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...Yoga is gaining popularity in the western world, which raises the question to those who want to begin practicing... What yoga class should I start with?

iyengar yoga is a really good style for beginners because it uses props, such as blocks and a belt, as aids in the different postures. It is extremely structured and focuses on the structural alignment of the physical body through development of postures (asanas).

Every style is based on asanas but each has a different emphasis. Below is a summary of other popular yoga styles that are good to begin with.

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Office Yoga: Warm Up Exercises for Corporate Yoga

...ments are good for massaging internal organs and swishing synovial fluid around the joints. Synovial fluid lubricates your joint surfaces and sends nutrients to the cartilage within your joints.

One of the most important things to remember is that slow and controlled circular movement for most joints is fine. However, the neck and knees demand special attention. The neck is not a ball and socket joint, so it is not designed for excessive friction. Any neck warm ups should be linear and you should avoid forcing or hyperextending your neck at all times.

The knees should avoid excessive rotation and fric...more

Kriya Yoga - Brief History

... the nostrils and lungs; and to control his sensory mind and intellect; and to banish desire, fear and anger."

The Bhagaved-Gita is rumored to have been written more than 3000 years ago.

Paramahansa Yogananda writes in his "Autobiography of a Yogi" that Master Mahasaya received his teaching directly from Babaji, the Guru of all gurus. It is rumored that Babaji appears regularly among accomplished master yogis and advanced spiritual entities and that he taught the Christ and His disciples.

Why do I write that these facts "seem ...more

Yoga, Dogma, And Faith

...onal chinese Medicine meridians. The meridians can be thought of as channels similar to blood vessels, in that they have a particular location on the body, and a perceivable form. But instead of holding blood, they hold energy, or 'ki'.

They don't hold the energy of a particular religious affiliation. There are not Muslim meridians, Christian meridians, Jewish meridians, Hindu meridians, Buddhist meridians, or any other particular group's. These meridians are shared by everyone who has a human biology. And the yoga exercises are simply a way of facilitating the organic flow of energy in each individual. They are designed to release any blockages, and improve the circulation of energy, in the same way that exercise does for blood.

It was in this spirit that I suggested some oki yoga exercises to my cousin when I was 20. My cousin, however, declined. That branch of my family held a particularly strict interpretation of Christianity. When ...more