Yoga at home

The first, then follow each asana once, resting between poses as much time as you need. Gradually increase the time of the asana, but remember that exercise should be immediately discontinued if you experience any discomfort. 

During each posture, do five slow deep breath and exhale? Inhale deeply through your nose, expanding the lungs and fill them with oxygen and then slowly exhale. Concentrating on the place where you are now. 

If you are unable to attend specialized yoga, you can do it at home. 

1. Pose a staff 
This position involves the muscles of the pelvis, the inner side of the hips and lumbar muscles. 

Sit on the floor, straighten. You should not be too stretched, pull the leg straight in front of you and collected them together. Fingers directed forward (if it does not cause discomfort), must lie on the floor just behind the hips. A little pushes on the fingers, as if you stretch the spine and thorax. Taints up as soon as you can. The legs must be pressed to the floor. 

2. Boat pose 

This posture allows stretch and strengthens the entire spine. If you can not perform the exercise with straight legs, slightly bend their knees. 

Take in a staff position, lift the legs up and try to pull your knees to the chest. If you can not keep balance, have legs. Reject a bit ago. Stay in the posture, up the spine. It can only increase the load, pull the hands forward, as in the picture, and straighten the legs. 

3. Pose a boat-2 

This posture strengthens the muscles of the upper abdominal press. 

Asian posture from a boat. Lower the upper body and legs down (the legs should not just get to the floor). Stay in this position until you feel discomfort. 

4. The inverted boat 

Excellent Asana, develop the ability to keep balance. 

Initial posture - posture boat-2. Allow your hands to the right, but the legs and hips carry the left. Take 5 deep breaths and exhale, and then repeat the movement in the other direction. 

5. Locust pose 

This posture strengthens the muscles of the central spine. 

Lie on your stomach, pull the arms and legs. Stop brought together, the hands should be positioned parallel to the ears, forehead toward the floor. Pull out your hands, lift the upper body, and Rock out feet from the floor, raising them as possible greatly. But the most important - elongate the muscles of legs, rather than keep them high. 

Return to starting position. 

6. Camel poses (preparatory) 

Asana This strengthens and stretches muscles of the hips. 

Stand on your knees, pull your hands forward and to reject the back, how can, but that you were comfortable. Pull up the spine, trying to maintain the relaxed state. 

7. Camel pose (main) 

This posture strengthens back muscles, helping to make the spine more flexible and to prevent infringement. 

The original position - the preparatory posture camel. Place the palms on the back or buttocks and tilting back, how can, while retaining a sense of comfort.

Vipassana Meditation

Venue - a boarding house near Moscow. Tracks, limited on both sides of ropes leading from the apartment houses to the main building. They are people, with men and women screened different paths. People go in silence, not communicating with each other, not perekidyvayas neither word nor look, nor gesture. They go to the main building, take off their shoes and pass into the hall, which sit on the mats. Now there will be a regular session of Vipassana meditation. Despite the apparent austerity, is teaching people to be happy. 

This is a special ten-day course, which can take part is any person (except, perhaps, people with mental illness and addiction), absolutely every religion. During this course are taught Vipassana meditation technique from SN Goenki - teachers in the Vipassana tradition Sayadzhi U Ba Khin of Burma. 

SN Goenka - Indian origin, born and grew up in Burma in a rich family of businessmen. For many years, he suffers from terrible migraines. No doctor could not help him, they only prescribe morphine, somehow to kill this terrible pain. It seems that the illness was psychosomatic. 

Once Goenki friend advised him to undergo a course in Vipassana meditation teacher Sayadzhi U Ba Khin. After Goenka said U Ba Khin, which wants to take this course to get rid of migraines, he was refused. The reason for rejection was that this technique is not intended to cure any specific disease, but is designed to liberate man from all suffering. Motivation that should be relevant. After careful consideration the reasons for a refusal Goenka came to the teacher again to take it to the course. But this time, his motivation was different - he wanted to achieve a complete liberation from suffering. The teacher took it. Needless to say, after assiduous practice of migraine no trace? 

The course is vnesektantskoy Vipassana meditation technique, which can teach people of any denomination: Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, Hindu, Jew, atheist ... Despite this, the technique dates back to the historic Buddha - Gotamy. That is it, he taught all who wanted to get rid of suffering and attain full enlightenment. He did not attempt to establish any sect or religion. 

Path of Liberation is universal and can be applied by anyone. It stands on three pillars-whales: Sheila (morality), Samadhi (the ability to own mind) and penny (wisdom, insight). Practicing, based on these three principles, you can clear your mind on a deep level, to completely eradicate mental impurities such as anger, fear, passion, hatred ... You can find peace and balance, get rid of suffering. 

Technology itself is based entirely on work from their own bodies. In the first days of stay the course, students under the guidance of qualified mentors learn to work with the breath, observe them. This practice prepares the mind for the future, making a strong unidirectional attention, honed. This is pointed mind can hold «an operation on the minds» - so very Goenkadzhi determines the purpose of the ten-day course. After the practice, based on the breath, students learn to understand your own body and the processes occurring therein. 

Vipassana meditation is based on the fact that our body is composed of tiny, invisible eye subatomic particles. When our mind loses its balance (for example, when we zlimsya) in the body begin to take place some changes: the increase breathing, speaking sweat, trembling beats us, that is manifest feelings. This means that between our body and mind there is a link. Just as our mind affects our body, we can learn only through the body to control your mind. That was the opening of the Buddha. 

