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Yoga Poses for Insomnia

Tuesday, April 10th, 2012

By Faye Martins

Both intermittent and chronic insomnia can have a profoundly negative impact on your quality of life. If you struggle with insomnia, you are aware of how difficult it is to focus on your daily activities when you have not slept well. You may even have a flu-like feeling for most of the day, accompanied by a pervasive headache. You mood may also suffer, and you may find it more difficult to look on the bright side of life. Chronic insomnia also lowers your body’s ability to fight off colds and flus as well as more serious health conditions.

An overly anxious mind or physical health issues, such as restless leg syndrome or sleep apnea, may fuel insomnia. If you have difficulty sleeping or staying asleep through the night, it is important to see your doctor to rule out any serious underlying health issues. If you do suffer with insomnia due to physical or mental health issues, your doctor will be able to offer you a variety of treatment options. In addition, practicing relaxing and restorative Yoga postures before bed will help your mind and body to wind down and prepare for a refreshing night’s sleep.

Supta Baddha Konasana

Supta Baddha Konasana or Reclining Bound Angle Pose is a very gentle Yoga pose that opens up the energy in your pelvic area and stretches out your inner thigh and groin muscles. If Supta Baddha Konasana is practiced restoratively with supportive bolsters, blankets and eyes pillows, the relaxing benefits of this posture are enhanced. This postures also improves digestion as it relaxes your mind and your sympathetic nervous system.

To practice Supported Supta Baddha Konasana, you will need two blankets or bolsters and an eye pillow. If you have access to an aromatherapy eye pillow that is filled with a relaxing herb such as lavender, the therapeutic benefit of this posture will be enhanced. You may also practice this pose without any Yoga props.

When you are ready, sit down on your Yoga mat with your legs forming a triangle as the soles of your feet touch each other. Place a bolster or rolled blanket under each knee. Now, lie back on your Yoga mat and place your eye pillow on your eyes. If needed, adjust your bolsters or blankets for optimal support and comfort. Stay in this pose for five to ten minutes. When you are ready to come out of the pose, remove the eye pillow and roll to your right side. Pause for a breath or two and then slowly push yourself up to a sitting position.

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Yoga Pose for Meditation

Tuesday, March 20th, 2012

By Faye Martins

Classically, Yoga poses or asanas were practiced to prepare a Yogi or Yogini for meditation. Yoga poses open up and elongate the entire body. One of the most optimal ways to prepare for meditation is the combination of asana practice with breathing exercises. This combination will soothe and balance your nervous system while releasing muscular tension throughout the body. If your body is relaxed, open and pain free, you will be able to sink more deeply into a meditative state and to stay in that state for a longer period of time. If you practice Yoga poses prior to your formal practice of meditation, you will feel physically energized and relaxed. By combining the practice of pranayama exercises with Yoga asanas, both your body and mind will be optimally prepared for your meditation session.

* Seated Twist Yoga Pose

To practice Seated Twist, sit on your Yoga mat. If your hips are tight, you may wish to place a folded blanket underneath you for added support. Before you begin, take a few deep full breaths. With your next inhale, raise your right arm up along side your right ear with your palm facing towards your left side. With your next exhale, bring your right hand down across your chest and place your palm on your left knee. You may wish to increase the stretch by placing the back of your right hand outside your left knee. Place your left hand directly behind you with your palm flat on your Yoga mat and 6-8 inches behind your sacrum.

Gently press against your left knee with your right hand as you exhale. With your next inhale, release the twist a few inches and with your next exhale twist back into the pose more deeply. Continue this pulsation of opening and contracting with your breath for several breaths. When you are ready to come out of the pose, with your next inhale raise your right arm back up above your head as you release your left hand. Place both arms down by your sides and pause to feel the elongation throughout your torso. When you are ready, repeat the pose on the left hand side.

* Bhastrika Pranayama

This breathing exercise is a very effective tool for increasing energy throughout the body while simultaneously soothing and quieting the mind. Bhastrika Pranayama is also known as Bellows Breaths because it resembles the movement of a bellows while stoking a fire. To practice Bhastrika Pranayama, sit in Easy Seat on your Yoga mat. Take a few deep breaths. This practice is vigorous and some forcefulness should be applied on both the inhale and exhale portion of the breath. With your next inhale, begin to make a hissing sound as you inhale fully then forcefully expel the air while maintaining the hissing sound. Each inhale and exhale should only be a few seconds long. Do a set of eleven breaths and then rest for several regular breaths. Repeat two more times. Complete your practice of Bhastrika Pranayama by taking three, slow complete Yogic breaths. Pause to feel the energy pulsating throughout your entire being.

