “icky” afterwords? There's a reason for that. We often feel the need to lead our lives glazing over the “cracks” in who we are. We feel trapped by the inability to express our deepest frustrations, failures, insecurities or weaknesses. In an age of social media, all we can do is show our vibrant social … [Read more...] about Cracks in the Pot Let the Light Come Through
The Art of Teaching Yoga
Yoga is not to be performed; yoga is to be lived.” - Aadil Palkhivala Teaching yoga isn’t for everyone. While completing 200 hours of yoga training and receiving a teacher certification is quite the feat, knowledge and training alone do not make one a quality yoga instructor. For example: Have you ever had a yoga instructor who was impatient? Ever had an instructor who was boring? How about a teacher whose directions weren’t clear? Or an instructor who just didn’t connect with … [Read more...] about The Art of Teaching Yoga
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