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Bow Yoga Pose

Imagine how a bow looks. It is locked and loaded, ready to fire! That’s exactly how your body will look and feel when you learn everything you need to know about this yoga pose. I will warn you, it may be challenging for some of you, but it will definitely pay off!

The Bow Yoga Pose, or Dhanurasana, which is its Sanskrit name, will bring you benefits on both physical and mental levels. Sit back tight and enjoy this tutorial!

How to master the Bow Yoga Pose

Step 1

The beginning of this pose requires you to lie on your belly with your hands straight and on the floor (palms up).
You may lie on a blanket or mat in order to be comfortable in this pose. As you exhale, bend your knees and put your heels back. Your heels should come as far as they can to your buttocks.

Now, use your hands to reach back and grab the ankles of your feet. Remember, you should only grab the ankles, not the toes! If you aren’t able to grab onto your ankles, wrap a strap around them and grab the hanging ends of it. That way you will get the same effect.  Your knees should be as wide as your hips. 

Step 2

Take a deep breath and lift your heels from your buttocks. As you do that, you should also lift your thighs away from the floor. This will make your body start to stretch and look more like a bow. Your head and torso should be pulled from the floor in the process.

While you are doing this, your back muscles should not be hardened. Keep them as soft as you can.
You should continue pulling your body in the same way, however, now you should press your shoulders against your back. This will open up your heart area. The final thing you need to do in step two is gaze a little bit forward.

Step 3

Now that your stomach is pressing the floor it will be difficult to breathe. You should breathe into the backside of your body and maintain a steady rhythm.
You should be in this pose anywhere from 20 to 30 seconds. Once that time is up, release your body slowly and lie on the ground for a few seconds.
After your body has “recovered” from the pose, you can repeat it two or three times. 

The Final Verdict

That would be it when it comes to the Bow Yoga Pose. You may use this pose for battling a migraine, insomnia, high blood pressure, low blood pressure, lower-back problems. 

Mastering this pose won’t happen overnight. Remember to take your time with this one as it isn’t quite simple as some may be. Do it step by step and keep in mind that small details make the difference whether you will get all of the benefits from the pose or not.

I hope you have enjoyed this yoga tutorial! Good luck with mastering the Bow Yoga Pose!

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Are Yoga Mats Recyclable





Around 15 million people around the world practice yoga and have old yoga mats lying around. If these people just throw out their old mats, they would just lie at the bottom of landfills and cause adverse effects on to the environment. Thus, environmentalists believe that there can be a lot of benefits if yoga mats are recycled.

Yoga mats have a really long duration period and they are usually not required to be replaced that often. However if they do wear out, there are ways through which they can be recycled and reused. JadeYoga has a program that is known as 3R’s that helps recycling, reducing and reusing yoga mats. About 19 states have yoga studios that are considered as drop off locations.

These yoga studios collect worn out mats and send them to the company. People can check which location is closest to them and they can drop off their old mats in that studio. The mats that are in better shape are given to community centers, old age homes and other places where people practice yoga. Yoga mats that are made of PVC are shredded, melted and made into different products.

A California-based Footwear Company known as Sanuk turns yoga mats into brand new flip-flops for women. Their collection includes 15 different kinds of flats and wedges. Even though most of their footwear have black soles, their upper portions have different floral and other kinds of designs. Their footwear designs are all up on their retailer’s website as well.





( Don’t forget about picking out a cute pair of yoga leggings)


Yoga mats can also be given to non-profitable organizations in your locality or yoga studios where people can borrow one from the studio when they have forgotten their own mats. People can also try selling their old yoga mats on online stores like Craigslist. According to Recycle Your Mat, in 2008, around 50% of mats were recycled and made into other products and more than 30% of mats were donated to the community.

The mats given for recycling purposes are also used for local homeless shelters and local animal shelters, as they are placed in cages to give more comfort to the animals. Before giving the yoga mats up for recycling people should make sure to clean them up properly and package them. After this you can check which is the closest drop off point or which yoga studio nearby is in need of mats and you can drop it off there.

Collected mats are usually recycled into bags, laptop covers and a lot more. Green Guru Gear has a recycling program where people can give their old yoga mats by following certain guidelines available on their website. And these yoga mats are then processed and recycled into new products.

To reduce wastage of old yoga mats, yoga studios like Core Power Yoga have partnered up with companies such as Manduka to form a program known as Recycle Your Mat. This program is known to use old yoga mats as a process of up-cycling. Moreover, the Bolder Mat Company is another program that is known for recycling and reducing yoga mats and then providing those recycled products to various charities.

