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Comment on How to Meditate? by Soni

Soni — Mon, 19 Nov 2012 16:33:31 +0000

Just sit back and concentrate on your breathing and the sounds around you. Light a candle if you’d like and listen to calm music and live in the moment by erasing the noisy mind. It’s hard to do and you need to spend at least 30 minutes doing this for many days and weeks before you can reach a state of meditation. References : Buddhism

Comment on Manduka eQua Yoga Towel Review by Debbie

Debbie — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 17:44:52 +0000

I think there are two ways to practice any sport – the funky, dressed-up way, and the serious way. I’m no yoga practitioner (I came to this blog from the “eco” end of things) but as an ex elite sportswoman (rowing), it didn’t take me long to learn there was functional stuff and the funky, expensive stuff you don’t need. So we’d see heaps of wannabees, all decked out in the latest, who weren’t really serious about the sport (we’d laugh at them, actually), but you could tell the serious sportswomen by their muscle tone and old, bashed up equipment that had seen real, heavy-duty usage. Same goes for yoga, I’d guess. On an interesting point, isn’t yoga meant to be thousands of years old? Did they even HAVE rubber mats back then? So is even this *basic* accessory really necessary? Or maybe you could use tatami instead. Just a thought, from someone who knows nothing about yoga, but a fair bit about consumerist wannabees

Comment on What is Tai Chi? by Diego

Diego — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 17:32:44 +0000

consciously listen to your own breathing, if it helps to start with intentionally breath louder than usual, inhale deep through your nose, and blow out of your mouth not fast just hard and the really difficult bit, look at the blackness on the inside of your eye lid, sounds odd, and is extremely difficult especially if you have a vivid imagination like me but with practice it works, don’t let any images enter your head, totally clear everything from your mind, when you are thinking about nothing, no mental images or thoughts, and the only thing you can hear is your breathing your pretty much there, do that for a while if you can maintain it you enter what i can only describe as a at peace state this is how i meditate and i have kind of developed this method myself (it may have been done before) im sure there will be other methods out there. hope this helps

Comment on Meditation – Everyone Benefits by Lubiz

Lubiz — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 15:20:51 +0000

I have always struggled with boredom in meditation and i still do sometimes. Once you start doing meditation daily, it becomes a part of life. That’s why if you have persistence meditation starts to become fun and interesting. Lots of people give up quickly because they say they can’t concentrate or meditate properly. If they just kept on meditating and stopped worrying then all would be fine.

Comment on What is the History of Yoga? by Seppel

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Comment on Manduka eKO Yoga Mat Review by Jean

Jean — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 07:37:56 +0000

Any large comfortable cushion to cushion your bones (ankle knees and elbows for various sash-ions or yogic positions is fine. you do not need any special mat. Most people can do it on the flour or on heavily carpeted flour. But in classes they may require a yoga mat so you do not leave dermis on their flouring and you do not pick up some one else’s dermis on you. At home a bed is as good as any other mat. Or a beach towel on a carpeted and padded flour.

Comment on Manduka eKO Yoga Mat Review by Jayanta

Jayanta — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 04:18:45 +0000

Looks like you have most of your bases covered for your yoga class. Remember that yoga is normaly done barefoot, so shoes probably won’t be necessary. I would recommend bringing lots of water as well. You can get quite dehydrated, so make sure you drink plenty of water beforehand and take a water bottle with you. You might also want to take a hand towel, or a full size towel to put on top of your mat, in case you get sweaty. It also provides a sanitary layer between you and the borrowed yoga mat. Have fun in your first yoga class!!

Comment on Manduka eQua Yoga Towel Review by Cinthia

Cinthia — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 00:57:05 +0000

Remember the true nature of Yoga: Yoga means to unite or join the aspects of ourselves which were never really divided in the first place. It also means to yoke or to engage ourselves in a self-training program. Yoga means working with each of the levels or aspects of our being individually, and then unifying all of those into their original whole, or Yoga. Yoga is a Sanskrit word coming from the root yuj and relates to both the processes or practices referred to as Yoga and also the goal itself, which is also called Yoga. As the goal, the word Yoga is virtually one and the same with the word Samadhi, the deep, transcendent realization of the highest truth or reality. The typical public perception of Yoga has shifted significantly in recent years. To the ancients, Yoga is a complete system, of which the postures are a small, though quite useful part. The word Yoga referred to the whole, not merely one part, which is the postures, or Asanas. The entire purpose of Yoga is spiritual in nature, according to the ancient sages. In modern times, the relative position of the postures has been elevated, so as to lead people to believe that the word Yoga refers to physical postures or Asanas, and that the goal of these is physical fitness. The whole and the part have been reversed, terribly misleading and confusing people about the true nature of authentic Yoga. To be a miner of diamonds, take care of your picks and shovels. To be a miner of your spiritual Self, take care of your body, breath, and mind. But don’t confuse the tools and the goals. The goal of Yoga is Yoga, period.

Comment on Home Yoga Practice for Stress Relief by Roopesh

Roopesh — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 00:20:41 +0000

What I find so interesitng is you could never find this anywhere else.

Comment on What is a Sun Salutation? by Awe

Awe — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 00:14:36 +0000

The yoga mats are mostly used to bring an improvement in your balance and posture. Mostly asana are strongly deep-rooted with your posture, so humanizing your posture and balance would also help in improving your health. yoga mats are less risk of injury or accidents.