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 Yoga for Stress Removal Practicing yoga is not only an effective stress reliever, but also a way to ease symptoms of anxiety. By transferring focus and attention to the body and breath, yoga can help to temper anxiety while also releasing physical tension. Anxiety is the most common mental illness in the U.S., affecting roughly 40 million adults nationwide, or about 18 percent of us. The following yoga poses are organized into a sequence that can be practiced together in this order, or individually on an as-needed basis to help alleviate stress and anxiety. Remember to focus on your breath as you move through the poses. Closing your eyes may also help you relax and go within to achieve a more meditative state. This sequence is primarily designed for beginners, with the exception of the headstand. If your practice is more advanced, try mixing in some standing balancing poses like Eagle Pose, Half Moon Pose and Tree Pose. Try holding standing pose for 30-60 seconds on each side. The...

Can yoga improve your eye vision? Definitely yoga will improve your eyesight. But definitely it will take time. Daily you wash your eyes with plain water both in the morning and evening. Perform the following eyes exercise after washing your eyes. Without moving your neck perform these 10 steps initially start with five times each and finally increase up to 10 times : Look upwards, back to normal and then look downwards and back to normal. repeat. Look towards right, back to normal and then look towards left and back to normal. repeat. Look right side up back to normal and then look left side down and back to normal. repeat. Look left side up back to normal and then look right side down and back to normal. repeat. Move your eyes in clockwise direction in a big circle and repeat. Move your eyes in anti-clockwise direction in a big circle and repeat. Squeeze your eyes for a few seconds and then move your eyelids. repeat. Bend your neck backwards and with open eyes try to look to the poin...

Meditation vs Yoga Many people confuse yoga and meditation differently. But the actual meditation is one of the 8 limbs of yoga called Yama (Social Discipline), Niyam (Individual Discipline) , Asana (Postures or physical exercises), Pranayama (Breathing techniques), Pratyahara (Discipline of senses), Dharana (Concentration), Dhyana (Meditation), Samadhi (self- realization). Yoga is a holistic system created by the ancients to offer humans an opportunity to break out of this ‘matrix’ of illusion that is the visible universe around us. This science is thousands of years old and is not restricted to just Asanas as is the popular belief. However ‘Yoga’ today can mean either Hatha Yoga ( Mastery over body ~ Asanas ) or Raja Yoga ( Mastery over mind ~ Meditation ). All forms of Yoga that focus on physical asanas are derivatives of Hatha Yoga with different brand names (Whether Jivamukti, Ashtanga of Mysore or Sivananda). Likewise most forms of meditation can be defined under the purview of R...

 Father Of Yoga In Sanskrit, yoga means ‘to unite’ or union. Yoga is a way to live a meaningful and healthy life. In the yogic ideologies, Shiva is considered by Hindu rishis and munis as the first yogi or Adiyogi, and the first Guru or Adi Guru. Shiva is also known as the “Father of Yoga” as he is the being who introduced Yoga for common people within us in our daily life. Adiyogi Shiva, regarded as the patron god of yoga (Yogeswar), Dance and Drama (Nateshwar), meditation, and arts, etc. n the mythology of India, More than a few thousand years ago, on the banks of the lake Manas Sarovar in the Himalayas, Adiyogi shared his experiential thoughts about Yoga. His profound knowledge about Yoga into the well-known Saptarishis or "seven sages” named (the names vary in different ages) Kashyapa, Atri, Vasistha, Vishvamitra, Gautama Maharishi, Jamadagni, and Bharadvaja. Patanjali  is known as the father of modern yoga. Yoga Sutras mainly appear from Patanjali Yoga Sutras. It was writ...

Some Amazing Facts about Yoga Yoga has often been called the first and the most effective results of the increasing globalization.  According to research, Yoga can significantly improve occupational and social functioning in schizophrenic patients. It can also reduce the risk of heart disease and treats diabetes, asthma and blood pressure. There are 196 Yoga Sutras or aphorisms.  There are 84 classic Yoga Asanas, the Asana being one of the 8 limbs of Yoga. Yoga helps relieve your body of tiredness and accumulated stress, thus letting you express yourself better.  Yoga helps you recognize the power of breath. The pace of your breath also tells you your state of mind. Taking long and deep breaths calms the mind and relaxes the body. We live in a distracted world. The horror of the time that comes close to the time limit. To do this, a list of accessories increases and grows. The loud noise of the phone that never ringing. It does not matter how much you can feel busy, remem...

Some Best Yoga for Back Pain Lower Back Pain is a very common struggle in the modern population. It is also quite prevalent in athletes. But it can be cure by yoga before that we have to understand its cause which depends upon our lifestyle and our physical work. Some of the causes for the back pain are: 1. People usually feel back pain when they get up, it is because when we sleep on the mattress either our position is wrong or the quality of the mattress is bad. 2. It is usually seen that a student feel back pain when they continuously sit on the desk for the longer hours like 6-8 hours or if anyone continuously do the physical work for more than 5 hours then they usually feel pain in the body. So, body pain mostly depends upon the lifestyle of the people. Some of the Yoga Poses for the Back Pain :  Bhujangasana Bhujangasana is also counted in yogasan lying on the stomach. In the last stage of this posture, the shape of our body looks like a snake with a funk, which is why it is...