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If Coffee is Not Your Thing, Try Matcha Instead

A balanced diet will get you the farthest. It will balance out your sugar levels and mental and emotional states, and it will make your work that much harder at your career, personal life, and nonetheless, the workouts.

Here are a couple of simple ways to incorporate matcha into your delightful treats. The first one is a whole meal in a cup, but it’s worth the effort. You’ll shortly see why.


For an immunity-boosting smoothie, you’ll need the following:


  • 1 persimmon or golden apple (it is ripe at the beginning of winter)
  • 1 mango
  • Juice of a lime
  • 1 tablespoon of nut butter of your preference
  • ½ tablespoon of turmeric powder
  • A little pinch of cayenne pepper (be careful if you’ve never tasted it before due to its strong sting)
  • A good splash of coconut milk






If you want to be really fancy with it all, you can do this other layer separately and then pour them on top of the other.


For this, you’ll need the following:


  • 1 small beet
  • 1 cup of berries of your choice
  • Half of a pink grapefruit
  • A splash of pomegranate juice
  • A splash of water
  • A couple of mint leaves
  • A little bit of matcha
  • You can also add a tablespoon of honey.
  • Garnish it all with chia seeds, coconut flakes, and mint leaves.


It not only tastes divine, but it also kicks your immunity to another level.

For the days when multiple lattes are just not enough, treat yourself to something different. This smoothie is packed with fiber from spinach and kale and protein from Greek yogurt and almond milk. Add a good spoonful of matcha tea for kicking into a higher gear. If you want to make it a little sweeter, add half a banana or substitute the almond milk with an alternative.


All this coconut milk and nut butter talk make a person nearly forget about other healthy options and creamy add-ins like avocado. Then, there comes antioxidants in the shape of “oh so popular” kale and a healthy dose of fiber to keep your metabolism on fleek and your sugar levels in check. Add Greek yogurt and blueberries to it. Sprinkle with matcha and turn yourself into a powerful Hulk. Well, each joke has half the truth to it.


Do you like ginger as much as I do? I even stick it to risottos, if we’re honest. But this will be a citrusy morning smoothie with the addition of coffee-powered matcha tea.


  • Start by an unlikely ingredient that is a head of romaine lettuce
  • 2 tablespoons of hemp seeds
  • 2 dates (they kick in the sweetness)
  • 4 mandarin oranges
  • 1 banana
  • 1 carrot
  • A couple of mint leaves
  • ¼ of ginger root
  • A small splash of lemon juice
  • ½ tablespoon of matcha powder
  • A couple of cubes of ice.


Just blend them together, drink, and see what happens. It’s an instant energy booster for me.


Play around a little. I like to experiment and see what tastes blend well together. If they each boost some extra health benefits, all the better.

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A Quick Mindfulness Activity for Children in the Classroom

Leading a quick mindfulness exercise with students after a transition in the classroom benefits your students greatlyResearch has shown that breathing exercises reduce stress. This benefits students in endless way from better concentration, increasing creativity, increasing a student’s overall wellbeing. 

Often, students might experience intense emotions, taking three deep breaths is like cooling that pot of water down. This gives students the life skill of monitoring their emotions, which is invaluable. 

Aim to complete one minute of meditation in one session. The focus of meditation in a classroom setting is breathing not religious mantra or prayer. Have students complete while sitting in their chair after a transition in the school day like arriving to school or coming in from a high-energy recess session. Often children face busy schedules, have working parents that might be tired , and students themselves face incredibly high levels of stress to succeed academically. 

Always “invite” and give students “the option to participate” rather than make every step mandatory because this can leave kids feeling vulnerable and uncomfortable. 

Meditation Steps:

  1. Invite students to participate in a quick one minute breathing meditation. 
  2. Have students place feet on the floor and sit up straight in chair.
  3. Students can place their hands in a comfortable position like in their lap or on their thighs. 
  4. Invite students to close their eyes. Set a timer or keep an eye on the clock to measure one minute. 
  5. Instruct students to take a nice big breath in then out. Explain “Inhale”means take a breath in through your nose. When “exhale” let the air come back out through the nose. 
  6. Have them take three more long breaths. 
  7. Instruct students to scan shoulders and see if there is any tension. “Check if you are tensing your face, eyebrows, and soften the mouth”. 
  8. Say “Release any tension in your shoulders. 
  9. Next have them scan their arms and hands. You can be as detailed as you like. Again invite students to relax and release tension in their right arm and left arm. 
  10. Continue with the back, legs, and feet. 
  11. Bring student’s attention back to their breath. Have them watch their breathing. 
  12. Guide students through inhaling nice and slow through their belly, into their ribs, and lastly up int their collar bone area. 
  13. Then guide students to release the breath in the reverse order. First, exhale the breath out of their chest, then ribs, then their belly area. 
  14. Have them repeat a couple more times. 
  15. To end, they can slowly open their eyes. 

