yoga / 6 posts found
Yoga and Mother Nature
Yoga is an ancient Hindu spiritual and ascetic discipline that includes meditation, breath control and specific body postures, and is widely practiced for health and relaxation. Yoga teaches you how to harmonize the body with both the mind and your breathing techniques by means of a series of body positions called asanas, and by meditation. The origins of Yoga probably date back some 6,000 years, but the discipline was not introduced into the West until the late 19th and early 20th Centuries. It has only become really popular as a system of physical exercise since the 1980’s. This popularity followed […]
World Heritage Yoga
The Victoria Falls has long been one of the most sought after vacation destinations in the world. Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park is a World Heritage site – the name is from the local language, Kololo, and means the Smoke that Thunders, an apt name for the vast Victoria Falls, the World’s largest waterfall during the rainy season, where the mighty mile-wide Zambezi River plunges some 355 feet into the Songwe Gorge. Just 5 miles from the Falls on the Zimbabwe side of the river lies the Victoria Falls River Lodge, a luxury lodge where you can enjoy a 4-day safari in […]
Video on Vinyasa for Inspired Awakening
Vinyasa for Inspired Awakening This yoga workshop with Hala Khouri will include introspective exercises, meditation, and a brief discussion followed by a creative Vinyasa flow asana practice that includes music, dance, and spontaneous movement. Self-knowledge leads to compassion, which is the root of transformation and authentic living. True freedom is the freedom to love and be loved, to be spontaneous, generous, and inspired. When we release the negative thought patterns and behaviors that prevent us from embodying joy and fully loving ourselves, a wellspring of energy becomes available to us for healing, growth, and transformation both personally and globally. Yoga […]
What is Yoga and a 4 minute morning workout for core
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZZgEAAoYkw] So many people think that yoga is an activity that is only for fit and supple individuals, gets the body tied in knots, causing stress and frustration. Some westerners regard Yoga as an evil and ungodly practice because it’s history lies beyond the confines of Christianity. Both these ideas are slanted and result in many losing out on the infinite benefits of this ancient science. Yoga is not a weight-loss method in the way that many might think. It does not stress the muscles like aerobic exercise and should not cause one to perspire at all. It does […]
