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Teaching Hatha Yoga - Be Thankful for Difficult Students

...Every once in a while I will meet a veteran Yoga teacher who is disgruntled over difficult students. The complaining Yoga student, the student who has not washed for days, the student who harasses other students, and the student who believes you should teach Yoga for free, can all challenge your purpose in life. So what can you do to get through to difficult Yoga students?

Firstly, you must go back to the Law of karma, which states that for every action, there is an equal reac...more

Yoga Benefits - Part I

...herapy, as it helps to balance both the nervous and endocrine systems, which directly influence all the other systems and organs of the human body. Not only a curative, but a preventative therapy, as well, the very essence of yoga lies in attaining mental peace, improved concentration powers, a relaxed state of living and harmony in relationships.

Practising Yoga makes us aware that there is an inter-connectedness between our emotional, mental and physical levels, as we gradually begin to understand the more subtle areas of existence. The ultimate goal of yoga is to make it possible and enable one to fuse toge...more

Yoga Options for Managing Anxiety

...ive feelings, which build up from within or are a result of your environment. Within a typical Hatha Yoga class, you will learn asana, Pranayama, and some form of meditation.

The combination of these three methods, within the span of 45 to 90 minutes, occurs in one Yoga lesson. Yoga students often practice at home, but the home Yoga sessions are usually much shorter.

This is fine because a little Yoga is better than no Yoga at all; especially, in the case of a person who experiences anxiety. One short Yoga session can help the mind and body lose feelings of negativity. Yet, it may require a longer session to give you r...more

Weight loss and Yoga

...he creative side of the brain. This allows you to explore creative possibilities for your life, maybe showing you choices you didn't know you had and new ways to meet life's many challenges.

Secondly, explore yoga postures, also called asanas, slowly and easily while your body builds strength and flexibility. There's no need to force yourself into anything. Take your time.

The experience is what is most important, not what you look like in the mirror. When your body becomes stronger and more flexible, your mind and emotional well-being will become strong and flexible, too. A daily practice of yoga could very well open the door to self-acceptance. It's a spiritual awakening.

When you accept yourself as the beautiful expression of the divine (however you define it) that you already are, self-nurturing will automatically arise. Profound and lasting change -- including weight loss -- can occur much more easily when we accept who we are, not when we reject and commit violence against ourselves.

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