Yoga Enjoy – Page 14 – All About Yoga: Poses, Types, Benefits, and More

Swap from Yang-focused power yoga to Yin Yoga

January 7, 2019

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Yin and Sound is the perfect combination of healing instruments like Tibetan singing bowls, Koshi, Kalimba etc and longer holds of relaxing asanas to get into the deep fascias and release (emotional) tension without body and mind.

Many people use yoga as a workout tool to heat up, power out and sweat. And that’s what a yang-focused practice is. It is any type of Vinyasa, Hatha, Ashtanga practice, that increases our yang energy within our body. These practices keep our heart rate up through dynamic movement, strong flows and challenging asanas.

In a world where we constantly have stimuli from the outside, keeping our minds busy 24/7, we tend to have too much energy and/or be tired at the same time. But at some point, we need to process all the information that we are continuously gathering. Our body and mind are in constant fight or flight – our sympathetic nervous system – if we do not give it time to rest. The sympathetic nervous system is turned on in dangerous situations and helps us to survive. It is our flight or fight mode, where stress hormones like cortisol and noradrenaline are released. The parasympathetic nervous system regulates all important processes responsible for detox, cell renewal, and digestion. It’s our rest and digest mode.

Evolutionary this makes a lot of sense. Back in the days when we lived in the jungle/forest and the ‘only’ stress factors or dangers we had were wild animals like venomous snakes or bears, and our body needed to turn in the sympathet[……]

Kundalini Yoga

Kundalini Yoga: Everything You Need To Know

December 26, 2018

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Kundalini is a spiritual energy that exists in everyone. The purpose of Kundalini Yoga is to awaken this sleeping spiritual energy and allow it to rise through the central channel, located along the spine out the top of your head so that you can experience higher levels of consciousness.

Kundalini Yoga is the centuries-old scientifically proven Kundalini awakening technique that awakens your creative energies and gives you access to deeper states of meditation.

Kundalini Yoga Meditation offers many benefits like increased energy levels, improved strength, more mental clarity, balance, and improved health. Many yogis consider this form of yoga a powerful tool for self-discovery, helping them become their best every day.

Yogi Bhajan brought Kundalini Yoga to the West in 1969 after studying and teaching for many years in India. He felt Kundalini Yoga was the perfect antidote to combat modern life’s stress, tension, and anxiety.

The practice can be physically strenuous, but its effects are well worth all the effort! Here are some tips on how to get started with kundalini yoga.

What equipment will I need for Kundalini Yoga?

If you live near a studio willing to let you drop in occasionally or have friends who do kundalini yoga, attending classes will be great fun and provide invaluable instruction. However, if this isn’t an option, for now, you can begin your practice with the help of some instructional videos.

When should I practice?

For peak results, it’s best to practice early[……]

Karma Yoga

Karma Yoga is the path of selfless action

November 5, 2018

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Karma yoga basically consists of entirely selfless service, in which the Ego is given up to the desire to serve God in every thing, be it man, animal or plant. Karma Yoga is also the path of doing the right thing, of following ones’ personal Dharma and accepting destiny as it comes. If the Karma Yogi is a householder, he will accept that role as much as he would accept the role of a servant to any in need, without seeking any remuneration in the shape of wealth, satisfaction, name or fame.

Karma means action, including all acts done by the individual from birth to death. One who is not attached to his actions and performs actions because they are unavoidable, performs karma with a disinterested interest and does not adopt wrong means.

Karma performed by right means does not harm anybody and is in accordance with the law of dharma. That is karma yoga. Some people think karma has something to do with karma sutra, but such a thing does not exist. Only the kama sutra exists, with the Kama being the god of desires. That is an entirely different story.

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Jnana Yoga

Become Fit to Experience Jnana Yoga

October 6, 2018

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Gurudev Sivanandaji used to tease the so-called Vedantins and Jnana Yogis at the ashram. They would say, “Aham Brahmasmi, I am that Supreme Brahman.” Occasionally, Gurudev would touch a jnani’s arm with a little piece of stinging nettle. That person would jump up, “Oooh, oooh, oooh,” and Gurudev would ask, “What happened to your ‘Aham Brahmasmi?’” The so-called jnani is proclaiming, “I’m not the body, I’m not the mind, Immortal Self I am.” But when the nettle stings, he jumps. So Gurudev would ask what happened to “I am not the body.”

That’s why Vedanta or Jnana Yoga is good to read, but you cannot practice it. For practice you need all the other Yogas. By practicing the other Yogas, you become fit to experience Vedanta—the oneness. True Jnana Yoga—the Yoga of discriminating between the Self and the non-Self—is something you experience. It’s not something you practice. To give an analogy, let us compare Jnana Yoga to sleeping. You work so hard, get yourself tired, then go home, and prepare yourself to go to sleep. You take a nice, warm bath, put on comfortable pajamas, have something warm to drink. You get the bed ready with a couple of pillows, and if it is winter, some warm blankets. You might play some relaxing music. Then you lie down.

