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Yoga & Social Values

Yoga and social values are two sides of the same coin and go side by side. Social values are a set of philosophy that an individual carries throughout his life. Yoga possesses great power to build those values that go a long way in making a person complete. With the help of Yoga, you can tackle any tricky situations that you may face in your daily life. The biggest virtue of Yoga is that the individual is in full command of his own. He is in love with himself as well as others. He is admired by every one for his social values and positive behavior which comes from yoga.

Development Of Social Norms
We all have a wish to be good & admirable, but it is not easy at all. Sometimes we become so obstinate, demanding and imperative that it is hard to get along with the words like good or admirable. If an individual is able to fight these irritants, he can become less difficult to deal with. Yoga can be really helpful in this regard. The social effects of person's changed behavior upon colleagues, clients, superiors, inferiors, public officers and service specialists could be awesome. Thus, the universally accepted social norms of society can be developed in an individual with the help of Yoga.

Change In Personality
Person becomes easier to deal with and even others want to be like him. With these positive qualities, one becomes more admired and desirable individual. When you change your attitude, others also tend to change and respond in the same vein. Yoga accelerates the sense of duty in us and also makes us responsible human beings. Hatha Yoga has such a strong power that after some weeks of practice, everyone notices a change in practitioner's attitude and behavior. In fact the practitioner fails to recognize himself as the change is so big & fast.

Get Spiritual Knowledge
Along with realizing his own self, Yoga helps an individual to understand the issues around him/her. Continuous yoga practice increases self-knowledge of the person. Yoga practices, including breathing and posture exercises, help in attaining and maintaining relaxation, physical and mental health. The person gains spiritual knowledge through Yoga, making his understanding vast about the nature, self and other matters related to society. He is now a more refined and clear-minded individual.

Know Yourself
Person should have awareness of the processes and happenings going around him. But it is not possible, if one does not know himself/herself. Knowing your self at rest, at peace, and as a being, is a legitimate kind of knowledge, but unfortunately it is lost in the desire of fulfilling our worldly needs. The value of discovering one's own self as it is, rather than what it is going to be or should be is a kind of knowledge which is gained through yoga. Your experience of this world will become nicer and life will become easier. Thus, Yoga has the power not only to increase your physical, but also mental attributes.

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Yoga & Strength

Yoga is a like a blessing for those who love to have fit body. It is extremely beneficial in strength and endurance building. Sages and saints from centuries in India have performed this miraculous art to achieve a stress free temper and disease free body. Yoga through its different asana helps in developing a better coordination between different body organs along with your mind and your soul leaving you feel extremely fit and fine. Apart from providing you with vigor and activeness, yoga is also helpful in healing the diseases persisting in your body thus leaving you with more strength and endurance.

Yoga: The Strength Booster
It is human tendency to feel heavy, exhausted, drained and weak after work. At times, it feels like the entire body has been kept in a churner and crushed with vigor. It is then life seems very difficult. To overcome such a feeling, many physical trainers suggest of yoga. It is a very proven fact that Yoga makes one feel strong and light. After a regular practice of yoga for few months one starts feeling twice as stronger than before. Yoga makes an obese person handle his weight with more efficiency than losing out due to pressure of his body weight.

How Does Yoga Help In Improving Strength?
Yoga can tremendously help you in increasing your strength. If one regularly, it can actually help you improve your golgi tendon reflex threshold i.e. your capacity to limit a contraction well short of the point at which your tendons would be hurt. Regular stretching through yoga helps you improve your endurance and enhance your muscles ability to let go more efficiently without collapsing to the response of stretched tendons.

Yoga In Body Coordination
Yoga through its various breathing techniques ensures that the entire body cells get proper oxygen. This process enhances the burning of fat cells and ensures improvement in immunity and activeness. Yoga is also greatly effective in developing endurance of the body by proper coordination of all the body parts and smooth functioning of all the organs. Yoga also helps in toning muscles and providing flexibility to spine. Yoga also improves your emotional quotient and works to improve your mental turbulence. Overall, yoga works as a strength booster not only on physical but also on mental level.

