Yoga meditations for healing
August 21st, 2008 Subscribe To Our Feed
Meditation is a part of yoga, and there are many different types of meditation you can do.
Let’s look at two.
Yoga meditation for healing
In this simple healing meditation, you send the powerful healing Life Force directly to the area in need of help. This Life Force is the energy behind all healing.
Wherever this energy is flowing and in balance, there is health and well being. Wherever this energy is blocked or out of balance, illness manifests.
Many people believe in visualization as a key healing tool. Energy healing meditation helps you to concentrate your positive energy on an afflicted area and alleviate any adverse symptoms and feelings that are being manifested through the physical pain.
Sit reasonably straight and close your eyes.
Breathe slowly, as silently as possible. (Holding your breath after inhaling or exhaling is not recommended.)
As you inhale, feel yourself breathing the healing Life Force in through your solar plexus. Picture this Life Force as a very refined, light energy.

As you exhale, gently direct this light energy to the afflicted area. If there is not a specific ailing area, disperse this light energy throughout your body as you exhale.
Continue until you feel the area has received enough Life Force.
COLOR HEALING MEDITATION
We are not just our physical selves. We are multi-dimensional beings, composed of an Inner Spirit, a mental body, an emotional body, a vital body, and a physical body. The energy of these bodies becomes progressively subtler from physical to spiritual. Illness begins with disharmony in one of these energy bodies. If not harmonized, the disease moves outward, affecting the denser bodies, ultimately manifesting as physical illness.
Total healing requires restoring harmony to all of our bodies. This meditation is designed to cleanse and harmonize your various bodies with the healing energies of color.
Color healing meditation will provide you with cleansing, balancing, & healing at all levels: Spiritual, Mental, Emotional, Vital, & Physical.
It also will develop concentration & visualization abilities.
Sit comfortably with your eyes closed.
Visualize a large ball of radiant Golden light a few inches over your head. Visualize that ball of light slowly descending through your crown, filling your entire being with golden light.
Imagine yourself absorbing that light as it nourishes, cleanses and heals your whole being - your Spirit and all of your bodies - dissolving all blocked and toxic energies.
Repeat this exercise, visualizing a ball of Red light. Continue through the entire spectrum like this, visualizing a ball of Orange light; Yellow light; Green light; Blue light; Indigo light; and Violet light. Go through the spectrum at whatever pace feels appropriate.
Take some time to visualize yourself in a state of perfect, radiant health.
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Yoga Poses for Easy Weight Loss
August 11th, 2008 Subscribe To Our Feed
Want to lose weight the easy way? Yoga is a perfect solution for weight loss, and no, you don’t need to tie yourself up like a pretzel to do it.
Many yoga studios offer special classes for people who want to shed a few pounds. If no special Weight Loss Yoga classes are available in your area, any beginners class will be suitable, in forms like Hatha and Bikram Yoga.
As with any exercise routine, see your doctor first. Yoga is perfectly safe, but your instructor will want to know if you have challenges like high blood pressure, arthritis, or weak knees.
When you go to a yoga studio for the first time, tell the instructor what your health challenges are, and she or he will offer modified poses for you during class.
How Yoga Helps You to Lose Weight
Unlike other forms of exercise, yoga isn’t primarily an exercise routine; it’s a way of achieving balance by uniting your mind and body with your spirit. The word “yoga” comes from a Sanskrit word meaning, “to tie, unite, balance.”
So while the goal of any yoga practice isn’t explicitly to lose weight, this is one of the effects. Overweight is a sign that your system is out of balance, yoga brings it back into balance.
If you suspect that you’re overweight because you have emotional issues, yoga will help you resolve them. You don’t have to do anything special. As you practice, the poses releases deep emotions buried in your body’s tissues.
Many yoga practitioners find themselves spontaneously laughing, or weeping - this is just blocked energy releasing. Yoga is a great way to release stress.
Yoga Poses for Weight Loss
You can turn any of your favorite poses into a weight loss routine.
Here’s an example:
After a Sun Salutations warmup, go on to:
* A standing pose, like Warrior Pose; then
* A sitting pose, like Forward Bend; then
* A complementary pose like the Camel; and
* A Twist; and
* End with Corpse Post
Create your own routines, according to the time you have to spare. Just ten minutes twice a day will set you on the path to harmonious weight loss with yoga.
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Yoga Just for You - Fun Exercises for Every Day
August 8th, 2008 Subscribe To Our Feed
Intrigued by yoga? This article will help you to discover a new fulfilling life: discover your body’s innate wisdom with some easy yoga exercises that everyone can do.
Here’s an essential point about yoga: it’s much more than exercises. If you think of yoga only in terms of “getting some exercise” you’re missing the point. Yes, yoga IS exercise, but it’s also an entire system of wisdom.
Yoga Helps You to Trust Your Body, because Your Body is Wiser Than Your Mind
Neuroscience is discovering what yogis have known for thousands of years. Your body’s wisdom, that instinctive intelligence Dr Candace Pert described in her book Molecules of Emotion, knows what’s best for you. It’s better than your forebrain in deciding what you should eat, and how you should exercise.
You already trust your body. You know to follow your gut - your instinct.
Let’s look at two simple exercises, which will help you to get in touch with your body’s wisdom. They’re both easy and fun, but don’t treat them lightly.
Mountain Pose - Tadasana - Be Right Where You Are
Stand straight, with your feet hip-width apart, and your arms completely relaxed, as they drop from your shoulders towards the ground.
Push your tailbone down slightly to straighten your pelvis, and feel your spine lift upward.
Press your shoulder blades downwards without straining. This will open your chest.
Breathe normally.
Relax, and be aware of your body, and your breath; maintain the pose for a minute or two.
Easy Post - Sukhasana - Just Sitting and Being
Basically, in Easy Post you’re just sitting cross legged. You’ll need a cushion.
Place your cushion on the floor, and sit toward the front of it so that your hips are higher than your knees. Straighten your legs, and then cross them. Ideally, your knees will be close to the floor; as you continue to practice, your hips will open more, making this easier.
Rest your hands lightly on your knees. As in Mountain Pose, press your shoulder blades downwards to open your chest.
If you can’t achieve this pose with a cushion on the floor, sit on a chair with your feet together on the floor.
Breathe normally, and relax. Be aware of your body, by scanning it with your mind and consciously relaxing those areas which are tight. Stay sitting for a minute or two, or as long as you wish, getting in touch with your body.
Mountain Pose and Easy pose seem simple, and they are. They’re also complex, as you’ll discover, in that they help you to become aware of your body. As your awareness grows, you’ll come to discover your body’s wisdom - this is the gift of yoga.
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