...h mindfulness and loving kindness, you will see the Law of karma in progress. Positive actions almost always result in positive reactions, so it is in your best interest to send out positive energy.

The positive energy, within one person, can create a foundation, trust, or charity, which feeds the hungry or heals the masses. Yoga teaches us to tap into universal positive energy, which we share with others. To keep Yoga a secret, does not benefit mankind.

One mind is powerful, but many minds gathering to practice Yoga for the common good, is extremely powerful. World peace, feeding the hungry, saving natural resources, and making proper medical care available for everyone, are noble causes. Yoga can assist each one of these noble causes, without disrupting governments, cultures, customs, and religions.

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What to Look for When Hiring a Yoga teacher (Part 1)

...erience, had no credentials, diploma, or paper trail. The paper chase was on, and when it came to credentials, a new playing field had been created.

With all the liability suits out there, credentials have become very important, even in Yoga. Credentials make liability insurance much easier to get. Therefore, all Yoga teachers have to jump through the new flaming hoops.

What Guru or Yoga Master trains the best teachers? Competence has little to do with who a Yoga teachers Guru - is or was. The Guru is not teaching this Yoga teachers class. The real question is: How will this Yoga tea...more

Yoga is a fun Way of Promoting a Healthier Looking Body

...It exists both within us and in our surrounding environments. Prana flows through the body using a system of energy channels (nadis) which intersect to form chakras. Pranayama (breathing control) helps to improve the flow of prana through our bodies by clearing the nadis (energy channels) to allow prana to flow through more easily. Meditation on a particular chakra can also bring about better flow of energy through it.

Dedicated asana (posture practice) is a vehicle which can help us to regulate our breathing and thus, improve our pranayama. Together, asana (posture practice) and pranayama (breathing exercises) are the building blocks of yogic theory.more

Indian Gurus and Unsafe Yoga Practice

...doing marvelous work to help the nation to get rid of diseases.

However, like every other science, yoga is also a precise science. The question is: Are all yoga exercises safe to teach through the TV media and can the same exercise be taught to all people with various health conditions? This is the question which requires deeper digging into the subject of yoga itself otherwise the consequences of doing yoga practice could be more dangerous than beneficial said Subodh Gupta, Yoga expert from India.

Let us understand how:

There are some breathing exercises like simple alternate nostril breathing (without holding the breath), which can be taught easily without much complications and have various benefits. However, at the same time some of the exercises, for example: kapalabhati breathing technique which is taught to the masses is quite questionable. This exercise even though having tremendous benefits, can be equally dangerous if somebody has heart disease or problem related to hernia said Subodh. Will it help or rather make the hernia and heart problem worse? considering the f...more

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