... spiritual progress is the opening of the chakras, energy centers along the spine, which allow spiritual energy or Kundalini, resident in latent form at the base of the spine, to travel up the spine and out of the head's Sahasrara Chakra, thereby elevating the spirit of the practitioner to bring him closer to Cosmic Consciousness. Equally important in this process is pranayama, control of the breath. This, likewise, helps to purify the body, to make faster spiritual progress and, indeed, while doing asanas, the yogi is supposed to focus on the breath, making it conscious breathing.

The postures also have an important effect ...more

Kids yoga: A Solution to Global Obesity in Children

...s had. Many children are shifted from school to day care, while both parents are working extra hours to support the family. Many of todays meals are composed of processed foods -whether they are store-bought, or bought for takeout, from a restaurant.

Physical education has suffered serious cutbacks since the Cold War ended. Back in the 1970s, and before, children ran and played outside more often.

The yoga lifestyle helps parents and children manage diet in a very busy and stressful world. If you are conscious of it, there are wiser food choices, even from restaurants. When children practice yoga, they become much more aware of their diet, posture, activities, and daily exercise routine.

Educators, doctors, Y...more

Kriya yoga - Brief History

...It was master Lahiri Mahasaya who introduced Kriya yoga to the modern world during his lifetime in the nineteenth century, yet Kriya yoga is, according to some scriptures, much older than that. It would appear that the Bhagavad-Gita mentions a Kriya Yogi technique in a stanza that states:

"That meditation expert becomes eternally free who, seeking the Supreme Goal (Samahdi), is able to withdraw from external phenomena by fixing his gaze within the mid-spot of the eyebrows and by neutralizing the event currents of prana and apana wit...more

How to Become Regular in Your yoga Practice

...People come to yoga looking for various things: peace of mind, stress reduction, improved concentration, and weight loss. yoga can help you to accomplish all of this, but yoga works, if you work! You have to do the practices on a regular basis in order to get the results

If you have bought some books on yoga and meditation, dont let them gather dust while you sit around thinking that maybe one day you are going to practice. If you have purchased my electronic book, dont let it gather electronic dust.

yoga postures and basic meditation exercises are simple enough to learn. In fact, I teach them to children and they pick them up quite easily. So, I am sure that you can learn what to do fairly easily and quickly. The big problem for most people is to establish the habit of doing the practices on a regular basis. Here are a few tips which may help you to do your yoga and meditation on a daily basis.

1. Start with Firm Determination: yoga beg...more

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