Although it's an ancient practice, yoga has become the exercise du jour in recent years.
Everyone from A-list celebs to your coworkers are getting their om on these days - and for good reason.
05/13/2020
Enjoy this 10 min yoga class for beginners who want to stretch and strengthen your body.
Yoga for COMPLETE Beginners at HOME - 10 min Yoga Stretch Enjoy this 10 min yoga class for beginners who want to stretch and strengthen your body. 🌞 JOIN THE MORNING YOGA MOVEMENT 🌞 10 min of yoga for 30 DAYS to CHA...
05/11/2020
05/10/2020
People often find some difficulty in caring for themselves, in receiving love, in believing they deserve to be happy.
Imagine for a moment the amount of energy you expend brooding over the future, ruminating about the past, comparing yourself to others, judging yourself, worrying about what might happen next. That is a huge amount of energy. Now imagine all of that energy gathered in and returned to you. Underlying our usual patterns of self-preoccupation, stinging self-judgment, and fear is the universal, innate potential for love and awareness.
Loving kindness meditations point us back to a place within, where we can cultivate love and help it flourish. Developing care toward ourselves is the first objective, the foundation for later being able to include others in the sphere of kindness.
How to Do a Loving Kindness Meditation
This loving kindness practice involves silently repeating phrases that offer good qualities to oneself and to others.
You can start by taking delight in your own goodness—calling to mind things you have done out of good-heartedness, and rejoicing in those memories to celebrate the potential for goodness we all share.
Silently recite phrases that reflect what we wish most deeply for ourselves in an enduring way. Traditional phrases are:
• May I live in safety.
• May I have mental happiness (peace, joy).
• May I have physical happiness (health, freedom from pain).
• May I live with ease.
Repeat the phrases with enough space and silence between so they fall into a rhythm that is pleasing to you. Direct your attention to one phrase at a time.
Each time you notice your attention has wandered, be kind to yourself and let go of the distraction. Come back to repeating the phrases without judging or disparaging yourself.
After some time, visualize yourself in the center of a circle composed of those who have been kind to you, or have inspired you because of their love. Perhaps you’ve met them, or read about them; perhaps they live now, or have existed historically or even mythically. That is the circle. As you visualize yourself in the center of it, experience yourself as the recipient of their love and attention. Keep gently repeating the phrases of loving kindness for yourself.
To close the session, let go of the visualization, and simply keep repeating the phrases for a few more minutes. Each time you do so, you are transforming your old, hurtful relationship to yourself, and are moving forward, sustained by the force of kindness.
05/06/2020
Want Jennifer Aniston's body? Steal her yoga routine! For a lasting calm--and sexy muscles--follow Jennifer Aniston's trainer through this yoga routine.
Jennifer Aniston's Yoga Workout - Workout Tips - SELF's Celebrity Moves to Steal Want Jennifer Aniston's body? Steal her yoga routine! For a lasting calm--and sexy muscles--follow Jennifer Aniston's trainer through this yoga routine. Stil...
05/02/2020
The Benefits Of Yoga For Teens
The teenage years can be a rollercoaster, filled with unexpected and new changes that can put strain on the teen's foundational relationships. The benefits of yoga for tweens and teens address many of these new stressors, while providing a healthy output for individuals who are looking for new ways to express themselves as they move from childhood to adulthood. From a strictly physiological standpoint, the body of a teenager experiences drastic and dynamic changes in hormone levels, which causes many key indicators of puberty such as mood swings, acne, and even weight fluctuations. Yoga helps mitigate the effects of some of these side effects by flushing the lymph system and restoring hormone levels to a consistent balance. This phenomenon manifests itself in the noticeable improvements your teenager will see in their school, home, and personal life after participating in yoga for tweens and teens.
From the Classroom...
As with any structured fitness class, yoga for teens offers an introduction to the types of discipline that they will begin to experience as they move into more advanced schooling. With longer hours and more homework, the postural improvements gained through a consistent yoga practice can provide lasting benefits for the developing body of a teenager. This better posture coupled with the physical benefits of a strong asana practice promotes a better body image for teenagers in a time and environment where bodies and perceptions are changing. Furthermore, yoga for teens can introduce a new way to view the human body, not as a statement of worth but rather of something to be responsible for and proud of. Yoga also emphasizes Drishti, or focus, which can help improve concentration in the classroom setting. Yoga also emphasizes pranayama, or breath practice, which helps teenagers regulate their breath in times that might otherwise provoke anxiety, stress, or even depression. In fact, yoga has been proven to significantly decrease the likelihood of depression in its practitioners. At The Little Yoga House, we offer aerial yoga for teens and other types of yoga classes for teens that well help them realize these amazing benefits of yoga in a fun and welcoming environment.
04/12/2020
Passing gas while practicing yoga is actually very common (prenatal yoga classes are the worst). You're moving your body in ways that will stir up your guts, which is a good thing. The side effect is that it can cause anyone to pass gas on occasion. We're all adults here, and farting is perfectly natural.