Our mind is like a wild bull or a bull in a china shop (examples given by the Glencoe). It can destroy everything around them. He is so strong, that is able to destroy us and them. Just think: your own consciousness can destroy you completely! However, this can be to tame a wild elephant, to make obedient, and then he begins to serve a man - his master. That, and to practice Vipassanu - learn to control your mind, and thus learn to control their lives, so that it no longer depends on the surrounding circumstances and other people. 

The property of our mind is that he is either in the past (for example, in the memories of past events), or in the future time (thinking of plans: what to do, what to do). We almost never live this moment. That is, does not live! Practicing proper awareness through regular meditation, you can break this pernicious habit. You stop wasting their energy on the experiences of the past and future, and then life satiate new colors will be full. 

Another important aspect of Vipassana meditation - it teaches how to cope with physical pain. During the course receive special hour of meditation, during which time you should not open their eyes and change the position of the hands and feet. 40 minutes later the body begins to feel uncomfortable and painful. It was at this point and begin the real work with their minds. Your mind learns to observe the pain. You become a patient in a doctor examined her body hradnokrovno. 

Soon you will find that physical pain is often so strong because it is, in essence, mental - it enhances our mind: «Oh, how painful! How painful! I can not tolerate more! Die! »If you teach your mind to be an observer rather than participant, you can learn to master the pain, which no doubt you will have to meet in life more than once. After all, our life is full of suffering - a fact which can not be denied. Throughout life we are faced with pain: headache, painful menstruation, painful childbirth, pain due to illness ... In the end, the physical pain of his own death. To all this you need to add excessive amount of mental pain: jealousy, envy, anger, fear, unhappy love, the various mental suffering - there are so many! 

So, Vipassana offers a way to get rid of the pain and suffering. This systematic way, which can be tested for ten days? Total ten days! You can enroll through the Web site of Vipassana. The course is absolutely free. The financial system is based on the rate of voluntary donations to the students that have passed the course before and thought it useful for themselves - naturally they have the desire to share this technology with others. They have made donations, thus giving others a unique opportunity that can benefit you! 

Wishing you true happiness and mental balance.

Yogi or are not you?

I remember it now: the college years, my girlfriend Inna became enthusiastic yoga. However, only physical exercise. I saw it as something standing on the head with their feet, perekruchennymi great Krendelev, and kind of stupid asked: «What the name of this posture?» Podruga, down from head to foot, having to quickly spin back sententious say: «The poses -- so Kamasutra, as in yoga - asana! » 


This, I later learned that «Asan» and «posture» - one and the same (just show off girlfriend). And in that day, was stunned by how cool Inna using some asanas taught to possess their own body. What she ! This free training is unlikely to repeat. And it must be said that wanted to repeat. 

So I  from Inna on one evening a rare edition, which got it by inheritance from grandmother. At the time of any publications on yoga case somewhat differently than now. The word «deficit» in relation to books has now become archaic. And then even  something valuable has been difficult - its equipment through a Stone Age. I urged her friend, something to think with the help of computers. And close to midnight, he was terrible with a bundle of copies of pages of asanas with pictures and descriptions of their implementation. 

It turned out that some simple asana to ugliness. For example, shavasana (hope to remember the name) - it's when a lie on the floor with his eyes closed with his hands along the body and inhale-exhale. But other asana, of course, required a grave physical training. And I had to cramp in the side curious to know if I can, like Ina, standing on his head with his feet, perekruchennymi Krendelev? 

In short, I began self-study. Podruga with crazy happy to learn that I too want to become a yogi. And then with all the rubble I typed carbon paper under the intelligent thoughts on yoga and yogah. And then in the journal "Science and Life" has a series of articles on this topic. Now we are engaged Inna together, and when I do not receive and I was all ready to give up, she always told me: «Hey, you yogi yogi or not? Quickly siddhasannu in, relax, and everything from the beginning! »And it worked. 

As they say: The teacher appears when the student is ready? I do not know why I was ready then, but I came «teacher». Once in the tram, I read another yogic treatise. And then heard from somewhere on top: «you are interested in yoga?» Away from yellowed leaf, I lifted her head up and saw that next to my seat обалденно is a pleasant young man eighteen years old, looks like a very handsome actor of Indian cinema. 

Without waiting for a reply, he sat on the seat in front of freed me, and turning, started inspired story of his life in India. His parents worked there at some factory. In total, he has lived in this exotic country for eight years, three of whom worked under the guidance of yoga gurus. Now Vlad (the so-called sudden my buddy, even though it comes more to the name of Raja and Vijay) returned to their historical homeland, and feel very uncomfortable here. Why he so delighted when they saw minded in my face. And that is why so unceremoniously began a conversation, for that very politely apologized. These explanations seem to me sufficiently convincing to make further acquaintance with Vlad. 

We have become quite frequent. Can spend hours talking about yoga and meditation on the park bench or a tram stop, because they have learned «switched off» from the surrounding chaos of life. With Inna, I ceased to meet - just do not have time. Yogis exercise now, I worked with Vlad. Harmony and lightness - this is what I felt then. It was tremendously exciting, because every day I am increasingly convinced that the love for this guy. 

Soon I led in all these cases. Meditated several times in the day: even in the lectures by professors, and the voice commentary for dinner at home under parental conversations. We arrange with Vlad meditate at the same time, «meeting», thus, outside the visible world. Anyway, so we thought. I started classes at the institute and very lost. Meditation has become for me a necessity. I lit aromatic sticks and includes a cassette with music. All this gave me Vlad. And what I «seen» and experienced «there», it was much to anything that was here in the real world. 

