“Prana” in Sanskrit means “breath.” In Vedic texts, prana is recognized as the energy of spiritual light, and this is the substance of our subtle body. What Is Prana? Prana is an energy that can be transferred from one person to another through various hands-on treatments like massage. We energize our …
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What is AyurYoga? AyurYoga or Ayurvedic yoga is a combination of yoga, meditation, and Ayurvedic wisdom. Ayurvedic Yoga applies therapeutic principles of Ayurveda to yoga asana. It focuses on the unique individual and the five elements of nature. What’s unique about AyurYoga is that it’s different for every individual depending …
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Yoga is a powerful tool for anxiety. Selecting the appropriate asanas (postures) can help you calm the mind, relax the body and release nervous tension. Everybody once in a while experiences fear or anxiety, and a little bit of it is okay. Just like salt in food, it is needed …
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Feeling stressed, frustrated and, or irritable? This short, cooling Pitta yoga sequence will leave you feeling calm, focused and energized. READ MORE: Watch: 12 Minute Calming Yoga Sequence For Vata Dosha, With Meditation 15 Minute Cooling Pitta Yoga Sequence It is important to incorporate yoga asana (postures), meditation and pranayama …
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Practicing yoga inversions (Viparita Sthiti) including yoga headstand, shoulder stand and their variations positively impacts the four major systems of the body: cardiovascular, lymphatic, nervous and endocrine. The action of reversing gravity improves overall health and shifts the orientation to the head, which affects our mental, emotional and spiritual psyche …
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Ayurveda is one of the most remarkable holistic medical systems in the world. It covers all aspects of health and wellbeing – physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. It includes all methods of healing from diet, herbs, exercise and lifestyle regimens to yoga practices, pranayama (breath work) and meditation. Many people, …
Read More »International Yoga Day is June 21, 2016. Show your support for yoga and put the ‘aum’ symbol over your Facebook photo. Why? Yoga is an opportunity to experience inner transformation, peace and lasting happiness. It’s popularity has surged over the past twenty years, and it’s now being practiced all over …
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Each Yoga Pose has a definite action on the body types by influencing the sites of the dosha accumulation – lower abdomen for the Vata, naval region for Pitta and stomach and chest for Kapha. Yoga poses can relieve the body of accumulated gas in the large intestine to balance …
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Sun Salutation is an excellent warm up exercise and also a complete exercise in itself that energizes the body and prepares it for the rigors of daily activities and a session of yoga. It is performed in 12 Steps which are worth describing as follows; Step 1: Stand in straight …
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YOGA is the one exercise that is beneficial for every body type. Yoga postures are called “asanas” and there are many different asanas that you can do individually or as a couple. Most yoga studios are now offering “date nights” where couples can practice together. You may also choose to …
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All Yoga Poses target different areas of the body and thus strain a particular group of muscles, ligaments and other soft tissue structures. They may also involve a deviation from the neutral position of the body to one extreme like towards left or right, or back or front etc. So …
Read More »By Vedika Global 2-Month Living Ayurveda Course Graduate Kate Aughenbaugh In 2011, I experienced a Yoga class that incorporated Ayurveda and it rocked my world because I felt so amazing afterwards. Once I was introduced to this, I started narrowing down most of my classes to ones that weaved in Ayurveda …
Read More »I am always amazed to read yoga teachers bios that go on about how peaceful and heavenly Yoga has made them and that they claim to exist in a state of perpetual bliss. Yoga Teacher Bliss. Really? For me, Yoga has been the most challenging path. It is a path …
Read More »Meditation is not something that you do. It is a merging of consciousness and form. Closing your eyes and focusing on your breath is not meditation. Meditation is a merging of awareness of the meditator and the object of meditation. Uniting with the universal consciousness—The Mother, God, Spirit, whatever name …
Read More »My first foray into Yoga was unintentional. I had a dance injury and still wanted to move my body while I recovered. I quickly became more interested in the connection between the mind and Yoga, even more so than the physical aspect of the practice. I recognized at a young …
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Yoga Nidra is now my go-to any time I need deep relaxation. It used to be a bath, then add abhyanga once I learned about Ayurveda. Now, for preventative medicine, as well as luxurious self-care, I lie on my back for an hour. Of course, it’s more than that. This …
Read More »By Vedika Global Founder & Acharya Shunya According to Ayurveda, our biological, material, and spiritual instincts play out over a canvas that is larger than one single lifetime, and rather extends over several births, even as the spirit weaves its course by entering several bodies and living out many lives that …
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The next time you gaze out over your yoga class, silently bless each student for many of them are carrying heavy loads that are imperceptible to the human eye. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 29% of women and 10% of men have experienced rape, physical …
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