Monday, August 18, 2008

Bikram Yoga Positions

...Bikram Yoga is a form of Yoga which consists of a series of 26 poses performed in a hot room. When we say Bikram Yoga positions that is the same as calling them postures, poses, asanas or something else. Bikram is also commonly referred to as "Hot Yoga".

Bikram Yoga was created by Bikram Choudhury, a self-styled Yoga entrepreneur who moved from India to the US to teach yoga. He developed his own version of Hatha yoga that consists of a tightly scripted sequence of 26 positions and two breathing exercises. The temperature of a Bikram Yoga studio is usually at 105 degrees or even higher! The idea behind it is that the heat will help to loosen your muscles, improve flexibility, and increase your heart rate. And, although quite to state the obvious, the heat also makes you sweat - a lot!

Bikram's 26 hatha yoga postures are, like most other styles of hatha Yoga, designed to stretch your muscles, compress your cardiopulmonary system and improve your circulation. The practise can be uncomfortable or mildly painful at first and you may get lightheaded or nauseous during the session. These sensations are often symptoms of detoxification taking place in the body, but be caution is appropriate as they may also be signs of ...more

How to Get a Yoga Trainer License

...Okay, I just finished 4 games of basket ball with the guys at the gym and before that had done sets of pull-ups, dips and the ab-wheel. While the rest started winding down to get showered and changed, I all of a sudden got into the 8-limb staff yoga poses to loosen up my whole body, the way only this pose seems to.

Say man; you do yoga? one of the guys called out I said yes.

He asked if I teach it and I told him I was in the process of trying to get a license to do as much.

All the more intrigued he said whe...more

Soccer and Yoga Make a Great Team

...s balance, flexibility and mental discipline. Yoga is not just for the body but for the mind, too. Sports are about the mind, too, but sometimes people can forget that. Sometimes people concentrate too much on a skill out on the field but fail to picture it in their minds. Mental imagery can really prepare someone for soccer.

Yoga also loosens the muscles and takes pressure off of your joints. It can really keep you fit. Simple yoga exercis...more

Try These Yoga Poses for Jet Lag

...cure all

One can also try the yoga-esque Hindu-Push-ups as this helps drain the brain of unwanted debris and the incorporation of the Yoga Relaxation Pose does just as its name suggests, relaxes the entire body while simultaneously relieving stress and speeding up the elimination of metabolic wastes.

It's safe to say Yoga has something for everything and everyone so for Jet Lag; you will do very well to strike some Yoga poses!

In Friendship,

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