Power Yoga: Yoga To Improve Strength and Endurance
Power yoga is westernized form of vinyasa-style yoga which focuses on a dynamic approach of fitness and exercise. It is generally modeled closely to the Ashtanga style of practice. The entire focus of Power yoga is on developing strength and flexibility. As the power yoga is not based to follow a set series of poses, it may vary from practitioner to practitioner. A simple ten minutes of power yoga daily helps you develop great strength and endurance.

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Yoga for Beauty

Yoga is the art of meditation aimed at training a human soul the consciousness for a state of perfect spiritual insight and tranquility. It is basically achieved through the three paths- the path of actions, knowledge and devotion. Though yoga is always popularly recognized with fitness and health concerns, the art of Yoga hardly untouches anything on earth. Be it health, weight loss, devotion, concentration, spiritual enlightenment, ego-shedding or beauty, yoga is effective in each of them. Many famous personalities in the health and beauty industry swear on the names of yoga. Read on to explore that how yoga can redefine your beauty.

Yoga: The Real Aura Of Beauty
Yoga is a wonderful art that brings a perfect blend of physical strength and gracefulness in your life. Also, the beauty attained through Yoga is not an artificial and temporary achievement like cosmetic surgery and other such means. Yoga helps you lose all the flab in a right manner to the right extent. Apart from this the enlightenment achieved through yoga brings a shine of confidence over one's face. Yoga also acts as a stress buster which is in it self a very wonderful method to avoid ageing. The flexibility attained through Yoga also makes one feel good and thus look good.

How to attain beauty through yoga?

The first and foremost principle of Yoga is that until you do not feel good, you can't look good. Thus yoga through its asana like Sukhasna and Shavasana aims to provide complete relaxation to your body.

Yoga helps you gain physical fitness, helps in the healthy maintenance of mind and body. It also acts in removal of toxins from the body and increases flexibility of your body making you look younger. The Dog and Cat Pose of Yoga is certainly helpful in gaining flexibility and vigor.

Yoga helps improve the efficiency of the immune system. Through regular Pranayams like
Kaplabhati and Anulom- Vilom, you can easily avoid little daily problems of health. Yoga is equally active in thyroid and weight loss leading to perfect shaping of the body and thus making you beautiful.

The perfect oxygen dose which we get through various Yoga Asanas and Mudras also helps in skin glow.

Regular yoga brings contentment in your life which reflects on your face.

Yoga helps you in delaying ageing. A regular yoga practitioner remains young and active for quite longer than others who do not practice yoga.

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Yoga Healing

Yoga is an ancient art of meditation in India. It is considered that a regular practice of Yoga is very beneficial for achieving healthy body and sound mind. Yoga is also quoted to be very beneficial in the treatment of various ailments. Ayurvedic practitioners in India also suggest yoga as a part of their medical treatment. Yoga helps in enhancing your health and sense of well-being. There are several asana suggested in Yoga that actively works upon your body to help you achieve a perfect balance between your body requirements and energy produced. By balancing the hormonal production and organ functioning, yoga helps in healing several diseases. Here is a list…

Yoga has been used for disorders such as:

Acid Stomach -Yoga is very helpful in treating digestive ailments like acidity and indigestion.

Addictions- Several addictions like alcohol and drugs can be overcome with the help of yoga.

Asthma - As yoga focuses on breathing techniques, it is very helpful in treatment of Asthma and other breathing ailments.

Backache - Many Yoga postures focus on right posture and flexibility of spine leading to big relief from Backache.

Bronchitis - Yoga is also a great reliever from allergic bronchitis. It helps in clearance of breathing passages in the respiratory system.

Cancer - Yoga is said to be very beneficial in treatment of many types of cancer. Though it is difficult to prove medically, there are many claimants which support the fact.

Cold - Simple cough and cold can be easily treated through cold. In fact regular practitioners of Pranayams can easily prevent you from regular cold and cough.

