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Yoga for Modern City Life: Hatha Yoga Most Popular in the US

Yoga for Modern City Life: Hatha Yoga Most Popular in the US

May 17, 2013 0 Comments

There are actually several branches of yoga, including bhakti, the yoga of devotion, and jnana, the yoga of knowledge. The most widely practiced branch in the US, the one typically offered at gyms and exercise studios, is hatha yoga, which is physical yoga. But there also are different styles of hatha yoga, from the exercise-intense [...] Read more
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Yoga for Modern City Life: Ancient Practice Fits Modern Life

Yoga for Modern City Life: Ancient Practice Fits Modern Life

May 17, 2013 0 Comments

When Trace Bonner launched Holy Cow in West Ashley’s South Windermere Shopping Center last summer, she didn’t know what to expect. Now she’s teaching 16 classes a week and adding another instructor. And while she credits the center’s success in part to its cute cow logo and convenient location, there’s no question Read more
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Yoga for Computer Users: The Triangle

Yoga for Computer Users: The Triangle

May 17, 2013 0 Comments

Stand with your back against the wall. Place your feet two or three feet apart. Keeping feet firmly on the floor, and weight balanced on heels and toes, stretch your body up, pressing shoulders back and allowing arms to hang at your sides (Fig. 1). Inhale. Exhale and slowly bend from waist, sliding your right [...] Read more
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What Makes Ashtanga Yoga Different?

What Makes Ashtanga Yoga Different?

May 17, 2013 0 Comments

Ashtanga Yoga is the type of yoga which was created and established by a master named K. Pattabhi Jois. Due to it’s theory containing eight different limbs, or components, it is also known as “Eight-Limb Yoga”. It doesn’t imply that the practitioner has a double set of limbs, but master Pattabhi Jois showed that the [...] Read more
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What Is Yoga?

What Is Yoga?

May 17, 2013 0 Comments

Yoga can seem like a complicated concept – or, at the least, a dizzying array of physical manipulations that turn seemingly happy-looking human beings into happy looking human pretzels. Even more disconcerting, a stereotype does exist in places where the term yoga is synonymous with cult, or some kind of archaic spiritual belief that compels Read more
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