Aim for one minute day and make it a routine o that your students can feel confident and comfortable in performing this unique exercise that might be different from a typical school exercise.

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Yoga Suррlіеѕ – What To Look For?

Wіth уоgа, attaining a lоt оf fаmе аmоng millions of реорlе аll оvеr the wоrld, mаnу hаvе developed a fеtіѕh tо learn thіѕ art. There аrе ѕеvеrаl reasons fоr this, as follows: 

  1. First and fоrеmоѕt, реорlе hаvе undеrѕtооd thе іmроrtаnсе of this form оf art in рrоvіdіng hеаlth bеnеfіtѕ аnd kееріng thеіr mеntаl health іn gооd condition. 
  2. Sесоnd, оnе саn еаѕіlу ѕау gооdbуе to ѕtrеѕѕ via рrасtісіng уоgа. 
  3. Thіrd, уоgа helps many people іn, making the bоdу flexible. 

There are several other bеnеfіtѕ оf уоgа оnе can enjoy whеn he/she ѕtаrtѕ рrасtісіng it. 

Prior tо actually ѕtаrt рrасtісіng уоgа, you nееd to fосuѕ on purchasing gооd quality yoga supplies. Thеy are extremely important tо еnhаnсе уоur реrfоrmаnсе and рrоvіdе уоu thе mаxіmum bеnеfіtѕ оf yoga. Some of thе уоgа supplies аlѕо рrоvіdе gооd ѕuрроrt to thе bоdу аnd рrеvеnt thе individual frоm еnсоuntеrіng аnу ассіdеntѕ оr іnjurіеѕ. Dоn’t worry! Yоgа dоеѕ not rеԛuіrе еxреnѕіvе еԛuірmеnt аѕ mоѕt оf the mоdеrn exercises and sports dо. 

  • Yoga Mat:

Onе оf the mоѕt valuable ѕuррlіеѕ thаt уоu need tо fосuѕ оn рurсhаѕіng is a yоgа mat. Thеѕе mats are made of tасkу rubber and аlѕо рrеvеnt slippage. It іѕ very dіffісult to mаіntаіn a соmрlеx роѕе while реrfоrmіng yoga. With a yoga mаt, уоu dоn’t need tо worry аbоut hаzаrdоuѕ flood соndіtіоnѕ. Addіtіоnаllу, уоu wіll fіnd a wіdе variety оf designs аnd colors when рurсhаѕіng a yoga mаt. If you hаvе a tendency tо dеvеlор аn аllеrgу frоm lаtеx рrоduсtѕ, you ѕhоuld gо for соttоn mats. These аlѕо serve thе same purpose. Mаkе ѕurе that you kеер your уоgа mаt clean. 

  • Yoga Apparel:

Anоthеr уоgа ѕuррlу you would require are yoga сlоthеѕ. Keep your yoga apparel ѕіmрlе, durable аnd соmfоrtаblе. You may find уоgа сlоthеѕ іn hеmр, ѕраndеx аnd соttоn — Yоu mау сhооѕе tо wеаr pants, ѕhіrtѕ оr tаnk tops ассоrdіng tо уоur оwn соmfоrt. 

 

  • Yоgа Muѕіс

It іѕ аnоthеr important іnvеѕtmеnt you nееd tо mаkе whеn lеаrnіng уоgа. This hеlрѕ уоu tо relax уоur mіnd аnd аlѕо hеlрѕ уоu tо get іntо thе appropriate mindset fоr a yoga ѕеѕѕіоn. Yоgа іѕ a lоw-іmрасt еxеrсіѕе аnd is реrfоrmеd in a ԛuіеt аtmоѕрhеrе. The уоgа muѕіс will help уоu get into thе rеаl mооd оf уоgа. It аlѕо wоrkѕ tоwаrdѕ еnhаnсіng оnе’ѕ lеаrnіng реrfоrmаnсе аnd experience.

  • Yoga DVDs

Lаѕt but not thе least, уоu should also think оf investing in ѕоmе уоgа DVDs. Yоu can еаѕіlу lеаrn a lоt while watching thеѕе DVDѕ. 

