Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
-
Get the Most out of Yoga – the 3 step Blueprint
There are several reasons why you may like to hop onto the Yoga bandwagon. The reasons are many; the goal ultimately the same (with or without your conscious knowing). Whether you are looking at Yoga as a tool for physical fitness, or as an aid to disease management or even for mental peace and ultimate […]
-
Trataka – A Meditation Practice for Everyone
Trataka is a wonderful practice for everyone and especially for the aspirant of meditation. It is actually classified as a cleansing practice in Yoga. What it is? To put it briefly, Trataka – also called Yogic gazing – is a practice where the gaze is fixed on an object for some time and then that […]
-
Finding Your Yoga Equipment: Yoga Mat Bag
There are very few pieces of yoga equipment that you need to get started with the exercises, but one of the main pieces that you will want to supply yourself with is the yoga mat bag. The yoga mat bag is the bag that you will be able to carry your yoga mat around, which will make it easier for you when you are traveling to the gym or wherever else you are going to do your yoga workout. Whether you are toting your yoga mat from work to the gym or from your home to a friend’s house, the yoga ma
-
Meditating man loses his clothes (BBC News)
A forgetful Yoga enthusiast sparks a major search when his clothes are found on Margate beach.
-
Class review: Oh-so-hot yoga (The Times-News)
KETCHUM – On a day when most people stayed inside to avoid the heat, I voluntarily worked out in a 102-degree room. Why?I’m still trying to figure that out, but I learned that clients at Zenergy Health Club in Ketchum actually pay to subject themselves to yoga in this heat.
-
Persian Superguru Brings Inner Peace to San Francisco
There’s an intriguing profile of yogi Cameron Alborzian in this month’s “Elle.†One of the major male models of the ’90s (he even appeared as Madonna’s muscled worker drone in the “Express Yourself†video – see below), he now travels the world teaching yoga and Ayurveda. Cameron is truly an international man. Born in Tehran (Iran), schooled in Ayurvedic medicine in Kerala (India), and currently maintaining residences in Madrid, London, Los Angeles, New York and Paris — he will be in San
-
Hot-yoga guru only bends one way (The State)
In Bikram Choudhury’s world, there is just one way to practice yoga: His. That means stepping into a sweatbox heated to 105 degrees, because even steel bends if it gets hot enough. Then, for the next 90 minutes, you’ll perform a vigorous sequence of 26 Hatha yoga postures and two breathing exercises that Choudhury promises will cure pain and illness and work every organ and muscle in your body. …
-
Gyms, Yoga, and Pilates in Paris
Parisians are not as workout crazy as Americans. I remember in New York, there were more gyms than supermarkets. Although certainly not the case here, Parisians are now catching on to the fitness craze in a limited way. If you want to burn off the calories from downing all those rich pastries, croissants, cheeses and foie gras, here is a list of gyms that offer temporary memberships, and day & weekly memberships. Club Med Club Med is the largest chain of fitness clubs in Paris and has ove
-
Be Physically Fit
Every year, during the month of August, we have a triathlon race which is part of the Kadayawan Festival in our city. A lot of adventure racers and marathon racers join the race with the triathletes. Triathlon is a sport event that tests the stamina and endurance of the participants in three sports discipline like running, biking and swimming. In order to win or just finish the race, one must prepare himself physically, emotionally and financially. Joining this kind of event requires Triathle
-
Yoga: The Union of You and the Planet
Sarah Smarsh and Simran Sethi are writing a series on the impacts of everyday things. They will be posting previews on Green Options before launching the posts on Huffington Post. Who doesn’t feel better after a yoga class? Yoga is the union of the body, mind and spirit.It stabilizes the nervous system, decreases blood pressure, increases flexibility and endurance, and opens you up in ways that you may not have imagined. Simran used to be a yoga teacher. She loves the practice even though she
Got any book recommendations?