Constipation - Various Mudras of Yoga help in relaxation of digestive bowel leading to relief from constipation and other such ailments.

Depression- Yoga is a big reliever from depression. It soothes you anxiety and pacifies your heart.

Diabetes - Though yoga can't completely cure diabetes. It is very helpful in managing insulin in your body.

Eyestrain and Headache - Eyestrain and headaches are common problems suffered by everybody. Yoga has a solution to all this.

Heart Disorders - Yoga is very helpful in relieving hypertension and other heart ailments.

Insomnia - Yoga helps one relieve from tension and anxiety leading to relief from insomnia.

Menstrual disorders- Menstrual disorders are a common problem with almost all the woman. Yoga provides relief to it.

Obesity - Various mudras of Yoga are very important in reducing fat and obesity.

Sexual debility-Yoga has also proven effective in treatment of Sexual debility and several related diseases.

Points to keep in concern

Regular practice of Yoga is mandatory to achieve any positive result.

It is always beneficial to do yoga under a trained yoga instructor.

Apart from yoga abide by the food chart that is required for treatment of that particular disease.

Diseases like diabetes and heart disorders are not completely cured by yoga. Yoga helps in temporary management of body to go well with these ailments.

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Yoga & Knowledge

Yoga is an ancient art that focuses on the spiritual enlightenment and physical fitness of a human being. This art has derived its principles from the 'Patanjali Shastra' and focuses on the concept of healthy being and healthy living. Sages and saints have practiced this art for centuries in India. The basic concept behind yoga is developing the understanding self and the motive of one's existence. Yoga also greatly helps in improving concentration and increasing grasping capacity. Read on to know more…

Yoga: A Source Of Enlightenment
Yoga apart from self enlightenment also helps in developing the understanding of surroundings, which is very necessary in order to spread the real and divine knowledge of the universe. Besides the pleasure of discovering one's inner self and of enjoying one's self as it is something that can't be explained in words. Yoga makes us capable enough to recover our souls which are lost in the mad rush of fulfilling earthy desires. Through the attainment of good health along with physical and mental relaxation, yoga makes one capable of perceiving the legitimate kind of knowledge about life, its purpose and self regulations. The theory and practice of Yoga is thoroughly based on spiritual blend of superpower and self.

Yoga of Knowledge: Gyana Yoga
Gyana Yoga is the blend of Knowledge and devotion. The Gyana Yoga emphasizes on the realization of God in every nook and corner of our existence. It is basically a spiritual path to knowledge. However it is not blind way of following some preaching, it is entirely based on self realization of supreme spirit. According to Gyana yoga, the knowledge without humbleness and the devotion without divine knowledge is always incomplete.

According to Gyana Yoga, the only way to attainment of the divine knowledge is deep enquiry and constant observation up on the eternal truths. Study of sacred books and yoga philosophy makes one understand the real meaning of life and spiritual existence. Gyana Yoga emphatically condemns arrogance and egotism in devotion and knowledge. It talks about the perfect blend (yog) of knowledge as well as devotion.

How Can Your Achieve Divine Knowledge Through Yoga?
The attainment of divine knowledge is a very difficult task. Though if the pursuit is done with a constructive mind and pious soul,it certainly becomes attainable. Hereare the steps through which you can achieve divine knowledge through yoga...

Viveka- Developing undersatbding of good and evil. It is actuall thr supreme stage of wisdom.

Vairagya- A state of complete awareness of ephemeral nature of world and detachment of earthy pleasures.

Shad Sampat- It is the satge of development of six vital faculties present in every human body. It leads to salvation.

Sama and Dama- Getting above humanly desires and achieve complete control of senses.

Uparati- The state of ultimate satisfaction

Titiksha- Capacity of endurance above all earthy pains.

