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Yoga and meditation have become increasingly popular over the last few years. People of all ages have taken up these hobbies for various reasons.

Yoga is a combination of stretching, calisthenics, and breathing exercises that works muscles and can reduce stress. Meditation focuses on mental strength and sharpness along with breathing exercises.

While they are two different activities, meditation is commonly used in yoga.

According to Yoga Basics, a website dedicated to yoga, yoga was developed by the Indus-Sarasvati civilization in Northern India over 5,000 years ago.

Today, yoga classes and teaches can be found everywhere, and most likely with a waiting list. It has become so popular that there are unique classes with animals, partners, and children.

According to the Harvard Medical School, Hatha is one of the most popular styles [of yoga today]. Hatha yoga focuses on pranayamas breath-controlling exercises followed by a series of asanas yoga postures and ends with savasana a resting period.

Asanas include poses like downward dog, locust, and bridge. By holding your body in these positions for a set amount of time, it strengthens muscles and improves physical balance.

When holding yoga poses, it is recommended to focus on breathing and attempt to relax your body as much as possible. This is where yoga meets meditation.

The Harvard Medical School also said that yoga has been proven to lower blood pressure, cholesterol, and blood sugar along with losing weight.

I began doing yoga during quarantine because I was bored, but now I do it almost every day, said sophomore womens volleyball player Courtney Maxwell. It really does reduce my anxiety and make me feel refreshed.

Anyone can pick up yoga, all that is required is some open space and a yoga mat. There are plenty of online videos and apps to help newbies get started.

Meditation does not require any equipment, but a brain and some time. It is best known for reducing stress in daily life and continuously keeping people positive.

Meditation can last for as little as five minutes or as long as hours. A person is required to sit still, close their eyes, and control their thoughts.

According to Healthline, meditation can also enhance self-awareness, lengthen attention spans, reduce age-related memory loss, potential fight addictions, and improve sleep.

Also according to Healthline, there is focused-attention meditation, which is a concentration on a single object, thought, sound, or visualization, and open-monitoring meditation, which encourages focusing on self-awareness of personal thoughts, feelings, or impulses.

Both yoga and meditation are easy to incorporate into daily lives. It is completely up to you how much time and energy is put into these new hobbies.

They are also easy to begin. There is no need for background information or amazing athletic ability; both hobbies were created to better yourself at your own pace and level.

By including meditation and yoga in a daily routine, a person will see positive results in both their physical and mental state.

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By: Lifestyle Desk | New Delhi | Updated: October 15, 2020 8:00:05 pm Training your mind to focus on pleasant imagery helps you to actively move away from negative thoughts and emotions, inducing a feeling of tranquility. (Source: Pixabay)

It is a well-known fact that most people suffer from sleep-related issues. In the last few months, as the pandemic has assailed, people have been all the more anxious and sleep-deprived. The daily stress of handling a job, taking care of personal responsibilities, planning for an uncertain future has taken a toll on many lives, also causing some physical and mental health issues.

Mindhouse, a mental wellness service offering platform providing a variety of guided meditation sessions and techniques stresses on the importance of adequate sleep. It says that over a period of time, insufficient sleep can take a heavy toll on the immune system, potentially setting you up for a number of different illnesses and ailments.

As such, the platform suggests five simple meditation and yoga techniques to help induce a state of deep calm; read on.

Progressive muscle relaxation

This exercise has been used by doctors since the 1930s to treat insomnia and to provide symptom relief for conditions like headaches and digestive disturbances.

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The technique involves tensing and releasing various muscle groups, one after the other, based on the premise that the physical relaxation induced by PMR can lead to a calmer state of mind, and in turn, better sleep.

Body scan meditation

As the name suggests, this technique is centred around meditatively scanning your entire body, to identify sensations of pain, or discomfort. This helps increase awareness of our own body, allowing us to develop greater insight into the causes behind these uncomfortable and unwanted sensations.

