Yoga routines usually refer to the amount of exercises that one integrates in the life style pattern on a daily basis. Most of the time, by yoga routines we imply to exercises meant to train both body and spirit and thus promote a very good physical and mental health. Yoga trainers usually try to create [...]

So far, Tantra yoga has been the most misunderstood type of yoga practiced in the western world. In its purest form, Tantra yoga grew out of the ancient civilization in the Indus Valley and it aimed at helping people reach the form of non-duality along the most sacred of paths. The present-day sexual concept of [...]

Kriya yoga is a mix of Karma, Jnana and Bhakti yoga styles combined in a very complex form. The word kriya means to make an effort or to transform. Kriya yoga was introduced to the modern world by master Lahiri Mahasaya during the 19th century. Nevertheless, Kriya yoga is, according to some scriptures, much older [...]

Cute yoga clothes? How do they match with yoga principles? The truth is that yoga is on the forefront of practices meant to awaken mankind to a new age of spirituality, but in the western mind the body and soul have been seen as separate for such a long time that the way back to [...]

The idea of a yoga retreat is something new to our modern world, but it has definitely become popular with the interest people take nowadays in yoga practice. When people think of yoga, they often relate it with great physical condition, stress relief and good health, and they are right, although the complexity of this [...]

Namaste yoga is a style of yoga based on the Hatha Vinyasa practice. The meaning of the word namaste comes from the Indian greeting and it can be translated as follows: nama means bow, as it means I, and te means you; therefore namaste literally means I bow to you. It is a form used [...]

Jivamukti yoga is a method of yoga which was created by David Life and Sharon Gannon in 1984, and which reintegrates the physical, philosophical and spiritual aspects of yoga. The Jivamukti method of yoga is one of the nine internationally recognized styles of Hatha yoga, the other eight being Ashtanga, Iyengar, Viniyoga, Sivananda, Integral, Bikram, [...]

As an ancient form of exercise, yoga uses certain postures combined with a series of specific breathing techniques in order to improve physical and emotional health. There is a great variety of yoga techniques which are practiced nowadays. It depends on every person who practices yoga to choose what yoga techniques work best in order [...]

Although one could wonder why yoga wear is so important, practice shows that the comfortable clothes especially designed to be worn during yoga classes make a difference from the t-shirt and training suit you’d normally use in sports. The principle that the yoga wear concept starts from is that one’s body needs to be comfortable [...]

Anyone joining a yoga class for the first time is impressed by the large number of yoga poses needed for the beginning level alone. Surely, things are taken progressively, with the instructor starting by naming the yoga poses and explaining them one by one while also giving a personal example. The benefits that result from [...]