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11 May

Meditation in Yoga

When you speak about Yoga meditation, some people would tend to be skeptical about it. To some extent, some of the people I know often connect it to a religious activity thus afraid to even try. Through my Yoga training, I learned that meditation in Yoga, is an act of focusing your mind— it is […]

11 May

Pranayama (Breathing exercise)

In Yoga exercise (and in other exercise as well), the art of inhaling and exhaling maybe a little complicated than we think. We often hear our teacher saying inhale and exhale in every poses. While it is but natural to breathe, we normally find ourselves holding our breath most especially in the most difficult asanas. […]

11 May

Chakras

In the Yogic concept, Chakra literally means a wheel of disc that enables energy to flow through or around it at various speeds. There are seven main chakras and they are located along the spine extending out the front and back of the body. Each chakra has a number of specific qualities that correspond to […]

23 Apr

Three reasons why yoga trumps running as an effective workout

Before I discovered yoga, running was my go-to form of exercise when I wanted to shed some kilos or feel better after day of pigging out. However, as I got older and my metabolism slowed, running proved to be more and more ineffective and barely showed results despite me running almost everyday for at least […]

23 Apr

Using a Drishti in Asanas

The simple definition of drishti is the technique of using a specific gazing direction for the eyes to control attention. It is practiced in yoga because of the various benefits it brings to the yoga practice. A drishti is a specific focal point that is brought into play while holding a yoga posture. Through drishti […]

23 Apr

The first limb of Yoga – Yama

In yoga, the term Yama stands for the disappearance of all suppressions. It may also be interpreted as to have discipline, to restraint, to have self-control and ethics and it relates to how you should deal and interact with those around you, how you treat others and the environment around you. There are five yamas, […]