Visualization

Arguably the most expansive technique on this list, visualization is only limited by your own imagination. Training your mind to focus on pleasant imagery helps you to actively move away from negative thoughts and emotions, inducing a feeling of tranquillity, and significantly enhancing your overall mental well-being.

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4-7-8 breathing

Also known as Ratio Breathing, it is one of the many different rhythmic techniques that help put your mind and body in a relaxed state. The basic concept involves inhaling through the nose as you count to 4, and then to 7 and then exhaling as you count to 8.

Mindhouse recommends starting off with 4 cycles of this pattern and slowly working your way up to 8.

Yoga positions

There are various restorative yoga postures that help relieve stress, such as the reclining bound angle, the wide knee childs pose, and the reclining hero pose, which can set you up for a good nights sleep. They help diffuse tension thats accumulated in various parts of the body, such as the hips and hamstrings, and help to improve blood circulation in your feet.

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And since most of us spend much of the day sitting at a desk, these exercises could help loosen up various joints and muscle groups.

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Designing the perfect home gym is more important now more than ever. Before you start shopping for equipment essentials like dumbbells and kettlebells, a top quality workout mat is crucial and the foundation of your home fitness haven.

Experts in the Good Housekeeping Institute Wellness Lab evaluate countless fitness products year round to bring you the best of the best in terms of functionality and durability. We analyzed a variety of different exercise mats, zoning in on specs like thickness level, weight, cushioning, grip, and aesthetics. Then, we put them to the test through a series of workout movements ranging from low-impact exercises like pushups and squats to high-intensity interval workouts featuring burpees and skater lunges (we worked up a sweat!).

We even tested the mats on both carpet and hardwood flooring to see how they performed with floor traction. Whether you're looking for a mat to get you through a pilates flow or to simply provide support during HIIT movements, we have top picks for all different types and levels of fitness.

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Best Value Mat

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Many top-quality exercise mats can be quite heavy, but this lightweight option only weighs a little over two pounds and has helpful alignment markers to guide positioning and form during your workout. Made from a padded foam material, this mat had great cushion and a non-slip grip. It performed well with pilates and floor exercises, and we like that it comes in a variety of colors.

Best Non-Slip Mat

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This matscored high for quality and floor traction. Testers loved the non-slip grip that performed well from workouts ranging from yoga to high impact movements. The teal blue color is also a fun way to brighten up your home gym space.

Best Outdoor Mat

This Amazon favorite has over 38,000 global ratings and an overall 4.4/5 stars. Reviewers note that it's ultra thick, easy to carry, and also easy to roll up after a workout. Extra thick mats like this are ideal for floor exercises including core work, planks, and pilates. It's prime for outdoor workouts where you need some cushion from the rough grass or pavement.

Best Folding Mat

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A thin workout mat just won't cut it for those outdoor workouts, but this folding exercise mat from ProsourceFit provides a solution. With over 3,700 ratings on Amazon and an overall 4.7/5 stars, this mat scores high with reviewers for its portability and tri-fold feature that makes it compact for storage. Reviewers say it's ideal for floor exercises and corework.

Best Yoga Mat

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Experts in the Good Housekeeping Textiles Lab rated this pick from Liforme as best overall in their yoga mat tests.Their producttesters gave it perfect ratings for both the grip on hands and feet and the traction on the floor. But this mat isn't just for yoga; we found it performed well in all different types of exercises, from resistance band work to HIIT movements. The alignment markers came in handy for lunges and sumo squat foot placement.

Most Versatile Indoor Mat

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We love the beautiful print on this high-quality mat that was a top performer in our tests. The mat had great cushion even on hardwood floors, and stayed put during high-intensity exercises like burpees (even when we used it on carpet). The print also has a bit of a texture to it, and we found the grip ideal as well. Functionality and aesthetics get top marks, making this an excellent vibrant addition to any home gym whether for use on carpet or hardwood floors.