All over a sudden and ridiculous. Once the morning I called my mom Vlad and said that he died .... Since he had a fit of epilepsy in the bathroom, he fell and hit his head on the tile floor. This was a blow to his death. And I did not even know that Vlad has suffered from this disease! I had a nervous breakdown. Meditate, I could no longer. I was afraid that «there» Vlad meeting, as it was before. Concerned parents of my state led me to the doctors, neurologist and psychotherapist enthusiastically took up the treatment. I did not care. 

Severity of heart never left me. I do not know why, but I went to the Orthodox Church. Although previously there has not walked, but I was baptized in infancy. So I came to the churchyard, and in itself can not enter the church, as if some force I can not allow. In the confusion, I was standing at the main entrance, is not able to do at least one step. At my happiness was by a priest. He stopped and talked with me. When I told him about their problems, he gave me to read the book Hieromonk Seraphim Rose and a few books of orthodox writers and philosophers. Of these works indicated that yoga insecure. In other words: that the Indians well, the Russian death (which I do understand). Exercise Yogis - only the tip of the iceberg, and that in the depths? Hatha yoga - only the first step, the next steps are to raja yoga and Buddhism, with its system of values. Yoga just for the health of the body (namely, to that end, we performed Inna asana) is already preparing a person to a certain spiritual beliefs and experiences, that it was not aware. What happened in my case. 

The authors of the books advised the reader to understand that the path of Raja Yoga is the path of God in your searches. Orthodox writer and philosopher, MV Lodyzhensky wrote that preach Raja Yoga Hindu deny divine revelation in the sense, as Christians understand it. They are convinced that the revelation comes not from any particular source, but it has a higher disclosure of "I" in the man. Following these beliefs, a teacher of yoga, and Hinduism, taught his disciples that they were particles of the gods, and with some diligence can attain holiness and power. Priest Rodion in the book "Men and Demons" compared with the approval of yogis vozmechtavshego thoughts about himself Lucifer, who fell from heaven and became Satan. A Christian trust in the Lord, for His mercy and grace, but not to their own infirmities and sins. So from all sides is that I have betrayed Christianity and came under the dark and terrible forces of evil precisely because of yoga. 

I can not say that all of this in me came easy and natural. Quite the contrary. There is one desire - to be as far as possible from both yoga and Buddhism, and of Orthodoxy. And only after many years, I again found the road to the orthodox church. But that is another story

Yoga and religion

No one, no person on this planet, can not live without religion, in other words, without religion. Each of us can not be reconciled with the fact that the time will come, and we simply will not, but the world still continues to exist. 

This idea of each brood, so we are trying to perpetuate his life, believing in the holy immortal soul in heaven or hell or in the Buddhist Dharma and energy. Therefore, in the modern civilized world is increasingly gaining popularity of the theory of reincarnation, according to which we once again return to the land. Incidentally, the home of this theory in India, such return is not very happy and do not consider it a great blessing. No, «even the best minds in the world» (Omar Kayla), does not know what's «behind the line», but all feel like to live forever. This is considered preferable to materialistic emptiness. Therefore, each of us has a certain belief in their immortality. 

From early childhood, even with the mother's milk, we were packed in a box of religiosity, all the charm and complexity that we inherited religion. As a result, people grow a kind of selfish and often are not believers. All of their belief is the corpus of the most elementary rules of conduct that do «privatized» defined religious system, considered to be its brand, but these principles are the same for all religions without exception. None of the religious system does not call rob or kill, do not respect their parents, etc. Religion, carrying a no educational load, yet can not boast of increased morality of mankind. The hatred between human beings is not something that will remain the same, but even growing. Suffice it to recall the terrorist attacks that do not terminate the war, based on the religious hostility. 

Often, the paradox is that high religiosity leads directly to the opposite result. This is called fanaticism. For the believer, there is only a fanatic, the only «concrete bunker», and everything that does not fit into his head, must either be rewritten or destroyed. Already there is no difference between good and evil; there is only one single truth. There are no more nor paradise nor hell. Such people are only in their paradise. 

But the reality, unfortunately, another. The world is constructed and can grow only in love, in the harmony of all forces that it has. We can not do what he wants, you can not kill for the profit of a row, you can not blindly destroy all life. Nature, Reading - higher power, read - God, then punishes us all. We can pray in the temples of many different religions of the world. But if, out of the temple, we have forgotten that God exists not only in the temple, but a number - we will be punished! I think it strange when people do not see God in the ordinary. Do not see it in the fragrant flower, the tiny ants, which seem to be, and no brains, but his little life, his behavior is often a much wiser to life many of us. 

Somehow we consider ourselves, and only a creature of God, and everything else - so even though creation of nature, but it is created, we have attached. From these applications we are doing everything we believe necessary. Nature punishes us indeed, punishes by sending not only the variety of sores, such as AIDS or the chicken flu, as before, no one knew nor heard, but also dangerous typhoons, tornadoes, etc., etc. ... The penalty is already in progress on all fronts, and we, like ostriches, bury the head in the sand, thinking that everything is fine. We look forward to the miracles of medicine that does not keep up with the new and the new warnings. 

In what way? We must understand, first of all, ourselves; we must understand that is an integral part of nature. That is yoga. In one of his article I already wrote that, in principle, yoga is a materialist science. It is science, not the system as we used to call her. Unfortunately, materialism, by virtue of the above is not very popular in this world. Over time, yoga takes some features of religion, but its essence remains the same. This is the science of man as the highest manifestation of nature. This will be brief and more precisely. 