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Kids Yoga Games for Ages 6 to 8

Friday, March 16th, 2012

By Faye Martins

Kids yoga classes must be structured a bit differently than adult classes in order to avoid boredom among the students. Kids yoga instructors can engage the students with interesting and fun games and activities. Teachers can use kids yoga games to introduce new poses and practice old ones. Yoga instructors might throw an impromptu game into class to spice things up, offer a game as an incentive at the end of each class, or begin the class with a game to get kids’ minds focused on yoga.

Add One

This fun game builds memory and concentration skills while reviewing many yoga poses. Stand in a circle. Begin by performing a yoga pose and asking the kids to mimic it. Ask the child to your right to choose yoga a pose to model, then everyone must perform the first pose that was modeled, plus add the second pose. Continue to work your way around the circle. Each person adds a new pose, and the class must perform all of the poses in the order they were added. If confusion ensues, ask the person who added the pose to show it again. You might also ask each child to incorporate a sound with the pose, or to name it.

Ball Pass

Work on core strength with this silly yoga game that uses a textured ball. Students should sit in a circle, with legs stretched out in front of them. Pass the ball from person to person by grabbing it with the feet and releasing it to the next person’s feet. As children gain strength and familiarity with the game, they can throw the ball across the circle to anyone.

Mirror, Mirror

Teach children a bit of cooperation by playing this game of mimic. Children should stand face to face with partner. One child initiates a movement, and the other child must try to mirror the movement as closely as possible. Teach kids to begin with simple movements, such as raising a hand overhead. Then, kids can progress to other movements, like climbing a ladder, facial movements, and yoga poses. After a time students can switch roles, giving the other child a chance to lead.

Musical Yoga Mats

Set up one yoga mat for each student in a circle, oval, or square shape. Place a yoga card on each mat. To begin, students should stand on the outside edge of the mats. Play energizing music as the students move around the mats performing a specified movement, such as skipping, hopping, walking backwards, or galloping. When the music stops, children must rush to the nearest mat and perform the given pose until the music starts up again.

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Yoga Poses for Empowerment

Friday, March 9th, 2012

By Faye Martins

Practicing Yoga can be both relaxing and empowering. There are many different kinds of Yoga postures and an assortment of ways to organize the flow of postures in order to strengthen different aspects of the body and mind. Yoga poses that invigorate and strengthen us also help to empower us in other areas of our lives. As a beginning Yoga practitioner, many of the postures and sequences will feel quite challenging. Completing a full practice of beginning Yoga postures will invigorate you and enhance feelings of accomplishment and self-esteem. An intermediate Yoga practitioner, on the other hand, will most likely feel comfortable with many of the foundational Yoga postures and sequences. However, he or she may still struggle with a number of more advanced postures including inversions, backbends and arm balances.

One of the primary injunctions of Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras is to practice non-violence. Living in a non-violent way also extends to our Yoga practice and ourselves. As you work on perfecting Yoga poses that you are comfortable with and strive to deepen your practice of more challenging asanas, remember to listen to your body. Do not push yourself past the point where you are comfortable and safe. This “edge” may shift from day to day as your physical and emotional state fluctuates with your life experiences. For example, you may go skiing on Sunday and on Monday find it difficult to fully enter into Upward Facing Bow because of the tightness in the front of your body. Be patient with yourself and honor your body’s limitations. A regular, daily Yoga practice will allow you to excel most fully in your practice. A regular practice will also generate a deep feeling of well-being and expansion.

* Dolphin Plank Pose

This pose will strengthen your upper back, torso and arms. It will also engender feelings of strength and competency as you release muscular tension in your shoulder and neck areas. To practice Dolphin Plank Pose, warm up first with several full Sun Salutations. When you are adequately warmed up, come to your knees on your Yoga mat. Clasp your hands together and place them in front of you with your forearms flush on your Yoga mat and forming a triangle. Push up into a modified Downward Facing Dog while keeping your forearms and hands on the mat. This pose is known as Dolphin Pose. Hold this position for three breaths and then begin to slowly lower into a Plank Pose. Hold this position for two to three breaths and then push back up into Dolphin Pose. Try to keep your shoulders relaxed and your shoulder blades flat on your back. Repeat this sequence several times, moving slowly and deliberately. When you are ready to come out of the posture, rest in Extended Child’s Pose for several breaths.