Shradha- Development of intense faith

Samadhana- Complete devotion to knowledge

Moksha- Freedom from the cycle of life and death

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Yoga for Weight Reduction

Yoga is an effective way to gain and maintain a healthy body. This ancient Indian meditation art is a great way to get rid of extra flab from the body. From ages, this art has been a popular method of fat reduction and weight control. In fact some asana of yoga are specially meant for weight reduction only. Yoga is also a preferred method for weight reduction as it is sans any kind of side effect. Yoga directly influences the metabolism of body by acting upon several hormonal secretions in the body. Apart from weight reduction, yoga also helps in achieving a better muscle tone and vitality.

Yoga: The Perfect Way Of Weight Reduction
Yoga is said to be the best way of weight reduction because it has no side effects on your body. It won't make you anorexic or ultra slim. It is simply meant to proportionate your body weight in accordance to your height and lifestyle. The mechanism of Yoga in your body is simple yet extremely effective. It acts on the metabolism of your body as well as on your fat cells. The deep breathing in Yoga increases the oxygen intake to the cells of your body, including the fat cells which burn in contact of oxygen. Apart from this yoga makes one overcome from anxiety which is the major reason for overeating. Some of the Yoga asana also helps in weight control through stimulating lethargic thyroid glands for increasing their hormonal secretions, thus reducing weight.

Weight reduction through Yoga

What to do

There are various Yoga asana like Paschimottanasana, Bhujangasana, Halasana, Dhanurasana, Veerasana, Trikonasana, Ardha Matsyendrasana which are specially meant for weight reduction. Following few of them regularly will certainly help you lose flab.

Incase you are a thyroid patient and you have abnormally gained weight. You must go for

Sarvangasana and Matasyasana for checking on the hormonal secretion of your thyroid gland.

Regular Yoga asana done with Sun salutation (Surya Namaskar) is also very helpful in weight reduction.

Regularly practicing Pranayamas for example Kapalabhatti, Anuloma-Viloma and Bhastrika not
only help in weight reduction but equally helps in achieving a better muscle tone and endurance.

Other than the regular practice of the Yoga, you must abide rules of eating healthy and fat free meal.

Kriyas for cleaning the body namely Vaman Dhauti, and Shanka Prakshalana also help immensely in weight reduction.

What not to do

Do not relish on junk food and carbonated drinks.

Do not eat on irregular timings at irregular interval.

Do not consume anything between two major meals. Also maintain a time difference of 4 hours two major meals.

Do not break your regularity of Yoga.

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What Is Yoga

In the present time, more and more people, especially the Westerners, are resorting to Yoga to find cure for chronic health problems and attain a peace of mind. They are also curious about knowing what exactly is Yoga and what are included in it. Although many of us are well aware of the heath benefits of the physical activity, not every one knows about the origin and exact definition of Yoga. It is a popular belief that Yoga merely includes stretching and warm up exercises. Of course, yoga involves stretching, but includes many other things beyond that.

Originated in ancient India, Yoga typically means 'union' between the mind, body and spirit. It involves the practice of physical postures and poses, which is sometimes referred to as 'asana' in Sanskrit. As the name suggests, the ultimate aim of practicing Yoga is to create a balance between the body and the mind and to attain self-enlightenment. In order to accomplish it, Yoga makes use of different movements, breathing exercises, relaxation technique and meditation. Yoga is associated with a healthy and lively lifestyle with a balanced approach to life.

The oldest physical discipline in existence known to humankind, Yoga brings stability to the body and the wavering mind. It increases the lubrication of joints, ligaments and tendons of the body. Studies in the field of medicine suggest that Yoga is the only form of physical activity that provides complete exercise to the body, because it massages all the internal organs and glands. This in turn reduces the risk of many diseases. Yoga can create a positive permanent difference to the lifestyle of anybody practicing it on a regular basis.

Yoga is the perfect way to ensure overall health and physical fitness. Through meditation, breathing exercises (called pranayams); you can banish all your stress and lead a healthy life. In fact, it is one of the best remedies known to humankind, for curing chronic ailments that are otherwise difficult to be cured by other medications. People suffering from backaches and arthritis are often suggested to do asanas that concentrate on providing exercise to the muscles at the strategic locations. Pranayams are the best exercises to increase the capacity of lungs capacity.

