...The benefits of yoga to your mind, spirit and body are immeasurable. Here are just three benefits that can keep you motivated to stick with your current yoga practice. Or even better, push you over the fence to start that beginners' yoga class you have always wanted to do.

Increase Your Inner and Outer Beauty

Beauty is not just physical. This has been proven over and over again. You have likely proven it for yourself. I can't tell you how many physically beautiful people appear so ugly to me because of their character.

Likewise, I can't begin to mention the countless individuals I know that although not blessed with extreme physical beauty, actually appear beautiful because of their glowing spirit and wonderful...more

The Purpose of Yoga - Holistic Health

... For example: Look at the covers of most Yoga publications. If I want to sell more Yoga magazines, I have to put Yoga on display. There is a saying: A picture is worth a thousand words, but one picture of an advanced Yoga asana, will intimidate some members of the public.

How many people, in the west, think that a Yoga teacher must be thin, young, extremely flexible, muscular, and physically gifted? Most of the non-practicing public believes this, and many Hatha Yoga students believe it. Worse yet, some Yoga teachers have a narrow-minded view of Yoga, as a stricly physical recreation, similar to gymnastics.

Recently, I was addressing an audience in Pawtucket, rhode Island, about the benefits of Chair Yoga. one member of the audience raised her h...more

Yoga Therapy

...The Yoga Therapy or yoga-chikitsa refers to the treatment of diseases by means of yogic exercises which may be physical or mental or both. It is a specialised form of yogic culture. This mode of treatment has been practised in India from very ancient times. Many references to yoga have been made in the Upanishads. It was, however, Maharishi Patanjali who in about the first century B.C. gave a systematic account of the traditional yogic teaching.

The term Yoga is derived from the Sanskrit root yug which means "to join." It signifies union between the individual soul (jivatma) and the universal soul (parmatma). It aims at obtaining relief fr...more

Are Yoga Balls Helpful for Doing Poses?

...as though it is a versatile prop for many postures, the 30 inch diameter ball is a terrific tool. These air-filled balls give support in poses such as backbends hip openers and restorative poses.

Balls are shipped un-inflated and include a small hand-held pump. Moreover, they are made from durable vinyl and can support up to 600 pounds.

For Moms, kids being kids, they naturally tend to gravitate towards...more

Intermediate Yoga Positions