Tell me, what can be beautiful when you go and spend a morning meditation in the rays of the rising sun? Begins a new day, and it is - your meeting with him, a meeting with himself. For yoga, this is prayer, when there is harmony in itself and through itself is an understanding of all that surrounds you. The only way you can understand others and to understand - is to respond adequately to the situation. Maybe this is someone not like it, but meditation - it is really a prayer. This is not silly, once a week, a variety of health benefits themselves and their loved ones. This is not a prayer, when the religious people are coming out of his church with a sense of duty, but then can easily negated my neighbor (as for some reason, that life is cruel), very surprised that their prayers are not heard! 

Only in yoga through asana (physical exercises) and pranayama (breathing exercises), you really become a healthy and flexible, which means beautiful and happy. Only through yoga, you will come to an understanding of their loved ones and friends. You will be beautiful because beauty - is, first of all, health. All this you can only make themselves, at the cost of their own efforts and not through the manipulation of certain temples. I do not want to have the impression that I am against all religious systems. Not at all. Yoga does not contradict any of the known religions or backgrounds. Whether you're Christian, Muslim, Buddhist, yoga will help you to better understand themselves and strengthen them in a particular faith. But your development will be an order of magnitude higher.

Wise or yoga for the fingers

The fact that there is yoga for the fingers, I knew for a long time: At that time, I told my mom about it, which to this day my eyes to be the wise woman in the world. 

Then her story that virtually every illness is the result of our breach of a beanery system or organ, and that the therapeutic effect can be achieved through the «circuit» corked channels adding certain fingers, I have made almost no impression. You bet! At that time I was young and indecency, and then, and quite healthy, but because some pieces of the finger to help it restore sight, then save the pain of heart, just did not have the chance to draw my attention. 

The only combination of fingers, which I at that time was known, was a common, which, as it turned out later, and not so ordinary, but that is not to have curative. Because if it «use» is active, then it can not only increase the protective forces of the organism, but also enhance the concentration of energy, but also explained the functioning of the heart, lungs and intestines. Moreover, for that, asked, we will scold their children when it finds them for therapeutic session. Just incomprehensible. 

So, the strange combination of fingers, from time immemorial used yogism, I remembered only when a nag from time to time under the left shovel, vision is gradually lost its severity, and intestines from the sedentary life literally rebelled. Willy-nilly had to open the mother's hand made by the manuscript, and to draw them out of the necessary information to me, which I use every day. Moreover, if it was not so good, I would not for that has not been offering it to your attention. 

Actually, all wise to remember and the meaning is not, because of their great variety. But to have armed some of the most common and effective, I think, will not interfere. 

Therefore, here are a few of them: 

Madras first known as the «wise life» 

Especially useful for children because the visual load increased enormously in their eyes lead to the early development of children's myopia. 

To avoid this, it is enough for 40-60 minutes a day (this time interval can be split into parts) folded fingers as follows: connect the pads of three fingers to each other - an unnamed, large and little finger, and index and middle straighten and lift up. Hand with the strain should not be. 

In addition to positive effects on vision, this madras is able to increase endurance and performance, as well as to help successfully cope with the rapid fatigue and depression. 

Madras second, called the «life-saving», or «heart» 

In the East, it has a very long time, and most importantly - successful use in acute pains in the heart, with heart attacks, and in some cases even at the time of myocardial infarction. For this reason, this wisdom is called not only as reanimation. 

In order for her to comply, you need to bend index finger so that it touched on its pad terminal phalanges reasons thumb. Following this, it is necessary to connect pads middle and ring fingers are big. The little finger remains free while looking up. Hand relaxed. 

Sometimes when you use this wise enough several minutes to ensure that the pain subsided in the heart. For this reason, wisdom and called the emergency. 

Following her in order to consolidate and deepen the effect and impact on cardiac pain, you can run the wisdom that helps with not only coronary heart disease and angina pectoris, arrhythmias and wise and called «Temple of the Dragon». 

It «a» necessary to fold the middle fingers and press them to the internal surface of the palms. The remaining fingers of both hands should be left in position Erect and connect with each other, and the index and ring finger to close to each other over the bent middle. 

Another simple exercise for the fingers, which can be easily, can take advantage of those who have problems with intestinally digestive tract. It is called and further improves digestion and elimination of stagnant phenomena in the gut. 

You are wise, this is very simple: the four fingers of his left hand brace and supports four fingers of his right hand. Both big toe in the relaxed condition sent up, resulting in a combined manner, the hands begin to resemble the bowl with handles. 

As you can see, all these exercises are simple and very attractive so that they can perform absolutely everywhere: in the subway on their way out of the house and back, and sitting on the couch watching television, and during a routine evening walk. 

Any of them will help restore the circulation of energy in the body. Nevertheless, of course, need not refer to any of them as to the drug, since the above yoga for the fingers - only the extra help your body. Moreover, of course, if you expect her instant healing, it will not happen: because the disease is accumulated for years! This means that we should be patient and engage in yoga for the hands every day. Then you surely will feel better.

Awakening in Tibetan

Unity and struggle of opposites - that a law which is all around us, and we are including. No clogging his head such a philosophy, we nevertheless offer the possibility of daily two energetic start - Yang, male, and the yin, the female - to work together in our body and balance each other. 

Since, as is usually conducted, the opposite started to fail to agree, but at the same time and can not exist without each other, Yang continuously generates energy and unbridled passion within us, as their yin priglushaet, soothes, body in order to prevent a catastrophe. When the two starts able to agree among themselves and to maintain balance, our feelings and sensations «fly» to the summit of bliss, and when the power contacts violated the disease begins to creep. 

