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In Yoga a mantra is a sound that has significance but may not necessarily have a meaning. A mantra can be a word, a syllable or a sentence that is recited or chanted in repetition. It is the physical vibrational frequency that is emitted when chanting or reciting the mantra…

What are the main characteristics of a yoga teacher?

What makes a great yoga teacher? There are no specific standards and regulations but we can name a few qualities of someone who would be a great yoga teacher. Yoga teachers have a big influence on a yoga session. Each instructor adds his or her own personal touch to make…

What benefits will yoga bring into my life?

You’d be forgiven if you think that life today reminds you of a hamster running around on their wheel in their cage. The faster that wheel turns, the quicker that the hamster has to run. Technology, although it has had astronomical benefits for our life, it’s also sped up the…

How to instruct a Yoga session

In order to deliver and instruct the safest yoga classes possible for all practitioners, it’s ideal if you are able to perform an overall fitness assessment for each individual so that limitations and body ability may be known. Unfortunately, this is quite impossible in a normal yoga session environment. Non-verbal…

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How Yogis can benefit from suspension training

When you start doing Yoga, you may often be worried about falling. This will limit your practice to a certain set of “safe” moves. By combining Yoga with suspension training, you make advanced poses easier to do. Not only does it eliminate the fear of falling by adding extra support,…

Exercises to increase your neck strength and improve posture and stability

Yoga poses to incinerate lower-belly fat

If there’s one thing we often find ourselves insecure about, it’s lower-belly fat. That tummy just above your pants line that you can’t quite get the button around. And while “dad-bod” might be a thing for some people, most end up feeling very insecure because of it. Here are some…

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Yoga moves to help lower-back pain

Lower-back pain is something everyone starts experiencing as they get older. It doesn’t need to be provoked by injuries or accidents. Sometimes it’s as simple as a weak core and pore posture from sitting all day. Whether your lower-back pain is caused by an injury, weak core or bad posture,…

8 Yoga poses to help cervical spine and neck issues

In your neck, there are cervical discs. These discs are your body’s natural shock absorbers that stabilise your neck. Together, these discs make up your cervical spine. Your neck is one of the most fragile parts of your body. As a baby, it had to constantly be supported. As an…

Yoga poses to help with neck issues

Neck issues, as well as pain in this part of the body, is extremely common. It may be caused by a number of factors which include daily activities that involve recurring forward movement patterns, poor posture or, alternatively, the habit of holding your head in one position. When you’re suffering…

What Yoga poses can I do to curb anxiety?

Anxiety can hamper your life immensely. Whether you suffer from a generalised or acute anxiety disorder – or if the anxiety that you’re suffering from is just due to a supremely stressful situation at work – this debilitating condition can create feelings of limited control, low self-esteem in addition to…

Yoga poses to help with relieving sciatica

The term ‘sciatica’ refers to pain which radiates along the length of the sciatic nerve. (This nerve the branches off from your lower back and goes through your hips as well as buttocks. It then goes down each of your legs.) Usually, sciatica affects just one side of your body.…

The Value of a Yoga Course

Being fit and healthy doesn’t just mean that you can run up a flight of stairs without breaking a sweat or being winded. Yes, this is an integral part of fitness; however, it goes much deeper than this. Being at the top of your fitness game means that you have…

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