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Yoga Poses for Tight Quadriceps

Sunday, February 26th, 2012

By Faye Martins

Many Yoga poses can help to relieve tension throughout the body, including the quadriceps. The quadricep muscles are the large muscles in the front of the thighs. These muscles often become tight from athletic activities such as running, dancing, tennis and skiing. When the quadricep muscles are tight, the lower back may also be compromised. Tight quadricep muscles also shorten the front of the body and prevent the free flow of energy or prana from circulating easily. Incorporating Yoga poses into your practice that engender flexibility in the quadriceps will also help to open up the front of the torso, greatly enhancing your energy, sense of nobility, fullness and ease.

Crescent Lunge Pose

To practice Crescent Lunge Pose, warm up first with three to five full Sun Salutations and then come to the front of your Yoga mat in Tadasana. With your next inhale, begin to move through a Sun Salutation. As you come out of Downward Facing Dog, place your right foot up by your right hand and parallel to the sides of your Yoga mat. Place your left knee down on the mat. If your knees are sensitive, you may want to place a folded towel or blanket on your mat for extra padding. Keep your right knee directly over your right ankle in order to prevent injuring your knee. With an inhale, bring your arms to your sides and over your head with your palms touching. Extend your arms to their full capacity and keep your drishti or gaze on your hands. Feel your fullness. Breath deeply and hold for several breaths. With an exhale, bring your arms back to your side and move into Downward Facing Dog. Repeat on the left side.

Bow Pose

Bow Pose is one of the most powerful Yoga poses for opening up the entire front side of the body. It also invigorates the adrenals and kidneys by flushing them with fresh oxygen, blood and nutrients. Before practicing Bow Pose, it is important that you are warmed up. Please practice several rounds of the Sun Salutation and several standing poses in preparation for Bow Pose. When you are ready, come to your Yoga mat in a prone position. Rest for a moment with your head turned to one side. When you are ready, take a few deep breaths and with an inhale grasp your ankles. Depending on your level of flexibility, you may feel an immediate stretch in your quadricep muscles. You may not need to go any further today. If you need more of a stretch, push your ankles against your hands while lifting your chest off the floor. Lead with your heart. Feel the stretch through the entire front side of your body. Hold the pose for three to five breaths and release. Repeat two more times.

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Twisting Yoga Poses for Energy

Tuesday, February 7th, 2012

By Narendra Maheshri

In our fast-paced world, stress and tension are endemic. In fact, stress and tension seem to be unavoidable for many of us. Holding stress and tension in our bodies creates muscular stiffness and contraction. Energetically, if we are very overwhelmed, our muscles contract in a similar fashion to a tortoise pulling its head and legs into its shell for protection. In the moment, this response may feel protective. Over the long run, muscular contraction and stiffness will stifle the flow of energy throughout the body and will create a state of heaviness, lethargy and discomfort.

Twisting Yoga poses are a great way to increase circulation and relieve tension and stress. As we practice twisting Yoga asanas, the release of muscular tension helps to increase the flow of life force energy throughout the entire body. When our life force energy increases, so does our optimism and our sense of competency to manage the details of life well. Twisting Yoga asanas help to lengthen the lateral sides of the body including the torso, hips, shoulders, neck and chest. As the muscular tension is released, the flow of fresh oxygen and blood throughout the body will help to revitalize your entire being. The increased circulation of blood throughout the lymphatic system will also help to increase the functioning of the immune system. Twisting Triangle is a very effective standing Yoga asana for releasing tension throughout the torso, legs, chest and shoulders.

Twisting Triangle

To practice Twisting Triangle, come to an equal standing position at the front of your Yoga mat. Jump or step your feet three to four feet apart. Raise your arms to shoulder height with your palms facing your mat. Your ankles should be directly under your wrists. With your next inhale, turn your right foot perpendicular to the sides of your Yoga mat. Line your right heel up with your back of your left heel. With an exhale, pinwheel your arms down and place your left hand on the right ankle or on your mat on the outside of your right ankle, if you have the flexibility. Work on keeping your right and left arms in a straight line. Gaze up at your right hand and hold for several breaths. With your next inhale, pinwheel your arms back up to shoulder height. Jump or step your feet back together in Equal Standing Pose at the top of your Yoga mat. Repeat on the other side.

