Thursday, August 30, 2007
Body Rolling Techniques For Yoga and Pilates Safety
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Friday, August 24, 2007
Yoga And Meditation Practice
As we explore our Yoga Meditation practice, we can learn various techniques and applications to bring us to places of greater connection. A useful tool to create this greater connection in our Meditation sessions is Jiva Bandha. Jiva means "soul or the consciousness of the living being" and Bandha means "internal lock". Jiva Bandha is the subtle locking of the tongue to the palate.
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Protecting Your Neck in Hatha Yoga
Sarvangasana (Shoulderstand Yoga Pose) and Halasana (Plow Yoga Pose) are the most common Yoga inversions that move the neck into a deep forward flexion. These inverted Yoga postures provide wonderful benefits in our Yoga classes:
* tones the legs, buttocks, back, and core muscles
* stretches the shoulders and improves flexibility of upper spine...
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Friday, August 17, 2007
Use Yoga For Neck and Shoulder Pain Relief
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Hatha Yoga Balancing of Flexibility and Strength
Hatha Yoga explores various methods of expanding into the muscles and joints creating freedom and healing properties. As much as we enjoy creating flexibility from our Yoga poses, we need to understand the necessity of balancing this growing flexibility with strength and endurance.
There is a growing interest in restorative and passive-style Hatha Yoga classes like Yin Yoga. These Yoga practices incorporate a beautiful method of creating layers of physical, mental and emotional release. Yin Yoga is designed to move flexibility through the muscle tissues into the connective tissues.
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Tuesday, August 14, 2007
Twisting Yoga Poses and Positions
Twisting Yoga poses like Ardha Matsyendrasana (Half Twist pose), Parivritta Trikonasana (Revolving Triangle pose), and Parivritta Parsvakonasana (Revolving Side Angle pose) create joyous benefits. The twisting motions increase mobility in the vertebral column, massage internal organs, massage nutrients in and through the spine, aid in moving material through the digestive system, tone back and core muscles, and balance energy flow throughout the main energy channel (Sushumna) that travels along the line of the spine.
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Sunday, August 12, 2007
Yoga Pose For Stretching Hamstrings
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Sustainable Seafood
An estimated 90% of all large, predatory fish are already gone from the world's oceans.
It is so important that we conserve what remains in the oceans, and harvest and consume seafood in a sustainable manner.
To help consumers and restaurants make more informed choices when selecting the seafood they consume or serve, the Vancouver, British Columbia Aquarium has developed programs to help identify sustainable seafood choices.
What does sustainable seafood mean?
Friday, August 10, 2007
Recipe For Tomato Salad
This night shade vegetable yields numerous nutritional benefits including the prevention of many cancers. We have also added a quick and simple Tomato Salad recipe.
Thursday, August 9, 2007
Yoga Nidra - Yogic Sleep and Pratyahara
Yoga Nidra is a powerful practice of creating an altered state of consciousness by planting healing seeds of affirmations (or sankalpa). As a form of Pratyahara, Yoga Nidra moves one to a state where one can withdraw from the senses and the influences of the mind which do not serve us on the path of enlightenment.
Yoga Poses for Back Pain Prevention
Hatha Yoga has an array of back bending or back arching Yoga exercises that deliver a wealth of health benefits when done correctly. Back bending Yoga poses can be intimidating to those who have low back pain or previous low back injuries. When performed with the right intention and alignment techniques, back bends can be safe, effective, and revitalizing.
Wednesday, August 8, 2007
Green Living - Preventing Leaking Electricity
When electronic devices are left plugged in, electricity can continue to be drawn from the power supply. Anything with an adapter, clock, timer, memory, or remote control continues to use electricity even when the device is turned off. For example, a TV leaks about 6 watts all the time. Referred to as “leaking electricity” or “phantom load”, this wasteful consumption of electricity is rising worldwide as the number of gadgets increase in peoples’ homes. An average home leaks about 450 kilowatt-hours each year or approximately 5% of the annual hydro bill.
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
Defining Yoga Postures - Asanas
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Friday, August 3, 2007
Benefits of Yoga and Weight Loss
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Power Yoga Grace in Vinyasa Flows
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