Purchasing уоgа ѕuррlіеѕ will do a lоt of gооd tо уоu. You wоuld bе able to lеаrn уоgа іn a bеttеr way аnd wіthоut аnу distraction. Try to vіѕіt some ѕhорѕ prior tо actually рurсhаѕіng thе уоgа supplies. Thіѕ wіll hеlр уоu a lot in purchasing the bеѕt and thе mоѕt аffоrdаblе ones. 

Yоu mау need help from аn experienced person оr someone whо рrасtісеѕ yoga regularly in оrdеr to рurсhаѕе thе bеѕt. He/ѕhе wіll guіdе уоu on рurсhаѕіng thе bеѕt and will gіve уоu tірѕ оn what to buу, how tо buу аnd whеrе tо buу, thеѕе уоgа ѕuррlіеѕ frоm.

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How to Achieve Mindful Living ?

While the benefits of Mindful Living experience are many and easy to achieve, there are several pre-requisites in order to achieve this whole experience.

Forgive the Past

Being fresh from the inside and outside is equally important. Being fresh from inside means that you should let go of any bitter or hurtful thoughts, experiences and incidents you may have from your past that could be a distraction in your practice. It is important to forgive and forget. Embracing the present moment and expecting a fruitful experience is the desired attitude for a mindful living session.

Lingering on bad memories does not allow the creation and imagination of a new future. It blocks the passage of creativity into your life. You need to create space for new beginnings and new experiences; and for that, the past needs to be forgotten and forgiven as well.

Let go of expectations

It is desirable to be positive although it can harmful to have lots of expectations. Mindful living teaches us to have a big heart and accept what comes our way. Expectations for miracles or only positive outcomes might make us weak to accept the unfortunate. Mindful Living helps us to embrace with open hearts and accept what is being offered.

Focus on your breathing
breathing is the link between the body and thoughts. With thoughts continuously coming in, it is our breaths that allows us to create the right balance. Focusing on our breathing helps us stay alert and pay attention to our bodies. It is our breathing that allows us to bring back our thoughts to the mindful living experience. 


Engage the senses
The use of senses is an important tool for the mindful living experience. Along with paying attention to our body parts and keeping our breathing in focus, mindful living gives the option of using our ears or eyes. This exercise of involving the senses can be practiced independently or in combination with the practice of paying attention to our body parts.
Listening and observation help us to become more tolerant, patient and alert.

Release any judgment
This means to avoid any pre-conceived notions about anything or anybody. Mindful living teaches us that one should not judge people or their behaviors before understanding a situation thoroughly. The quality of showing empathy and understanding a problem from different sides can really make a huge difference in our behaviors and outcomes.

Practice gratitude
Irrespective of the outcome, we should practice gratitude for everything that has happened around us and to us. Every experience is a lesson with either being happy & joyful or it could be unpleasant. By being grateful we move ahead to make better and long term relationships. We not only make others happy but also might be able to bring about a positive change in their lives.

Reflect before responding
It requires us to live in a headspace of being proactive and not reactive. It teaches us the lesson of pausing, being alert and focusing. With every pause and focus, it gives us a chance to reflect on the situation and use empathy to evaluate a situation before we respond to the outcome. As it is said, an arrow cannot be retrieved once it is released from the bow.

Mindful Living helps us practice the saying ‘look before you leap’ in every moment and every situation of our lives. It helps us stay connected to our inner self and spread happiness and joy around.

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Benefits of Compression Clothing

The compression clothing has become a body support accessory for the athletes and people who do tough physical exercises regularly. Used extensively by athletes and yoga enthusiasts, this type of clothing holds the body-muscles together and helps them to perform better. Seasoned people who do workouts with compression clothing (tight-fitting socks, kneecap supports, shorts, tights, and shirts) trust them to help improve their blood circulation.

What Exactly is Compression Clothing?
The evolution of compression clothing is phenomenal, starting out life as a cloth tied around the affected muscles to modern day colorful attire. Ergonomically, this clothing has a clear purpose of increasing blood flow and lymphatic flow to certain muscles in the body. They are also designed to speed up recovery time. 

Visually, compression clothing has reached another level. They are now colorful, exquisitely designed, tight-fitting body-flaunting tools. In fact, the clothing looks more like designer-wear than body support. Compression clothing is growing in popularity, thanks to its multiple benefits.


