...Congratulations! You are starting off the New Year by increasing your activity! You are walking, or jogging, or you joined a class at the local Y. Whatever it is, you have taken the first step to improving your fitness. Now you are considering working on becoming more flexible. You read somewhere that, to have a "total fitness program," you need to include not only increased activity, but also flexibility and strength.

Good luck. I'm almost 53 years old, and I am not sure I'll ever get all three parts down. But I am a walker and my goal is to walk 4-5 times a week for 45 minutes. Many times I take several short walks, but the total is 45 minutes, so most times I meet my goal. I have also been working on my flexibility for many years by doing yoga. Many yoga poses involve holding this 144-pound body in a headstand, or handstand, and that takes strength. So maybe I won't need to buy weights to keep my bones strong!

Let me tell you a bit about doing yoga, because, as a big fan, I wish everyone could take time to do it. Yoga helps you feel good in your body, no matter what shape you think you are in-and that's what I love about it. Whether I feel too fat from overeating, or I'm feeling energetic because it's...a good day, ten minutes of yoga makes me feel even better. Maybe it's ...more

Learn The History Of Yoga

...eople of today.

Pre-classical Yoga

This period in Yoga history spans about 2000 years, until year 200. The most central Yoga literature from this period are the Upanishades - a collection of texts revolving around meta-physical speculation - and are just like the Vedas considered as enigmatic revelations. As opposed to the public rituals of the Vedic period, the Upanishades where secret scriptures.

Some of these 200 Gnostic texts are directly related to Yoga and are about the complete connectedness of all things. Yoga was now slowly finding it's form. As Yoga and it's secret teachings spread from teacher to student, or from guru to yogi, the concept of an individual system of thought began to take shape.

The Bhagavad Gita, that is the most well known and popular work among all Hindi and Yogic literature was written during this period (about 500 B.C.). It is a beautiful story of a conversation between the god of Hinduism, Krishna, and a prince named Arjuna. The plot, ironically e...more

Giving the Inner Sanctum Its Own Room - Create a Yoga Room for Your Home

...ese values when approaching your new yoga room and its decor.

Choose a room in your home that has enough privacy. A room with a door that closes is preferable, so that you can enter your space and have relative privacy during your practice. Also, consider a room that has an adequate amount of natural light. The largest renovation, you may want to think about is the installation of hardwood or cork floors. Already carpeted floors are also sufficient.

Ideally, you want to choose a room that gives you enough space to stretch out on a the floor lengthwise. The ceiling should be high enough to allow you to stand on the tips of your toes with your arms stretched as high overhead as you can reach. If there are ...more

Misconceptions Regarding Kaalsarp Yoga

...lord shiva. Thirdly some temples rituals are considers to remove the ill-effects of KaalSarp Yoga but to whom to be worshiped, whereas head is consider Rahu and tail Ketu. If the tail(Ketu) is being cut and due to Ketus zigzag movement the remaining planets would remains outside the tail. But the basic solution is not consider in the KaalSarp yoga. This makes the person aghast after going through the three above noted therapies and makes him depressed.

Our Astrological Research Centre has deeply involved in the solution of KaalSarp Yoga by cutting the tail(Ketu).

Pt. Sunil Sharma

DIRECTOR, Astrological Research Centre

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