Best Ultra Thick Mat

Looking to step up your home gym game? Interlocking exercise mat tiles like these from Balance Form may be just what you need to protect your flooring and also amplify your workout. With an overall 4.6/5 star rating on Amazon and over 4,100 reviews, customers say that these mat tiles are durable and good quality. They are 1/2 inch thick and provide cushioning for all types of workout movements. We like that the set includes end borders so the corners of the mat look polished in your home gym.

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For those that work up an insane sweat,cork mats may be the solution for you due to their antimicrobial nature and ability to actually grip better as you get sweatier. When dry, cork mats can be too smooth and have poor grip, but this pick fromGurus had a better grip than other cork mats we tested (even when it was dry). It also had decent floor traction and is 5mm thick.

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This pick had good grip for movements like planks and pushups, and it stayed put during HIIT exercises like skater lunges. It's also 72 inches long, which allows for ample room for movements like broad jumps and lunges.If you're aiming for a pristine home gym aesthetic, we like that this mat is offered in a variety of bright solid colors for a clean and polished look.

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Looking for something bigger than a standard mat but don't want to commit to interlocking mat tiles? This oversized, ultra-thick exercise mat is available on Amazon and has an overall 4.7/5 star rating. Reviewers note that it stays in place and is great for aerobics and HIIT workouts.It's even designed for activities like jump roping.

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It seems that yoga has become a trend in the time of COVID-19. While the low cost and convenience of at-home yoga has certainly contributed to its rise in popularity, perhaps the most important thing that the practice can do for us in this day and age is relieve stress. Its no secret that COVID-19 is as much an infodemic as it is a pandemic, which is why anxiety has become so prevalent in our day-to-day lives. Yoga can help us cope with the concerns, uncertainty, and poor mental health that so many are experiencing as a result of the pandemic.

I am just one of many individuals around the world who began to gravitate towards yoga during quarantine. Practicing first thing in the morning became an essential part of my daily new routine. At first, it was simply a way to move my body before breakfast. But I slowly realized that I was feeling better on the inside, too. The mindfulness which I cultivated helped me cope with the sadness I felt over the abrupt end to my senior year of high school, as well as the uncertainty that I felt about transitioning to college.

When I arrived at Conn, I was thrilled to see virtual yoga class offerings during orientation, and I continue to be impressed with the quantity of these offerings. It shows that the College is committed to helping students maintain their physical and mental health during these challenging times. There are, however, drawbacks to virtual yoga. For me, the added layer of technology, which is prone to malfunction, takes away some degree of the peace that I seek when I practice yoga. Additionally, I find that attempts to maintain some sense of a yoga community online just doesnt beat the feeling of personal connection that I get at an in-person yoga class.

When I logged in to Zoom for a class from the Find Your Focus Yoga Series on a particular cloudy Friday evening, each of these drawbacks was evident to me. I was the only student in the class, and while it was nice to receive individualized feedback on my form, I felt that I had to remain 100 percent plugged in and engaged with the instructor. The practice felt performative, which made it difficult to fully relax and tend to the wellness of my mind and body. In addition, that flawed technology piece was certainly at play as the instructor and I had difficulty communicating during the class. Yoga is meant to be a fluid experience, but the numerous interruptions in internet connection made that flow nearly impossible.

That said, this virtual yoga class was not a total bust. By some stroke of luck, the connection remained stable during the last few minutes, which are always my favorite. It is in these last few minutes that yoga instructors usually share a take-home message, a snippet of wisdom which the students can carry with them long after their physical practice. In this particular class, the instructor touched on the idea of fluidity between poses, remarking that its all about whats inside the sandwich. Yoga is about connection: that of your hands and feet to the ground, your mind, body, and spirit, your being to those around you and your greater purpose in life. The instructor reminded me to be kind to myself, that I dont have to work that hard, and that the more I focus on the external, the more I burn away whats inside.

What you get out of participating in this yoga series will be different for each person. Though I did not enjoy the technology issues and lack of fellow student participation, I can say that the class certainly contributed to the maintenance of my own wellbeing in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. It allowed me to move my body and leave with some food-for-thought. I remain pleased that Conn makes these small efforts to help students remain physically and mentally healthy during this unprecedented semester. I believe that these opportunities have the potential to positively impact individual students and the campus as a whole.