From this vision of all illnesses built healers of Ancient East: they believed that the cause of all human ills is not a condition of the flesh, and the spirit, energy. Ancient physicians believed that the inside of our body trodden under the bed, like a river, from one body to another flow of life-giving force, carrying health and well-being. In addition, to the very long as the mighty river and the affluent, the body is strong. But as soon as the spiritual forces weaken, the power beginnings Yang and Yin begins imbalance, leading to the emergence of a nearby organ pathology first and then the whole body as a whole. 

In order to penetrate into the gap suddenly formed «dam», ancient Chinese doctors have learned to irritate certain acupuncture points, the impact of that helps the energy flow to restore its flow, and thus stabilize the condition of the body. And although usually the impact of such a conduct adopted by acupuncture, the monks of Tibet that have learned to avoid the unpleasant procedure of starting a new day in bed gymnastics, which is able to perform each. 

So, are you ready? Then, having woken up, not wasting away the time, put his hands on his ears in a way that the thumbs were behind them. A little push on the ears, push them to the head, and start moving your hands up and down - 20 times. This exercise stabilizes the work of facial nerve, improves eyesight, strengthens the gums, prevents premature wrinkles, and improves education blood circulation in the temporal part. 

Once the ears warmed, without opening the eyes, put his right hand on his forehead, and left - on top of it and begin to move the hands to the right-left 20 times. Perform an exercise in such a way that little finger movement occurred along the eyebrows. So we obviously relieves itself from the headaches and dizziness due to activation Janise energy channels. 

For loom finished. We turn now to the eye: for the outside of the bent fingers begin to massage big eyeball. Making it around 15-25 times. Following this exercise comes in the order of the nervous system, and the vision becomes more acute. 

Free energy channels, located in the area of the face and head, drops below: To put the palms of the hands on your stomach, while bending the legs at the knees in a way that the stomach was relaxed. Making circular motion on your hands clockwise 30-50 times, then disappear unpleasant sensations in the pancreas, liver and gall bladder, kidneys and reproductive organs. It also improves peristalsis thick intestine, because the stones are broken stool. In addition, stronger muscles and prevents lowering of peritonitis. 

Now, when the muscle belly «awake», with the palm of your hand, you can remove the stomach and propose to work independently, then alternately then pulling it. This activity is not in a position to replace the previous one; it merely complements it and helps those suffering from diseases of the liver and kidneys, and gastrointestinal tract. Complete people doing exercise every day can get rid of excess fat reserves and relatively healthy - to eliminate the phenomenon of stagnation of bile and blood. 

The end of exercise could be bending the legs at the knees, with hands that, if possible, should try to squeeze the legs bent to your chest. Thus the internal massage can be achieved not only pain, but also the stomach to the rib cage. 

Now you can wake up and open your eyes. And lowering the foot to the floor, do not forget to rotate pomassirovat extraction of both feet, for the convenience of putting one foot to another: namely, that depression in the ground all the active focus point, are responsible for correctly chief «lift» body - of the spine, without the proper work of which the normal circulation energy is impossible. 

You feel fine. You bet! Tibetan monks know the full sense of awakening!

Face Yoga

Beauty ... It is not born a woman, from the mouth of which the word is not sletelo be several thousand times throughout their lives. Now that this is interesting: despite the fact that the tastes of all women have different perceptions of beauty, as a rule, not too different. You do not wonder why? 

Apparently, this does happen because the original, with its very birth of each person, like a musical instrument, is the nature of a certain wave, which he unconsciously perceives positively all that is natural and harmonious in terms of natural laws, and negative - that all this controversy. 

Probably another and can not be: because every living being, a woman in particular, is a true child of nature, which means that it must be useful and feature all natural and harmonious, and the rest - is alien. In addition, this applies absolutely all: starting with «second skin» rights, clothing, and ending with his diet and exercise. 

On the latter, in fact, will be discussed. Moreover, this philosophical introduction was needed to better understand that, like all others, the best gymnastics that which is borrowed from nature: the animals, birds and plants. 

In addition, this gym - yoga. Only her posture and movements mirror frill and pandiculation animals, only the exercises combine elements of the breathing exercises and relaxation and does not require the presence of any fitness or any other devices. Just as material costs. Instead, they normalize the blood circulation, rejuvenate the body and, importantly, resulted in a complete order rickety nervous system. Moreover, even if charged, yoga is not exposed to the entire organism as a whole, but only one person. That is, namely, that portion of the female body, which serves as the main «visiting card» of any person, and therefore has no right not to conform. 

Therefore, it is too late, let us put in front of a mirror and start gymnastics: start building grimaces yoga. 

To do this, first look at the monkey and as a real chimpanzee, demitted lips and pull them forward, and as far as possible: Zamora in the posture monkey kiss, then relax. Repeat the first grimace, like everyone else, at least 10 times. And then the lips will not stretch, and roll them inwards and compress again Zamora with for a while and relaxing. 

The same is recommended to do and with your chin: pulling it forward and the movement of his right-left strengthens the neck muscles, and the chin avoids the appearance of his double. 

In order not to prematurely flabby cheeks, yoga offers to imagine themselves at the time ... cow: imagine that you have to cheek - cud, well, or just a balloon, if a cow is not to your liking. Then the perceived content of the mouth roll it under the cheeks, the under lip. Until the very day before, and so on, and on other nonrazoletsya pleasant warmth. 

