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Kriya Yoga Energization Exercises with Swami Bodhichitananda
Swami Bodhichitananda demonstrates the 39 energization exercises from the Kriya Yoga lineage of Paramahansa Yogananda. He also gives a nice introduction into the techniques, as well as helpful...

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Self acceptance freedom of expression-Thoughts from My Yoga Mat
Continuing to document my yoga journey. How yoga is helping me come into my own and be free to be me.

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(PRWEB) July 30, 2014

This winter Integrated Health Yoga Therapy (http://www.ihyt.org/) will be hosting a two-part Restorative Yoga Teacher Training featuring Vancouver-based yoga therapist, instructor, and teacher trainer Tianne Allan (http://www.yogatianne.com/) whose buoyant expression of her unique blend of experience and knowledge in the physical, mental, and spiritual aspects of healing reflects IHYTs own wholistic approach combining the subtleties of yogic tradition with modern scientific practice and research.

This training combines a broad and rigorous groundwork of knowledge and expertise with ample opportunity and guidance for practical application. It is part of IHYTs 800-hour Yoga Therapist certification (Level 2) and takes place November 26 to Dec. 1 (Part 1) and Dec. 3 to Dec. 10 (Part 2) 2014 at IHYTs Hamilton Ontario location. It covers Restorative Yoga and Restorative Therapeutics for certified yoga instructions looking to upgrade their skills and level of certification but is also recommended for anyone wanting to incorporate restorative practice into their work or personal lives, including serious yoga students, body workers, physical therapists, nurses, and health professionals in the field of body-mind medicine and psychology. For full curriculum and details check out http://www.ihyt.org/#!restorative-yoga-teacher-cert/c1j1z.

Restorative yoga, for the uninitiated, works to relax and restore body, mind and spirit with the use of long, gentle, prop-assisted poses, sometimes in conjunction with breathing exercises, meditations, visualizations, and other traditional yogic mind-body techniques. Its calming effects can help patients manage fatigue and stress, recover from illness or injury, deal with depression, anxiety, or grief, and improve general health.

Tianne Allan came to restorative yoga after competing as a driven high-performance athlete from the age of 7. Her initial experience of yoga was doing power yoga to help her recover from a herniated back. Then while crossing the road she was hit by a car and her relationship with her body changed. She could no longer compete at the same high level, and she needed something to fill that gap. She found it in an unexpected place: the quiet and peace of restorative yoga.

In the midst of her recovery, through the journey of finding out what I could do, I found this wonderful healing and rejuvenating practice and I was just blown away by the power and strength of that practice, more of an inward power as opposed to an outward power [. . .] The first moment we did that restorative I remember feeling a huge awakening within, a feeling that this was something powerful on a much more nourishing and sustaining level.

In an era where stress seems unavoidable and uncontrollable and simple refuges such as sleep and relaxation continue to elude so many of us, the role of restorative yoga is changing from a niche therapy to something that can benefit almost everyone. One of Tiannes recent favourite quotes looks at the situation humorously:

If you can start the day without caffeine, if you can resist complaining about troubles, if you can take criticism and blame without resentment, if you can conquer tension without medical help, if you can relax without liquor, if you can sleep without the aid of drugs, then youre probably the family dog.

One powerful application of restorative yoga, and one of Tiannes foremost areas of expertise, is in improving our quality of sleep. Restorative practices allow the patient to reduce and manage the stresses that typically interfere with sleep. According to Tianne Allan, quality sleep can strengthen our bodies, sharpen and clarify our minds, increase our energy and stamina, make us more emotionally stable, invigorate our creativity, and improve our relationships with ourselves and others.

If I said to people, Ive got this amazing new health supplement, she jokes, [. . .] How much would you pay for it? [. . .] The truth is, sleep is free. Similarly breath is such an important part of our health and vitality and we dont pay attention to it either. Sometimes if we put a price on something we value it more.

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Yoga Backbends: Ustrasana with Kino
http://www.kinoyoga.com This easy backbend from the Ashtanga Yoga Second Series is one of the most therapeutic backbending postures. It helps relieve pressure and strain in the lower back and...

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Danville, VA-- There's a new company moving to Danville that wants to inspire more yogi's. Hot Asana Yoga Studio is expanding from North Carolina to Danville's River District.

