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...ead until your nose touches your knees. Take a deep breath and hold this position for thirty seconds. now slowly release and lower yourself back to the starting position. You can also opt to do this exercise one leg at a time.

Bhujangasan

For this exercise, you start by lying on your stomach. Next place your hands underneath your shoulders. now, raise your upper body off the ground by using your back muscles. Raise yourself until your head is upright. You must make sure not to push with your hands, as you want your back muscles to do the work. Hold yourself in this position for about thirty seconds before slowly lowering yourself back to starting position. now in this exercise, even though you are making use of your back muscles to do all the work, this asana will help you to reduce your belly fat and helps to flatten your stomach.

The Bow

This is somewhat similar to the previous asana. You start with lying on your stomach. The difference is that in addition to curling your legs upward, you will also lift you upper torso. First bend your knees so that your feet come towards your head. With both hands, grab your ankles and pull wit...more

What Else Should a Hatha Yoga teacher Know About Teaching Yoga Classes?

...Yoga teacher ethics should be thoroughly covered in all Yoga certification programs. With the current laws about harassment, all Yoga teachers, and anyone who works with the public, should beware. The less said, in your Yoga class about trivial matters, the better.

Just like Yoga teachers often say to their students, Stay in the moment. Within your class, its all about Yoga and anything else beyond that can be open to misinterpretation. Walk the middle path, avoid extremes, show loving kindness, and maintain a standard of professionalism within all of your Yoga classes.

Communication should be clear ...more

IBS Treatment - Immediate IBS Relief With Selective Yoga Postures

... been released.

The 'Rag Doll'

Another exercise that provides almost instant relief is what I call the 'rag doll' pose. Stand upright with your hands by your side. Then as you take a deep breath, raise both hands high above you head. Now as you exhale, drop your head and hands to the ground, keeping your legs and knees as straight as possible. Ideally your hands should touch the ground, but if you can't do that, try and reach for the ground as best as you can. Allow your body to relax, like a 'rag doll'.

Now take a deep breath, and slowly move your body to the right hand side, twisting your waist and letting it turn as far to the right as possible. A...more

Ashtanga Yoga - What's It All About

... positive thoughts. The seventh limb of Ashtanga Yoga is Dhyana, which helps us concentrate on our mission and our long term goals through pursuing meditation. Finally, the eighth limb is Samadhi, which is the attainment of bliss and peace in addition to the ability to find our life mission and to strive continually to reach our personal enlightenment goal.

Ashtanga Yoga is a style of yoga which is practiced in stages. Ashtanga students only benefit if they progress and their own individual pace, achieving goals on their own time. Ashtanga Yoga begins with what is called Yoga Chikitsa, and involves detoxification of the body in order to build stamina and strength. There are seventy-five poses involved, which take around two hours to complete. The exercises begin with Surya Namaskar, which is the ...more