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Intermediate Sitting Poses for Trauma Survivors

Friday, December 30th, 2011

By Bhavan Kumar

A well rounded and regular practice of Yoga poses and pranayama exercises can be a great resource for trauma survivors to engage in healing and resolving their traumatic experiences. Practicing Yoga well, irregardless of how the pose looks, demands presence and breath. Maintaining a mindful awareness or presence throughout your Yoga practice will help you to become aware of feeling and sensations that may have lain dormant or under your conscious awareness for many years. Bringing these thoughts, feelings and emotions to the surface during your Yoga practice will help you to unravel the “stickiness” of the memories.

If you maintain a mindful witness consciousness of the memories, you will create distance by witnessing the memories instead of identifying with them. In this way, Yoga will help you to integrate your traumatic experienced in a more balanced way. Over time, this awareness, integration and resolution will lift a great burden from your body, mind and spirit. Intermediate sitting poses will help you to enhance your level of flexibility and also will help you to slow down and witness your thoughts and emotions as you do the Yoga poses.

There are intermediate sitting Yoga poses that are more physically challenging than others. There are also intermediate sitting Yoga asanas that are often more emotionally challenging for trauma survivors than physically challenging. If a trauma survivor has suffered sexual abuse, sitting Yoga postures such as Fire Log Pose and even Child’s Pose will provide an opportunity to release deeply held tension in the hips and groin area. These poses will also provide an opportunity for a trauma survivor to set boundaries and choose not to practice a particular pose during any given Yoga session. This act of self-determination is empowering in and of itself and will be therapeutically beneficial for a trauma survivor.

Revolved Head to Knee Pose

Revolved Head to Knee Pose is a great intermediate Yoga pose for opening up the heart, throat, neck and shoulder areas. It also keeps the lower body limber. To practice Revolved Head to Knee Pose, sit on your Yoga mat with your legs straight out in front of you. Place your right foot flush up against the inside of your left thigh. With your next inhale, raise your arms over your head. With your next exhale, bring your arms forward and place your right hand on your left knee, ankle or on the outside of your ankle, depending on your level of flexibility. Stretch your left arm back behind you at shoulder height with your palm facing away from you. Hold for three to five breaths and repeat on the other side.

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Beginning Yoga Postures for Trauma Survivors

Saturday, November 19th, 2011

By Kimaya Singh

Practicing Yoga postures can be a powerful and effective healing modality for trauma survivors. One of the primary defenses of trauma survivors is to repress or dissociate from painful memories and emotions. Yoga asanas and Yogic breathing techniques help a trauma survivor to be aware of his or her own boundaries, feelings and anger at being victimized. This new emotional awareness will empower a trauma survivor to speak his or her truth. This is one of the building blocks of healing from trauma. Continually repressing painful emotions and experiences will contract the flow of energy throughout the body, leading to fatigue and aches and pains.

Beginning Yoga postures for trauma survivors gently open up the doorway to somatic awareness. These beginning postures, if offered by a trauma-sensitive Yoga instructor, will also empower the survivor to choose to practice the poses that nourish his or her well being and to decline from practicing the poses that do not without necessitating an explanation. Mountain Pose or Tadasana is great pose for helping a trauma survivor to feel centered and grounded. Uttanasana or Forward Fold will help a trauma survivor to look within as he or she releases tension that resides in the hamstrings.

Tadasana or Mountain Pose

To practice Tadasana, come to the front end of your Yoga mat and stand comfortably in Samasthiti or Equal Standing Pose. Your feet may be touching or a few inches apart. Feel the weight of your body being supported by your feet, and how the distance of your feet from each other impacts your balance. Choose a distance that is comfortable for you today. It is fine if the distance of your feet changes from day to day. Breathe deeply and fully three to five times, while feeling the entire surface area of your feet. Feel the earth below you, and how you are supported in this moment.

Uttanasana or Forward Folding Pose

Often emotional conflict and holding resides in the hamstrings and hips. Practicing Uttanasana will help a trauma survivor to become aware of tightness in the hamstrings and conflicted feelings that may be residing in those muscles. To practice this posture, start from Tadasana. Take one, full complete breath. With your next exhale; bend forward as far as you comfortably can without strain. Let your head hang down and clasp your elbows with the opposite hands. Close your eyes and become aware of any sensations, feelings and memories. Witness these sensations, memories and feelings with deep compassion and love for yourself as you continue to breath. To come out of the posture, place your hands on your hips and with your next inhale slowly come back up into Mountain Pose.

