Yoga in Practice: Ajna Chakra
...cts. Therefore, lets use the window of your mind to your advantage. Visualization is commonly used by successful people to turn thoughts into reality. Although this is a mental exercise, it is a form of spiritual innovation. This is also a formula that will continually yield success in your life.
By steadily practicing positive visualization, self-analysis, and meditation, any Yoga student should be successful within any chosen path taken during the course of his or her life. You will notice that I mention positive visualization. Do you think that Tiger Woods ever focused on missing a putt or losing a golf tournament? Whatever you envision, can easily become your reality.
Therefore, always focus on achievement and success. You cannot afford to think of anything else. See yourself overcoming obst...more
Yoga, Or Creating The link With God?
...iscient and omnipotent? I will speculate that while in samahdi, yes, the yogi is exactly that. Being that the yogi is aware of God and God is aware of the yogi, both are in unison and both are, at that moment, only one.
So, in conclusion, yogis are rooting for unity or a direct conscious link to creation, or God, for lack of a better descriptive of creation, without yoga being a religion. Yoga only prepares and trains the individual to create the link so he can log on to creation and know for himself what truth is, what reality actually is, without the limitations that were built by the mind or emotions.
Once this is understood, it is easy to see why so many practice yoga. Our teachers and philosophy do not provide us with answers, they only provide postulates. Some of these do sometimes truly stimulate logic and imagination, but none offer proof. The yogi wants proof of creation and so he accepts the extreme discipline that is required to prepare himself to create the conditions that will allow him to obtain it.<...more
The Benefits Of Yoga: Efficiency In Work Is Yoga!
...Sometimes what a voluminous book can not explain can be explained in a single sentence! It is true about yoga. Yoga is not mere a word; it is a vast subject with many dimensions.
The wise saying goes, Yoga karmasu kaushalam!' which means, Efficiency in work is yoga!
What you do is not important. How you do, what you do is important!
Yoga also means union. What union? Whether union between the body and the mind? Or, the mind and the spirit? The traditionally accepted belief (or truth, depending upon the level of your spiritual progression) is the union between the Jeevatman and the Paramatman- between one's individ...more
The Wonderful Benefits Derived From Yoga For Women
...ed for labor. Yoga has also been shown to reduce the effects of other pregnancy issues, including morning sickness. Many yoga stretches help to relax and strengthen the pelvic muscles, which makes them function more effectively during birth. And yoga breathing techniques can be used during birth to help the mother focus on the delivery rather than any pain involved in giving birth.
Having a young baby can be very tiring, so women in the postnatal period often turn to yoga to improve their energy levels and vitality. Using the fish yoga pose is great for increasing the processing of oxygen and improving relaxation. The back and neck muscles are also strengthened in this pose, and it has the added benefit of improving nervous system responses. If you're looking to spend...more