It happened - then turns into a high and dry fish, and start as much as possible to open your mouth, Zamia in this posture and relaxing alternately, trying «yawn» to breath and relax your muscles - at expiration. 

At last, no sin in itself and image in the mirror then right, then left eye alternately. But while ensuring that the eyes, but straining their muscles and Zamia for a few seconds and then relaxing. 

Following metamorphosis, all produced by a muscle a person must come in a tone that did not slow down over time, affect the color of the face and skin condition. 

In addition, in order for the process of becoming a beauty to accelerate, it is possible, in addition to the daily charge set at a prominent place your favorite photo: the one where you like their own. Systematic its contemplation will not only improve your mood, but also help bring the maximum reflection in the mirror to loved to photograph, because of yoga are inclined (and not without reason) to believe that all our thoughts - material. That is, if we constantly about something we think, first becomes, and dreaming, our thoughts inevitably become the flesh and turn to the desired - even if at first glance seems quite incredible.

Yoga of spiritual perfection

The word "yoga" is translated from Sanskrit language means "union, connection, communication, unity, harmony." The history of yoga has about 5000 years. This method of teaching and management of mental health and human physiology. 

Yoga recognizes the existence in man of goodwill and ability to manage organic and inorganic processes and bodies, through the organization of a psyche. This system has made great strides in the management of respiratory and other physiological functions of the body in the desired mental states rights. The basic philosophical idea of yoga is the idea of relevance of human psychophysiology and the cosmos (the universe the body). 

The history of modern yoga began with the Chicago Parliament of Religions in 1893, where the American public has made a great impression of a public figure Indian yogi Swami Vivekananda. After some time, yoga has become one of the most popular system of physical culture and a means of self-improvement. In Russia yoga has come from America and Western Europe. 

Yogic path of spiritual development involves the following steps: 

- Pit; 
- Niyama; 
- Asan; 
- Pranayama; 
- Pratyahara; 
- Dharana; 
- Samadhi. 

Yama 

The general moral requirement. The great ethical commandments, true for all religions, peoples and times: non-violence (ahimsa), truthfulness (Satya), nevorovstvo (asteya), chastity (brahmacharya) nestyazhatelstvo (aparigraha). Failure to observe these precepts breeds violence, chaos, lies, jealousy and theft. 

Niyama 

Discipline. Regulation of individual behavior. There are five niyam: cleanliness (shaucha), study I (svadhyaya), satisfaction (Santos), zeal (TAPAS), and devotion to God 

Asanas 

Gymnastics, poses that provide health and human mobility, relieve fatigue, calm nerves and promote the concentration of mind. Asanas perfected over the centuries so as to affect every muscle, nerve and every gland body. During the asanas the body takes shape, resembling a variety of substance. 

Asanas are the names of animals, birds, plants, insects, for example: a lotus (Padma), Scorpion (vrichika), fish (Mats), herons (tank), dog (Schwan), camel (ushtra), etc. Having mastered asana, the man turns to the fourth stage of yoga - Pranayama. 

Pranayama 

Managing your breath control, involving the management of all respiratory functions: breaths (puraka), exhalation (rechaka) and breath holding (kumbhaka). Study suggests that human life is not measured by the number of days and number of breath. Slow and deep breathing strengthens the respiratory system, calms nerves and weakens the will, thereby facilitating the release and concentration of mind. 

Pratyahara 

Exemption from the power of the mind senses and external objects. At this stage of yoga a person learns to control their feelings. According to the teachings of yoga, mind, bound to the objects of desires, is slavery, the same loss of them - brings liberation. 

Dharana 

Concentration. When a person has mastered his body and annealed asanas, pranayama mind, and feelings - pratyaharoy, he reaches the sixth stage of yoga - dharany. At this stage it is totally focused on one object or task. To achieve this state of mind must be completely calm down. 

Samadhi 

The peak of meditation is a state of samadhi. Feelings and body a rest, as in a dream, but the mind acts as if waking. The state of samadhi the words to express it is not possible, a person who has reached the top of the meditation, give up the material world and plunged into eternity. 

The goal of yoga is to achieve and maintain this harmony. This objective has several dimensions: Raja Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Karma Yoga, Dzhnani Yoga, Tantra Yoga, Kriya Yoga, Yoga Лая, Jhapa or Mantra Yoga, Kundalini Yoga, and so on. 

Raja Yoga - this is the rule of conscience over all three beginnings rights, development Sverhsoznaniya and understand with the help of God. It is also called "the supreme, royal Yoga." It reveals all the potential of the individual. It uses sophisticated methods of psychic self-regulation (self, feelings of distraction from the internal and external stimuli, concentration, etc.). 

Hatha Yoga is the preparatory stage of Raja-Yoga. The term "Hatha" symbolic and has a deep philosophical meaning. "Ha - the sun," Tha "- the moon. It is a symbol of the unity of opposite principles. In opposing the beginning of the universe exist at all (warm - cold, positive - negative, light - darkness, the electron - proton, a man - a woman and so on). The unity and harmony of opposites create balance. Hatha Yoga - this is the doctrine of physical harmony, or harmony, achieved by physical means on the body (diet, breathing, asana, hydrotherapy procedures, etc.) as opposed to mental means Raja Yoga. 

Hatha yoga is physical perfection and well-being, which is important for the body, mind and spirit of man. It teaches how to achieve long, healthy and happy life through improved health. Health - is the universal wealth. It is no coincidence that many authoritative Yoga Hatha Yoga considered the initial step in spiritual development, because "in a healthy body - healthy mind". Incidentally, this phrase appears in the Sanskrit sources, which date back to VII-VI centuries BC. 

