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Benefits of Yoga..

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1. Yoga For Fitness . As Sri Sri Ravi Shankar puts it, “Health is not a mere absence of disease. It is a dynamic expression of life – in terms of how joyful, loving and enthusiastic you are.” This is where yoga helps: postures, pranayama  (breathing techniques)  and meditation are a holistic fitness package. The benefits accrued by being a regular practitioner are numerous. Some very discernible ones are: Improves health Gives mental strength Improves physical strength Protection from injury Detoxifies the body 2. Yoga for weight loss. Desire of many !  Yoga helps  here too. sun salutations  and kapalbhati help lose weight with yoga. Moreover, with regular practice of yoga, we tend to become more sensitive to the kind of food our body asks for and the time we take. 3. Yoga for stress relief . A few minutes of yoga during the day can be a great way to get rid of stress that accumulates daily - in both the body and mind....

YOGA LIFE ( take your yoga of the mat into your life for more balance and clarity in everything from relationships and parenting to your home and garden)

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Swami Satchidananda  on yoga lifestyle: “When you do something, do it with one hundred percent of the mind. Don’t do it half way. Whatever you do, do it with full concentration. That is Yoga. It’s not that you are just going into a corner, sitting with the spine erect and then doing some japa or some breathing and that is Yoga. My Yoga is everything. All that you do is Yoga. When you start doing something, do only that — one hundred percent that. ‘Yogaha karmasu kaushalam,’ the Bhagavad Gita says. That means perfection in your every action is Yoga." Yoga Lifestyle in the Modern World Yoga lifestyle is a life of balance between  "cleaning the mirror"  and  "spreading the Light" . Once a young man wanted to know the meaning of life. He searched high and low; he took courses and workshops; but still he could not quite grasp it. One day, he went to hear a Master speak. At the end of the lecture, the young man raised his hand and asked:  ...

200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training Schedule ..

This course will explain you about the beliefs and the history of yoga philosophy and make you understand yoga asanas with effect on human anatomy of it. Day by day you will learn to use meditation, chanting along with pranayama and improve your skills. This course will teach you how to be a good yoga teacher by making you understand the Yogic culture and discipline. Take a look on key points of this course- World class yoga instructors certified with Yoga Alliance USA. Very effective for beginners and intermediate level students. Location is Rishikesh provides you the best yogic environment and culture. USD 1400 is the inexpensive yoga teacher training in India including accommodation. You will feel loving and supporting environment in yoga school. Date: From 3 rd  March to  30 th  March 2018 Duration of course: 28 days Syllabus includes: Hatha Yoga, Pranayama, Anatomy and Philosophy of Yoga. Certification: RYT-200 (Yoga Alliance USA Certification) Co...

What is Guru Purnima ? Why is it celebrated.......

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Celebrated to acknowledge the selfless induction of wisdom and knowledge by teachers The word 'guru' has its roots in the Sanskrit language, where 'gu' means darkness and 'ru' stands for the removal of darkness.  Hence, it becomes only understandable for an entire day to be bestowed upon the teachers who illuminate our lives with the light of knowledge and wisdom Hindus dedicate Guru Purnima to Maharshi Veda Vyasa, the sage who is believed to be responsible for editing the sacred Hindu text, the Vedas and writing the 18 Puranas, Mahabharata and the Srimad Bhagavatam--all of which form the very foundation of the Hindu religion. For Buddhists, the festival is an occasion to rejoice in the divinity of their guru, Lord Buddha, who is said to have delivered his first sermon at Sarnath, Uttar Pradesh, on this very day.  The festival is also believed to mark the onset of monsoons, and is thus a prime source of celebration for farmers.  The da...

Residential Ashtanga yoga teacher training in India with Yogi Amit at Aatm Yogashala, Rishikesh (Rys 200, 300)

Syllabus Duration of teacher training program is four weeks. During these four weeks above mentioned subjects are taught and practised. Brief introduction of subjects: Pranayama, chanting & meditation : (Covers Methodology, Physiology and Practicum) Students will learn techniques to work with vital energy centres in the body with a goal of becoming proficient enough to teach these skills to your students. Asana : (Covers Asana Practise and Methodology) Yogic postures comprise four hours of the daily schedule. Students will be introduced to the various asanas in a systematic manner with progressively increasing level of difficulty. Once the basics are mastered, asana flows, adjustments and subtle aspects of breath & awareness will be brought into focus. Yoga Anatomy : (Covers Anatomy) students will learn anatomy and physiology relevant to yoga in order to strengthen the classroom explanations, cues, and corrections of asanas. Shatkarma : (Covers Methodology and Prac...

Hatha & Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga Teacher Training in India .

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Hatha Yoga is the deepest form of Yoga in which you can easily begin to learn and also connect easily with the roots of Yoga. Some of the benefits of Hatha Yoga are: Easy adoption- If you are a beginner, Hatha yoga is the form you can start with. Hatha yoga gives you better understanding and connectivity to the roots of yoga. Hatha yoga makes human body more stable and provide better peace of mind. Makes immunity system better and reduces the recovery time form diseases. With Hatha yoga you can understand the philosophy and theory of yoga better than any other form.  So you can choose Hatha as your form of learning.                                                                       www.aatmyogashala.org