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Types of yoga - there’s a huge choice of yoga styles

Tuesday, October 16th, 2007

Befuddled by all the different styles of yoga? Here’s a description of several common yoga types you’ll find available at studios near you.
Iyengar Yoga is focused on body  alignment and precise movements. Yoga props such as blocks and straps are usually used as part of this type of yoga for those beginners who are not […]

Yoga Postures - there’s no need to twist yourself into a pretzel

Sunday, June 10th, 2007

Considering doing yoga but scared by all the weird yoga postures? Some of them look painful.
Don’t worry: while there are thousands of yoga postures, as a beginning yoga student, you’ll only learn a few, and these postures will improve your health, as well as relieving stress.
For example, Sukhasana, or Easy Pose, is just sitting cross […]

Kriya Yoga - the yoga of action

Saturday, June 9th, 2007

Kriya yoga has been called the yoga of action. It helps  the practitioner’s spiritual development and as well to help bring about a profound state of tranquility and God-communion.
From Wikipedia:
Kriya Yoga is a very specific system of Yoga that was revived in modern times by Lahiri Mahasaya, c 1861. Paramahansa Yogananda brought it into […]


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