Bhakti Yoga - devotion, service to God, unselfish love of God, the whole universe, which is His creation. Through such disclosure harmonization of the soul happens personality and unity with God. 

Karma Yoga - the active work and action. Any action, the work must be performed with utmost dedication and attention, it is absolutely free. They should be devoted to God, to become positive, Divine. Herein lies the secret of success in Yoga, in reaching God. 

Dzhnana Yoga - the achievement of God through knowledge, hard study and practice of all that contributes to the acquisition of Divine Wisdom. Divine wisdom - it is harmony of knowledge, drawn from the sacred scriptures, as well as from the lips of teachers, and audited in practice. 

Tantra Yoga - the study of the nature of the interaction of opposites and achieve harmony through sexual activity, which is achieved unity with God through the control of feelings, emotions, the special techniques and mantras. 

Yoga - the use of rhythms and vibrations coming from space and have an impact on the biosphere of Earth, that is yoga space, contributing to the achievement of harmony through knowledge of biological micro-and macroworld, dissolution of consciousness and its transformation into Sverhsoznanie, understand God. According to the yogis, but now agree with that as modern medicine and biology, the basis of the overwhelming number of cases based on violations bioritmicheskih processes (biological) at various levels - from the molecular, subcellular up to the level of organs, systems and organs of the body as a whole. Yoga helps to prevent and treat diseases associated with the violation of biorhythms (desinhronozy) live, as they say yoga, in harmony with the universe, with its rhythms. 

Kriya Yoga - internal and external purification, moral and ethical aspect of Yoga. Before absorb any kind of yoga, it is necessary to pass Kriya Yoga. To grow a good crop, you need to clear the abandoned land, uproot the stumps. And in teaching yoga. The student must get rid of their own shortcomings, the negative character traits, bad habits, ignorance, and instead to cultivate a positive quality, without which progress in Yoga is possible. 

Mantra or hapa Yoga - the impact of sound vibrations through the mental and oral pronunciation and singing certain vowels, syllables, the repetition of the name of God. At the same time there are certain sound vibrations, positive impact on the physical, mental and spiritual beginning of man. 

Kundalini Yoga - the development and use of hidden forces Rights (Kundalini). It is kind of Hatha Yoga and Raja Yoga. 

There are other, relatively rare aspects of yoga (Nada Yoga, Samadhi Yoga, etc.) that often are derivatives or synonyms of the above species. 

This division of yoga is to some extent conditional, but is of great methodological importance since it enables them to engage in Yoga to all people regardless of gender, age, profession, religion, nationality, tailored to suit each individual student, his personality, needs and inclinations. In fact, all aspects of yoga are mutually reinforcing. These elements are used in the development of any guidelines for this exercise. Therefore, many yoga centers in India, the practice of so-called Purna Yoga, a Yoga or a comprehensive synthesis of all aspects of Yoga. 

In India there are different schools of Yoga, which are minor and often neprintsipialnye differences. But the most accepted is considered to be the direction taken by New Delhi in the heart of yoga, as well as the Institute of Yoga terrapin and Yoga kultarr in the city of Lucknow - the capital of the largest Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

Yoga seriously

Unusual popularity of yoga leads one to ask why such an exotic type of training to Russia so nice lived sports clubs and the minds of modern women. It is among the women won the greatest popularity of yoga. Yoga is now rarely used in the classical sense, taught fitness yoga, which is used to create a good stretch, and as gymnastics after fitness. 

Yogi is associated with the vast majority of people with the person sitting in the lotus posture or standing on his head. The fact that the technique of yoga, which comes to us from the mouth of trainers and coaches, in most cases limited to a few exercises and doing them hardly think about the original purpose of the manipulation of their own bodies. 

Meanwhile, everyone knows that in the culture of yoga provides all the wisdom of the Indian people - here and philosophy, and culture, and everyday life, and care for beauty, and even the art of dance, a system of feeding and social behavior. Of course, yoga is now - a very fashionable activity. However, all the developments taking place eventually, what remains? People involved in yoga seriously devoted to her every day, not one hour. In addition, what can yoga with episodic and not very regular training? 

If we talk seriously 
It has long been proven beneficial effects of yoga on the human body. The reason for health effects to the fact that most yoga asana involve those muscles, which are practically not used in everyday life. Special provisions asana, sometimes-requiring considerable stamina, flexibility and physical stress, allow the process to involve local groups of muscles, improving blood circulation in the area and that is important, affecting the internal organs. 

Another interesting explanation: the human body can be thought of as a system of interconnected cavities that are filled with various liquids and gases. With the help of yoga exercises, performed a kind of hydraulic massage, which is in the process of implementation allows internal volume change certain body cavities and the pressure in them. Specialists warn: this is the reason why the speed of asana should be slow, because the motion of fluid in the human body is limited anatomically! 

As a result, unhurried exercise increases blood flow not only in muscles but also in internal organs, which at the appropriate length, and (!) The training gives visible results, and good yoga instructor will select a special set of exercises for each individual person. Increased blood flow improves all body systems, including the work of the nervous system, and given the constant stress of modern life, a large number of diseases (even the new, by the way - chronic fatigue syndrome), the benefits of yoga is becoming evident. 

Of course, yoga cannot deal with it all: someone finds such trifling matter of training and unproductive, because they are not directed at sculptural molding the body. However, the vitality and the overall condition of the body with a serious approach to business improvement, even in the busy rhythm of everyday life. 

