Search For Yoga Poses by Benefits Now on World Yoga Forum
At the World Yoga Forum, we’ve worked extensively over the last few months to bring together science-backed Yoga Poses based on various benefits. You can now search for Yoga poses by benefits on the World Yoga Forum. Neha who is an author on the World Yoga Forum has helped compile all Yoga poses by benefits.…
Can Yoga Help Children? Here’s What Science Has To Say
There’s some research and evidence on the effects of Yoga on children. In this post, we’ll look at research papers that explore the effects of Yoga on Children. Children’s mental health and well-being include developing healthy relationships with peers and teachers, and being able to self-regulate emotionally, mentally, and behaviorally. It is claimed that yoga…
Better Mental Health With Yoga
Mental health is a state of well-being in which an individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and is able to make a contribution to his or her community. Studies have shown that a yoga program can be beneficial in decreasing anxiety, stress, and…
Are you doing Sun Salutation (Surya Namaskar) Properly?
Sun Salutation is a holistic exercise and has a host of health benefits. These have been well studied and documented. It balances the systems like respiratory, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, endocrinal and musculoskeletal system to function better (Also read physiological benefits of Sun Salutation). However most of us don’t seem to do it the right way. There…
Most Common Misconception About Yoga
There are a lot of misconceptions about Yoga. One of the most popular misconceptions is that Yoga it is about Yoga poses or asanas. The popular narrative around Yoga has centered around Yoga poses/asanas. The most popular search queries around Yoga are centered around Yoga poses, studios. Hatha Yoga Yoga does certainly have a lot…
Sun Salutation – A Holistic Yoga Practice For Your Well-Being
Sun Salutation (Surya Namaskar) is one of Yoga’s most holistic practice to you fit. It brings flexibility among a host of other benefits. Sun salutation is a traditional Indian yogic practice that consists of twelve physical poses. These poses encompass periodic forward and backward bending along with deep exhalation and inhalation respectively to the maximum…
A Simple Breathing Exercise For Calming Your Mind
There are several breathing techniques and exercises prescribed by multiple Yoga and meditation Practitioners. If you are new to the practice or want a quick way to calm your mind, here’s a simple breathing technique that helps me. Before you begin this simple breathing exercise make sure to be in a noise free environment with…
Simplest Yoga Secret that most people miss
There isn’t something like a Yoga Secret. However, the current intense marketing of Yoga makes this fundamental truth of Yoga lost in the noise. There are many modern schools of Yoga, some of which claim to do wonders. The ancient science of Yoga with its modern adaptations has led to one simple truth of Yoga…
What are the Basics of Yoga?
Yoga is quite often seen as a way to stay physically fit. However, there’s much more to Yoga than postures or breathing exercises. To understand the basics of Yoga, it is important to understand the philosophy of Yoga. The founders of Yoga and its original text in Vedas & Upanishads were not merely concerned with…
Bhakti Yoga 10: The Method and The Means
This is the tenth and the last chapter in the series of Bhakti Yoga by Swami Vivekananda. In regard to the method and the means of Bhakti-Yoga we read in the commentary of Bhagvan Ramanuja on the Vedanta-Sutras: “The attaining of That comes through discrimination, controlling the passions, practice, sacrificial work, purity, strength, and suppression…
Bhakti Yoga 9: The Chosen Ideal
Bhakti Yoga 8: The Worship of Substitutes and Images
