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Gain flexibility and strength with Hatha Yoga

What almost everybody think is “regular” yoga is Hatha yoga. Hatha Yoga is a sort of yoga made by Swatmarama, a yoga guru and teacher from India which lived in 15th century. This particular system of yoga is the most popular one, and it is from which several other Styles of Yoga originated including Power Yoga, Bikram Yoga, Ashtanga Yoga, and Kundalini Yoga. The word “hatha” comes from the Sanskrit terms “ha” meaning “sun” and “tha” meaning “moon”. Hatha Yoga is wellknown for the style of yoga that combine pairs of opposites, refering to the sun (positive) and the moon (negative). It has it’s main aim on the third limb (Asana) and the fourth limb (Pranayama) in the Eight Limbs of Yoga.

Hatha Yoga is practicing the balance between your body and mind, it also help to free the unidentifiable spiritual parts of our mind through physical postures or Asanas, Pranayama which is the important breathing techniques, and Meditation.

Asanas are various body positions designed to improve health and remove diseases in the physical, causal, and subtle bodies. “Asana”, which is a Sanskrit word, have the meaning of “seat”, which refers not only to the physical position of the body but also to the position of the body in relation to divinity. They were originally meant for Meditation, as the postures can make you feel relaxed for a long period of time. The regular practice of Asanas will grant the practitioner muscle flexibility and bone strength, as well as non-physical rewards such as the development of will power, concentration, and self-withdrawal.

If we look at Pranayama, the word is made up of “prana” (life-force or energy source) and “ayama” (to control). Pranayama main focus is on breathing control. This is an important part of Hatha Yoga because yogis from India have always believed that by controlling the breathing you are able to control the mind as well. The practice of Pranayama can also help unleash the dormant energies inside our body.
By exercising Hatha yoga you can discover your physical and mental potentials. Through continued performance of Asanas and Pranayama, you will achieve flexibility and strength, and become more relaxed in even the most stressful situations. Hatha Yoga’s relaxation exercises will open the energy channels, which in turn allows spiritual energy to flow freely. A few Hatha yoga poses help your internal organs as well, preventing various diseases such as diabetes, arthritis, and hypertension. Another positive effect is that it balance the internal and glandular functions of the body. Pranayama, on the other hand, can help manage asthma and bronchitis.

Hatha Yoga will help you through a stressful day, it relieve built up tension, and deal with anxiety and depression. The most important part is that it help you to keep your mind focused and prepared for meditation and, hopefully help you in the search for enlightenment.

Understanding Chakra Balancing

Understanding Chakra Balancing – Modern science has done its best to obliterate from the minds of people the existence and importance of spiritual being within the physical being.

Hindu thinking on the nature of being is different and as a result the spiritual belief in the spiritual healing flame burns bright in spite of science and technology.

Our body is made up of 7 primary Chakras as well as thousands of secondary ones. the word Chakra, in fact, is a Sanskrit word meaning Wheel of Light, and these Chakras are in a constant state of rotation and vibration in a healthy body.

And so, an imbalance in the movement of these charkas results in imbalance of the overall healthy functioning of the body. Chakra Balancing then is the key to a healthy body, mind, and soul.

Chakras are called Entrance Gates of the Aura which includes and presents life-force energy through central points. Located along the central line of the body the seven primary Chakras go from the bases of the spine to the top of the head. They transmit energy to the universe, nature and other people as well as communicate energy from those same bodies.

Why do the chakras become distorted?

There can be a blockage in one or more of the Chakras causing energy to flow improperly resulting in an imbalance ultimately causing problems that manifest in the physical world.

The harmonious functioning of Chakras can be distorted due to a number of factors, like ill health, stress, unhealthy diet, exposure to toxicity, lack of exercise, inability to express emotions, beliefs incongruent with Truth, disconnection from a higher power, childhood traumas, cultural conditioning, emotional injuries, etc.

Chakra Healing leads to a better life

It is a very widely held but utopian belief that chakras always function completely in harmony. Therefore, humans have always tried to correct this erroneous belief and seek to strike a fine balance between the chakras. Chakra balancing loosely incorporates the idea of self-healing.

Our glandular processes, thoughts, physical ailments, body shape, and behavior can be controlled by the chakras very easily. By balancing the chakras, we ensure that these limitations work to give us healthy minds, souls and bodies.

Chakra balance can have very good effects:

* Happiness and the achievement of inner peace

* Physical health and vitality

* Consciousness and being in touch with ones body

* Sexually content life without getting influenced by lust

* Awareness of ones feelings at the ethereal level

* Enhanced capacity to attract and express love in ones life

* Having increased maturity and spiritual growth

* Being able to attain spiritual healing through higher patterns of acceptance, awareness and consciousness

* A compassionate and loving heart

* Achieving wonderful confidence levels without being overly confident

* The realization of one’s true self and purpose in the universe.

What do you need to be successful with a chakra balance?

With Chakra balance comes many new processes and thoughts. There are many ways in which to find balance of one’s Chakras including:

* Reiki and other medicinal therapies

* Yoga (including breathing exercises) and Meditation

* Physical exercise

* Using color or light therapy

* Use of crystals and gems

*Utilization of hands and pendulums in balance

* Aromatherapy

*Utilizing touch therapy

* Maintaining an optimistic outlook

* Binaural sound frequency therapy

* Practicing or using hypnosis and doing affirmations

Our bodies are comprised of energy, and in them, spent energy is disposed of and released by the bodily organs and then replenished with new energy supplies.

When we are in an optimized state, happiness and health come naturally to us.

When you’re optimized in this way, you have health, happiness and inner peace naturally. In balancing your chakras, you simply bring them back to their natural state of frequency and vibration.

Is Yoga something for me?

Who was the initial Yoga apprentice? It all started 5000 years ago. Some people say Yoga is as old as civilization itself, but there is no real evidence. The oldest evidence we have is an ancient stone seal which depict figures of Yoga poses. From where does the word “Yoga” originate? The word came from the Sanskrit word “yuk” which means “to unite or integrate”. That is exactly what Yoga is all about. The ancient students believed that in order for people to be in harmony with himself and his surroundings, he has to integrate the body, the mind and the spirit. For these three to be integrated your emotion, action and intelligence must be in equilibrium. If you want to get and maintain this balance it is through exercise, breathing and meditation – the three primary Yoga basics.

The body is dealt with care and respect, because it is the primary instrument in living itself. Yoga work out enhance circulation, stimulate the organs and put pressure on the glandular system of the body. This can improve in better health.

The breathing techniques were evolved because breathing is the source of life itself. The Yoga apprentice gain control as they slowly increase their breathing abilities. While the students are focusing on their breathing, they get ready for the next step – Mediation.

Mediation assist us cool off from the daily stress and the breathing technique and physical poses assist us evolve the awareness of our body and mind. A lot of people think that our mind has to be blank to meditate, this is of course not correct. It should assist us to focus and give you a pause in the feverish day.

Yoga teaches us that we have to be self conscious about ourself, the people surrounding us and the nature. You will get impressive benefits for your body and soul. “Who may benefit from Yoga?”, you may ask. Yoga are for everybody, youngish and active to elderly. Yoga does not either require any particular equipment or clothing. The only thing that requires is your will to get a healthier and more stress-free life.