What will happen next? Off you go. At that point will you say, “I am deeply sleeping?” Can you even say, “This Atma is sleeping?” No. The proof that you really are sleeping is that you are not saying anything. The moment you open your mout[……]

Jivamukti Yoga

The Benefits Of Jivamukti Yoga The Liberation Of Body And Soul

September 11, 2018

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The science of yoga was first formulated thousands of years ago. Jivamukti yoga is a proprietary style or method of yoga, which was invented by David Life and Sharon Gannon in the year of 1984.

Jivmukti Yoga A Physical and Spiritual Practice

This is one of the best yoga poses in the entire yoga process, Jivmukti is a physical, ethical and spiritual practice, combining with vigorous hatha yoga, with adherence to five central tenets –

Shastra or Scripture

Bhakti or Devotion

Ahimsa or Non-violence

Nanda or Music

Dhyana or Meditation

This is one of the famous yoga style chosen by many celebrities.

The postures of Jivanmukti induce stretching of the different parts of the body, which can tone your muscles and massage the internal organs of your body. This is the result in stimulating them and enhancing their performance, leading to a healthier life. Whereas, breathing exercises help greater intake of oxygen to your lungs and from there to the blood and finally blood circulation.

Benefits of Jivamukti Yoga

One of the great benefits of Jivamukti Yoga is, eliminates toxic waste from the body and improves the body’s power, which helps cure many diseases.

It increases your body strength

It helps build your body balance

It helps increase your body’s flexibility

This yoga helps detoxifying the body

It improves your circulation

One of the important benefits of Jivamukti yoga is decreasing the stress and toxins from the body.

Poses of Jivamukti:

Some of the popular poses of Jivamukti Yoga[……]

Iyengar Yoga

Why is Iyengar Yoga Ideal for Beginners

August 4, 2018

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Find out why Iyengar yoga is suitable for you wherever you are on your yoga journey – even if you have never practised yoga before

If you’re reading this post and have never done yoga before, maybe you’re wondering how to get started and which style to choose. With so many classes on offer it can be hard to work out which one is right for you. You may be aware already of the incredible physical and mental benefits of yoga. If not, you’ve got that pleasure to come. Either way, a well-trained, empathetic teacher can make all the difference.

What is Iyengar Yoga?

Iyengar yoga is known for its precision and alignment of the postures, sequencing of the postures, for the length of time the postures are held for maximum benefit and for the use of props where they are needed.

Iyengar yoga is a powerful and sophisticated discipline that can be practised at all stages of life. The benefits are far-reaching and can help those who practise it in every aspect of their daily lives. Many people enjoy the thorough, detailed teaching approach which emphasises correct alignment, making it a safe and accessible method for all body types.

If this sounds what you are looking for then finding an Iyengar teacher is an excellent way to set you on the right path to start your yoga journey.

What else is different about Iyengar yoga and why is it so good for beginners?

Iyengar yoga is different from most other methods because there is a worldwide system of teacher training and teaching. It is one of t[……]

Hot Yoga

Hot yoga vs warm yoga: how much heat can you take?

July 8, 2018

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Simona Stanton was sure of one thing when she opened her yoga studio in Dubai’s Alserkal Avenue: no one who entered a class would hit an overpowering wall of heat. The Prague-born athlete – skiing, tennis and golf are among her passions – first got into yoga three years ago while earning her degree in psychology, and went on to train with California yogi Erica Blitz.

There are two rooms in Stanton’s airy two-storey Shimis Yoga Centre: upstairs is the Greenhouse, which features a living plant wall where students can practise vinyasa, hatha and yin yoga. On the ground floor is the Box. The interior is dark, with strip lighting that glows through the seven chakra colours during class.

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Warm yoga sessions at Shimis are conducted in a darkened room with strip lighting, with the temperature set at 32°C

And while students will leave sweating, it will be largely due to their workout rather than the temperature of the room.

The case for warm yoga

That’s because at Shimis, it’s called “warm” yoga, not hot. Infrared panels heat the room to a gentle 32°C, which is a big drop from the 42°C to 45°C associated with hot yoga classes. “For me, it was just too hot and overwhelming,” Stanton says. “I would have to go into child’s pose during my practice and rest for a while because my body couldn’t handle it.”

With the temperature lowered, Stanton says students can safely tackle more difficult poses that are off limits in hot yoga, such as inversions. “You can do all the poses,”[……]