Yoga: Three Reasons You Should Not Do Yoga Posture - Downward-Facing Dog
...Downward-Facing Dog (Adho Mukha Svanasana)
In its ideal form the Downward-Facing Dog assumes the shape of an upside-down V, resembling the shape of a dog when stretching after lying down, with only the hands and the feet touching the floor. It is one of the most essential postures in yoga practice, stretching and rejuvenating the entire body from the feet all the way up to the hips and down through the wrists and hands. Because the head is lower than the pelvis this pose is often classified as an inversion posture.
The Downward Facing dog posture works as a preparation for standing poses and as a warm-up of the muscles at the beginning of most of the yoga practice. In many styles of yoga, this yoga posture is repeated many times during yoga class. It provides a transition between poses, especially in Sun Salutation and Vinyasa yoga style.
The Downward-Facing Dog is sup...more
Practice Yoga with the Best of Intentions
...tify them. Do you think Idi Amin, Pol Pot, Hitler, and Stalin thought they were wrong? They would all justify their intentions.
Now, on a much smaller scale, going into your Yoga class, with a competitive mind-set, is not the best of intentions. You will eventually injure yourself. All of us age, and we will not get the same results, from our body, every day. Your body is not a machine and if it were, a machine would show signs of wear too.
A competitive mind-set will bolster your ego and that has nothing to do with Yoga. Your mind, body, and spirit cannot become healthy, when your ego is in the drivers seat. There...more
Using Yoga Poses To Improve Your Health
...ana or Downward Facing Dog
Setu Bandha or Half Bridge
Urdhva Dhanurasana or Full Bridge
Karnapidasana or Spider Pose
It's recommended that people try and practice different yoga poses at home or even in the office or workplace but if you are feeling like you're not able to complete a posture, please don't push yourself. Yoga is not a competition so just relax, rest for a minute and try the pose again. Also remember not to try yoga poses that are beyond your capabilities. If you attempt asanas that are beyond your level you can injure yourself which is not what we are trying to achieve with yoga! You might find it helpful to get some expert guidance through popular online training websites where a professional teacher can instruct and coach you through each Yoga Pose ensuring you are doing the exercise correctly.<...more
Yoga and the Vegan Diet: A Match for Superior Health
...Research has shown that the vegan diet may perhaps be the healthiest dietetic choice for health. Reports are also showing that Yoga as a choice (exclusively or partly) as a choice for exercise has several physical and mental benefits. Imagine how both could work together for health.
Personally, I discovered and converted to the raw lifestyle in an effort to gain the peak of health, endurance and healing that I desired. Well, being radical, I may have jumped into too quick but now I would call myself 80% raw as most days I eat once during weekdays and twice on weekends with fruits in the week e...more
