The most important benefit of yoga is physical and mental therapy. According to medical scientists, yoga therapy is successful because of the bal...
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Yoga Practice
Beyond Inversion
Legendary yoga teacher Sri Dharma Mittra (“Sri DM”) first encountered yoga as a teenager before meeting his Guru in 1964 and beginning his training in earnest. Sri Dharma founded ...
Aug 16th, 2017
Yoga Practice
Sun Salutation Surya Namaskaram Variation 24
Surya (Sun) Namaskaram (Salutation) is the most commonly practised yoga sequence by many Yoga traditions today. Although the sequence of Sun Salutation does not have any reference in ancient scripts, ...
Aug 15th, 2017
Yoga Practice
Champion a Hot Journey
Joseph Encinia first competed in Texas in 2005. After years of dedication, he won the 2009 National Yoga Asana Championship and placed 2nd internationally. With continued effort he has become the 3 ti...
Aug 15th, 2017
Yoga Feature
Ishvara-Pranidhana or Self-surrender to God
The observances of yoga – saucha, santosha, tapas, svadhyaya and ishvara-pranidhana – are personal practices of a religious nature, in the true sense of the term, and they have to go hand ...
Aug 15th, 2017
Yoga Feature
Do We Dare Surrender to God?
Do we dare, do we dare, do we dare surrender to God?
Oh boy – the G-word in yoga. Scary stuff indeed. How does God relate to yoga?
Let’s start by ditching the word God – although that’s ...
Aug 15th, 2017
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