Honesty in intention

Bruce Lee once said, “the function and duty of a quality human being is the sincere and honest development of one’s potential”. My understanding of these words have changed over the course of the few years i’ve had while interpreting it, and has changed once again after learning more about yoga. At the very beginning [...]

Yoga and detox

In the past, when hearing the word “detox” the first things that come to my mind are juice diets and yoga. When the concept of detox was first getting popular I had dismissed it as a clever way for people to give value or benefits to something that originally had none. From my understanding of [...]

Anatomical description of paschimotanasana

1. adduction of the shoulders on the frontal plane until arms are perpendicular to the ground 2. adduction of the hip joint on the frontal plane until the feet touch 3. flexion at the hip joint on the sagital plane (idealy) until the upper torso touches front of legs 4. (after grabbing big toes with [...]

Yoga and weight loss part 2

Now think of other organs and the important roles they have in our body. The pancreas for example controls our blood sugar levels through secretion of glucagon and insulin. These two hormones are secreted to control high and low levels of sugar in the blood. Insulin for example will tell the liver and other body [...]

Yoga and weight loss part 1

The weight loss process is an equation that involves calories. If the amount of calories you expend throughout the day exceeds the amount of calories you consume throughout the day you have achieved what is called a “caloric deficit”. After a period of time of caloric deficit the average person’s body weight will decrease. This [...]

Yoga for the athlete

Many practitioners of Yoga do asanas to benefit other aspects in other sports. For many people, yoga is a great way to work on things that athletic practice and performance. Flexibility, balance, focus, muscular endurance, and small muscle development are all very important aspects of competitive sport. Combat sports like Chinese Wushu and Taekwondo for [...]

Meditation

It was only when I looked further into what Yoga was before I found out asana’s were only one of the eight parts of what yoga really is. Something I was very happy to experience during YTT was the exposure I got to meditation. From a young age meditation was always an area of confusion [...]

Dealing with yoga pain

If you’ve never gone through a primary series, you perhaps won’t ever know how much pain is involved when recovering from it. There are however a few things you can do to help yourself recover, and be 100% ready to do it all over again. Before you figure out how to tackle yoga pain, you [...]