They introduced themselves to the community on Saturday by offering free outdoor yoga sessions to the community at the Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History.They said it's their way of letting people know what they're all about.

Dozens of people colored the lawn at the Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History to check out Hot Asana Yoga Studio.

"I've always wanted to do this and I thought well it's free, let's give it a try, and see if we can do it," said Wendy Riddick, who is new to yoga.

Hot Asana has studios in Southern Pines and Durham, North Carolina. They draw hundreds of people every week. The director said they saw great potential in expanding to Danville, and so did the Danville Office of Economic Development.

"There's a growing interest and movement of being very active and focusing on one's health and wellness, so I feel like they'll have a lot of followers to their new facility," said Corrie Teague, Project Manager for Danville Office of Economic Development.

But before officially moving into their new home on Bridge Street, Hot Asana will spend the first three Saturdays in August introducing themselves to the community with free outdoor classes. They said it's a way to reel in yoga lovers, but especially first-timers.

"Sometimes it's intimidating in the studio setting. You come in, pay, you've got music, heat, lighting... it could kind of be intimidating. Out here it's kind of a neutral playing field, and for beginners that can be very nice. No financial commitment, just bring an open mind and a mat and you're all set," said Cameron Harris, Director of Hot Asana Yoga Studio.

"I surprised myself because I figured I would look like a pretzel by the time I was done," Riddick said.

The yoga studio will be opening its doors at the Pemberton Lofts on August 23. Until then, the free outdoor yoga sessions will continue at 10 a.m. on Saturdays at the Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History

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Sunrise Yoga Project Session - 07.30.2014 - Calm and Ground Your Self Your Day
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Yoga to Release Tension. Opening the heart, shoulders, hips hamstrings.
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LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - Yoga mats out and heads bowed, about 10 women listened intently as Tammy Douglas said a prayer aloud. The opening prayer set the tone for the Saturday PraiseMoves class, which is marketed as a Christian alternative to yoga.

The women met in the sanctuary of The Church, a newer faith community that meets on the south side of Lafayette.

After a set of warm-up exercises, the Christian yoga alternative began. They stretched in postures instead of yoga poses. Gone was downward-facing dog and in its stead, women glided gracefully into tent pose. They still focused on breathing, adhering to constant reminders from Douglas to inhale and exhale.

However, the mood was intentionally religious in nature as Douglas read corresponding scriptures while the women lingered in their postures. By the end, as they lay supine in a refuge posture instead of the traditional yoga corpse pose, Douglas assistants laid warmed cloths soaked in lavender essential oil over the faces of the women to aid relaxation.

Stay focused on God and your breath, Douglas said. Listen to that still, small voice.

Then she read Psalm 23 aloud.

After being certified to teach PraiseMoves by the programs founder and director, Laurette Willis, in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Douglas started teaching local classes in mid-June. Douglas and Dan Reece, pastor of The Church where she attends and also serves as worship leader, believe that an alternative to yoga is needed because yoga is incompatible with Christian teaching.

Yoga is a mystic and ascetic Hindu discipline for achieving union with supreme spirits through works, meaning salvation through works, Douglas wrote in an email. As Christians we cannot receive salvation through works but by accepting Jesus Christ. And yes, some of the postures look the same, (but) the body can only bend in so many ways. PraiseMoves is a redemptive work of the Lord.

Reece agreed and said yoga shouldnt be taught in Christian churches. The Bible calls us to be a peculiar people and we should be that, he told the Journal & Courier (http://on.jconline.com/UL42xi ). We shouldnt blend in with the world.

However, some local yoga practitioners disagree. Some say yoga is spiritual but not religious and open to people of all faiths. Others say they too, are Christians and practice yoga as a way to connect to the Judeo-Christian God.

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Fluid Yoga - 30 Minutes with Betty Riaz at the Quarries.
This is a 30 minute vinyasa flow that builds quick heat in the body. In this 30 min, we will practice standing Warrior Postures, Side Crow Arm Balance, Headstand prep and Sirsasana/ This yoga...

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Indiase dans en yoga - Eindhoven Mohini - Yoga Dans
http://www.mohini.nl Mohini - Yoga Dans - gevestigd in Eindhoven is een uitstekende keuze wanneer u op zoek bent naar Indiase dans, yoga of meditatie. Voor meer informatie, bel 06-47440447...

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