Are you one among those who are in search of peace? Looking for an easy relief from the stress-filled world? A simple one-word solution for your problem is practicing “meditation.” What meditation is is the first and foremost thing one should understand before practicing meditate. What is meditation…
I began meditation at what I consider to be an early age. It was during high school when I discovered a book called The Mental Athlete. I can’t really recall what compelled me to read a book at that time, but I did manage to finish it once I realized that starting a meditation practice would help wi…
Effort in Yoga. In Western society, it’s common to be taught that in life, hard work reaps reward. It starts with schoolwork. Better grades reward us with opportunities at prestigious colleges, leading to a degree in a field that promises a rewarding career. To what extent does the universal maxim a…
In so many yoga and pranayama practices and breaths, I find emphasis being placed more on the inhalation than the exhalation. It’s important to note that the overall quality of a breath cycle is just as dependent upon the quality of your exhalation as it is upon the quality of the inhalation. Throug…
Recently, I’ve been giving thought to the topic of more advanced asanas. Yoga encompasses various bodily postures that range from the passive-restorative, which require little to no effort to execute, up through the range of physically demanding asanas all the way to the superhuman level that many o…
Lately, I haven’t been writing as much as I used to. Not in the way I used to, at least. My words have shifted. They’re less flowy, less poetic —they’ve started to sound more like technical documentation, because that’s what I write now most days as an IT consultant. I’m beginning to notice…
A co-worker admitted to me today that he wanted to “give trying the yoga.” I responded without pause. “Why would you want to do that?” To which he immediately responded, “You’re not a proponent of yoga!? Then why do you do it?” In my own amazement at the situation, I said, “I really couldn’t tell you.”
It is an advanced Scorpion pose that you will begin exploring after developing sufficient strength. You will end up having enough shoulder mobility and power as a result of yoga and consistent practice. The inversion is facilitating great backbend and is mimicking the scorpion position ready for str…
Although it is one of the popular yoga dolphin poses that you can find in the yoga industry, it is always rated as the most painful if not done accordingly or safely. You can be sure that you will find this exercise stressful for those who have suffered from wrist pain or carpal tunnel syndrome, not…
This is rated as an intermediate yoga that is similar to a backbend. When you are doing it bow pose, it will be accomplished when the chest is opened, and also the back is deeply stretched. If you have a long day of hunching, this is one of the great bow poses you will need.To start this bow pose yo…