Compression Clothing and its Benefits

1. Quicker Recovery
The design of every item of compression clothing is for a specific muscle group’s benefit. There may be some disagreementon its potential benefits; however, there is no confusion regarding its role in faster recovery. Any yoga enthusiast or athlete understands that recovery is a vital part of training, as it is important to get back in shape quickly for the next exercise. Moreover, faster recovery means healing of damaged muscle tissue and general body aches and strains that may develop after performing ‘asana’ and exercises. 

2. Breathable Fabric
Snug-fitting compression shorts are unlike other tight-fitting shorts as they become a second skin to the body. However, traditional fabric shorts have breathability issues. Compression shorts, however, are different as they allow the skin to breathe despite hugging tightly to the body. The attribution to the easy breathability is because of the fine material used in the weaving of the fabric and its design. This keeps the body beautifully cool for those longer workouts by not allowing sweat to become an inconvenience.

3. Viability of Flexibility
There are many episodes of tearing the fabric of the pants while stretching in workouts while doing yoga. However, this is not the case with compression clothing. The superior stretchable material used endures the rigors of the workout routine incredibly well. Stretching, extending, and lifting requires a lot of movement and compression clothing is up to the challenge. It never lets you down.

4. Enhances Style
In the gym, people go to exercise and show off their body and style by wearing attractive gear. Gone are the days of baggy pants and old-fashioned apparel. Athletes love to show off their sporty shirts, socks, and shorts. Compression clothing fulfills that desire, as they are available in a variety of impressive colors and designs. This type of clothing has become part of the standard workout gear. 

5. Sense of Stability
Compression leggings and tops, provide a great sense of stability when one lifts the legs doing yoga or other exercises. The fabric absorbs a lot of muscle pressure when athletes squeeze and perform other steps. The athlete with this gear never flinches from performing difficult movements as the apparel gives a sense of stability to the athlete.

Compression clothing offers immense benefits that one can only understand after trying it out.

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5 Face Yoga Poses – The Best Anti-Aging Remedy

Did you know yoga can wipe off at least some of the aging signs that appear on your face? It is possible to erase a few years from your face without spending money on cosmetic surgery or chemical treatments. Face yoga has gained a lot of popularity these days. The following face yoga exercises will tone and relax your facial muscles.

#1. Smooth Forehead Yoga

The forehead smoother prevents wrinkles because it relaxes your facial muscles. It is a result of combining yoga poses with acupressure. Place your fists on your forehead and touch your face with your index and middle fingers’ knuckles. They should come in the center of the forehead. Apply a firm pressure, but release a little bit if you start feeling pain. Maintain this position and slide your fists to the sides. Finish the pose by pressing your knuckles into the temples but make sure you use gentle moves. Repeat this exercise for at least four times. 

#2. Neck Lift Pose

This facial yoga pose will strengthen and tighten your jawline and neck. If you want to prevent saggy skin and double chins, you should try the Neck Lift exercise. Pucker your lips to the side until you feel a slight stretch in your cheek and neck area. Keeping your lips like that, turn your head to the same side, lifting it a little bit at a 45-degree angle. You should feel a stretch in your jawline and neck. Hold this pose for about three to five seconds and the repeat it, alternating sides. 

#3. Cheeks Firming Yoga

Get cheeky with this firming facial yoga pose. Inhale deeply and pout your mouth by inflating your cheeks like a bullfrog. Hold the pose for at a couple of seconds, and then release the air. This exercise will strengthen your cheek muscles and change your entire facial appearance. So, those of you who want to have lifted plump cheeks should practice this facial yoga pose on a regular basis. 

#4. Puppet Face 

The Puppet Face exercise works miracles when it comes to lifting the nasal labial folds. Put a big smile on your face, showing your teeth. Then, place your fingertips between your nose and lips on the both sides of the creases and push gently. Try to lift those facial muscles up while pressing down with your fingers to create a slight resistance. Plumped, toned, and round cheeks are a sign of youth. This is why so many people use treatments such as Botox. To prevent your cheek muscles from becoming loose without having to spend for a cosmetic surgery, try this yoga facial pose. 

#5. Overall Face Lift Exercise

This exercise will tone down your smiles lines and superficial wrinkles. Also, it lifts your cheeks as well as the eyes. Place your palms on the temples and slowly push your hands back but also a bit up. In other words, you should pull your temples oblique. During the pull, open your mouth a little, creating an O shape. For better results, you must drop your jaw line to elongate your face as much as possible. Hold the pose for at least five seconds, and repeat the asana three times. 

