Posts Tagged ‘yoga’

The Bhakti of Valentine’s Day

bhakti.JPGIn our culture, we associate one day of year with love, Valentine’s Day. We most often direct this love toward another person. But us yogis like to practice Bhakti Yoga–known as the yoga of love and devotion–every day of the year. More than just a single day, bhakti is an entire practice dedicated to love. It teaches us that we can have union (the meaning of word yoga) when we devote ourselves to connecting with love. This love could come from anywhere, explains San Francisco yoga teacher Rusty Wells.

“Bhakti is the yoga of love and devotion to the god of one’s own unique understanding,” says

Are You Ravenous?

How many of us have struggled with weight and eating? In Ravenous: A Food Lover’s Journey from Obsession to Freedom, YJ staffer Dayna Macy offers us the searingly honest story of her battles with compulsive eating. To discover the root of her overeating, she takes a journey to food artisans, farms, slaughterhouses, and her family home to discover that overeating isn’t

Saturday: Global Yoga Flash Mob

I love the energy of the yoga community. Like a flash flood, a flash mob comes together like a FLASH!, flows through Sun Salutations–and then, it’s gone.

AYP_trailer_screenshotforweb.jpgThis Saturday, three flash mobs are happening around the world. In London, Nairobi, and Los Angeles, yogis will come together to raise awareness about the upcoming documentary Yoga for Unity, which highlights the work of the Africa Yoga Project and explores how yoga can be used to combat tribalism, violence, and poverty. A powerful testament to yoga’s ability to transform.

Baron Baptiste, executive producer on the film, will be speaking at the LA event, which is taking place at the 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica.

Stay tuned for the video of these three events edited together.

We want to know: Do you think of your yoga as activism? If so, in what way?

Read the whole story on:http://blogs.yogajournal.com/yogabuzz/

Tibet House Auction Offers Yoga Packages

Want to experience rare private yoga classes with Jivamukti founders Sharon Gannon and David LIfe, a six-month membership to their studio, and “The Jivamukti Enlightenment Kit,” which includes books, CDs, mats, clothes, and accessories? How about a membership to Eddie Stern’s Ashtanga Yoga school plus one private a month for a year? Or Cyndi Lee’s “A Place to Call OM” package, which includes a 10-class card to her studio plus a weekend workshop?

The Bikram Yoga Addict – Super Brain Yoga for Your Brain

Do you feel that your mind is kind of getting slower especially when it comes to solving problems? Everybody feels that even for once. But you have to seek a solution if you think that you’re not as smart as you were before. Even when we are asleep, the brain continues to function so there’s a big tendency that it will not perform well. Some people take various kinds of pills as a brain supplement. However, not all these kinds of medicines work for everybody. Doing a brain exercise is still the best remedy for your dilemma. Super brain yoga is a physical exercise that can boost your brain activity. You think it’s not possible? Well, think again.

To do this exercise, you have to cross your arms and hold each earlobe with your fingers. Bend your knees like your squating and do this for 10-20 times while still holding your earlobes. Experts say that this technique is based on the principle of acupuncture. By holding your earlobes, the acupuncture point recharges and energizes the brain. Many people have been testifying that this yoga is very effective and has done a lot of things for them. There’s one woman who said that after making her kid do the super brain yoga regularly, the latter improved in his academic records.

If you want to do an exercise that would give benefit to you physically and mentally, this yoga would be perfect for you. There are a lot of reviews and latest updates about this exercise on the internet. You can also join forum threads to get speedy responses. If you want to get the actual technique in doing this, you can search the video online. I’m sure there are almost a hundred videos available on the internet out there. After all, it won’t hurt to try super brain yoga, right?