There is a wide selection of places where one can buy a yoga ball- both online and offline. Woolworths is one of the more popular options for those looking to buy a decent yoga ball at a reasonable price, as they offer a yoga and body ball set, which includes yoga tools, body ball, air pump, yoga mat, two yoga bricks, yoga strap, resistance band, yoga instruction video, gym ball instruction video, and an instruction DVD.Another option is Kelkoo -...more
While Yoga exercises are quite old, the Pilates method of exercising was invented by Joseph Pilates in the 20th century. Yoga Pilates is a combination of the two exercise routines and can be very helpful especially when the principles of Pilates are applied properly to a Yoga workout. There are over five hundred exercises that can be performed by combining Yoga and Pilates and they do not require any expensive or elaborate equipment. Every pose...more
Hatha Yoga is the yoga that most people know as simply, "yoga." Practiced for emotional and physical health and wellness, Hatha Yoga focuses on both the purification of the mind and the body, aiming to pave a path to vitality and wholeness. Hatha Yoga was introduced by a man named Yogi Swatmarama, a yoga sage in 15th and 16th century India. Known for calmness and peacefulness, Yogi Swatmarama is a name that has now become synonymous with delight, one who paved the way for an exercise that enhances the mind, body and spirit. He began with Hatha Yoga by writing the Hatha Yoga Pradipika, a Sanskrit that was based on Swatmarama's own experiences as well as the words of older Sanskrit texts. It details information about asanas, bandhas, kriyas, shakti, pranayama, and several other areas. The book, as well as Hatha Yoga itself, is rich with hints of Hinduism. Perhaps the oldest religion in the world, Hinduism is a religion based on acceptance, building its foundation on a plethora of text and scriptures. It aims to teach people mystical truths, while providing guidance on how a person can grow to become morally, spiritually, and physically whole. Hinduism also believes the "Heaven...more
What is Asthma?Asthma is an ancient Greek word that means "panting, gasping or short-drawn breath." It is one of the most discomforting of respiratory ailments, known to affect around 5% of the world's adult population and 10% of children. Asthmatics suffer from periodic attacks of breathlessness interspersed with bouts of complete...more
Yoga is known to improve health overall, with every aspect of it enhancing something, mind, body, or spirit. But, overall health aside, yoga is becoming known to be particularly helpful for relief from specific diseases. One of these diseases, Multiple Sclerosis, or MS, is a bit of a medical enigma, with no concrete causes and no concrete cure.The...more
Learning disabilities are a common cause of frustration for children and adults. It is estimated that as high as 15 percent of Americans have some sort of learning disability. By definition, they are defined as the psychological or neurological conditions that influence a person's ability to communicate and learn efficiently.While people who have disorders such as ADHD and autism may very well also possess learning disabilities, these types of disorders don't belong in the learning disability category. Diagnoses that do belong, however, can greatly vary, ranging from reading disorders, such as dyslexia, to disorders that disallow for the comprehension of mathematics, such as dyscalculia.Those who are plagued with learning disabilities are not always of high or low intelligence, though presence on both ends of the spectrum are possible. Likewise, a person born with a learning disability wasn't necessarily born with an inability to learn. Instead, the individual simply possesses a processing impairment, such as an auditory impairment or visual impairment, that makes their ability to learn from routine ways of teaching particularly difficult.While learning disabilities...more
From energy drinks to energy bars, energy is something sought by people each day. Everything is made up of energy. Energy is pulsation - a pulsation that moves in a wave-like rhythm flowing up and flowing down. We may think we need to grab for energy...more
Yoga techniques act as a stress reliever. Yoga techniques help to reduce the stress that rises from our daily activities. Even during vacations people are getting attacked with the outside stressful factors, which can damage a very good vacation...more
Yoga is the perfect exercise! Anyone can do it, it is easy to learn, requires no specialized equipment, and it is easy on your joints. Yoga combines stretching your muscles and improving your mental condition, along with working out your...more
Try Yoga Exercises Specially Tailored For ArthriticsLiving with arthritis pain is not something that anyone would like to happen to them, and the need to find arthritis pain relief is on top of most sufferers' minds. It could mean taking a pill,...more
Sirsasana meaning headstand is considered to be one of the most important yoga poses. Sirsasana is known as "the queen of poses", and the reason relates to the effect it has on the brain and mind. The inversion of this pose causes increased and...more
With yoga being as popular as it is there should be no surprise that there are many different yoga exercise styles. Some of today's yoga exercise styles have been around for hundreds of years while other yoga exercise styles have been created...more