http://www.healthzine.org/feed/ http://www.healthzine.org/ Every day new articles and updated info on all your health, beauty and fitness concerns. Mon, 5 May 2008 08:11:24 +0200 Mon, 5 May 2008 08:11:24 +0200 http://www.healthzine.org/Yoga/yoga-exercises1 http://www.healthzine.org/Yoga/yoga-exercises1 After a hard day’s work of phone calls, paperwork and deadlines, you can be stressed out. Work in itself is stressful as many can attest. What’s more if emotional issues go with it. For instance, anger, frustration, depression and anxiety. These are all exhausting in themselves. When you are feeling these, don’t you have the urge to let it out on someone or something? Maybe it would be easy for you to scowl at people you live with because of this. Or worse, you’d feel like smashing things inside the house. That’s what stress can do- strip you of your good sense. Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:03:29 +0200 http://www.healthzine.org/Yoga/benefits-of-yoga1 http://www.healthzine.org/Yoga/benefits-of-yoga1 As much as yoga is becoming a popular trend, it is actually not newly developed technique. Yoga is a spiritual practice which began in India thousands of years ago. Yet through the millennia, the benefits of yoga have been retained. The benefits of yoga have been from then until now, and many people can attest to its efficacy. The Western world was initially reluctant to acknowledge yoga. But as time went on, scientific evidence supported its benefits. Yoga is in fact comparable to a holistic system of medicine. The practice is spiritual in essence and it focuses to attribute total control over the physical, mental and spiritual aspects of a person. Thu, 27 Mar 2008 04:55:10 +0100 http://www.healthzine.org/Yoga/yoga-mats2 http://www.healthzine.org/Yoga/yoga-mats2 An exercise or activity is often more effective when it is done with ease, when the process is smooth sailing. No distractions and that the practitioner is comfortable. That’s how it could be with yoga which is becoming all the more popular. In essence, yoga is a spiritual practice with holistic benefits. The physical body is improved, and the mind and the spirit are cultivated as well. That is, when it is done regularly and diligently. This spiritual practice is useful for losing weight and toning the muscles. Internal organs’ functions are also boosted. Emotionally, one is cleansed and uplifted, and one could have enhanced mental functions. Mon, 10 Mar 2008 04:54:39 +0100 http://www.healthzine.org/Yoga/yoga-poses2 http://www.healthzine.org/Yoga/yoga-poses2 Stress relief measures are what most people need today. Living in the current times has just become so stress and tension laden. Everybody has become prone to high stress conditions and this can be troubling. Stress and distress can contribute so much to ill health. Such a condition can strip one of their well-being. It can get in the way of a better quality of life. Thus a person needs to relieve themselves of tension. To find means to relax and unwind and restore their strength. Not only physically but mentally, emotionally and spiritually as well. One of the best means for this is yoga which is in essence a spiritual practice. Mon, 18 Feb 2008 14:55:58 +0100 http://www.healthzine.org/Yoga/yoga-equipment http://www.healthzine.org/Yoga/yoga-equipment Yoga, is in essence, a spiritual practice. And the benefits of yoga, they are holistic- that of the body, the mind the emotions, and the spirit. But to achieve the benefits of yoga to the optimum, an efficient yoga practice is needed. So what makes for an efficient yoga practice? A receptive frame of mind and spirit, and the body as well- it must be in the proper stance for yoga. Other than that there is also yoga equipment for extra support in practicing yoga. Yoga equipment can come in handy in making yoga more comfortable, too. Most essential in yoga is the sensitivity of the total being. Fri, 25 Jan 2008 07:04:31 +0100 http://www.healthzine.org/Yoga/yoga-poses1 http://www.healthzine.org/Yoga/yoga-poses1 Modern living is actually hurried and harried living. Such is why stress management is essential. The current lifestyle can demand so much from a person. This can lead to depletion of their energy. Anybody can be exposed to high stress conditions and these may cause distress. Stress relief measures should then be inherent to a lifestyle as much as stress is. One of these stress relief measures is yoga. Yoga has all-encompassing benefits. Through yoga poses, exercises and breathing methods, yoga can relax the mind, body and spirit. Yoga is primarily composed of yoga poses called the asanas, and it is complemented with breathing techniques called the pranayama. Thu, 20 Dec 2007 06:15:21 +0100 http://www.healthzine.org/Yoga/yoga-mats1 http://www.healthzine.org/Yoga/yoga-mats1 More and more people are acknowledging the benefits of yoga. Yoga, when practiced regularly and efficiently can prove to be rewarding in so many ways. Yoga is primarily concerned in bringing about a healthy mind, body and spirit. By no doubt, this spiritual practice can help in attaining holistic wellness. There is divine involvement in the whole yoga practice. One must then be in the right stance and focus when practicing yoga. Such is why implements such as yoga mats, yoga clothing and yoga music are essential. They have to be those which would promote the ultimate yoga experience. Comfort, ease and a conducive atmosphere are necessary in attaining the sublime benefits of yoga. Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:02:08 +0100 http://www.healthzine.org/Yoga/benefits-of-yoga http://www.healthzine.org/Yoga/benefits-of-yoga The current mode of living imposes so much stress on an individual. Such is why more and more people are searching for stress relief measures. Measures for stress alleviation allow one to breathe. Indeed the hurried and harried modern lifestyle can leave one gasping. It may seem as if the pressures of the contemporary life have become suffocating. One of the effective stress relief measures is yoga. More and more people have become aware of the benefits of yoga. The benefits of yoga are all encompassing. They are that of the mind, body and spirit. Yoga may be gaining an increasing popularity in the recent years. Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:29:28 +0100 http://www.healthzine.org/Yoga/yoga-pants http://www.healthzine.org/Yoga/yoga-pants Starting off into a new venture entails that one is equipped. This will ensure that the journey all throughout is comfortable and goals are easily achieved. This is especially true for those who intend to tread the path of yoga. A multitude of spiritual and health minded individuals now acknowledge the rewarding benefits of yoga. But before one gets a taste of them, the yoga setting should be ideal. Yoga mats and music should be appropriate. The same goes for yoga clothing such as yoga pants. Other than these, essential to a profound yoga experience is of course a receptive frame of mind. Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:36:33 +0200 http://www.healthzine.org/Yoga/yoga-clothes http://www.healthzine.org/Yoga/yoga-clothes With the advent of the 21st century came the fervor for heightened spirituality. Such is basically inherent to the evolution of the specie and in the forefront of those advocating higher self attunement and spirituality are adherents of meditation and yoga. To this day, there is an increasing rage of yoga techniques and practitioners and the key for an effective yoga, other than a receptive stance is yoga equipment such as yoga clothes, shoes, mats and yoga music. All these material, mental and spiritual elements go hand in hand for one to enjoy yoga benefits to the optimum. As much as an open and attuned mind is essential to a profound yoga experience, yoga equipment such as yoga clothes play a crucial role as well. Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:38:19 +0200 http://www.healthzine.org/Yoga/dahn-yoga http://www.healthzine.org/Yoga/dahn-yoga Yoga has long been an age-old mind and spiritual practice, and to this day, it is enjoying a vast number of following. Whether it be the perennially practiced hatha yoga or the recently resurrected dahn yoga, this spiritually empowering, mind enhancing, relaxation inducing and physically boosting technique has become an inherent incorporation of a multitude of holistic well-being seekers. Apparently, hatha yoga is the most common of all forms of yoga. Hatha yoga is a technique of combined breathing control, physical exercises and postures. Hatha yoga exercises optimize blood circulation and improve stamina, flexibility, vitality and strength. Like almost all forms of yoga, hatha yoga is also a form of peaceful meditation which gives way to self-awareness and boosted energy thereby creating a sense of general well-being. Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:13:10 +0200 http://www.healthzine.org/Yoga/power-yoga http://www.healthzine.org/Yoga/power-yoga An increasing health conscious populace is now joining the vogue of power yoga in gyms and health clubs. But their enthusiasm is more than just going in with the craze. It is rather the multi-faceted benefits of power yoga which all the more makes this yoga technique gain a significant number of following. Power yoga classes abound in almost every major gym all over the world, and there are basically many reasons for such a trend. This may not at all be surprising as those who have engaged and became immersed in the yoga activity openly acknowledge its physical benefits and overall health rewards. Mon, 24 Sep 2007 09:54:13 +0200 http://www.healthzine.org/Yoga/tantric-yoga http://www.healthzine.org/Yoga/tantric-yoga When one takes into consideration all the yoga styles, tantric yoga may be the most controversial of them all. Tantric yoga may often be associated with sexual hang-ups as some believe that the yoga practice is linked to the Kama Sutra. But what actually is the nature of tantric yoga? Simply stated, tantric yoga is integration by controlling sexual energy. The origins of tantric yoga and the Kama Sutra date back to the 4th century A.D. Vatsyayana Mallanaga, the author of the Kama Sutra remains to be somewhat of a mystery in history books. He did write the most famous sex manual to date although there are no traces of him to be found. Wed, 12 Sep 2007 17:23:58 +0200 http://www.healthzine.org/Yoga/yoga-exercises http://www.healthzine.org/Yoga/yoga-exercises When one thinks of the word “exercise”, what would probably initially come into mind is developing the muscles or simply just getting fit. After all, is exercise not an exclusively physical endeavor? Many may well agree with such a concept, not until they are made aware of a form of exercise which influences an individual not only in a physical sense, but mentally, morally and spiritually as well. Such is primarily the case with yoga exercises. As the philosophy of exercise is the foremost emphasis of yoga, it may be interesting to note that through yoga exercises, one can experience an awakening. Mon, 27 Aug 2007 09:58:49 +0200 http://www.healthzine.org/Yoga/yoga-mats http://www.healthzine.org/Yoga/yoga-mats Yoga may have been an age-old traditional Indian practice, but it has been gaining a wide acceptance and popularity in the recent decades. As more and more individuals find coping with modern living exigent, they now resort to yoga as an incorporation into their health regimen. You may ask why so. This is mainly due to the fact that the health rewards of yoga is multi-faceted- that of the mind, body and spirit. Yoga is well concerned with the harmony an alignment of all these aspects of the total being through the execution of certain postures along with breathing techniques and meditation.