Scientific Approach 
So, all the exercises of yoga can be divided into 6 groups: pulling, twisting, power, reversed, compressed and equilibrium. Each group of asana affects a certain group of muscles and organs. Typically, a set of exercises - this alternation of different asana in a certain sequence. 

Tensile asana: impact on the group of muscles located on the front and rear surfaces of the body. The most famous of them: 

Cobra pose is indispensable in the injured spinal column; the specialists call it a cure for the patient back. With minor shifts of vertebrae, the discs pose returns to the normal position. 

Camel pose gives tone to the backbone, as if done correctly, the spine is fully stretched. 

Some of the tensile items at first glance quite simple but are not recommended in the initial stages of yoga, because not only require considerable muscle tone and stretch. For example, pose the wheel. 

This same group - expanding items - also Yoga-mudra posture and head to your knees (Pashimottanasana). 

Twisting asana: operate on the group of muscles located on the sides of the body. Many of them are very complex to implement and require considerable training. For example, a twisted spine posture (Ardha Matsiendrasana) is recommended only for the 21 th week of intensive training. 

By wringing asana also known triangle pose (Trikonasana) and its variations. 

Power asana: do not lead to the extension of any muscle, but complex in execution, and require high voltage. For example, in the standing posture - posture warrior (Virabhandrasana) - so heavy that it is not recommended to stay a long time to people having problems with the cardiovascular system. In this posture the chest is fully expanded, leading to deep breathing. 

Inverted poses - the same, which alter the circulation of fluid in the body. This group includes the famous stand at the head (Sirshasana). The pose is considered exclusively a tonic for mental activity. Pose a long workout, but without the training and advice, the instructor can harm their own body. 

Compressed asana exercise pressure on certain body zones. For example, pose a cow (Gomukhasana) - it involves many muscles, spine, and lungs. 

Finally, the equilibrium asana designed to maintain a balance - they can be, for example, «continuation» warrior poses (Virabhandrasana III), when you use it in constant training develops balance and stability. All movements of the asana affect posture and gait, as strengthen the necessary muscles. 

I would like to add just one thing: yoga - not just a modern development, it is quite reasonable from a medical point of view, the approach to their own health, which requires serious treatment.

What you need to know about yoga?

Contrary to popular belief, yoga may not all - it is not in character and not the physical constitution of man, but firm with the rules, without which the full-yoga does not make sense. 

These rules are simple in execution, but require discipline from beginner yoga: 

First, all the asana should be performed on an empty stomach, if it is impossible for any reason, the lessons you can only drink a cup of tea, coffee, cocoa, milk, but not later than one hour before the start of classes. After a solid meal should be at least 4 hours. After classes you can eat in half an hour. These simple rules, you want to observe, in general, involved in any kind of training, the generations are not just for yogis - any rule, surprisingly, has an explanation from the medical point of view. Classes are on full stomach is not desirable due to the fact that virtually all asana yoga stimulates the so-called massage internal organs, increasing the circulation of all body fluids, including those who are directly in the different organs. Particularly contribute to this inverted asana, which may not affect the authorities due to their fullness. 

Secondly, you need to exercise to release bowel and bladder. Otherwise permitted to perform only two asana: Sirshasana (stand on your head) and Sarvangasana (which stand on the shoulders, it is called the mother of all asanas, because of its positive impact on the entire organism is priceless). 

The third is to engage in yoga are encouraged to either early morning or late at night - depending on what effect you want to get to classes. Accordingly, if you want to find a tone and energy - yoga will be helpful in the morning to relax and removing stress yoga better deal late last night. Naturally, morning and evening exercises complexes are slightly different. 

And fourthly, it is recommended before and after classes to take a shower. 

In the fifth, asana should be performed in a well ventilated area, it is not recommended to engage in the bare floor. 

In the sixth, in the performance of asanas, as well as after school, there should be no negative feelings in the muscles. Symptoms of stress and muscle fatigue suggest performing the wrong exercises. During the asanas, all movements should be smooth and easy breathing - a free, through the nose, eyes open (you can just turn a blind eye to achieve full implementation of perfection asanas), breathing go astray when, followed a feeling of fatigue performance of asanas is better to stop, because this situation effects suggests that the body feels bad. 

In the seventh, recently emphasized the unique benefits of yoga for women. That is true. But there are some caveats, such as during menstruation is not recommended to perform asana, only some of them may be useful in painful and heavy periods, for example, Baddha Konasana and Uttanasana. These postures relieve menstrual pain, Uttanasana helps get rid of nervous tension recommended easily excitable and irritable people. 

It is now popular systems of yoga exercises for pregnant women. The possibility of their implementation depends on the duration of pregnancy. In the first trimester, you can fulfill all asana. In addition, recommended a few asanas that will not only strengthen the muscles of the pelvis and lumbar spine, but also much easier during childbirth. That is all the same Baddha Konasana and Upavishta Konasana. The only remark: All the exercises should be carried out smoothly, a sense of tension or pain to be in no way should be. For pregnant women is very useful Pranayama (deep, regular respiration) without delay of breathe, because it facilitates the normal flow of nutrients to the child. Life is not measured by the number of yoga days and the number of breath - Technology Pranayama learn all their lives. In the postpartum period is recommended to wait a month and a full range of yoga exercises you can do only 3 months after childbirth. 

Standing yoga not only alter the physical condition of the person. Man becomes a disciplined and calm. Yoga, of course, is aimed at improving the body, but the primary goal of yoga - the maintenance of health and physical and mental.