The secret to the popularity of yoga

Every Men and women trying to look like in accordance with the canons of beauty inherent in a particular era. Requirements for the appearance from the viewpoint of modern humans were sometimes strange, for example, what is the fashion for shaved eyebrows and forehead in the middle Ages! Most likely, the passion of today's women's slim figure, and any methods of achieving this goal would have seemed noble ladies of the Middle Ages, to put it mildly, unusual. But what about so far away times, a couple of decades ago for the phrase "I do yoga," society can classify you in the best case to the sect of infidels. Today, yoga - it is the usual method of preserving good health and maintain shape in great shape. I see yoga as it is a form of fitness, rather than as a way of life or the path of spiritual development. You can talk about yoga as an ancient doctrine that could change the way of life and turn your perception of reality. You can give sacred meaning exercise, yoga, bend his whole life - it's a private matter.

Anti yoga -Halasana

Anti yoga - Plough Pose. Lie on your back, lift your feet up and let down their head.  The tips of the toes on the floor lean.  The back of the blade to the coccyx should be straight, the feet should also be straightened.  Keep the heels together.  Both hands extend toward the toes.  Stay in the pose Plough to 5 minutes, then slowly lie back back on the floor, gently lowering her vertebrae to vertebrae.  Slowly put your feet on the floor, stretch your arms.  Halasana great fatigue and headaches , has beneficial effects on the nervous system.

Anti yoga- Dhanurasana

Bow Pose. Many of those who as children went to the gym, knows that exercise is uncomplicated by the name "basket" or "rocking".  The bottom line is that, lying on his stomach, grab hold of the ankle and arch.  Your spine should be curved like a bow.  Hips and his head must be raised as high as possible, bending the spine increases.  Keep this position with a deep slow breath for 30 seconds to 2 minutes.  You can swing back and forth, is to strengthen the abdominal massage.  Due to reliance on your belly in this asana gives the tone of the abdominal organs.  It also expands the flexibility of the spine, so useful to all office workers, sitting for long periods in uncomfortable positions, and housewives, who often lean forward during the performance of household chores.

Anti yoga -Ushtrasana

Camel Pose. Sit on your heels.  Grab hold of the heels and lift your pelvis up and forward, rising to his knees.  Zaprokinte head, continuing to display the pelvis forward.  Stay in this position up to 3 minutes, breathing, when it should be deep and slow.  Then gently lower the pelvis back to the heel.

Is Yoga Unsafe?

We often hear about the many health benefits to be gained from a regular yoga practice. But while there is much potential for healing, there is less-widely reported potential to harm—that is when we push our bodies so far we end up injured. “How Yoga Can Wreck Your Body,” published yesterday in the New York Times Magazine, states that “a growing body of medical evidence supports [the] contention that, for many people, a number of commonly taught yoga poses are inherently risky.” The piece was excerpted from the forthcoming book, The Science of Yoga: The Risks and the Rewards, written by a Times senior writer and longtime yoga practitioner William Broad.

Yoga’s VIP Status

Fred Segal, the iconic Santa Monica, California, clothing store, has always been at the cutting edge of hip and fashionable. It was the first department store in the nation to offer a Jean Bar, back in 1960, and set the pace of celebrity-fueled trendsetting fashion that endures five decades later.

Over the years, Fred Segal morphed into a high-end fashion emporium, with multiple specialty sub-stores, a see-and-be-seen cafe, and acclaimed Oscar-aligned full service salon. And earlier this year, the salon expanded to include Fred Segal Yoga (with the logo “Meditation meets beautification”), a community gathering space for hip, yogi-minded Angelenos, with classes, events and fundraisers, and book signings. ”We’re interested in the promotion of a good life and happy souls,” says Fred Segal Salon manager Jill Vasky.

Last week, Fred Segal Yoga merged with another Los Angeles hipster spot, YogaPoser, owned by James Brown, a former DJ who has taught yoga to the Red Hot Chili Peppers among other celebs. YogaPoser @ Fred Segal will now manage and run the location’s yoga classes. In an interview with MindBodyGreen, Brown explained the merger. “Fred Segal is an uber-trendy LA institution. It’s a funny marriage for a yoga company. Funny good,” he said. “I love it because it is different and so is YogaPoser. We work hard to present yoga in a pure form without blind adherence to tradition or doctrine. In our case, we use work with the body as the platform for improving all the aspects of your life. While we honor all the other things that get mixed with yoga – from waterfalls, bamboo and flutes to religious Hindu practices, we choose to pare it down to good, simple asana practice and nothing else.”

Yogis Weigh In on NYTs Article

In the wake of the Sunday New York Times Magazine’s excerpt read ’round the yoga world from Times’ senior science writer William Broad’s upcoming book, The Science of Yoga: The Risks and the Rewards, the yoga community has let its voice be heard, loudly and passionately.

From blogs across the cybersphere to a radio interview on an NPR-affiliate station, yogis have weighed in on what most seem to feel was an unfair portrayal of yoga that exaggerated its risks while barely acknowledging its many benefits. Now the same paper that stuck a figurative stick into the hornet’s nest has given over its Opinion Pages to the debate, with respected leaders in the field, including Yoga Journal’s own Editor in Chief Kaitlin Quistgaard, sharing their perspective on a practice enjoyed by an estimated 15 million people. “The real value of yoga beyond its physical and mental benefits, is the opportunity it offers to know yourself,” Quistgaard writes in “No Apologies Are Needed.” “Yoga students come to the mat as we are — with all of our imperfections. And yes, that means with our vanity, our ego, our unskillful decisions and often with a willingness to take a good look at ourselves and work fiercely toward changing attitudes and behaviors that we can see aren’t working.”