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...here is no joy in it.

In life, there are many obligations, but we have to accept them as they are, and make the most of it. However, the quest for happiness will take place when we purposely make it our objective. Seeing the value of your own intelligence, your family, your friends, and appreciating your good health, will bring you true happiness.

Many of us have the ability to choose to be happy. It is as simple as continually saying, "I am happy." If you say this to yourself often enough, and smile, it is contagious. Happiness starts within you, improves your health, and makes you strong enough to help others. In turn, you are changing the world for the best, one relationship at a time.

It does not matter what form of Yoga you teach, because all forms of Yoga were designed to end suffering, and bring bliss to each practitioner.

Copyright 2008 - Paul Jerard / Aura Publications

What is Patanjali's Ashtanga? Yoga Part III

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In enjoyment there is loss of energy; whereas in Yoga there is conservation of energy. Inside there is treasure of energy, happiness, knowledge, health and longevity; but outside there is loss of energy, pain, ignorance, disease and death. as people take their earned money from home and spend them outside, so people earn energy, happiness inside, but spend them outside. People who spend more and more money outside, get bankrupt and people who spend more and more energy outside get diseased. So a true Yogi earns more and more energy inside, but spends less and less outside to remain happy, knowledgeable and healthy.

Pratyahar is practiced after Pranayama in the same posture(sukhasana). It is a mental exercise only. In the legs there are six sets of joints and in the body there are six Chakra. From the tip of fingers in the legs one should rise upwards joint by joint and Chakra by Chakra. In each joint or Chakra one should remain for a while and feel that lower parts from that joint or Chakra have gone senseless. In this manner one should reach Ajna Chakra in between eyebrows. At Ajna Chakra one ...more

Can tai Chi or Yoga Ease Back Pain?

... encourages better posture through its exercises and we all know that good posture goes a long way to how someones back feels.

Yoga, which came from Hindu teachings, is not unlike tai Chi, its designed to help a person restore both body and mind. By doing Yoga exercises you are strengthening your back muscles, improving posture and bring into line the spine. Yoga practitioners believe that if you learn about your body, in this case your back, then you become more able to tune into the area of problems and make them better before they become really bad.

Each one of the many Yoga positions is designed to do something specific. Either to strengthen, stretch or diminish the tensio...more

Yoga Is Good For Stress Management

...Yoga is very good in stress management. Research has also shown that Hatha Yoga - the type of yoga practiced in the West - if practiced regularly, has a significant impact on ones muscular strength, flexibility, balance and endurance. Studies done on a group of people, who practiced yoga, revealed that after eight weeks - on average - the flexibility of this group improved by 14% to 35%.

The body/spirit/mind union together with breathing also brings about emotional benefits. It has been reported that people who practice yoga say that they felt less stressed out and sleep better. It also enables one to handle stress better, whether it is family or work related.

So how does one get started? T...more