Defining Yoga Postures - Asanas

Asana can be defined as a physical Yoga posture or position that is designed to help master the body and enhance the body’s functions. Yoga poses are, in essence, Yoga exercises creating strength and endurance, improving circulation and energy flow, cleansing organs and other systems, and expanding muscles and joints.

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Benefits of Yoga and Weight Loss

An important part of a balanced health and wellness program is managing your body composition and understanding what is a healthy body weight for your body type. A consistent Yoga practice, Yoga diet and observance of Yoga principles and lifestyle habits can help you find this balance in managing your body weight..

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Power Yoga Grace in Vinyasa Flows

Power Yoga and Ashtanga Yoga classes are beautiful explorations of more physically challenging Yoga flows. Within these more vigorous Yoga practices, we should continually guide ourselves back to the intention, grace, and definition of the asana (Yoga pose).

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Link With My Yoga Online Health and Wellness Resource

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Live Earth Day SOS

Today is Live Earth day and around the world people are making pledges to change our environment for the better. Through concerts in New York, London, Rio, Johannesburg, Shanghai, Hamburg, Sydney, and Tokyo artists, musicians, and environmentalists are raising awareness about global warming and what we can do as individuals to help save our planet. Please visit Live Earth to make your pledge toward change.

Cleanse with Flax Seed

Enjoy my new nutrition article "Get Your Daily Cleanse with Flax Seed".

Forward Bends: Moving With Safety

Forward bending Yoga poses provide great release and rejuvenation to the back lines of the body. When done correctly, they yield wonderful physical, mental, and emotion benefits. When done incorrectly or with ego, they can produce serious damage including herniated intervertebral discs. read more>> FORWARD BENDS

(ie. Adho Mukha Svanasana, Uttanasana, Janu Sirsasana, Baddha Konasana)