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.

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.”