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...Yoga is the ancient Hindu tradition of practicing different physical and mental exercises to keep human body sound and healthy. Yoga involves various breathing exercises (pranayaam) and different body postures called aasanas. To practice yoga when we take so much care in selection of yoga mats, than there must be similar cautious approach in selection of yoga bags too. Yoga bags are very helpful in packing essential yoga accessories like yoga mats, props, cushions and yoga clothing. Principally, yoga bags are used to accommodate mats. Yoga mats remain protected, clean and unruffled when they are inside a yoga bag.

Yoga bags are unlike gener...more

Bikram Yoga Positions

...Bikram Yoga is a form of Yoga which consists of a series of 26 poses performed in a hot room. When we say Bikram Yoga positions that is the same as calling them postures, poses, asanas or something else. Bikram is also commonly referred to as "Hot Yoga".

Bikram Yoga was created by Bikram Choudhury, a self-styled Yoga entrepreneur who moved from India to the US to teach yoga. He developed his own version of Hatha yoga that consists of a tightly scripted sequence of 26 positions and two breathing exercises. The temperature of a bikram Yoga studio is usually at 105 degrees or even higher! The idea behind it is that the heat will help to loosen your muscles, improve flexibility, and increase your heart rate. And, although quite to state the obvious, the heat also makes you sweat - a lot!

Bikram's 26 hatha yoga postures are, like most other styles of hatha Yoga, designed to stretch your muscles, compress your...more

bikram Yoga Explained

...g Yoga Class Book all fall under his copyright. This development is very controversial within the United States yoga community as the poses are not something one can or should copy write.

Some practitioners strenuously object to the idea that bikram seeks to have exclusive control over a series of postures that are just derived from traditional practices. It would be like a baseball pitcher attempting to copy write a curve ball or David Beckham trying to copy write his famous curving kick. Also, some object to Bikram's long term goal to create a formal nationwide potentially even worldwide franchise of studios.

Whether you agree or disagree with Bikram's copyright claim it is certainly worth trying the method in class or at home. There is no doubt the sequence and breathing is helpful to any yoga practitioner.more

Teaching Yoga for Stress Management - Why Does Yoga Work?

...s should understand that some forms of daily low level stress are unavoidable, and make them stronger because of the experience, but extreme stress can cause panic attacks, heart attacks, or premature death. The rewards of their practice can be felt during, and after, their first lesson. The first part of the solution is a matter of making them aware of it.

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