In closing, I want to share with my fellow yogis my love for Adriene Mishler of Yoga with Adriene. If you are a part of the yoga community, youve probably stumbled across her YouTube channel. Here, you can find a variety of pre-filmed home yoga classes, complete with regular appearances by her dog, Benji. Adreines videos launched me into my personal yoga journey back in March, and I havent looked back. I fell in love with her find what feels good approach through a 30 day yoga challengeof which she has posted manyand continue to practice with her almost daily. If you, too, find yourself discouraged by the lack of community and technological interruptions that are prevalent among virtual yoga classes, I highly recommend Adriene. She manages to do away with the complications while fostering an unbelievably strong yoga community. I always leave her classes with a happy body and a happy mind, which, these days, can be hard to come by, but are nevertheless important.

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Southeast athletes participate in yoga at Houck Field, Thursday, Oct 8.

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Southeast Missouri States Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) hosted an athlete-wide slow flow yoga for Mental Health Awareness week Thursday, Oct. 8, at Houck Field.

Mental Health Awareness Week was established in 1990 in an effort to increase awareness about mental health issues. The week of awareness starts Oct. 4 and ends Oct. 10.

Southeasts SAAC President and the Redhawks Ohio Valley Conference Representative Anna Griffin had the idea after speaking with other SAAC representatives across the conference.

Our main goal was to get athletes to feel like they could put their bodies and mental well-being first, Griffin said. Those two are one and the same.

Coordinator of Student-Athlete Development Jeremiah Streeter said SAAC brought the importance of Mental Health Awareness Week to him.

Streeter said, All the athletes are overly worked with classes and practice that sometimes they need meditation moments to help them rejuvenate. I am really looking forward to all student athletes releasing their stress.

Southeast professor Annette Slattery led the yoga instruction on Thursday at Houck Field. Slattery has been involved with yoga for 12 years. After realizing she needed the relaxation in her life, she began instructing yoga classes here at Southeast. Slattery also teaches two evening classes at Fitness Plus in Cape Girardeau.

Slattery believes yoga is beneficial in many ways and also helps you forget about your worries for a period of time.

It makes you focus on the present moment. It takes you back to your breathing, Slattery said. We breathe so shallow throughout most of our daily activities, and we dont realize that we have the most powerful tool within our control in our bodies every moment of the day.

Slattery said she has her Southeast students write to her, and they have stated how different they started to feel after her yoga classes.

[They said] how different they started feeling and how they want to smile at everybody when they leave, Slattery said.

Slattery said yoga is a fine addition to physical fitness that we as people forget about sometimes.

Its not just physical its mental and can be spiritual, Slattery said.

Griffin hopes to be able to continue the weekly yoga meetings with athletes, and she believes the first meeting was beneficial for the athletes who attended.

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Just in case you haven't already heard, Prime Day 2020 kicks off tomorrow, October 13 at 3 a.m. EST. For 48 hours (until October 15 at 3 a.m. EST), online shoppers will have hundreds of thousands of deals at their fingertips.

In case you too are eager to start perusing deals right now, good news: Alo Yoga, the athleisure brand practically every celebrity has been photographed wearing, currently has some best-selling staples on sale as pre-Prime Day deals.

Alo Yoga is famous for making some of the comfiest and most durable athleisure out there (with a track record for selling out of sizes fast). Snag these pieces you can shop on sale nowand refresh this article for updates as Prime Day progresses.

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They say the best gifts are the ones you want for yourself. So, keeping in mind that the holidays will be here sooner than we realize... and the red plaid motif going on here... this low impact sport bra could make for an epicgift for a fitness lover. (PS: It's currently full-priced and$54 on Alo Yoga's site too.)

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Listen, 14 percent off doesn't knock my socks off either, but considering how iconic Alo Yoga's moto leggings are (and how rarely theycan rarely be found on sale in every size), this beatspayingfull-price or settling for lesser quality.

