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...a Yoga tech you poise, strength, and most of all, balance. This improves your physical health and helps you clear your mind. Without this preparation, meditation is not as effective. The exercise portion of Hatha Yoga is all part of preparing yourself so you can meditate and become enlightened, allowing your spiritual thoughts to flow freely.

Although most people in Europe or the US use Yoga as a physical exercise primarily, the intent of Yoga is to combine all of your life forces to achieve spirituality and happiness. The following are the different aspects to Hatha Yoga;

Yama: Yama is social ethics. It teaches you nonviolence, compassion, non-deception or truthfulness, honesty, conscious and non-abusive sexuality, security, and how to eliminate greed.

Niyama: Niyama is about personal practices. It teaches purity, discipline, contentment, self-examination, and spiritual attunement with GOD.

Asana: Asanas are the physical exercises in Hatha Yoga. There are many asanas and are of varying difficulty. There are some that are less difficult for beginners that can help you work up to the more difficult asanas. This not only helps you perfect your body, but helps you clear your mind for the more meditative aspects of H...more

Defining Yoga

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5. Pratyahara - Sensory deprivation, or allowing no distractions to inner reflection.

6. Dharana - Concentration, allowing no inner or outside distractions.

7. Dhyana - Meditation

8. Samadhi - Bliss, or enlightenment. How you merge with the universe.

Yoga Poses

Yoga's purpose is to create balance by strengthening the body and making it more flexible. This is done by practicing poses or positions. The way is which this performance flows depends upon the style in which the teacher has been brought up. Poses can be strenuous and quick to advance strength and power, or they can be done more slowly with emphasis on holding a position for a set amount of time. The former, known as vinyasa-style yoga creates heat through the movement and is often used for weight loss. The latter concentrates on that perf...more

Certifications For Yoga

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* Kinetics
* Meditation
* The Chakras
* The Bandhas
* The Mudras
* The Yamas
* The Niyamas
* The Pranayama
* Relaxation and the methods for it
* Many Others

You may be confused with all the names that you will learn about but, in time, you will become used to them all. Those who become a success when they are trying to learn something new about an old religion is among the ranks of a man named Paul Jared. He has been able to teach others about this wonderful yoga tradition for over twenty years. Up until now, he is also in the business of writing books and creating programs about the art of yoga