The amazing thing about Yoga is that its positive effects on the health and mind are visible over time. Another specialty about Yoga is its wide choice of asanas. Depending upon the stamina and overall health, you can choose from the mild pranayams, asanas to high intensity asanas. It is a medication without the actual use of medicines. Moreover, no visible side effects are associated with the practice of Yoga on a regular basis. All you need to know is the most appropriate exercises meant for the structure of your body, while choosing the asanas of the activity. In addition, you need to know the right way of performing the asanas, because any wrong attempt can cause sprains and injuries.

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Yoga Tips

Deriving its philosophy from the Indian metaphysical beliefs, Yoga aims to strike a balance between mind and body and attain self-enlightenment. One of the oldest physical discipline in existence, it makes the use of movement, breath, posture, relaxation and meditation to establish a healthy, lively and balanced approach to life. Yoga brings stability and relaxation to the mind and helps the individual to have a clear thinking. Apart from its cognitive benefits, Yoga serves as the best medium to enhance the beauty and the being of a person. However, performing Yoga requires a person to follow some specific guidelines, in order to achieve best results. There are various do's and don'ts that a person needs to follow before, while and after performing Yoga. To know more about Yoga practicing guide, browse through the following lines.

Tips For Practicing Yoga

The most appropriate time for practicing Yoga is in the morning, before breakfast. This is because it is the time, when our mind is calm, composed and fresh and the body movements can be performed, with considerable ease and vigor.

To get started, you need to have the urge and confidence in yourself.

To practice Yoga, the place chose must be calm, quiet, ventilated, dust free, moisture free and also distraction free.

Before you start practicing Yoga, it is very important for you to clear your bowels and bladder as well as clean your nostrils and throat of all mucus. You must also drink a glass of lukewarm water.

Yoga clothing should be loose and as comfortable as possible. Form-fitting cotton/Lycra pants and shirts are the best.

Wait for a few minutes and then you can start.

Like all other work outs, you must begin with easy poses, thereafter you can advance to the tough ones. Be methodical and systematic.

Remember, to start with your movements should be light and if you feel fatigue in between you must discontinue.

Yoga must energize and not cause weariness and depression.

You must take breaks in between, if a particular step or exercise proves tiring.

For a person performing Yoga, the diet should be a balanced and you should eat after an interval of 4 hours.

The quantity of food should be such that it satisfies your appetite. Generally, the ratio composition of meals should be - grains and cereals (30% of the calorific value), dairy products (20%), vegetables and roots (25%), fruits and honey (20%) and nuts (5%).

Over eating and fasting should be avoided. At the same time, you must try to avoid stale food.

While performing Yoga, your breathing should be long and deep. You must remember to keep your mouth close and inhale and exhale, only through the nose.

You should always keep a Yoga mat, made of some comfortable materials. For lying postures use a woolen carpet and spread a clean sheet over it.

Remember, while doing yoga, you should not get a feeling of pain or discomfort. If you do, you are not doing it in the right manner or you need to adjust your pose to suit you better.

If you are a beginner, do not just impinge on doing the tough tasks. Remember, you need to always begin with the easy postures and then, proceed to the difficult ones. You should follow the graded steps of Yoga.

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Yoga in The West

Yoga is basically a primeval Indian art. It is meant for the enlightenment of spiritual intelligence and achievement of physical fitness. It is a precious resource of knowledge, endurance, spirituality and fitness. Yoga aims to bring a 'union or merger' of one's soul and body for perfect repose, peace and self-enlightenment. Yoga basically has its origin from the 'Patanjali Shastra'. It is completely based on the metaphysical thinking of Indian culture. It is now that yoga has become equally popular with west. Sages and Saints from various parts of India have been practicing this wonderful art since centuries.

