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Private Yoga Lessons
Private Yoga Lessons
Private Yoga Lessons can benefit you to improve your yoga practice by having one on one yoga instruction. Traditionally yoga was taught by one yoga instructor to one student. In modern times the groups of students have increased and in order to offer a price effective yoga instruction and classes typically have six [...]
Yoga Instructor Certification
Yoga Instructor Certification
The Yoga world is wonderful to be involved in. If you have been a student of Yoga, you may be considering Yoga Instructor Certification as a natural progression for you. There is a few things you should know about becoming a Yoga Teacher. Most people would only pursue becoming a Yoga teacher to [...]
Pilates Instructor Certification
Pilates Instructor Certification
Pilates Instructor Certification is typically be divided into two specific types of Certification.
Pilates Mat Certification – which covers qualification in mat and floor work.
Comprehensive Pilates Instructor Certification – which covers all of the Pilates equipment and apparatus.
Apart from these two forms of Pilates Instructor Certifications there are several levels of advanced training available [...]
Pilates Exercise Machine
Pilates Exercise Machine
There are a number of high quality Pilates Exercise Machines available. Each Pilates Exercise Machine offers different functions and features to help you attain fit and lean muscle mass whilst improving your overall fitness. This article will explore three different types of commonly used Pilates Exercise Machines that are very popular with people [...]
What is Pilates?
What is Pilates?
A lot of us are unsure exactly What is Pilates. The easy definition of Pilates is it’s an exercise system that is targeted on building body strength, agility and flexibility without bulk. It was intended to build flexible and lean muscle as opposed to weight lifters who strive for muscle bulk. Pilates focuses [...]
Restorative Yoga – The Relaxation Response
Restorative Yoga – The Relaxation Response
Restorative Yoga has wonderful benefits to improve health and balance in our bodies. It has been promoted as one of the best natural ways to help gain relaxation to enable our bodies to have the chance to heal. If practiced correctly restorative yoga can help your immune system to fight [...]
What is Restorative Yoga?
What is Restorative Yoga?
Restorative Yoga is often referred to as the art of active relaxation. It is a therapeutic form of yoga which utilizes props and supports to make it less complicated for your body to get into certain poses, and consequently, you are able to surrender to the pose.
Practicing poses using props offers a [...]
What is Vinyasa Yoga?
Many people are confused about What is Vinyasa Yoga in precise terms. Simply put, Vinyasa yoga is a term used to cover a broad range of different types of yoga.
Vinyasa is also called flow yoga because it directly focuses on “breath-synchronized movement.” What this means is your yoga instructor will teach you to move from [...]
What is Hatha Yoga?
Many ask What is Hatha Yoga? The word Hatha is a compound of the words “Ha” meaning Sun and “Tha” meaning Moon.
Hatha yoga is a very general term that can encompass the physical types of yoga. So technically, “Hatha” describes all of the physical types of Yoga but if a class is described as “Hatha [...]
Prenatal Yoga Videos – Shiva Rea
There are many Prenatal Yoga Videos available online and one of the most popular of theses is Gaiam Prenatal Yoga DVD by Shiva Rea. Shiva Rea is a high profile yoga instructor who has graced the pages of many yoga magazines.
Structure of the Gaiam Prenatal Yoga DVD.
The Gaiam Prenatal Yoga DVD is structured for each [...]
What is Prenatal Yoga?
What is Prenatal Yoga?
Prenatal Yoga is a gentle form of yoga which takes into account the changing needs of a woman’s body while she is pregnant. Yoga during pregnancy assists and strengthens the muscles and joints as they change with the influx of pregnancy hormones. Muscles and joints become more flexible during pregnancy but also [...]
Yoga During Pregnancy
Yoga During Pregnancy is a good way to maintain you fitness.
Prenatal yoga is a superb, gentle work out that can be utilized during the varying stages of being pregnant. Yoga is often utilized as a type of exercise to help you retain your strength whilst that you are pregnant. When stretching or yoga is [...]
What is Bikram Yoga?
What is Bikram Yoga?
Bikram Yoga was developed by living yogi, Bikram Choudhury in Los Angeles in the 1970’s. It is commonly called Hot Yoga because it is practiced in an enclosed, heated and humidified environment. How hot? Well, it is actually really hot averaging about 95-105 degrees and humidity is set at least 40%.
Is [...]
Different Types of Yoga
Different Types of Yoga
Welcome to our introduction guide to the most commonly recognized Different Types of Yoga.
There are many different types of yoga to practice, so it’s important to find out which type of yoga is right for you. This a simple introduction to some of the most common and popular types of yoga. If [...]
Definition of Yoga
General Definition of Yoga and Introduction.
This is a simple definition of yoga, simplified only because a full definition including detailed information on the different types of yoga and would take a long time to explain and even longer to fully understand.
The word “yoga” is believed to come from the Sanskrit root yuj, which means “to [...]
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