Archive for July, 2010

Padmasana: a new way to be alert and conscious

July 29th, 2010 by Alisha


Padmasana is the Sanskrit name of Lotus flower position. It is the ultimate yoga posture and good for alignment of chakras. This yoga is considered as an essential exercise in postural training both for the purpose of preserving normal elasticity of the muscles and also for yoga meditation that are connected with the lower extremitie [...]

Matsyasana: “destroyer of all diseases”

July 27th, 2010 by Alisha


Matsyasana is commonly a fish pose yoga posture which is performed to stretch the neck and upper spine in the Shoulder Stand, Bridge or Plough. It is very easy t perform this yoga posture.  Matsya, the Fish, was one of the personifications of the Hindu God Vishnu. Vishnu assumed this form to save the earth [...]

Lolasana: strengthens your muscles and joints

July 23rd, 2010 by Alisha


Lolasana is one of the most popular yoga poses which is also known as Pendant Pose (Tolasana or Jhula or Swing Pose or the Scales Pose) etc. This pose practice is a sure-shot way to strengthen your upper back, arms or tone your abdominal organs etc. This is so as you not just balance your [...]

Yoga mudrasana

July 17th, 2010 by Alisha


In the practice of Yoga, Yogamudrasana is very important and fairly simple pose that helps the yoga practitioner to stimulate the digestive fire and also cures problems related to the stomach like gas, indigestion, chronic constipation, etc. Now let us more discuss the benefits of this Yogamudrasana.

Benefits of Yogamudrasana:

While practicing this yoga posture, the [...]

Padmasana

July 15th, 2010 by Alisha


This is probably the most popular posture of yoga practice and daily used by yoga practitioners or Buddha and is a very well known meditation pose. Furthermore, this pose is also known as Lotus pose. This is not always an easy for Westerners to master. It may take time for the ligaments to become extended, [...]

Gomukhasana: One of the eighty-forth asanas of yoga

July 8th, 2010 by Yoga Information


Gomukhasana is a combination of three words Go+Mukha+asana which means “Cow face posture”. In other words, it means when this asana is performed, the performer’s posture resembles a cow-head. So it is called Gomukhasana. This is one of the eighty-four asanas of yoga practice.
How to perform this posture:

Place the left heel on the left side [...]