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...r just in front of your shoulders, palms spread and facing forward, knees below the hips and the toes under and forward, feet slightly apart. Inhale slowly and start to lift up your knees and heels. As you do so round the tailbone away from the pelvis and by pushing forward with the hands raise your bottom towards the ceiling and tuck the top of your thighs into your groin area. Exhale slowly and as you do so straighten your legs until the knees are only slightly bent at the same time bringing the heels back into contact with the floor. Tense the muscles of the thighs and press lightly inwards. Gradually straighten the arms using the fingers for leverage, and then close the shoulder blades against each other, slight pause before widening them and push them down towards your bottom. The back will then become straight or slightly concave. Control your head as it stays between your arms, don't just let it hang loosely. Inhale and hold for 1-2 minutes then bend the knees slowly to the floor back to the start position exhaling as you do so.

Yoga Position No. 3 - Standing Forward Bend

Stand in a relaxed position with your hands on your hips. Breath in and out, as you exhale bend forward slowly from the hips. Imagine that your body is lengthening as you lift upwards....more

Yoga Therapy

...the contrary, the doctors cure with consummate skill the majority of sufferers, but they fail lamentably with some who apparently suffer from the same functional disorders as the majority they have cured. Medical science, with its present curative devices, must then step aside for the psycho-analyst, a man whose specialized knowledge is ever becoming more frequently sought by those who are in danger of succumbing to the unnatural circumstances of modern life.

All this, though it is well in the domain of psychotherapy, does not constitute the main urge for the existence of Yoga-therapy. The main urge is one that western psycho-therapy fights shy of absorbing, yet it is more general than any functional disorder; it is the urge for that knowledge whereby the individual may be brought to a full realization of his true self and his vast potentialities.

Few people can have ...more

Time to Practice Yoga

...their parents, because they are sometimes brought up by someone else, or a day care center. Lack of bonding time creates inherent problems for parent and child.

Take the time to eat together without arguments and play with your children. Expose your children to religion, games, hobbies, humor, and Yoga practice. Give your spouse or partner a hug and tell them how valuable they are. Self-worth and recognition keep them going too.

Good friends should not be ignored. They are few and far between. You may find your Yoga friends to be valuable company too.

Be conscious of all the following every moment that you can. Breathing doesnt have to be learned from your Yoga teacher and forgotten. You should practice proper breathing every moment you think of it.

Proper posturing should be practiced when you are sitting, standing, walking, eating, and using your computer. Exercise should be part of everyday...more

Universal Principles of Yoga, Part 1

... soul is sometimes known as the Atman and can also be referred to as pure or true consciousness. Yoga is not a religion, but it can be practiced in harmony with any religion.

Before we go any further; it should be noted that many students from a variety of religions have practiced Yoga and feel a deeper connection with God as a result of the mind, body, and spirit unification process. Therefore, Yoga is doing no harm to anyone of any religion. Yoga philosophy does not preach a Better than thou doctrine. This has been mankinds excuse to wage war, since history was first recorded and even before.

The concept of another persons religion, nation...more