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Yoga Poses to Release Neck and Shoulder Tension

Saturday, November 5th, 2011

By Kimaya Singh

Many of us struggle with the discomfort of accumulating neck and shoulder tension throughout the day. Neck and shoulder tension can be caused by too much time on the computer or behind the wheel of a car. Neck and shoulder tension may also be caused by anxiety, stress or bottling up our emotions. Tension in this area can easily block of the flow of chi or life force energy and leave us feeling uncomfortable, drained and exhausted. The optimal alignment of our spine and neck may also be compromised.

There are many Yoga poses that target and tease the tension out of the neck and shoulder areas. Practicing the Sun Salutation Series is a vigorous way to warm-up the entire body and begins the process of relieving tension throughout all of the major muscles groups. Standing poses such as Triangle Pose and Eagle Pose are very powerful at releasing muscular tension in our neck and shoulder areas. Dolphin Pose is great half-inversion that is also very effective for releasing shoulder and neck tension.

Trikonasana or Triangle Pose

Before practicing Triangle Pose: Warm-up with at least five Sun Salutations. If you have the time, practicing five rounds of Sun Salutation A and five rounds of Sun Salutation B will effectively warm up your body so that you can practice Triangle Pose more deeply. After warming up with a number of Sun Salutations, stand at the top of your mat in Mountain Pose. Take one complete Yogic breath and with your next exhale, jump your feet three and a half to four feet apart. Your feet will be parallel to the ends of your Yoga mat. Extend your arms to shoulder-height above your feet with your palms facing the floor.

Turn your left foot in at a 45-degree angle facing the front of your Yoga mat. Turn your upper body to face your right hand. Extend your torso several inches to the right. When your reach the limits of your stretch, gently bend your upper torso and tilt your body so that your arms are at a right angle to the floor. Without compromising the correct alignment or your spine, i.e. hunching over or twisting, extend your right hand down to your knee, shin or ankle. Hold this asana for three to five breaths. Repeat Trikonasana for the same number of breaths on the left side. You may wish to finish your practice of this asana by moving through a vinyasa and coming to rest in Samasthiti before proceeding to the next asana.

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Restorative Yoga Poses to Relieve Grief

Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

By Amruta Kulkarni, CYT 250

Restorative Yoga poses help to relieve many levels of deeply held grief. When we lose someone or something that is very precious to us, the sense of loss and desolation may be overwhelming. This permeating sense of loss is often experienced as exhaustion, anxiety, anger, irritation, muscle tension, depression and insomnia. Supported Restorative Yoga poses literally hold the practitioner as the body relaxes. The use of blankets, bolsters and eye bags help a Yoga practitioner to feel nurtured as he or she moves through the different stages of grief. Supported Balasana or Child’s Pose and Supported Reclining Bound Angle Pose are Restorative Yoga postures par excellence for allowing the body to relax and release deep-seated tension.

Supported Child’s Pose

You will need a Yoga mat, two blankets and a bolster to practice Supported Child’s Pose. If you don’t have a bolster, you can roll up a blanket in cylindrical form of approximately the same size and shape as a Yoga bolster. Place the bolster length-wise in the middle of your mat. Place a folded blanket alongside the bolster to support each knee. Slowly lay your torso on top of the bolster. Adjust the bolster so that it supports your entire torso, including your head. Adjust the height and width of your blankets so that they support your knees comfortably. Turn your head to one side and rest in Child’s Pose for five to ten minutes. When you are ready, slowly come out of the pose and rest for a few minutes in an easy cross-legged position on your Yoga mat as you take a few complete breaths. This posture will gently ease the tension out of your groin and abdominal areas and leave you feeling rested and supported.

Supported Reclining Bound Angle Pose

Supported Reclining Bound Angle Pose helps to stretch and release tension from the inner legs, hips and the heart area. This posture fosters a sense of support and safety while your body is opening and releasing the grief you are feeling. To practice this pose in a supported manner you will need two blankets. Fold the blankets so that they are each in a neat square of approximately a foot on each side. Lie on your mat with the soles of your feet touching each other. You legs will form a triangular shape. You may want to place a small rolled towel under your heart area to increase the opening of your heart. Place the blankets under your knees as you lie back on your Yoga mat and rest in Supported Reclining Bound Angle Pose for five to ten minutes. Slowly come out of the pose and sit quietly for a few moments in a comfortable position. Be aware of how you feel and if any of the energy of grief has shifted or lightened from your Yoga practice.

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