If you're into yoga podcasts, then there's a very good chance you know Hillary Rubin. She has a great blog full of yoga wisdom and routines that are perfect when your home practice needs some motivation. A certified Anusara Yoga teacher, Hillary has a great story that illustrates the power yoga has to improve lives. Taking her teaching to the next level, Hillary recently released a DVD, Yoga Foundations with Hillary Rubin. For the last couple weeks, both myself and my four year old … [Read more...] about Video Review: Yoga Foundations with Hillary Rubin
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Book: Hatha Yoga Pradipika
Find out what Hatha yoga is all about by reading the Hatha Yoga Pradipika. From Wikipedia The Hatha Yoga Pradipika (Sanskrit: Haṭhayoga Pradīpikā) is a classic Sanskrit manual on Hatha Yoga, written by Svami Svatmarama, a disciple of Svami Gorakhnath. Said to be the oldest surviving text on the Hatha Yoga, it is one of the three classic texts of Hatha Yoga, the other two being the Gheranda Samhita and the Shiva Samhita. The text was written in 15th century CE. The work is derived from older … [Read more...] about Book: Hatha Yoga Pradipika
Ashtanga Yoga Intermediate Series Poster
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Western Yoga and the Beatles
Found an interesting article at HowStuffWorks about the introduction of yoga to the West. The following is an excerpt from: "Did the Beatles introduce yoga to the Western World?" Yoga actually made its first appearance in the West in the early 19th century. It was studied as an Eastern philosophy in the early 20th century and gained popularity as a part of the health and vegetarian movement of the 1930s. But it wasn't until the 1960s that yoga really began to take off. Prominent Indian … [Read more...] about Western Yoga and the Beatles
Mayo Clinic – Do Yoga to Improve Your Stress Management and Relaxation Skills
Check out the following article from the Mayo Clinic for a basic introduction to yoga and the variety of health benefits enjoyed by its practitioners. Yoga: Improve your stress management and relaxation skills - MayoClinic.com … [Read more...] about Mayo Clinic – Do Yoga to Improve Your Stress Management and Relaxation Skills
77 Health Benefits of Yoga
If you're still looking for a few good reasons to try yoga or do more yoga, here are 77 of them. The list covers everything from "health benefits without," "health benefits within," "emotional health benefits," "body chemistry," "exercise benefits," "disease prevention," and "symptom reduction or alleviation" that are brought about through regular yoga practice. The list also has some good links to resources if you are interested in doing some further research. It seems that modern science … [Read more...] about 77 Health Benefits of Yoga
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