by Vanessa Ooms | May 4, 2018 | Asanas, Yoga News, Yoga Philosophy
Yoga for your eyes is important as we use our eyes throughout our days; for work and play. Keeping them focused and fixed for long periods of time on a computer screen, a highway, the television or reading a book causes strain. This also limits our peripheral...
by Vanessa Ooms | May 4, 2018 | Yoga News
Travelling to India for a temple tour alone at age 74! My trip to India for a temple tour was a bit as I had imagined it, and quite a bit more. I had so many ideas and so much advice given to me before I left that it made my trip more secure, comfortable, and...
by Vanessa Ooms | Apr 1, 2018 | Asanas, Yoga News
Viparita Dandasana: Supported Straight Rod Pose. Feeling a bit tired after a long day of activity? Viparita Dandasana creates mobility in spine and shoulders, releases tension in diaphragm, and increases circulation throughout adrenal and thyroid glands. As a side...
by Vanessa Ooms | Apr 1, 2018 | Yoga News, Yoga Philosophy
Dr Ananda offers insights into understanding contentment from a yogic point of view. Unexcelled ease and bliss awaits those who manifest the virtue of contentment. Reprinted with permission. Santoshdanuttamah sukhalabhah (Unexcelled ease and bliss awaits those who...
by Vanessa Ooms | Apr 1, 2018 | Meditation and Pranayama, Musings From Mugs, Yoga News, Yoga Philosophy
Practicing kumbhak pranayama with bhavana is a technique of loving kindness, where we develop a mental attitude that is rooted in compassion and love toward ourselves and others. Love is the ultimate expression of God, the Creator. Bhavana means “concentrated...
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