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The name of this pullover hooded top(read: the'Social'top)doesn't exactly work for 2020, but itscoziness remains needed and much appreciated. Given how long-lasting Alo Yoga's athleisure is, this will also work when we aremore social again too.

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Alo Yoga's best-selling cropped sherpa jackets sell out on their own site constantly, so I recommend acting fast on this fuzzy-feeling number.

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Crisp mustardtones aren't everyone's thing, but if they're yours, peep the price of this lightweight jacket(!). Prices vary bysize. If you're looking formedium, you're in luck because it's currently on sale for under $30.

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With mesh paneling and moisture-wicking material, these will keep you cool during workouts whilelooking super-chic. (Sale prices begin at $81.46.)

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In this episode of #QuickTakesWithBangaloreTimes, yoga teacher and wellness blogger, Iti Jain shares some tips on beating anxiety and stress, through simple yogic exercises. "Over the last six months, managing stress and anxiety has become a full-time job. Hence, practicing simple exercises can keep stress-related issues in check," she says. Get movingA brisk walk, run, exercise, dance or yoga releases endorphins which produces positive feelings. Also, mindful movement or movement therapy is a somatopsychic science that is the way you move your body that has a direct bearing your state of mind and helps improve it. Hence, try any kind of movement - be it yoga or any other form of movement. Bhramari PranayamaOften we are caught in the loop of thought and cannot focus and get out of it. Bhramari Pranayama is a breathing practice that helps you get out of that chain of thought, re-focus and feel refreshed by soothing the nervous system. Viloma 2It can be done anywhere, any time, while walking, working or when you are stressed. It is again all about breathing. Breathe in, breathe out really slowly and then hold. Taking slow deep breaths and holding it helps in relaxing your nervous system. Nadi ShodhanOne of the most powerful and popular pranayamas, this helps in calming the body and mind. With time and consistent practice it helps in building resilience. Sahaj PranayamThis exercise focuses on breathing that combines both breathing and exercising. These five exercises if practiced consistently everyday, can help you sail through these tough times.

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Anyone who says that yoga is an easy, breezy workout has never attempted a headstand. There are countless advanced, twisty or upside-down poses in yoga that can make stepping onto the mat as much of a challenge as a HIIT class. Out of all of them, inversions can be some of the toughest to nailbut Nike master trainer Traci Copeland is here to give you the intel on how to do a headstand on your own.

In this weeks episode of The Right WayWell+Goods YouTube series that breaks down workout moves so that you do them correctlyCopeland details the foundational steps that lead you to the perfect headstand. The most important thing to remember when attempting the pose? Whenever you get into a headstand, it should never feel forced, she says. It should feel like youre naturally getting upside down with ease and control just like with every other yoga pose that you do.

If youre a yogi whos always shied away from headstands because its just never happened for you, know that you can build up the strength (and hey, a least its not a handstand). Once you start working on proper form, youll be able to reap the unique benefits of getting upside down. Because, inversions dont just look coolposes like headstands and legs up the wall can give your brain a boost. Peloton instructor Ross Rayburn previously told Well+Good that inversions can help with brain fog, so that afternoon slump is all the more reason to turn things upside down.

Now for the logistics of the staple inversionkeep scrolling for the top three form mistakes that Copeland sees people make when doing a headstand, so that you know to avoid these in your practice. Then press play on the video to learn what youshould do to get yourself upside down.

Oftentimes, Copeland sees people flare their elbows out to the sides when attempting a headstand. Thats not the proper way to hold [the position], and you dont have the support in your elbows to help you maintain proper alignment, she says.

A headstand actually uses a ton of core strength unless you kick your legs to get into the pose. A lot of people tend to, instead of using core strength, they tend to just kick their leg off of the ground and expect their strength to hold them there, says Copeland.

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While it is technically a headstand, you dont want to putallof your weight on your skull. Copeland says that this is another big form mistake that she often sees when really you should feel your weight in your arms more than anything.

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