Thursday, 20 June 2013

Fun During Yoga Retreats


Yoga Retreats are an opportunity to deepen your practice or even begin your practice in an intimate and nurturing environment. A weekend of yoga with delicious meals, wine and laughter. Students should be light minded and they’ll enjoy all of the comforts and amenities that you love. The yoga should be for all levels, with modifications given for newer practitioners and options for those who would like more of a challenge. Yoga Retreat should be catered specifically to students. Many students come on their own and make new and lifelong friends, some come with girlfriends, co-workers, sisters, college roommates, mothers or daughters to take a break from their busy life, laughing, relaxing and sharing stories.

The yoga workshop should be for all levels. New students come to learn more and to begin their yoga practice, while many who have gotten away from a regular practice come to renew their commitment. If you have specific injuries that may compromise your ability to do certain poses, Theresa will set up a one-on-one session for you shortly after your arrival, so you can address any concerns you may have.

Thursday, 6 June 2013

Karma Yoga


                      Karma yoga works on the attitudinal part, preparing to change the perception of selfish activity into selfless activity. It tries to change the influence and effects of the activity from being self-oriented to globally orient. This attitude has to be applied not only logically but in practical life. Karma yoga is relating with activity, not going ahead of the activity, because then the ego of a human being comes in. The ego of a person can say, “Why should I do that? Others can do it!" but in karma yoga the attitude of selflessness becomes more dominant. By actual nature karmas are selfish. When yoga word was added to karma, it changed its quality from selfish to selfless. This is the reason why it is said that selfless karma is karma yoga. Seva is different. There does nor exists any word in English which really defines seva. Service is not seva. Seva is serving and helping other people with compassion, serving not for personal benefits but to uplift others.
                    If you have a yoga business, your goal should be the most complete Yoga site. You can advertise your business, sell your yoga products, and advertise your yoga classes and retreats.

                   Seva Yoga does not mean meeting your own aims, it means offering that service as a homa, as an offering in the yajna of the life. Seva contains the best which is there in you. When it is offered to another human being and it consists of your best thoughts and feelings, your love and affection, sympathy and compassion, then that action becomes a blessing in disguise to uplift another human being. That is seva.

Tuesday, 4 June 2013

Yoga Therapy On A Ball


A primary benefit of exercising with an exercise ball as opposed to exercising directly on a hard flat surface is that the body responds to the instability of the ball to remain balanced, engaging many more muscles. Those muscles become stronger over time to keep balance. Most frequently, the core body muscles — the abdominal muscles and back muscles — are the focus of exercise ball fitness programs. Some people recommend sitting on an exercise ball instead of a chair. This is based on the theory that the abdominal and back muscles are constantly engaged and active in order to maintain proper posture and balance on the ball. A very effective form of Yoga Therapy.