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  • The Easiest and the Most Potent Stressbuster Technique : Yoga Nidra

    The Easiest and the Most Potent Stressbuster Technique : Yoga Nidra Posted by SomeBody on Aug 13, 2008 A beautiful technique called Yoga Nidra – helps me in executing my day to day life and progress in my career without any stress whatsoever. Yoga Nidra is an ancient technique derived from the Tantra. It makes us more Conscious and we enter into relaxation with that higher Consciousness. The regular practise of Yoga Nidra prepares the ground for higher levels of Consciousness. This is a pr

  • A Message

    By Shyam Mehta A Message to All Sincere Yoga Students. The objective of yoga practice is to wake up each morning and want with all your heart for the following thoughts to arise first thing: ” Lord, may You always be happy May whatever you wish always come true Please let me always be there, […]

  • Yoga in a runner’s body

    Pondering yoga today…from a rookie’s point of view. This mommy can barely do a bow pose. Any amount of warrior 1, 2, or 3 and my hamstrings FIGHT me. Nothing that involves a back bend AT ALL. Not graceful, not pretty but am determined to balance my body. From the perspective of a runner, yoga is practically mandatory. It can really offer your body the opposite of what running does. Running and cycling are all in the front to back forms of motion and yoga works from the core outward. Strength, f

  • Aaron M. Vega, of Holyoke, is a film editor who now devotes most of his time to teaching yoga at his Vega Yoga studio … (The Republican)

    HOLYOKE – Light streams into the large, brick-walled room and onto the hardwood floors. Four people on padded mats slowly breath in and out. “Don’t force it,” Aaron M. Vega says, facing the four adults.

  • Yoga Kit – A Help For Better Yoga

    Yoga Kit – A Help For Better Yoga There are different kinds of yoga kits which are very useful for people who are ardent yoga followers or for those who may follow it someday. These kits are segregated in different manner so as to choose as per your requirement. These kits give a helping hand to the yoga followers. As each kit would be significant to the relevant customer depending on what basic advantage that person would be getting it for. There are yoga kits for kids, beginners, basic k

  • Should I or Should I Not Start Yoga?

    Firstly, you should know that yoga consists of the three disciplines of Tapas — actions to purify your body and mind Svadhyaya — study of the Scriptures, particularly the Mahabharata and the Ramayana Ishvara Pranidhana — surrender to God. If you wish to do yoga postures or asanas, you should also know that Hatha yoga, […]

  • Yoga Journal: Beginning the Process

    We’ve known for a while now that the world is going through some major changes. All of us are being forced to look at the world in a different way. Recently, my hometown of Haverhill, Massachusetts was deeply affected by torrential rainfall causing the Merrimack River to overflow and flood many homes and businesses. People’s […]

  • What is a Guru?

    Namadeva’s guru is Sadguru Sant Keshavadas (1934- 1997) and he follows lineage holder Guru Rama Mata, Sant Keshavadas’ widow. Through his guru and over the last 35 years Namadeva has spent time with and/or been blessed by Swami Satchidananda, Swami Vishnu Devananda, Swami Chidananda, Jagadguru Jayandra Saraswati and Jagadguru Vijayendra Saraswati (Kanchi Math), Jagadguru of […]

  • The Way Of The Yogi: Where Does Stress Come From?

    Have you ever wondered why you sometimes wake up and sail through your day without any sense of stress, frustration or angst – while on another day stress and angst seem to be the themes of your existence? Is it in the water? Are we just the victim of random events that propel us without […]

  • The Many Benefits of Yoga

    At the physical level, yoga and its cleansing practices have proven to be extremely effective for various disorders. To get a sampling of how yoga at dibellayoga benefits health disorders, please visit the Yoga Therapy section. Surprisingly it has been found that the body which may have been quite rigid starts experiencing a remarkable flexibility in even those parts which have not been consciously work upon. Why? It is here that the remarkable research behind yoga positions proves its mettle.

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