Introduction of Yoga To The West
Yoga has now become a very popular activity in the west from last few decades. Very famous Hollywood artists confess their love and passion for this art. Basically, yoga came in contact with the west during the times of Plato and Aristotle who paid ample acknowledgments to Indian values in their arts. These contacts were furthered by Alexander's arrival in India in the third century B.C. The formation of Asiatic Society quite later boosted up the concept of Indian mysticism in west which also included the wonders of yoga. The Yoga was formally introduced in the west through Sanskrit to English or Hindi to English translations of Indian epics.

Progress of Yoga In West
Modern Yoga gained momentum in the west after late 1800's after the famous disciples of Swami Vivekananda and other great gurus traveled to west and came in contact of the people of west who also inclined towards this art. Germans were the first people to explore the beauty of the Sanskrit language and Vedic mystery. Scholars like Max Mull immensely contributed in making Indian philosophy popular in west. With time several yoga masters went to west from India and brought popularity to this art in the west. Hatha Yoga then became the most popular form of Yoga in the west.

Hatha Yoga: The Most Popular Form of Yoga In West
With time Hatha Yoga has become the most popular form of Yoga in West. The Hatha Yoga has derived its meaning from 'Ha' of Sun and 'tha' of moon. It is popularly called forceful yoga because it seems to require all the physical exercises of yoga popularly known. It is said to be very balancing form of yoga aimed to balance to opposite forces in the body. The entire art of Hatha yoga is based on basic features of yoga, breathing techniques, postures and energizing the subtle channels. It also aims to increase concentration and balance the energy level in the body.

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Bikram Yoga

Bikram Yoga is the name of the style of yoga that has been developed by the renowned guru Bikram Choudhury. It is also known as Hot Yoga or Fire Yoga. Ideally practiced in a room heated to 105°F (40.5°C) temperature, with a humidity of 40%, it is intended to warm up and stretch every joint, muscle, ligament, tendon, vertebrae and organ of the body, down to the cellular level. Scientifically and methodically designed by Bikram Choudhury, Bikram Yoga is the most demanding, yet a powerful and exciting sort of Hatha Yoga. With the help of this yoga, fresh blood and oxygen moves to all areas of the body and all of the body systems feel rejuvenated and resorted. Every cell of the body is revitalized, reorganized and refreshed, leading to a healthy body and a healthy mind. The classes of Bikram Yoga are guided by specific dialogue, including 26 postures and two breathing exercises. Each class lasts approximately 90 minutes.

Benefits Of Bikram Yoga

Bikram yoga, which is done in a hot room in order to avoid injury, allows deep stretching of the body and promotes release of toxins.

The uneasiness experienced during the initial moments of doing the yoga rapidly disappears and helps in developing the ability to control one's mind.

With the help of Bikram yoga, overall mental, physical and emotional health is improved.

The yoga gives mental relaxation and also works on the respiratory, circulatory, and nervous systems of the body.

Bikram yoga helps in reshaping your body, restoring flexibility as well as in toning, strengthening, and lengthening your muscles

The yoga helps strengthen your spine, reduces the risk of sports injury and relieves you from pain.

Bikram yoga helps in raising energy levels and reduces your weight, by balancing the
metabolism.

The yoga gives a soothing effect and diminishes the effects of stress on the mind and body.

Practicing Bikram yoga increases balance, coordination, focus and concentration ability of a person.

The yoga is also good for the kidneys and it helps in controlling chemical imbalances of the system.

Bikram yoga plays a vital role in improving constipation, colitis, spondilitis, menstrual disorders, hip and back pain.

The yoga gives cardiovascular benefits and improves the working of the immune, muscular, digestive and reproductive systems.

Bikram yoga strengthens the stomach muscles and helps with arthritis, knee problems and even gout pain.

The yoga promotes better sleep, helps in the improvement of posture and increases body awareness.

Apart from clearing your mind, the benefit of Bikram yoga is also seen in making your skin glow and calming your soul.

The yoga helps you build mental strength and teaches you to hold your mind in a meditative state.

Bikram yoga ensures healthy and balanced functioning of the skeletal, muscular, circulatory, nervous, digestive, elimination, respiratory, endocrine and mental systems of the body