Let’s Recap

As you can see, yoga is not only for the body, but it also works great for your face. All the facial yoga poses mentioned above prevent wrinkles and saggy skin. You should practice them every two days to make sure your facial muscles are toned and firm. 

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Practicing Yoga with Kids

Yoga can be both fun and challenging to practice with your kids. The same benefits that you experience from your practice can also be applied to younger minds. It allows for you to share an interest, connect with your child, and it sets a good example of exercise and well-being for your child to engage with. If nothing else, it can help pass the time on a rainy day and can calm a hyperactive child.

Introducing Poses

Children are inherently more flexible than adults so there are a lot of poses to choose from. Some commonly known poses such as, Downward Dog, Cobra, Happy Baby, and Cat and Cow are a great place to start. However, if some other positions seem tricky for them, try changing the names to something more fun, like an animal or something from nature. Unicorn Pose allows your children to bring their hand to their forehead from Table Pose to create the idea of a horn. Easy Pose can be called Butterfly, while Standing Pose with Backward Bend can be called Waterfall as the child imagines water is pouring from their outstretched hands.

As their ability increases, move on to more challenging poses such as: Plank, Eagle, Three-legged Dog, Warrior II, and even Wheel.

 

Props

Props can be added to make it more fun for your kids, such as a light piece of colorful fabric that they can hold onto while they do waterfall pose. The falling fabric can represent the water and later it can be used to cover them like a blanket as their body temperature cools when lying down in Savasana. Kids also love smelling things, like soaps or flowers; include some nice smelling sensory bottles (oils) for them to have around while practicing.

Meditation

Once you have the basics down, children can then be taught the calmness of meditation, and can learn to channel their frustrations through meditating. Meditation provides many benefits for them, like better digestion, a stronger immune system, increased happiness, lower stress levels, and something many parents want, the children are able to focus better.

When introducing meditation to your children, keep it short, no longer than 15 minutes. Make it fun for your children, give them something to visualize, like floating on a fluffy white cloud, while you let them sit on a soft pillow. You can also give them a nice painting to look at, then have close their eyes and try and remember all of the details. Finally, let them see you meditate and explain how it helps you, if they see their parent do it they will be more likely to also give it a try.

 

Apps

There are many apps out there that you can upload to a device that are created specifically for children, including that of yoga poses and mediation. If this is something you and your children are thinking about, it is worth checking out.

Dali Lama believes “that if every child in the world would be taught mediation we would eliminate violence from the world in one generation.” It’s a nice thought to think about, even if it only allows for you and your children to connect in a special way.

 

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3 Golden Yoga Rules

Most people carry out yoga to calm their inner-self and to heal their souls. If you want to make this practice more advantageous and to turn yoga into your own source of happiness, here are three golden rules which can surely bring the complete pleasure to your mind and body during the yoga practice.

1. Practice Moderation

There are two various terms typically related to yoga posture done with hip: mobile hip and stable hip. The hip joint should be kept robust, stable, and reactive while performing yoga on a yoga mat. This shows that yoga is not just related to keeping your body mobile.

Your body can carry out the motion while remaining within certain definite limits, and thus, there is a large number of people who are not able to achieve that motion limit. This means that instead of being too hard on yourself, try to seek the way which makes your body relax, as working hard on your joints will cause you more harm than good.

2. Sort Out Your Routine

Consider not doing the same vinyasa or series of postures again and again. It is better to go to a yoga class and pay attention there. But most of the time many instructors will tell you about the same types of postures to be done in the same sequence. This type of approach makes yoga practice tedious and also doesn’t seem to be very effective. Your body will learn to cope with this routine and time will come when it no longer possible to see any progress.

This may lead to Repetitive Stress Syndrome (RSS) which means that your body may sustain injuries due to excessive repetitive stress. Your body may get stuck there and won’t show any progress in building up strength and endurance. Moreover, the repetitive order of postures may lead to injuries and destroy your physical structure. So, change your yoga plan periodically or at least on a weekly basis.

3. Be Kind to Yourself

According to a research made by National Academy of Sports Medicine, some of the most common excersices don’t address the functional safe ranges of your movement. Thus, these exercise programs don’t make your body stable nor do they challenge your cardiorespiratory system in a proper way.

On the other hand, yoga makes you able to achieve all of your fitness goals in a more practical way.However, many people fail to meet these training objectives. Most of the exercise coaching programs focus on public health, as the majority of the people suffer from the weight problems. However, at some point, they realize that there is an extreme need of yoga for fulfilling ones personal needs.

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